The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18

7 EW YORK, June limp hand
iiy-that is the history of to-
VI days Suburban handicap; add
/ ing this that the favorite, Ban
astar was left at the post, car
rying an unprecedented amount of the
public's money. and that he would have
been beaten had he started fairly in
the record breaking mile and a quar-
ter.
For Imp, the first mare 10 win in the
Suburban's history, clipped two-tifths
of a second off the Suburban record
and won as she pleased, although. to
be sure. the boy up, Long Shot Tur-
ner went to the whip in the last few
yards. when he led BannoCkburn two
lengths and could feel the money.
Imp at TO l was heavily backed and
won a game race gamely. There has
been no such crowd and no such bet
ting since 1894, when Ramapo galloped
away with the prize. Lacking a Cruel
ling finish, it was still great race, and
-. 900 persons saw the black mare come
home a winner.
The public was on Banastar, and
when Fitzgerald dropped the flag at
the tenth break and turned loose the
=
and only got going in answer to Ma
hers spurs when the last of the others
was a furlong away. Starter Fitzger-
aid. often blamed for leaving strongly
backed horses al the post. had left an
other there-One which carried more
money than any favorite Of recent
years.
The crowd surging against the fence
as the horses passed the last half Of
the stretch carried away the frail rail-
ing and oVertiOWed upon the track so
quickly that it almost spoiled Imp's
chances. Turner, with two lengths
then over BannOCkburn and watching
him over his shoulder, saw the fence
sway and give, and then sat down and
rode harder as il sWayed toward his
mount. He cleared the tumbling rails,
and setting. straight rode home with
his whip going in the last few jumps,
while behind him BannOckburn and
WaTrenton We're bleeding under lash
and spurs set deep.
Turner is a boy new to great victo-
ries. He comes from the West, where
the mare was bred. Wonderful as her
wins have been, many declined to back
her because a mare had never done
the trick in all the years since 1884
when General Monroe beat War Eagle
and field Of eighteen and ran off with
the first Suburban money.
only once before IN the TRACK MS
tory have the stand and green been so
crowded In the betting ring one liter
ally fought for a place.
Banastar, fresh from the Brooklyn
handicap laurels and reported good,
had a marvellous following, and though
his price was to l the public could
not get enough of it, and backed it
down 10 10 ;. There had been a strong
tip out on Imp, but her sex was against
her, and probably more dollars were
bet on BannOckburn.
They We're long at the post-forty-
seven minutes, the timers said-and
some hoped the delay would be bene-
fetal to Ben Holiday. The men on the
greenland it was never more thickly
peopled-pressed close to the ropes. The
buzzing in the betting ring, which had
been like the roar of the ocean, waned
when the horses went to the start It
was a nervous interval.
In the parade Of the horses past the
gTandstand on their way to the post
Ben Holiday was at the front. The
horse received some applause but the
greater share was for Banastar He
looked in fine trim BannOckburn re-
ceived his full share OF the hand clap
ping.
At the post George Keene was frac-