The record-union., 1898-05-29
The Great Four-Year- old Wins the
Brooklyn Handicap.
Ben Holiday Succeeded in Setting tho Place
and Sly Fox the Show.
Twelve Thousand People Witness
the Event-Uarda Captures the
Rich Cincinnati Oaks Purse at
Oakley, and Leo Planter the
kindergarten Stakes at St.
Louis.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-It was more
| or less a typical Brooklyn handicap
day Nature was all tears in the morn
| ing and all smiles in the afternoon. The
! track was heavy, but it was not a mud
| horse that won, for Ornament, who was
| fit to run for his life, cantered home a
winner amid the cheers OF the crowd,
which numbered about 1900
| The greatest plunge was on Don De
| Oro the sulker while the game little
| three-year-old Sly Fox had so many
| followers that at the close he was al
most an equal favorite with Don De
Orc, and had pushed Ornament out of
the place as second favorite
At five minutes past t o'clock the
| bugle called the contestants to the post.
After a couple of false breaks the red
flag swished through the air, and the
silken jackets flashed into line. With
Ornament a length behind, they round
ed a 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 a
length, with Ogden next, two lengths in
front of Don De Orc, Tillo, Ornament,
Ben Holiday, On Deck and Semper Ego
| following in the order named.
There was little change in the posi-
| ton of the octet as they rounded the
lower turn. AS the lot turned into the
back stretch Ogden, two years ago the
Futurity winner, had enough of it in
this lively going, and fell back into the
rear ranks.
The jockeys began punching a 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 a
shove to get him 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 Hol-
liday was close up with Ornament lap
ped 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 a little urging. But
what of Sloan on Ornament? Sudden
ly he leaned far over on his horses S
neck, gave him a little prick with his
spurs, and how he moved the others
down, going like a whirlwind. 1t was a
streak of cerulean blue silk, of a gleam-
| ing chestnut colt, and the crowd roar
| ed. Look at Sloan!" 1t was unneces-
sary for any call, for everybody saw
the jump of the great -year-old.
Tillo, Don De ORC and Sly Fox were
passed like a fash, and in the time to
tell it Ornament was in the lead
Then the boys got to work in earn
est, but it was a useless task, as far
as the first place was concerned, for
they could not gain foot on the fly
ing Ornament, who was going easily
in front.
All eyes were then on Sly Fox and
Ben Holiday as they Numbered
through the stretch in an effort to Sc
cure second money. furlong from
home Ben Holiday got his nose up TO
Sly FoX's tail. A sixteenth from home
his nose was about a 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
floral chair, which the jockey on the
winner has to undergo. and to the sur
prise of everybody, he declined the
honor.
Sloan also had the winning mounts
in the first, second, third and sixth
events. Results:
Six furlongs, Platt won, Alvarda IL.
second, Mainstay third. Tme-1: 1914
Mile and one-sixteenth, selling, Da-
mien won, Ben Ronald second, Ortolan
third. Time-1: :52A
Four and a half furlongs, Expectation
stakes, Kingdom won, Counsellor Wern-
berg second Miller third. Time
O:56;A
Brooklyn handicap, mile and quar-
ter. Ornament (Sloan), Z to = and to
3. won; Ben Holiday (DaggetD, II to
/ and to l, second; Sly Fox (Lamlie).
to l and to 5, third. Time-2: TO-
Tillo. Don de Orc, Semper Ego, Ogden
and On Deck also ran, and finished as
named.
Five furlongs, selling, Tyrshena won.
Cormorant second, Autumn third
| Time-1 :0312
One mile, Miss Miriam won, Whist
ling Coon second, General Maceo third.
Time-1: 45%.
RESULTS AT ST LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Results: One
mile selling, Forbush won, Mitchell
[ u.
Mile and twenty yards, selling, Rush
won, Prince of India second, Laverna
third. Time-1: :4Sa4.
Six furlongs, selling, Montgomery
won. VeIoce second, Marcella third
| Time-1:17H.
kindergarten stakes, value 81 500,
five furlongs, Leo Planter won, Faus-
turo second, Ben Branib1e third. Time
-1:04%.
Mile and sixteenth, imp. Skate won
Fervor second, Our Chance third.
third Time-1: :5034.
Seven furlongs, The Elector won
The Chemist second, Linda third.
Time-1 :30A.
AT OAKLEY.
CINCINNATI, May 2S-Results at
Oakley:
Four and a half furlongs, Thesis won
Jessie Jarboe second, Gypsy Gore
third Time-0:511a.
Six furlongs, Boanerges won, Turtle
Dove second, Abue Fuerst third Time
-1:14A.
Five furlongs, selling, L. Pilot, Jr,
won, Duke of Baden second, Petus
third. Time-1 :03A.
Cincinnati Oaks, value 81 ,240 mile
and a sixteenth, Uarda won, Martha
II second, Komurasaki third. Time
1:491a.
One mile. selling, Great Bend won
Kriss Kringle second, Dan Rice third
Time-1 :42A
One mile Henry I,auntan won Pros