The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-01
AN OUTSIDER WON IT.
MANN TOOK THE H,NDI-
CAP IN \ GALLoP.
lie Was Substituted for The winner
because He Was Good Mud
Uursc--Othcr HRccs.

New York, May Silt was light
weight this time In the mud aud how
the crowd cheered when Howard Mnnn
Ealloped homo. almost alone In ;he Brook
lSn handicap at Gravesend this after
noon, The crowd was like that ON tho
day the long shot Dabolo walked of
with the stake. for there was scarcelv
an inch of spaco IN the grand stand or
on the lawn that WAS not occupied when
the race was beng ran. ana hundreds of
people had swlrncd across the track. an
lile deeD In mud. TO ret good position in
the field. There was little hone of
large assembly in the early morning
hours. foG 4 heavy FOX hung over the
lana. and dr.s2ing ram Was falling y
intervals. 1t was the usual luck OF the
BROOKLYN jockey club. as it has rarely
lhd a gool day and track for its big
race. Toward noon. however the rain
ceased. the sun BEGAN to dlssipate the
fog. and by the time people were begin
niEs TO think of starting for the race
track it was u beautiful spr.ng dav. Then
trains pesnn TO arrive al the track ar.i
by O'clock there was pretty fair evidence
vi a large crowd.
All thsoIgL the first and second races
the people swi.rmed into the grand stand
ana by the time the buglo sounded for
the horses TO 20 10 the boot lar the hAndi-
oap mere Nere fuiiY 1900 people present
All the entries looked absolutely III and
Nnie TO run icn their lives. and Iiag,.-
Spring seemed the King OF ali OF Thorn n =
ne pranesu at the head OF the string. lie
Mas uudJubtediY the luN or. H.. mere Ves
some surprise at The appsarance Oh How
:. ny, iiS,"i,, ON ~ ha4 "'ea sent .nsuc.,d
OF The Winter. as he was a good mud
mGhutes. and niudu but one Talse break
~ $50 the starter caught them Va lne
me parrier was raised. the red nag
sw'shaI tnrousn tbs air. ANA t-le eicveh
thorouEhbret3 were OF on their Journey. |
ail the end OF winch Sl0.ND Was hung uu
for the leader.
'Skeut.s' MNrtin. always quick was first
aW4S, and Iur an luethnt howard Mann
showed IN front. The Swain. however.
soon TOOK The sad from nm. ana. nalf q |
the stretch Tor the first t.ne. In the |
first tow jumps Sims brought iaGdspnng
NJ % third place and there. II loneth be- |
hind The swain. he STAYED. with heads !
onlY separdying hum from Bclmar. l>oki |
and SIR Walter. As the runners came to
Inc Judges stand tor tn Hrst time they |
seemed TO gather sp"ed with each ipmn |
and the first qudrtcr was completed IN |
- seconds. with The Swain SUI IN front |
by nail n length. Howard Mann IN sec |
ond place bV ii length, iDnispfinE thrd |
Be!mar fourth. Loki NTH aAd the others |
close up. Ih'an came a nasty turn near
the paddock and the bows steadled ihcir |
noun for the effort to hold their placck |
in suite oil ,he crowdlng and pushing.
The turn was navisate1 IN safety with |
ont any material change N the order. with |
the exception OF No.lev. who did not seem |
able to unUrack himself. and was iioundcr |
ing In the deep mud. The turn around |
Nas run IN 12lp seconds, good time Tor |
sha going.
As they Strengthened out for the long |
run up the back stretch, Sims concluded |
that II was time 10 get, little neprer
10 tho nving leaders. and began to urge |
HANDSPRING "a bit The not result wa
70 br5ng him up Within a short head Of |
Howard Mann but Tie Swain was in |
the lead. with no siGns OF distress, Tho |
half mile pole was PASSED n that order a |
and with the exceptinn ,os Nollev the |
general APPEARANCE OF things was I'M
chaneed. y took thirteen seconds 10 go
IN considerably. and left Ben Edar ard |
Jefferson TO look after the rear ranks |
while Lake Shore and King Arthur II be- |
ran TO move IN as well. tho leaders run |
ming as they had been almost since the |
stmt. As they neared the eihree-1llar,er
pole Ii could b. seen TINT SINS was do |
ing gooi deal Of urging on iandsorinr |
urder tnc Influence Of which ihe biG son |
of Hanover wss cutting down the e1n |
and 1t looked as II he might make them |
ali run. Thev pnssed the three-niarter |
long h,nl" behind them. and with little change
in position. although the distances were |
iittls difrererd.
THEN came a crack in the at,mosphsre
Knew what had happoned Howard Mann
was O lcnGih IN front OF the Held.
IaoA. too. hR1 come uD wa,n rush ana
was In the second place, a head in 'front.' |
OF HANDSPRING. with ralmlr in fourth |
place. but already bsgnniug 20 reel MS
weight and the rapid pace Of the iesdefs
Sir Waiter was In hfth place ana inc
OF hers trailing. Then came The run around
the upper turn, where Nolley ats up space
In an aston ehn- manner. with every
Jump The swan was losing ground. the
time for the seven fnr.onSs was i.zt-re-
fast-and Howard Mann even
thcn looked unbeaiahle. Lole was a couple
OF ,encths behind. and Handspring seenel
10 have o lot Of run 20 spare for the ma
dash through the stretch. Nolley was
stlI coming fas, on the on SD. and ch-
ting MS rivals down one by on" as he
new along and Scherref was giving Lake
shore a hit Of gan. They were al the
Lsad OF rhe stretch. with mile behind
them tn the fast t!ms Of 1874, and HOW
ard Mann had no. fsNered.
Now rtey were fairly stra!ghtene1 out
for home and the judges were IN sigh.
Martin h.tched lit-ie uneasily on Mann
az hs was getting near the goal. and AT
me da., furlong pole he began driving
Mite although he was fwo lengths 10 The
-nA Euf ha could hear shouts OF LAKE