The San Francisco call., 1897-07-06
The Kentucky Young
Ster RompS Away
From His Field.
Havoc Takes the Sheepshead
Bay Handicap at Mile
in 1:4l.
Ben Brush and The Winner Fall to
Get a Share of the Rich
Purse.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 5.-Ffteen
thousand persons saw spirited races at
Sheepshead Bay to-day. The SO, OeO great
Trial stakes tor two-year-olds, over the Flu
turity course, went to John E. Madden S
Hamburg, by Hanover, out OF Lady Roll,
while J. E. Seagram's five-year-old horse
Havoc, by Himvar, out of Elletta, won
the Sheepshead Bay handicap, one mile.
among the beaten horses being Ben
Brush. the winner of the Suburban. Fred
Gebhard's fve-year-old gelding Olindo
won the Coney Island Grand National
steepleChase.
It was a day of downfalls for the talent,
who plunged on August Belm mont's crack
colt Flrearm to win the great Trial and
Michael f. DIVERS Ben Brush to land the
Sheepshead Bay handicap. Neither fiat
tered his hackers for single moment
The former got away last IN field OF
twelve and Ben Brush was beaten all the
way in tie Sheepshead, the start for which
was poor.
The great Trial is the second stake In
value for 2-year- olds in this country, and
is only outranked by the Futurlty, which
is decided at the autumn meeting OF the
Coney Island Jockey Club. The betting
was 10 l against Hamburg. At the start
be slipped away from the field with the
greatest of ease. George keene, Bowling
Brook and Previous headed the struggling
field and whips were flying merrily long
before the journey was accomplished, In
an endeavor to overhaul the feet HAM
burg. The Western colt appeared to
touch the ground only in spots and q
quarter OF a mile from home he was mas
ter of the day. All the way home White,
a lad who rode at New Orleans last win ter
was sitting UP straight and Hamburg was
playing win his opponents. He glti-
mately passed the judges, winning hands
down by three lengths. Previous, under
punishment, passed George Keene in the
final sixteenth of a mile and landed sec
ond money by a comfortable margin.
Bowling Brook was fourth, Hand ball hfth
and Firearm next to last, with TaraI pull
ing up at the wire. Taral said he got off
badly, while others say he broke slowly
and was out OF the race before he got
going.
Ham burg is owned by the well-known
Kentucky horseman, John Madden.
The value of the stake to winner was
$4,000.
TIE Sheepshead Bay handicap gave
prom Sc OF an excellent cont test but it was
snojled by the favorites, Ben Brush and The
Winner, getting awav poorly. Ii was 2 10
! Ben Brush and % 10 l The Winner
N0en the Dell SOu0QSu. havoc, tQG pace
maker iE the Suburban, was a. to l. The
Swain led by iour lengths at the quarter,
with Fe-rier and Sir Walter second and
third, four lengths before Havoc, and the
favorItes still lengths away. Havoc then
drew rapidly forward, outdistancing the
field by brilliant spurt. Near the finisI
Lehman was gaining at every stride. but
Havoc had the race sure and was first y
a neck in the good time of l Al The
CuaiO third and The Winnar fOurfh
Five furlougs. two-year-o -olds. selling.
%G-sha 100 (eloanL to ..................1
Miss Tenny lO3 III Marin), . to 1....,......... .
Attainment SO .Corbley). 80 to ........:...:.3 3
Time. :U2 10. Bluebeard 1G6, Mr. Stoffer LOG,
Land of the Free 103, Halrpn 81, thrstabeiio "a
t-xed tar %, Mapeute 100, Chec6ers 100, KIT
Ho SO also ran. *FaVorite
One mile, three -year-olds.
Ma II l05 (Bennett), 10 TO 1...........,........1
Ca,dron l1U (Sherrer), to 1................... 2
Arabian l1O (Hennessy). 8 to 1...:....:.;......
lime, l;4l. 4-5. diversion III, sioey no.
Challenger ITO, %Imperator ITO. Savarin 10 and
Manassas 107 also ran %favorte
Mile and three quarters, handicap on turf
Joe Miller 80 (Soan), to 2.......................l
Lincoln II l0Q (clawsonl to l.. ..............2
fine, s:02 rs. St. Sicholo, II g., *Deerslayel
12O and Volley O5 also ran. *Favorte-
Great rial stake, Futurity course
Hamburg 1872 (Wthite). 20 l...................
Previous 9 (oIoan), to l......................z
George Keene -! (H. Martin). y 20 I.......
lime, l:l2 Is. Stream l29, Commerce 1l5
Handbali l29 Kitefoot 49, Bowling Brook 122,
Narus l22, Laademann ll9, The Huguenot lis
aud " urillo l15 also ran %favorte.
The Sheepshesd Ba handicap one mile
Havoc 0S (Lewis), 10 ..................
Lehman IL (H. Martn). 10 to 1..................
The swain 80 (Van Buren), 3 to l...............3
Time, 1:4l. Zen brush 12S, Sir Walter 112
Elkins 100 and Sunny slope 95 also *Fa
vorIte.
Six fnrloncs, selling
*Iemen ll5 III. MARTINI 3 to l..................
Decide l0S (Sims), 10 to
%Hugh Penny J II (Reiffl to 1..................;
Time. /: Il As. II Daddy "a, Ross o 90, Brisk
1OS, Albert y 10S, Blah "a. lambert l03 and
Regulator 100 also ran *kqua choices in bet
ting
Grand ational steepechase-
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