New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-01
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Won in a drive by lengths; hve lengths between
second and third.
COMMENTS FROM A VETERAN.
WHAT AN OLD OBSERVER ThUCGHT Or THE

Howard Mann. the giant Of the turf. placed the
t,,ook,vn Handicap to the credit OF george H.
Smith without being touched by WHIP or sp"r-
This horse stands nearly seventeen hahus hs"'
lie is well balanced ard Is bred TO stay n a's'a"ce
ia was overlooked by the shrewd watchers OF
eory morning trials. and his victory was sio"'
surnr,se TO a vast majority Of the spectators
&c ,rge r. Smith bet So 800 on Benar ana iio"ai"
Mann who were coupled In the pe''ne' M pc
sons who bet on the Smith stable Vere J"'lia"'
the finish With Bclmar. The Winner an" fio"',
Mann I'm the stable all three were prepared LOT 'e
roco Howard Mann cen run In any kind OF soi''s
ana I'm the event OF n muddy track he was iooho"
,nou ne The reserve OF the stable in the hannic"p
II tho track had been dry. II was 'he 'n'e'''
reserve Howard Mani for grand rh'o WI wv
layors-of- odds later In the meeting p"' "'" w
public knows as much about him az MS o""ei'
The stable plans were wei Iaid IN" "e''
fully executed. -.
The crowd vas one Of the largest that ever WIZ
messed the running CT a Brooklyn Handicap
close esimat, OF the number OF spectators NAV"
5y an expert who wa. present piaccd the NUM-
at thirteen thousand At noon the early ari''"''
becan 20 sect positions in the grandsthno an"
al O'Clock nearly every seat wa" occup'e", "
tho netting Enclosure arrangements were mao" 10
accommodate ninety layers of-odds some ol ,"'
layers arrived NJ the track early. hVe'E'"'"s
WAS ready for bust less Ions before the cro""S al
rived: hence there was no confusion, as ever! III!
his arrival and all were In line when the marker
oneued Robert Pinkerton here there ana
everywhere assigning The large force oi polcemeh
and detectives under him 20 their POSITIONS 90
perfect were the arrangements al the ua'N '"''
there was no; single hitch, neihet was t"etc
the sghtos; disturbance 20 mar me pieas"ic Vi
the spectators.
IN me morning Philip j. Dwyer was silent ana
sad ms he gazed a; the coudlcss sky. His sonbre
downcast features were wrcathed in sniiic- Whc'
tho Out and when he saw the vast as
semblase thai filed the grands'and ana law"
before the first called he became cAut-
ant. After the Handicap was over and Handspring
was so ANONYMOUSLY defeated Mr.. Dryers face
looked gloomy Notwithstanding the victories OF
Handball and Declare.
An unusually large nun1cr Of persons visited
the paddoc. 10 inspect tn" Handicap candidates
before the When the parade to the post wa
mad there was a running 1re OF comment Hand
spring shovel 20 the best advantage. as he APP
pcared 10 he in perfect cond to ran any kln1 q
a IA ce King Arthur ii vas praised. as lie Is one
OF the handaomest horses III training. BelInar
gray giiscne1 in the sun bu; he was consid
cred 4 plain everyday sor; OF a horse by the
critics. Howard Mann's massive proportlPHs
caused many inquiries. mis- name did not APP
pear the programme Sir Walter. VINO WAS ven
backed. WAS sought by many persons w -
DAYS Vocj, he horse that cannot run in ne
mud a: A1ueduct and who is considered a crab
sons who love 10 be, when the odds are above tens
agalns. the Hartford urfmans horses
Lok, who work i q mile and quarter In 2:Ji'2
at Latora. Ky. was the favorite OF the loVer' Oh
good things from afai off He was surrounded ny
wise mel from the West who deplcrcd the ,ond.-
zion OF the track and the lost opportunity OF Det-
ting their thousands on his chances Lake shore
was desered by al put Davld s SH1e, h m,si
three Fer some unknown reason The Swan was
started In the Ben Elder ana Jefferson VIZ
hercd around Jefferson vain hope o; hear-
ne the accurate tiInc OF some OF his mdh,snt u ans.
How different after the race was over, a row per-
soIs gathered around Howard Mann and Be'mar
The others unnoticrd by their admirers OF
The racc was void Of interest; and there was no
winning post followed by Lake shore and vocy,
emphas sizing the genius of the Handicapped VINO
@ %aH a se0a Paddoc Wit FGHs ''
The betting was fast and furious on every race;
hueinces Yesterday. The betting inclosure was like
Il corral Allied with dehorned steers. People could
the vain enGeavor 10 get anywhcre The cr9 ,Tsy
ing caused some of the LAYERS to weep az theg
them but forced to patr9nize the frs, member
one OF the layers sprain ID his ankle by stumbling
over programme on which he marked me onus
we're SO short it was impossible for THIS particular
layer TO stumble over them on the Wh0ie' IN, me
Mistrol gave Them a starter then the starter gave
them start so that when the Handicap was
call
pro Hp Wine the Jockeys struted about Ike
S ns Of the forfcs 10 the value
Of 26c shT P Gb could cay be Distinguished Even
Richard Bchman wore 2 smile; not a large gen
ono pvt and ,s s boxes many we'll
known turfmen gathered James r Ike, keene dis dis
fHfsed King nradofd h' Rsssd with
" The cTGwG on the Wd aaa %ha nf sf Ri
nna S'"G John m G. Foansbee chaperoned General
C rs 7om ana Who osupad
Two of the boxes. Arthur White. Julius uilman
f pniy' jane! oconnor T. Dickson. ThGma; pa
mondson. r 0Rsilly Fl Berry Wall James i"%s
s siii Colonel Jacob Rupper; and many Others
the ohn Key 1d as vs Dad Gideon
Alfred Hayman; MatthSw corbet, George f.
cormick Samuel Trowbrldge md horsemen from
everywhere held consultations about the track and
Successfully through the deep and swampy going.
on every hand could be heard sommsnis about
marks Ihe [sNf that every effort should made keep
free from sc"nS Sd Hp b sS GSkryT TsG rae
leading merchant hit the nail squarely on ne head
by f2y Gspens nh ~ hnsS "cs
loss would cause trouble for some OF the layers
Tie Photographic apparatus that was set up at
the juncture of the lawn and The paddock IS SAID
that the finish of the Brooklyn Handicap Will be
reproduced perfectly within few weeks. The rail.
road facilities enabled tho huge crowd TO leave the
track within an hour after the last race was run.
BERZAk SCRATCHED FOR THE DERBY.
London. May si.-The Lorillarl- Bcresford stables
three year-olH chestnut colt Rerzak by Sensation,
nui Of Iclnhoehc has been scratched for the
Derby which | be run June =, and also for the
Grand Prize. Of Paris. which VIII be decided
June Is.
Berzak stopped lame after a gallop on Saturday.
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