The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-23
BEN BRUSH NOW AT HIS BEST
WINS THE sHEEPSHEAD BAY
SUBURBAN IN 2,O7 Is.

One with the Crowd-The Winner
Finishes Only Half Length Bc-
hind Ben Brush and Havoc fn
Third pince-Thc Race Down the
stretch One OF the Most Desperate
Seen in Years.
New York. June 22.--At last luck has
changed. and the Dryers have won one
Of the big handicaps They tried for
| years together, and were beaten time and
time again, and then tried separately after
dissolving partnership, and now, after
many years, the younger OF the pair.
Michael F. Dwyer, has carried of the
great race of the year, the Suburban, with
| his son OF Bramble, Ben Brush, In the fast
time OF 2:N is. IL was a victory for the
favorite, and consequently a popular one.
and as FAR as could be seen was true
run race.
The attendance was enormous. even
larger than on Brooklyn handicap days
which was the largest crowd at race
track in tho east in several years. Fully
$4,000 people packed the lawn, the two tiers
Of the grand stand, the roof and the pad
dock and from the shout that went up
when Ben Brush landed the race and
| Smms was holsted into the floral Jockeys
chair, 1t would seem that every one Of
them had played the winner The day
was a perfect one. the track fast and a
| better race could not have been desired.
1t was $3.50 o'clock before the bugle calls
ed the nine horses to the post, and then
they came out Of the paddock In Indian
file, Ben Brush leading. the others follow
ing. according to their numbers on the
| card.
There was a slight delay at the post
owing to the righteousness Of Semper Ego,
| The Winner and Belmar, but within fiva
minutes Pettingll got them in perfect line
and they were away on their journey.
The Winner was the first to show In
| front, followed by his stable companion,
| Belmar, the light weight Havoc, Sir Wall
| ter. Ben Brush and the others. although
| there was little to choose between them.
They were fairly Strengthened out be-
| fore they had run furlong, and then the
| boys began to hunt for the place in which
| they wished to run the first part OF the
| race Curiously not even the light-weights
| cared to set the pace and the first three
furlongs past the grand stand and around
| the lower turn were very slow, 80 seconds
being required to cover the distance, all
| the boys pulling and hauling at their
mounts to keep them from getting to the
| front. The furlong around the lower turn
| occupied 10 As seconds. Then began the
| race for Lewis saw that ID was unWtse
| to choke Havoc and gave him little OF
| his own way and the colt became the
! pacemaker. Close behind him was Sem
| per Ego. but Scherrer was urging him.
| while Havoc was going easy and with
| lot to spare.
Then came Ben Brush, the favorite, half
/ a lqupth aWav with his hov doing all in
his power TO prevent him from using up
\ all his speed so early In the race.
1t was in that way they pasesd the half
mile post OF their journey in 81 seconds,
! the last furlong OF the half being run In
| u 1-15, the fastest eighth Of the whole
| race.
Behind Ben Brush were The Winner and
| BelmaF, while the others trailed along
with Dutch Skater holding the rear. and
| with scarcely bit Of the speed he shows
| ed a few days ago.
| On the way to the three-quarter pole
| conditions began 20 tell and Semper Ego
| whit his bolt completely shot, dropped back
| to the rear ranks his pace being taken by
| Ben Brush, who at the slx-furlong mark
was half length behind Havoc in 1a6 2-5,
| and q length IN front Of The Winner, all
| running free.
Now they were beginning the upper
| turn with a quarter mile dash around to
! the stretch, and Simms gave Ben Brush
| his head Lewis did the same with Havoc
/ and lost but little, for In the 25 AS Sec
| onds required for the run to the mile pole,
| which was reached in 1:i2 i-5. Havoc had
| the advantage Of a neck, while Ben Brush
| was a length and a half IN front of The
| Winner. he In turn a length In front OF
/ Bernar, the others hopelessly beaten.
with not even chance for third money!
unless couple OF the quartette In front
should fall.
- They passed the turn In safety and
straightened out for home. Then Simms
| began driving Ben Brush, while Lewis
was driving but little on Havoc. The
crowd began 20 shout Havoc" and II
did look for a moment as II the Canadian
representative might win. Simms heard
| H.. too. and worked all the harder on the
game son OF Bramble.
Tho colt responded to every lash and
inch by inch narrowed the space between
him and Havoc. Now he was at the horses
saddle at his withers at his ears and
now his nose showed In front and Simms
knew that all ho had 10 do was to keep
on driving to the end as hard as he could
and he would be az the lightly Weighted
Havoc. The danger was not all over, for
the crowd dropped the shout Of Ben Brush
which IL had taken up when his nose was
IN front and Slmms heard THE Winner''
Ia frantic yells lie glanced over his
shoulder and saw the determined Sloan
driving The Winner as only he can and
ahead saw the finish only n sixteenth
away and dug his spurs into Ben Brush's
Sides mndly fogging him as II his life de-
pended upon a. II was desperate race.
Nearer and nearer drew the finish line,
and nearer ana nearer came The Winper
ono vicious cut 20 Ben Brush, one frantic
push with knees and heels and he was
over the line Ia safety, winner OF the COW
eted Suburban. with The Winner half a
length away and Havoc stopping fast, In
the third place, Eve lengths IN front Of
the rest OF the field. all badly beaten. with
Belmar leading them.
Summaries follow:
First Race-Five furlongs. clifford II
to 10. won, with Harry Reed. u 70 5. sac-
ond and Sunny Slope, y TO /. third. Time
f.i2M.
second Raco-One Mile On Deck, 6 to
8. won, with Wolhurst 70 2 second. and
Elkina TO /. third. Time t;42 Is
Third Rnce-Doubie event, ave and n half
furlonga. Bowling Brook, 20 q won,
with Inudoman 100 to 1. second. and HAM