The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-29
ORNAMENT IS winner
Of the Brooklyn Handicap in
Easy Style.
BEN HOLIDAY SECOND
Sly Fox Third--0rnament's
Time Is 2:10.

new DIX Nay zo-1t was more OF less
a typical handicap day. Nature was all
tears in the morning and all smiles in the
afternoon. The track was heavy. but II
was not a mud horse who won. for Orna-
ment. who was 1T TO run for his life.
cantered home winner amid the cheers
Of the crowd. The crowd. numbering
about 1900. waited patiently through the
hrst three races for the handicap. and an
soon as Kingdom had won the Expecta-
ton stakes those who wanted to spscu-
late sought the ring. The greatest plunge
was on Don De Oro the sulker. while the
game little S-year-old Sly Fox had so
many followers that at the END he was
almost an equal favorite with Don De Orc
and had pushed Ornament out of the
place as second favorite. All the others
were nfbbled at, but most of the money
was down on the two mentioned.
At minutes past o'clock the bugis
called the eight contestants to the post
After a couple of false starts the red flag
swished through the air and the silken
jackets flashed into line With Ornament
a 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 a length, with Ogden
next. two lengths in front OF Don De Orc,
Tile, Ornament, Ben Holiday. On Deck,
and Semper Ego following In the order
named.
There was little change in the position
of the octette as they rounded the lower
turn. AS the lot turned into the back
stretch. Ogden. two years ago the Futur-
ity winner, had enough of it in the sticky
goin gand 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 sec
ond place and Simms 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 be-
hind. TiIlo was also Tapped on Don De
Orc, while Ben Holiday was close up,
with Ornament tapped on him. The 9TH
ers were trailing and apparently all
through.
They were now on the upper turn and
hda but three furlongs to go. All the
boys were doing a little urging. But
what OF Sloan on Ornament Suddenly he
leaned far over his horses neck, gave
him 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 cleaning chestnut colt and
the crowd roared.
Look at Sloan" was the cry. 1t was
unnecessary for any call. for everybody
saw the jump of the great 4-year-old.
Tillo and Sly Fox were passed IN a fash
and in less time than it takes to tell II
Ornament was in front. Then the boys
got to work in earnest but it was a use
less task, as far as the first placewas con- |
cerned, for they could not gain a foot on
the flying Ornament. who was going east |
ly in front.
All eyes were then on Sly Fox and Ben
Hoiladayp as they Numbered through the |
stretch in the effort to secure second !
money. A f1rlong from home Ben Holla- |
day got his nose up to Sly Fox's tail. A /
sixteenth from home his nose was 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 shortest of noses.
loane was the idol Of the hour. Then /
came the proposition to put him in the /
floral Jockeys chair. which the jockey /
on the winner has 10 undergo. and, to the |
surprise OF everybody. he declined the |
honor
Sloan also had the winning mounts IN /
the first, second, third and sixth events.
SUMMARY:
Brooklyn handicap. mile and q quarter: /
won by one length; Ben Holladay. ~, /
Doggett). IL 70 ! and 4 to /. second by a /
head; Sly Fox, 90 Uamle), 10 l and 10 4
s. third. Time. 21O. Tillo, De ORC. Semper /
Ego, Ogden and On Deck also ran and I
finished as named.
Cincinnati May H.-The Cincinnati /
stakes at mile and a sixteenth, value (
1920. was the feature at Oakley today.
It was won by Baker & Gentry's good +
FLY Uarda IN 1884 after a fierce drive
with Martha II, the favorite.
St Louis. May 2s-The feature OF the
day at the fair grounds was the Kinder
garten stakes. at five furlongs. valued at
s., 800. VIII Darden's Leonatus colt Plant
er won with surprising ease by three I
lengths in 1914.
Bucklen's Arniea saIve.
Gal IN e.