The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-01
BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Howard Mann Wins the Great Race
on o Muddy Track.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND SPECTATORS

Witness tho Big Racing Event, Which
Was Won in 2 .O934-Lnlie shore Came
I'm Second and Vollcy Third-Jookey
Taral Did Not Participate.
Brooklyn, June lit was a light
weight this time in the mud, and how
the crowd eheered when Howard Mann
galloped home, almost alone, in the
: Brooklyn handicap at Gravesepd yes
teday afternoon. The crowd was like
that on the day the long shot Diablo
walked off with the stake, for there
was scarcely an inch of space in the
grand stand or on the lawn that was
not occupied when the race was being
run, and hundreds of people had
gwarmed across the track, an!Ie deep
in mud, to get a good position in the
lnflsld. There was little hope of large
Hssemblage In the early morning hours.
for q heavy fog hung over the land,
Ind drizzling rain was falling at inter-
Rals. Toward noon, however, the rain
ceased, the sun began to disslpate the
Fog, and by the time people were be-
ginning to think Of starting for the
race track 1t was a beautiful spring
nay. Then the trains began to arrive,
Ind by the time the bugle sounded for
fhe horses to go to the post there were
FULLY $1,000 people present.
, All the entries looked absolutely fit
and able to run for their lives, and
Handspring seemed the king of them
Rll us he pranced at the head of the
string. He was undoubtedly the favor
1te. There was much surprise at the APP
pearance of Howard Mann, but he had
been sent instead of The Winner, as he
was good mud horse.
They were at the post but few min
ntes. and made but one false break. At
l:30 the starter caught them in line,
Ind the eleven thoroughbreds were off
bn their journey of mile and quar-
Ter, at the end of which $4,000 was
hung up for the leaders. "Skeets" Mar
lin. always quick, was first away, and
for an instant Howard Mann showed
In front. The Swain. however, soon
took the lead away from him, and half
length in front set good pace down
the stretch for the first time. In the
6rst few jumps Simms brought Hand
Spring up into third place, and then
held him there a length behind The
Ewain, and with heads only separating
him from Belmar, LOki and Sir Waiter
The first quarter was completed in 20
seconds, with The Swain still in front
by half length, Howard Mann in Sec
pnd place by a length, Handspring
third, Belmar fourth, Loki fifth and the
others close up.
The half mile post was passed In that
order in 50h seconds, excellent time
considering the mud, and with the eX-
ception of Volley, still iloundering in
the rear, the general appearance of
things was unchanged. 1t took 13 sec
onds TO go to the next furlong, and in
that short space of time there were
many changes. Vollcy woke up con-
Biderably and left Ben Eder and JEFF
ferson behind, while Lake Shore and
King Author began to move up as well,
Abe leaders still running as they had
been almost since the start As they
heared the three-quarter pole 1t could
be seen that Simms was doing a good
deal of urging on Handspring. They
passed the three-quarter mark in
'115h, having put a rapid furlong be-
hind them, and with little change in
position, although the distances were
n little different,
Then came a crack in the atmos-
phsre, and before The Swain or Hand
spring knew what had happened How
ard Mann was length in front of the |
field. Loki, too had come up with |
rush and was in the second place a |
head in front of Handspring, with Bel
mar in fourth place. Sir Walter was in |
fifth place, and the others trailing.
Then came the run around the upper |
turn, a place where Volley likes to try |
how fast he can run on the outside of |
a field, and he was at it again, for he |
ate up space in an astonishing man
ner and looked as if he might show his
burst of speed to the end. one horse
was certainly out Of it, for with every
Jump The Swain was losing ground.
The time of the seven furonEs was
l.29, remarkably fast, and Howard
Mann even then looked unbeatable.
Martin was sitting on him like statue
saving the colt all he could for the
final rush of those behind. LOlii was a !
couple of lengths behind, while Hand
spring seemed to have a lot Of rein to
spare for the final dash through the
stretch. Volley was still coming fast on
the outside, and cutting his rivals
down one by one as he flew along, and
was giving Lake Shore bit
OF gaff. They were at the head of the
stretch, with n mile behind them, in
the fast time Of 1,f2A, and Howard
Mann had not faltered.
Now they were fairly straightened !
out for home, and the judges were in
sight. Martin hitChed little uneasily
on Howard Mann as he was getting
near the goal, and at the last furlong
pole he began driving a little, although
he was two lengths to the good As the
timers watches stopped at 2O9& he
sent Howard Mann past the post four
lengths in front of Lake Shore, who
was three lengths in front Of Volley,
who had run about a sixteenth of
mile further than any other horse in
The race, Loki had dropped back to sec
Dnd place, and Jefferson and The
Swain competed for last place.
One remarkable thing was Tarals
absence from the race, as it is many
years since he has been without a
mount in the big handicap.
Eilled by Jealous Husband.