The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
A PRIZE FOR PREVIOUS.
N. r.. DIVERS COLT WINS TIE
S1s,50O GREAT AMERICAN.

~ hRNA9 HSNElys Y = HeN1 EEoulNhbhN
-sioan Piiots Provious, Lehman. ana
swanEo 70 victor1-Prcmier Defeats Ben
Brush-rurses for Nick and Brentwood.
The Great American Stakes OF S12, 500 for
two-year-olds, the feature OF tho Brooklyn
Jockey Club programme yesterday, was won by
NJ. r. Dryers bay colt Previous, by imported
Meddler out of Sunnyside, with Philip J. Dwyoi's
chestnut colt Handball, by Hanover out Of
Keepsake, second, and A. II. & d. II. Morris's
bay colt Varus, by Cayuga out Of imported
VERONA, third. Frohman, the favorite, was
never prominent and Handball, at the weights,
showed clearly that he was the best horse in tho
race. vafus ran as though short Of work. while
. good position at the post, sloan's clever
jockoyship and undoubted gameness all contri-
buted to tho victory Of Previous.
An excellent programme and the perfect
weather brought out at least 10000 persons to
Gravesend yesterday. Thirteen youngsters
were originally carded for the Great American,
but Marcus Days Glorian and Graves & Co.'s
Prince Lee were withdrawn, leaving eleven to
go to tho post. A striking feature OF tho race
was that each trainer sending q candidate to
tho post thought that his pet could not DO beat
on. Frank McCabo advised Jack Joyncr not to
bet on Frohman. for I'll beat you sure" This
brought forth an offer to wager that Great Bend
would beat Handpress. j. w. Rogers said that
III W SIIOEu, "u1
good enough to give any two-yearold he had
seen this spring q race. and John J.
McCafierty came out of his temporary TO
tirement reduced to tho lowest limit to
ride Kitefoot- Murillo was running on q dry
track for tho first time, and Varus was gradu-
ally rounding to after his struggle against the
twin disorders OF cold and lameness. Previous
had been performing well and NJ. E. Dryer con-
cluded to take q shy at the prize. He had Of
ferod the son Of Meddler to W.. G. DAILY some
time ago for 81, 900. but the colts Rameness on
many occasions made him take a chance on yes
terday's stake. Frohman looked light on his
way to the post, giving evidence of the many
hard races he has had. On looks. Varus easily
beat the crowd. but the big colt was higher in
flesh than any other starter and washed consid-
erably on his way to the post.
Sloan secured a slight advantage with Pre-
fh ront. a! rh Soe s'o on 'A anf I sh9t shot pt0U oHs in to sw she
pursuit, followed by Handball. Both passed
Previous in the run to the turn, but they were
forced to surrender the track to Narus, this
young giant running around his field with q
dazzling burst Of speed on the turn. When well
Aratoma quit above the furlong pole, and Hand
then that superior condition told. Varus firing
badly, and leaving the Dwyer contestants to
I pSana it fSs best the Of eD the pT TeiSS,. hs and iY is
the last few strides he forged slowly to the front
and won by saddle girth. Handball beat varHs
aAOhht ~ pahA " hoi AoA sOSohu IiOnCg Iiiic
Great Bend, and Murilio followed in the order
he saw that he had no chance to win. Tara said
afterward that Frohmanw would not run any, and
W v1asn a suite en' 0P FhePe ' WAS 'n Son ssh OF bhItms spr
plause when sloan trotted Previous back
70 the stand. and there is no doubt that tho
had the best q luck Of late in his turf victories.
Archduke and Great Bend were of badly.
goes to the post. He unQuestionably had tho
speed Of the party yesterday. but lacked the
a yeariing BY his present owner at the sale
OF the Neponset stud youngsters. His sire,
%saS;'r vi %ns sh out famous on Bus sS{ bod By i g.; sH nin,
don Baird, and would have been favorite for
tho Derby In his year had his owner not died
three-year-old was bought by. w. II. Forbes OF
there now. 1t is only natural that he should get
great racehorses. Previous is not great; he is a
toner. that is never beaten unth the wire il
The Great American Stakes was worth s1o.-
The black horse. Nick. favorite for the OPEN
ing dash at six furlongs; won cleverly after a
behind tho bunch at one time. ran fast through
the stretch. and snatched second money from
he got Of. Lehman. the fsvorite for the second
event, q dash at one mile, kept up the good work
i:41s. hsIvarado H.. the salky Californian at .
long price. was second; and Petrol third. Petrol
had crowded Sun Up At the last tnrlonE pole, and
big chestnut horse. sloane got a running break
with swango in the fourth EVENT. dash for
never approached. The Morris pair, Mirthfui
and Bowling Brook. sold favorites. and they
price was . to /. Ben Brush, the valiant little
son Of Branible, made his first appearance this
lowed. He was an equal favorite With Howard
Mann with the three-year-old Wolhurst a strong
second choice at 3ia to l. wolhurst led for hall
the outsider. CaldTon. owned BY William
Aston Chanler. ,Caldron displayed a world
Ha spSsa behind iGG S Sisyfa e ISO at " ths START sI Tas sa %SR hs
proved that his good race on that occasion was
fnd Red' az tSaen si1eteenth pole II" the 'ISS Black colt
looked as though he would win. However. Der
Brush came with a rush. and managed to gel
however. as Taral brought tho always danger
GUS Premier out of the ruck, and fairly lifted
h ianRt fO% cslG TanhG a close i q t fG1d f PREMIER Ss H %as g E
80 to l chance In some. portions of the ring
dash for maiden two-yearoids at dvo furionss
He was many lengths behind the leaders In the
run up the backstretch and was only beaten q
head and a nose, Brentwood winning. with Dog
town y IN second place ,.,.,,,,,, v.,,.a,,
decided that individuals could back a stable OF
in q race. Summary follows:
FIRST RACE.
FOR all ages. nlKn'WelBnt nhnulcApi 10 M Wfnnol
$3.50. to the second 500. and to the third $685. sil
furlongs:
bromley 4 Co. 8 blk. h. Nick. aged. by Mortimer
Retribution. 135 (Scherrer) Observation-Disclosures.
Jane. daiway,s b.; 9; Impsr1,or. 8, l2o Thorpe. :
J. McLeAr's b. h. Illusion, o, us ........ s
Harrington. sir Play. All over. Ed Kearney. Con
cord, and Prompt also ran.
Time, 1919.
B~etiing-AgAinst Nick, 3 to !; All over and Sir Play
coupled. 82 TO l lmperator, 4 TO Il Prompt, 10 to l
Concord. 10 /; Illusion and Ed Kearney each. go TO /
SECOND RACE.
For three-yearolds and upwards seliing; to tn.
winner e4oo. to the second S73. and TO the third e25
one mile:
Chas. PIeischmanu & Sons CHI. h. Lehman. 9.
by Harry oFAllon-Lady Royster. Ill Ct.
v. Il. SINKS CHI. 4. Aivarado H., ioi III. Martinj....
W. N. Barrick's oh. h. sun Up, g.. ll3 CThorpe).....
Petrol finished third. but was disqualified for foul
ing. Alarum. Free Lance. Jefferson. Judge Baker
and Albanian also ran.
Time, l:4ls4.
BettinE-AgAinst Lehman. q to 81 Bun Up, 4 to !
Petrol, d TO l; Albanian. o to 1t Free Lance. 10 10 /
Alarum. ~ TO /; AlvArado L., 10 TO l; Judge Baker
20 to l; Jefferson. 30 to !.
THIRD RACE.
Tho Great American Stakes. of sl2. SOC. for two
yearolds; TO the second ol,7oO and to tho thir'
$3.50; nve furlOngs;