The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
BANASTER BOLTED.
Fleet-footed Imp Won
Suburban Handi-
cap Finely.
CLOSE TO THE TRACK RECORD.
Twenty-Five Thousand Per-
sons Witness Sleeps
head Bay Events.
CLOSE TO THE TRACK RECORD.


ing of the Coney Island Jockey Club
opened at Sheepshead Bay today. The
crowd was the biggest seen at Sleeps
head Bay in years, fully $4,000 people
being present. The track was in ex-
cellent condition and the weather was
perfect.
The chief attraction was the six
teenth running of the great suburban
handicap.
There was considerable delay at the
post, Banaster, the favorite, and the
winner of the Brooklyn handicap, being
the chief offender. But in the 18th
break, everything got away in perfect
order Just after the flag fell, Banas-
ter bolted and turned the other way,
amid the howls Of the crowd, and it
was all over so far as the faVorite was
concerned.
Imp was the first to poke his nose in
front of the squadron, and close behind
her came George Keene,. and the others
| in a bunch almost on her neck. Ban
aster trailed along lengths in the rear,
AS they passed the stand the first time,
! Previous was running in front, while
only a head behind was Brian Sweet,
both of them being a safe length in
| front of Imp, who was head and head
with Filgrane The others were
trailing just behind with none of them
at an advantage.
Around the lower turn, the horses
went at a high rate of speed, and when
they Strengthened out on the back
stretch, Briar Sweet had a head the
| better of George Keene, the pair hav-
! ing run practically locked around the
| lower turn. Imp and Filigrane were
locked together half a length behind
Just as they were nearing the upper
turn, the rider crouched down on the
neck of the black mare Imp
and, like a flash of lightning, shot past
Briar Sweet and George Keene until
she had a length the best of them, with
all indications of making it more.
The jockeys of Briar Sweet and Geo
| Keene urged their mounts Wig
orously, but it had little effect, for the
! faster they urged their horses, the
more speed Imp put into her going
! She seemed to gather strength with ev-
cry bound. and flashed around the turn
into the stretch at record speed, with
every horse behind her straining his
utmost.
1t was hopeless, stern chase for first
money. George Keene and Briar Sweet
! tired and gradually slid to the rear
| Bannockburn and Warrenton were
! the only ones who seemed to have the
| slightest chance, and down through the
| stretch they Numbered.
| The great crowd in the infield surged
| to the rail to watch the finish, and just
! IS Imp and Bannockburn had passed
them, down went the rails for a distance
! of fifty feet and scores of people fell
| over into the track. The horses, how
ever, were not hugging the rail and nc
| one was hurt.
During the excitement it seemed for
the instant that Bannockburn was gain
! ing on Imp, but the former had shot his
| bolt in trying to catch up with the
| leaders in the sixth place and he could
not get further up than two lengths be-
hind Imp, who crossed the line first
| Bannockburn rushed in second. Out OF
the dust cloud caused by the falling
rain, Warrenton emerged in front of the
lot and managed to get third place.
When Banister, the favorite, went
past the stand the crowd did not hest
| tate to show their pique at his actions
Imp ran grand race and had Ban
| lister acted as he did in the Brooklyn
! handicap, the track record would sure
| ly have been broken. AS it was 2:05 45s
was hung out, the fastest time by 81
of a second the race has ever been run
| in and within As of a second of the
| track record made by Salvador. The
| Suburban record up to today was held
! by Rampo, who made it in 2:06 lbs in
1894.
The other stake Of the day was the
| double event, in which Prince Of Mel
! bourne was a hot favorite and fully
| justified the choice, for after INDUCING
! Col. Roosevelt with the lead to the head
| Of the stretch, came away and won as
/ he pleased. Summary:
| Suburban handicap, $4,000, IL miles
! Imp, ia CIV. Turner, to l and to /
/ won by two lengths; Bannockourn, IL
/ CIV. MARTINI, 6 to /, and to l. second
/ by three lengths; WarrentOn, ia
| (Simms), Is to 1, and to /, third. Time
! 2:05 4-5s. Ben Holiday, Candleblack
| George Keene, Labon, Previous, The
/ Star of Bethlehem, Filigrane, Tragedian
/ Briar Sweet and Banaster also ran and
! finished as named.
| Double event, $4,000, 515 furlongs:
| Prince of Melbourne (O'Leary), 2 to /
/ and to 10, won by two lengths; Mes
| eriest, III CO'Connor), 10 to l. and 4 tC
| l, second by neck; Mark Cheek, IL
/ (McCue). 10 to l, and 4 to 1. third. Time
| 1:0s 2-5s. McMeekin, Lafondre, David
Garrick, Goldone, Col. Roosevelt, Bran
| Bile Rose. Withers, Brigadier and Ross
Clark also ran