The herald., 1897-06-14
THE HORSE


himself to the front rapidly.
THE HORSE
Eastern turf writers Gre still trying to
figure out how their favorites were
beaten by the comparative outsider,
Howard Mann, in the Brooklyn handi-
cap. "Kelston," in the Spirit of the
Times says:
"The result Of the Brooklyn handicap
was anything but satisfactory, although
properly the best horse at the weights
in that particular kind of going won.
But on good track the Brooklyr handi
cap of 1897 would have been won by
Handspring. AS it was. the going was
just the worst possible for him, and after
going six furlongs his ailing foot gave
way, and it is doubtful if he faces the
starter again this season. The race
Handspring ran under the circumstances
entitled him to the chief honors, and it is
very much to be regretted that this
game, high-class horse has been robbed
of his birthrlght, and that by misman-
agement as much as by bad luck. lam
not casting any reflections on his trainer,
but it is a fact that ever sirce Hand
at the post in the futurity by his stable
companion, Axiom, he has been more or
less unfortunate and has had to stand
lot of experimenting and humbugging,
which has been the reverse of beneficial.
Belmar did not show to advantage, and
is a much better horse on a dry track.
Outside of these two and Sir Walter,
who has seen his best days, there was no
class to the field, otherwise third-raters
would not have finished in front.
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Trainer Bovine is working John r.
Gentry and Robert J. regularly to high
wheel sulky at Fleetwood park this
spring, arrangements having beenl made
for one of the famous PAGERS to start at
Hartford next month against Johnst on's
world record of 2:06A, to high-wheel
sulky, on an oval track. No horse has
ever been able to equal the performance
made by Johnston in 1884, and a good
many horsemen doubt whether any
horse can equal it in the same hitch
But one of the fastest PAGERS in the
world will make the attempt at Hart
ford on independence day, and the effort
will be watched with widespread inter
est. Gentry stepped a quarter I'M 32M
seconds around the turn and up the hill
at Fleetwood the other day this way
hitched Robert ]. has been mile in
2:15, but no part of it was so fast as
Gentry's quarter. Bovine is reluctant to
leave the soft footing at Fleetwood. and
win not ship to Hartford until late this
week, at the earliest. The world-re-
nowned inventor. Thomas A. Edison.
will probably attendi the Charter Oak
opening and supervise the vitascope op-
erations in person.
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The following story is told of a tramp,
horse show ard lottery ticket:
During the recent annual horse show
in Berlin there was lottery at which
valuable prizes were distributed to the
holders of tickets. The grand prize of
the lottery was a four I'M -handI turnout
of beautiful white horses with Vic
toria and complete harness, valued at
2O,0 coo marks ($5000).
"The winner of the prize happened to
be tramp who got his ticket in a
rather peculiar way. On the day of the
opening Of the show he accosted one of
the directors near the, entrance to the
assistance, and the gentleman, who had
for moment fumbled in his pocket
finding ne had no small change, handed
him ticket to the horse show lottery,
telling him that he might sell it for a
mark (25 cen'ts), which was it's price
The fellow, being rather superstitious,
decided not to part with his ticket, but
to hold it, and sure enough he had the
good luck to win the prize. When he
found out the extent of his good fortune
he hurried to the Tattersall, where he
was offered one-haf the estimate value
900 marks) for the turnout. He ac-
cepted the offer, but made the condition
that previous to turning the rig over to
the purchaser he should take one drive
in it with his friends.
THE tramp accordingly invited four Of
his chums, some of the most disreput-
able characters ever seen in the streets
of Berlin, to take the ride with him, and,
having received small payment to bind
the bargain, he proceeded to spend 1t on
his friends in royal fashion, buying
cigars and "gilka kummeq," the favorite
BERLIN liquor. He took them on drive
through the Thiergarten, and, of course,
everybody gazed at the rather odd look
ing turnout, which, with the unusual oc-
cupanlts, looked decidedly novel;"
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A Costly Joke on a Dog