The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-01
p1TTSBURG PILLS COUP.
Err WINS THE BRooKLYN
y,ypYcAP WITH HOWARD MANN.

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,,r.rr n sleeper on the Taient ut the Elev.
18th uour-HaudsprinE and other Heavy
,,.,xbts Unpiacsd-Twerty-nvo Thousand
y,r,on. saw the Race-The Result Never In
,,o,bt AFTER Martin Moved on saann-Baua-
hail wins the EHpsctation Stakes The
u,c., Hun on n Track Fetlock Deep in MUD. |
rrenty.hve thousand persons saw George e.
em,,b's fouryearold Howard Mann, by Duke of
Mon,rosc out Of Seamew, win the great Brook
,1n Handicap at the Gravesend course yester-
S.v afternoon. Eleven horses went to the post, |
and Howard Mann. coupled with his stable com.
..nion. Bclmar, sold a slight ~favorite over
tIondspring, the top weight OF the handicap
and admittedly tho class of the race. +. L.
porker's six.year-old horse Lake Shore, by
r,randolo out Of Guayaquil, was second. and
". G. Days fouryear-old gelding volley,
nv imported The Sailor Prince out Of vestabolla
was third. Tho race was worth $1,000 to the
winner. 81, 500 TO the second horse, and $500 to
the third. The track was sloppy from the deluge
Of Sunday night and yesterday morning. but the
time, 2:o9a. for the mile and aquarter, was not
p nv any means slow under tho circumstances.
and as Howard Mann won handily the public
now realize that the big four-ycarold by Duke
sfMontrose is quite o high-class race horse.
The other stake features of the day, the Ex-
pectation, for two-year-olds, at half n mile, and
The Kensington Hurdle Handicap, at one milo
and three-quarters, were won respectively by p.
J,Dwyer's chestnut colt Hsndball, by Hanover
out Of Keepsake, and C. w. Stanton's Sir Vas
mr., four years old. by Sir Dixon out Of vassar.
PIrrsBuRs PHIL, owNER OF THE WINNER
George Z. Smith. the owner Of Howard Mann,
tmuch better known to the world as Pittsburg
Phil. This clean.cut young mar has made many
a,. -.- -.~- L. - Al- a -
smoke and SCOT Of his native town. but in mono
Of the vast raids which he has made upon the
ring has he displayed more cunning than in
that which was brought 10 IL successful conclu-
sion with Howard Mann yesterday. A few
years ago Phil was credited with win
ming 100000 over q single race won
BY his two-yearold King Cadmus, and
gossip said that he took $4,000 out
Of the various pool rooms of the country when
Belmar won five successive races last autumn.
/. Those who are competent to judge say that yes
terday's winning was very close to the former
figure.
Nobody but Pittsburg Phil himself knows how
much money he took out of the ring over the
race, but it was the plunger's money whichd drove
the Smith entry to the position Of post favorite,
and there wasn't a single one OF the hundred
and odd layers OF odds who didn't have to re-
port a heavy loss over the race. Some won on
the other contestants, but had to admit that
} Phil ana his agile commissioners got the money
away irom them.
b. Il wasn't the amount Of money won so
much as the clever fashion in which the great
American public had the wool pulled over its
eyes regarding Howard Mann which indicates
young Mr.. Sa;th's greatness as a diplomat ana
akeeper Of his own counsel.
Wien the entries for the handicap were
opened in the winter, George E. Smith was
represented by three good horses, Belmar. The
Winner, and Howard Mann. all purchased last
summer or autumn. The first had won all OF
his starts after becoming the property Of Mr.;
Smith. The Winner did not bear the colors OF
his rsw owner, but Howard Mann had earned
brackets four times out of five starts. When the
weights for the Brooklyn Handicap appeared
very many good judges OF form did not agree
with Mr.. vosburgh's estimate OF Howard Mann,
/ who was scheduled to carry LOG pounds. and not
q few, including Philip J. Dwyer. President OF
the Brooklyn Jockey Club. plunged for the big
son Of the Duke OF Montrose and declared that
he would win il the track was heavy, Howard
Mann having shown q tondness for q heavy
track as well as u good oae.
A"Goop THING" KEPT DARK.
Pittsburg Phil realized that this horse was
well engaged, but with his customary shrewd
ness ne led the public to believe that his can
didates for yesterday prize would be the gray
Belmar and the brown The Winner. Nothing
WIS said OF the giant bay Howard Mann. The
gray and the brown had their trials in public
and the bay got the bulk of his fast work in thu
early morning hours before the army of horse
watae:s WAS astir. or at irregular hours
whrA rotody was about to report thu
work FOG the newspapers or noise it abou'
in thc betting ring. When the entries wer,
bent o.t last saturday evening Howard Mann
nciae was not on the list. Belmar and The Win
ner being named as the Smith nominations. bu
early yesterday afternoon Pittsburg Phil with
drew The Winner. Nothing was said abou
adding Howard Mann until three-quarters of al
hour before the horses were to go to the post, whel
v the name of Howard Mann was handed in as oil
additional starter, and the big bay was walking
quietly in the paddock unrecognized by tn,
thousands who were crowding and e~lbowing TO
aglimpse of Handspring, Belmar, Sir Walter
and other public favorites.
THE PUBLIC ALL AsTRAy.
1t was not until speculation began that th
great mass of the public realized that Be!ma
was to have a helpmate, for 90 per cent. of thos
who were present regarded Horace Mann as
mere pacemaker for the gray son Of Belvider
and Adele. The running OF the race Shove
clearly that Bc!mar was the second string, fc
while the gray horse was fighting in the first d
vision with The Swain, Handspring, Sir Waite
Loki. and King Arthur ii. in the run mp ii
backstrctch, Howard Mann was in the secon
tier, running under a double wrap and ready
stride over his field. Castaway's runaway RAJ
for the same rich handicap was not more in
preSsive than Howard Mann's.
OF the other performers Handspring and 8
Walter OF the heavy weights acquitted then
selves brilliantly. The former ran in thre
quarter plates instead OF tho bar shoes which
wore al Morris Park and his feet burst open.
spite Of this the great four-year-old was in Il
thickest Of The fight for nearly a mile. NJ
Dryer took a chance that the mud would he
the sore hoofs of his pet. but the strain was t
much and without the restraining bars on II
heels or the straps about the quarters u
tender feet gave way and were bleeding profus
" after the race. Sir Walter shook of all II
heavyweight and middle-weight division on b
upper turn and was In second position ju
above the furlong pole. But staggering al
reeling he faltered there. and when DogGe
found that whip and spur did not keep the gan
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