The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-06-01
BE Travels q Nile and a Quarter in
the Mud in S:O934.
THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP
handspring. a Favorite. ALSO Ran"
"A Splendid Race. Well Con-
tested. by a Nervy String of
Horses-Other Sports.

brooklyn handicap at Gravesend this
afternoon. The crowd was like that the
day the long shot Diablo walked of
with the stake. for there was scarcely
an inch OF space OF ground To stand on.
and hundreds Of people had swarmed
across the track ankle deep in mud to
get good position on the infield. There
was little hope Of a large assemblage
In the morning hours for heavy fog
hung over the land, and a drizzling rain
was falling Toward noon, however. the
rain ceased. the sun began To dissipate
fog, and by the time the people We're
beginning To think of starting for the
race track IL was a beautiful spring
day. All through the first and second
races the people swarmed into the
grounds. and by the time the bugle
sounded for the horses To go TO the post
there were fully l5,0o0 persons present
The entries looked absolutely it and
able TO run for their lives and Hand
spring seemed the king Of them all as
he pranced at the starting post He
was undoubtedly the favorite. There
was some surprise at the appearance
OF Howard Mann, but he had been sent
instead OF The Winner as he was a
good mud horse. They were at the
post but few minutes and made but
one false break. At half past the
starter caught them In line. the barrier
was raised, the red nag swished through
the air and the II thoroughhreds We're
on on their journey. at the end Of which
$4,000 was hung for the leaders.
"Skeets" Martin, always quick. was
first away, and for the instant How
ard Mann showed I'm front. The Swain.
however. soon took the lead away from
him. and two lengths In front set a
good pace down the stretch. For the
first few jumps Sims brought Hand
spring up into third place, and then
Swain. and with heads only separating
from Belmar. Loki and Sir Walter. AS
the runners came to the judges stand
for the first time they seemed to gath
er speed with each jump. and the first
quarter was completed in % seconds.
with The Swain still In front by a half
length, Howard Mann In second place
by a length and Handspring third. Bel
mar fourth. Loki fifth and the others
up Then came a hasty turn near the
Fpaddock. and. the boys -steadied their
mounts for the effort to hold their
places. The turn was navigated in
safety without any material change In
the order. with the exception OF Vol
ley. who did not seem to he able to
untrack himself. and was floundering In
the deep mud. The furlong around the two
turns was run In l2is seconds. As they
Strengthened for the long run up the
backstretch Sims concluded that Il
was time to get little nearer the fly
ing leaders. and began to urge Hand
spring "A bit The net result was to
bring him up within a short head Of
Howard Mann. but still The swain was
in the lead. with no signs of distress.
The half-mile pole was passed I'm that
order in 5Oi4 seconds. excellent time
considering the mud. and with the ex-
ception Of Nolley. still floundering in
the rear, the general appearance OF
things was unchanged. II took IS sec
onds to go the next furlong. and In
that short space of time there were
many changes. Nolley woke up con-
siderably. and left Ben Eder and JEFF
ferson to look after the rear ranks.
while Lake Shore and King Arthur II.
hegan to move up as well, the leaders
stil running as they had almost since
they started. AS they neared the
quarter pole II could he seen that Sims
was doing a great deal OF urging on
Handspring. under the influence OF
which the big son Of Hanover was cut
ting down the gap which separated him
from the leaders. and II looked as IL
he might make them all run. They
passed the three-quarter mark I'm .l5i2
having put a rapid furlong behind them
and with little change in position.
Then came a crack in the atmosphere
and before The Swain or Handspring
knew what had happened, Howard
Mann was length I'm front of the field
! Loki. too, had come up with a rush and
was in the second place, head In front
Of Handspring. with Belmar In fourth
place. but already beginning to feel his
weight and the rapid pace Of the lead
| ers. Sir Walter was In fifth place and
/ the others were trailing. Then came
the run around the upper turn. where
I Nolley ate up spece In an astonishing
/ manner. With every jump the leader
was losing ground. Loki was a coupl,
OF lengths behind. while Handspring
/ seemed to have a lot Of rein to spar,
| for the final dash through the stretch
I Volley was still coming fast on the out
side and cutting his rivals down on'
! by one as he flew along and Sherrel
was giving Lake Shore bit of gaff
I They were at the head OF the stretch
with a mile behind them. In the fas
! time of 1:424. and Howard Mann hat
not faltered.
Now they were fairly straightene,
out for home and the judges were IL
sight. Martin hitched a little uneasil,
on Howard Mann. as he was gettlni
near to the goal, and at the last fur
long pole he began driving a little. al
though he was two lengths To the good
But he could hear shouts of LAX,
Shore" and "Volley" from the crowd
and he did not care to take am
chances and did not dare to look so h
kept his mount In motion. determined
not TO lose when he had but shor
distance To go. II was but few sec
unds more. however. and as the timers
watches stopped at 2.O9a he'sent How
ard Mann past the post. four lengths
In front of Lake Shore. who was thre'
lengths In front OF NOlley. who ha'
run about a sixteenth of a mile fur
ther than any other horse In the race
Loki had dropped back to fourth place
The Swain competed for last place.
Six furlongs-Minstrel won. Arabian
second. Income third. time. l.l5ia
Mile and a sixteenth-Declare won
Bromo second. Parmesan third. time
ISL. Half mile-Hand Ball won. Bal
loutte second. Come Quick third; time
i9l4. Brooklyn Handicap, mile and
quarter-Howard Mann. lO6 tMartinl
To ! and even. won. Lake shore. lW
iSherrer). 10 to and 90 !. second
Nolley. % namley), Is 10 ! and . TO !