The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-23
THE SUBURBAN WINNER
Nike Dwyer's Bea Brush Captures
the Great Event
IN THE FAST TIME OF 9.o7 is.

Twenty thousand People witnessed
the Race, ana the Result was Grati-
fying to the Large Majority, tho
Winner Being the Prime Fnvorite.
New York, June 23.-At last the luck
has changed, and the Dryers have
won one of the big handicaps They
tried for years together and were
beaten time and again. and then tried
separately after dissolvlng partner
ship, and now. after many years the
younger of the pair, Michael r. Dwyer,
has carried off the great mile and a
quarter Suburban with Ben Brush
in the fast time of 2.07 10. 1t was a
victory for the favorite, and conse-
quently a popular one, and, as far as
could be seen, vas a true run race.
The attendance WAS enormous. even
larger than on Brooklyn handicap day,
which was the largest crowd at race
track in the east in several years.
Fully 10000 people packed the lawn,
the two tiers of the grand stand, the
roof and the paddock, and from the
shout that went up when Ben Brush
landed the race, and Simms was hoist
ed into the floral Jockeys chair, it
would seem as If all had backed the
winner.
The day was a perfect one, the track
was fast and a better race could not
have been desired, even if the horses
engaged We're not of a class that has
been seen in this classic stake in
other years. The three races that pre-
ceded the great event were watched
I'M
nearly all the spectators had come
down to see the suburban and were
restless in waiting for it to come.
1t was 4:30 before the bugle called
the nine horses to the post. There was
a slight delay at the post, owing to
the righteousness of Semper Ego, The
Winner and Belmar, but within five
minutes PettingiIl got them in perfect
line and they were away on their jour
ney. The Winner was the first to
show in front, followed by his stable
companion, Belmar, the lightweight
Havoc, Sir Walter, Ben Brush and the
others, although there was little to
choose between them. They were fair
ly Strengthened out before they had
run a furlong, and then the boys be-
gan to hunt for the place in which
they wished to run the first part of the
race. Curiously, not even the light
weight cared to set the pace, and the
first three furlongs past the grand
stand and around the lower turn were
very slow, 80 seconds being required
to cover the distance, all the boys pull
ing and hauling at their mouths to
keep them from getting to the front
The furlong around the lower turn oc-
cupied IS AS seconds.
Then began the race, for Lewis saw
that it was unWise to choke Havoc,
and gave him a little of his own way,
and the colt became the pacemaker.
Close behind him was Semper Ego but
Scherrer was urging him, while Havoc
was going easily and with a lot to
spare. Then came Ben Brush, the fa-
vorite, half length away. with his
boy doing all in his power to prevent
him from using up all his speed so
early in the race. 1t was in that order
they passed the first half mile post of
their journey in 81 1-5 seconds, the last
furlong of the half being run in y 1-5
the fastest eighth of the whole race
Behind Ben Brush were the winner
and Belmar, while the others trailed
along, with Dutch Skater holding the
rear and with scarcely a bit of the
speed he showed a few days ago.
on the way to the three-Quarter pole
conditions began to tell and Semper
Ego dropped back to the rear ranks,
his place being taken by Ben Brush
who at the six furlong mark was half
a length behind Havoc, in 116 20 and
a length in front of The Winner Now
they were beginning the upper turn,
with a quarter-mile dash around it to
the stretch, and Simms gave Ben
Brush his head. Lewis did the same
with Havoc, and lost but little for in
the 25 4-5 seconds required for the run
to the mile Iole, which was reached in
LAP To- Havoc kept his advantage of
a neck, while Ben Brush was a length
and a half i'm front of The Winner, he
in turn a length in front of Belmar,
the others hopelessly beaten.
They rounded the turn in safety and
Strengthened out for home Then
Simms began driving Ben Brush, while
Lewis was driving but little on Havoc.
The crowd began TO shout Havoc"
and It did look for a moment as if the
Canadian representative might win.
Simms heard it, too and worked all
the harder on the game son of Bran
Bile. The colt responded to every lash,
between him and Havoc. Now he was
at the horses saddle, at his withers,
at his ears, and now his nose shot in
front. The danger was not all over,
for the crowd dropped the shout Of
Ben Brush, which it had taken up
when his nose was in front, and Simms
heard The Winners name in frantic
yells He glanced over his shoulder,
and saw the determined Sloan driving
ly gaining ground. Then he looked
ahead, saw the finish only a sixteenth
away, and dug his spurs into Ben
Brushs sides, madly logging him as
If his life depended upon it, Tt was
a desperate race Nearer and nearer
drew the finish line, and nearer and
nearer came The Winner one vicious
cut to Ben Brush, one frantic push
with knees and heels, and he was over
the line in safety winner of the covet-
ed Suburban with The Winner half a
length away, and Havoc, stepping
fast, in the third place, five lengths In
front of the rest of the field, all badly
beaten, with Belmar leading them.
Mr.. James Perdue, an old soldier residing
at Monroe, Mich, was severely afflicted
with rheumatism but received prompt relief
from pain by using Chamberlain IS Pain Balm.
He says "At times my back would ache so
badly that l could hardly raise up. If had
not gotten relief / would not be here to write
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