The sun., 1897-08-22
A DAY OF SUPERB SPORT.
MAGNIFICENT CONTEST FOR THE
BRIG HTON cur At y IA MILES

or Record at tho WetEhts-Pnyorite t,eu
Brush g.nst-EHnp,burE Picks Up isa Pounds
| and wins ths Electric Hnndlcap-cos.,p
There was an enthusiastic crowd OF l2, 90
persons at Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon
TO sec one Of tho most brilliant days racing OF
tho year. The Brighton Cup. Mt two miles and a
quarter which Secretary Sass had fondly
hopcd would bring tho best horses Of
the year together. failed In its original
purpose. Reauital, Handspring, Hastings. and
Clifford were among the missir". hut the race
was a brilliant success, nevertheless, and the
popular Secretary may congratulate himself
upon furnishing ono OF the most superb contests
ever seen on an American race course.
There woro but throc starters, NJ. +. Dwyer's
Ben Brush. four.year old that was believed to
! be nvinc bic at the distance. and the three year
! olds The Frinr and Sunny slope. ben Brush
was an overwh Ginning favorite aud tho heavi-
est speculators on tho track bet on him
with the utmost confidence, but the son
of Bramble went down before tho son of Frar's
| Btlsam uni tho daughter Of Esher, quitting
! quarter OF mile from home, and leaving the
hree-yoar-olds to fight for the supremacy. And
what a neverto.he.forgotten battle the flly
gavo the colt, The Friar only gotllng tho
/ verdict 10y tho shortest OF heads. And tho
best part OF II Rli Is that the record for the dis
TANGO all hut eoualled by this pair OF hyers.
; When SprinRtok and Prenkness ran the two
| miles and q quarter In 1884 at Saratoga years
ago and made their memorable dead heat
they wero nve years old and aged. re-
spoctively. and carried ia pounds each
nothing like as much The Friar and
Sunny Slope had up yesterday. ana tho perform
: ancu al Saratoga in 1875 is thrown into eclipse
by the brilliaGcy OF yesterdays achiev cment.
The Friar made his own pace md won by
head, but Sunny Slope was concehing him
pound, and It was tho opinion Of
some OF the best Judges n, the track
that this pound overweight boat hor Yesterday.
But /, niust not be forgotten th.t Tho t'riar
of several pounds, and single handed hr would
All houor. therefore, to The Far. who
must now he considered he crack OF 'Ae year at
his age over a distance Of ground. jYs' r. II m
And nj honor, TOO. TO SUNNY Slope. tho essence
of and YdS Of s0n the so.tes5 race
for 'h her inches. % and her name Win he reme1 nD.
berel and reNerei by every u.n. woman, nd
yesterday s race. Ben brush stopped when his
chances looked rosicsL He was In tho pink OF
The Brighton Cup has been engrossnx the at
tention OF the racing world for months so great
AS The day for the contest approached many
persons who 20 to the races but few times
Sana nG' wss that to SwaPd
Mann and Ben Eder were drawn a rather tame
Rt"ss w es9ery GosSd for With Bon
> to on. and NJ i. nwyers commission was
he.vy one. while PittsburF Phil thouGht enough
Jere Dunn told his frien1s that he woul, win
with sunny slope. AID b.! 500 on the tily. Al
sure that they were running good horse. but
the stories they heard OF Ben Brush frightened
vised many OF their friends To refrain from
spcculntin2 on the contest. The story OF tho
l. a"ss sooE ss hold track Al in with S" ss Fr
ssd ans A." I s2 r6 lost the
Then Den Brush. who h ID beeo runoing At
su' ny slopes 's:honlder. tho made play and got to The
Eai M @ the s ss and tSa'' tS %Gt
year-ol was ealrhing the whip at the head of
all along the line. and so It seemed. for the
chestnut was still in tho van and b. ush was
But scar, ely had the trio straight-ned out for
The run home new when sunny Slope shot past Ben
brush ia aSa and bore upon S The Fsr FH9t by
looked for him TO- go to the whip. but 4
Lewis was exer,ins all hs skill on sunny Slope.
/ the crowd shouting husiasticalIy. Slowly
but surely the hliy gained, crePt up IN.
Another leep-and it was the dnish with
The FTnr ,a,r ylG!Sr st ~ few % inehes Ben Brush
much applause as the victor when they returned
Messrs. Morris and Walden wore oonsratu.
lated warmlyand the owner Of Sunny slope was
not forgotten. The fractional time OF the
tSrlsnss 'olo%: 49,, ss4. ssie. s@is i:Sss.
ass ast it, soi. te sis&. ? $50 t5: s45 a5ss so%
Messrs: p: J: Dwyer. James r. keene. and
OF racing and racehorses as are to be found
in this country. or abroad either; for that
!he Cup; They ali pronounced 6oi Ii The
Irisr and Sunny Slope an exceptional on, pair Of
that The Friar could win the Cambrdgeshire
eivht years out OF ten. This is high praise com.
inE from the mnn who owned Foyhall. the win.
ner OF that great event. and who now has In
his stable one OF the LaHtest horses in the world
! sunny slope surprised them and they were
! unanimous in the opinion that she is q marvel
h,mburE, earryinS, the srpshing wesht Of
fur o!,.o In i:l4ia beating HanIb"li st a differ
ceiling to FRS, Fruit and Don't Care forty.
Of @ saA W psriorn"nee @ No; hing Sp, the the nost a
much to sny That this superb son Of Hanover Is
as great thoroughhred as WAS ever totled In
snd ns his S was never sed.
Ii 10 true that Sims had to rhrrup to him at tho
end because 1he so1 vas ,S Stepping ,s5 under ,h9
up with H1ndO.ll; but had he SO wiea it Ham.
the six furlongs in llt or better. The
greatness of this performance will DO
| apparent when 1t IL announced that
TIC track record Is l;l4. In Hamburg
John E. Madden has won,'sr, and he Is right
mon born under lucky star Pniy ono. in lits
eligible to run In the Futurlty. for
with i3o pounds in the saddle he certainly
dup nj Ia 4 he faaia Of HiA HIybIaa
| Domino. Hamburg was fav9riie al 10 ! on for
! yesterday race. with Hnndb,ll second choice
| ar s 70 /, while so to l could DO had against
First Fruit, an added starter from N. J. Dalys
post tho dag went down with Hamburg arst
and Don't Care last .mhurG went out
seconds. NJ her had instruotions to make tho
well hi tell oh Hamburg: and he hustled Frs
| hurry Hamburg however, and turning for homo
| the brown co Iiwns gnliopIng. SSmlng home
Sims lei him slow dpwn some, and Sloan tried 70
sneak up on The = IL with Handhhell; Sims was
burg a trifle woL ~ a good open length. In the