The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-01


Taral Did Not Participate.
Brooklyn June lit was light
weight this time in the mud, and how
the crowd cheered when Howard Mann
galloped home. almost alone, In the
Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend 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
swarmed across the track, ankle deep
in mud, to get q good position in the
infeld. There was little hope of large
assemblage I'm the early morning hours
for q heavy fog hung over the land,
and drizzllng rain was falling at inter-
walls. Toward noon, however, the rain
ceased, the sun began to dissipate the
fog, and by the time people were be
ginning to think of starting for the
race track It was a beautiful spring
day. Then the trains began to arrive,
and by the time the bugle sounded for
the 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
all as he pranced at the head of the
string He was undoubtedly the favor
ite. There was much surprise at the ap-
pearance 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 a few min
utes, and made but one false break At
4:S0 the starter caught them in line,
and the eleven thoroughbreds were off
on their journey Of a mile and quar-
Ger. at the end of which $40, 900 was
hung up for the leaders. "Skeets" Mar
tin, 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
a length in front set good pace down
the stretch for the first time. In the
first few jumps Simms brought Hand
spring up into third place, and then
held him there a length behind The
Swain 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 a length, Howard Mann in Sec
ond place by a length, Handspring
I1ElIllaE
others close up.
The half mile post was passed in that
order in 5OH seconds, excellent time
considering the mud, and with the ex-
| ception of Volley, still foundering IN
the rear, the general appearance of
things was unchanged. 1t took 10 Sec
| onds to go to the next furlong, and in
that short space of time there were
! 1ra
siderably and left Ben Eder and JEFF
ferson behind, while Lake Shore and
King Author began to move UP as well,
the leaders still running as they had
been almost since the start. AS they
neared the three-quarter pole it 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
little different.
Then came a crack in the atmos-
phere, and before The Swain or Hand
spring knew what had happened How
ard Mann was a length in front of the
field. Lold, too, had come up with a
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, 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 il, for with every
jump The Swain was losing ground.
The time Of the seven furlongs was
129, 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. Loki was a
couple of lengths behind, while Hand
spring seemed to have 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
Scherrer was giving Lake Shore a biI
of gaff They were at the head of the
stretch, with a mile behind them, IN
the fast time of 1.42h, and Howard
Mann had not faltered,
Now they were fairly Strengthened
out for home, and the judges We're IN
sight. Martin hitched a little uneasily
on Howard Mann as he was getting
near the goal, and at the last furlone
pole he began driving little, although
he was two lengths to the good, AS the
timers watches stopped at 2.09% he
sent Howard Mann past the post foul
lengths IN front of Lake Shore, who
was three lengths in front of Volley
who had run about a sixteenth of a
mile further than any other horse in
the race. Lod had dropped back TO sec
ond place, and Jefferson and The
Swain competed for last place.
One remarkable thing was Tarari
absence from the race, as it is many
years since he has been without {
, mount in the big handicap.
True Remedy.
w. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, III
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