The herald., 1898-05-29
BUT A STICKY TRACK COULDN'T
SToP HIM
GREAT BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Handily Won By Ornament With Lit
tie Tod Sloan at Work in the
Saddle
Associated Press Special Wire

NEW YORK, May 2S.-lt was more or
less a typical Brooklyn handicap day. Ma
ture was all tears in the morning and all
smiles in the afternoon. The track was
heavy but 1t was not mud horse that won,
for Ornament, who was fit to run for his
life, cantered home a winner amid the
cheers of the crowd. The crowd numbered
about 1900.
The greatest plunge was on Don de Orc,
the sulker, while the game little 3-year-old
Sly Fox had also so many followers that at
the close he was almost an equal favor
ite with Don de Orc and had pushed Orna-
ment out of place as second favorite.
At 4:05 o'clock the bugle called the con-
testants to the post. After couple of
false breaks the red flag swished through
the air and the silken jackets flashed into
line. With Ornament length behind they
rounded slight turn and Strengthened out
on the first run past the grand stand. AS
they neared the judges stand the first time
Sly Fox was in the lead by length, with
Ogden next, two lengths In front of Don de
Orc. Tillo, Ornament, Ben Halliday, On
Deck and Semper Ego following in the or
der named. There was little change in the
position of the octet as they rounded the
lower turn. AS they turned into the back
stretch Ogden, two years ago the Futurity
winner, had enough of 1t in the sticky go
ing and fell back into the rear ranks.
The Jockeys began punching bit at this
point and sent their horses along to test
Sly Fox, for he seemed to be going easily
in front. Don de Orc was in second place
and Sims gave him shove to get a little
nearer Sly Fox, and at the beginning of the
upper turn he was Tapped on Sly Fox and
only a neck behind. Tillo was also Tapped
on Don de Orc, while Ben Holiday was
close up with Ornament Tapped on him.
The others were trailing and apparently
all through.
They were now on the upper turn and
had but three furlongs to go. All the boys
were doing little urging, but what of
Sloan on Ornament? Suddenly he leaned
far over on his horses neck, gave him a
little prick with his spurs, and how he
moved the others down like whirlwind!
It was streak of herculean blue silk, of
cleaning chestnut colt and the crowd
roared, Look at Sloan!" 1t is unneces-
sary for anybody to call, for everybody saw
the jump of the great 4-year-old. Tillo,
Don de Orc and Sly Fox were passed like
flash and in the time it takes to tell 1t
Ornament was in the lead.
Then the boys got to work in earnest, but
1t was useless task, so far as the first
place was concerned, for they could not
gain a foot on the flying Ornament, who
was going easily in front.
All eyes were then on Sly Fox and Ben
Holiday as they thundered through the
stretch in the effort to secure second mon
ey. A furlong from home Ben Holiday
got his nose up to Sly Foxs tail. A six
teenth from home his nose was about foot
behind that Of Sly Fox and In the last few
strides Ben Holiday managed to stagger
over the line In second place by the short
est Of noses. Sloan was the idol of the
hour.
Then came the proposition to put him in
the Jockeys floral chair, which the jockey
on the winner has to undergo, and to the
surprise of everybody he declined the hon.
or. Sloan also had the winning mounts in
the first, second, third and sixth events
Results:
Six furlongs-Platt won, Alexander II
second, Mainstay third; time 1:16A
Mile and a sixteenth, selling-Damien
won, Bon Ronald second, Ortolan third;
time, 1:52A.
Four and half furlongs, Expectation
stakes-Kingdon won, Counsellor Wern-
berg second, Miller third; time, 056E.
Brooklyn handicap, mile and quarter
Ornament, 127 pounds (Sloan), to and
to S. won; Ben Holiday, 121 (DaggetD, 12
to and to l. second; Sly Fox, 92 Gemlie),
4 to and to 5, third time. 2:1O. Tillo,
Don de Orc. Semper Ego, Ogden and On
Deck also ran and finished in the order
named.
Five furlongs, sellng-Tyrshena won,
Cormorant second, Autumn third; time,
1:031z.
One Mile-Miss Kiriam won, Whistling
Coon second, General Maceo third; time,
las 3-5.
At st. Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Results:
One mile. selling-Forbush won, Mitchell
second, Joe Shelby third; time, 1:46.
Mile and twenty yards, selling-Rush
won, Prince of India second, Levarna third
time, 1:4SA.
Six furlongs, selling-Montgomery won,
Veloce second, Marsella third; time 1:17A.
Kindergarten stakes, value $500, five
furlongs-Leo Planter won Fausturo. sec
ond, Ben Bramble third; time, 1:O4%.
Mile and sixteenth-Imp. Skate won.