The age-herald., 1900-05-27
THE HISTORIC RAGE
 WAS TAME AFFAIR kinley Mack Won Brooklyn
 Handicap With Ease. CRACKS WERE SCRATCHED
On Account of Rain and Mud Ethelbert and Jean Bereand Were With drawn, and the Great En-
 thusiasm Was L acking

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 send today in hollow fashion, while Raf-
 faelo, the favorite, landed in second place
 comfortably, and Herbert, the second
 choice, could do no better than third. The
 time, 2:10, was slow, but the track was very heavy, and the crack horses were out of the race
 The weather was anything but satisfac-
 tory for the opening day. as rain fell all
 the afternoon, sometimes in light showers
 and again in sheets which drove every
 body to cover. Taken altogether it was a
 disappointing sight. When the horses and jockeys names went up on the board there
 was much disappointment, for Jean Be-
 raud and Ethelbert were among the miss
 ing, and all the snap was taken out of the contest. The attendance suffered because
 of the weather, and it was not one of the old-time handicap crowds, with the grand stand packed to suffocation and the lawn
 a sea of heads and the infield thronged
 Not more than 1000 persons were present,
 and those in the field were the only ones
 who stood out on the wet grass to watch
 the race.
 Imp Was AppIauded
 At 4:10 the horses paraded to the post
 with the grand mare Imp in the lead. She
 got bit of applause as she walked past
 the grand stand, but it was haf-hearted
 and died out quickly, while the others got
 no attention. The post was reached at 412
 and the horses formed in line at once. An
 instant of delay and the starters caught
 them all in motion They were off in a
 bunch and in good order. Batten was first
 to poke his nose out of the bunch, and as
 they came splashing down through the
 stretch all the jockeys seemed to be mak- ing for what looked like drier spots in the
 track, and in the last furlong there was a
 good bit of crowding, but nothing serious.
 They passed the grand stand the first time
 with King Barleycorn, Batten, Knight of
 the Garter Imp and Kfnley Mack noses
 apart, with Imp having little the best of
 it, if anything, although there was little to
 choose between them.
 Rounding the lower turn there was more crowding, for the curve Is a sharp one, but none of them got jostled enough to hurt him. First one and then another poked a nose in front as they scurried around the turn, and when they had reach ed the half mile post and began to straighten out for the run up the back stretch King Barleycorn had a length and a half the best of it, going well, to the
 surprise of almost everybody, as he is a sulky brute and rarely cares to extend himself. Next came Kinley Mack Imp, Knight of the Garter and Survivor heads apart, with the others closely punched
 behind that not an inch of daylight could be seen between them.
 Was Anybody's Race At this point it was anybodys race for | the pace had been slow and none had done | any tiring work except what was due to l the heavy track. Up the back stretch they went, the speed not quickening to amount | to anything, and in a few seconds they were at the three-quarter pole, and ready | to round the upper turn King Barleycorn began to drop back As they began to | make the upper turn, McCue sent kinley Mack to the front and he soon had a neck | the best of the former leader, who was | neck in front of Survivor, who made break from the rear in a wild bid for the rich purse. Then came Imp, Raffaello, | Herbert and Wait Not heads apart, | length behind the three leaders. There 1 was a lot of shifting of positions among | those behind on the turn, and as they cut around into the home stretch with only | quarter of a mile to go, Mitchell drove Herbert through the bunch and at once strengthened out for the final rush. kinley | Mack had a length the best of it, and the crowd began to shout for him. Jenkins on | Raffaello and Mitchell on Herbert went to work with whip and spurs. Inch by inch | they began to cut down the lead of the 1 4-year-old.
 McCue Let Out Length Their hopes were raised as they drew up | on the lead there, but McCue then let out | a link in his reins and drew away again as if he had only been playing with them. | and went past the judges with good bit | up his sleeve, an easy winner by length | from the favorite, Raffaello who was | half length in front of the second choice, | Herbert only head in front of Survivor. l The others were far back, badly beaten, | Imp staggering along far in the rear, tir el | to death in the heavy going, in which she l has never been able to show her speed. l The Brooklyn handicap has always been a spectacular race at some point, and the l enthusiasm at the finish has always been l great.
 l This time, 1t was one of the tamest races run in years. There were no sensational l features, and 1t might be summed up in | few words. McCue placed Kinley Mack l just where he wanted to and then came to | the front in the last quarter with no par | ticular display of speed, and won as he | pleased. The tameness of the contest was l shown by the crowd, as there were few l shouts and little or no applause at the end. l This was largely due to the fact that | Ethelbert and Jean Beraud were out of 1t. | With a fair day and track on Saturday | next there will be much enthusiasm, as | the pair are down to go the Brooklyn han
 dicap distance with the same weights for $1,000 a side with 5000 added by the club. The winner of the Brooklyn handicap takes sS,00O; second horse $1,5O0, and third, $500.
 Golden Age won the Expectation stakes, | which served as a curtain raiser to the
 Brooklyn handicap. He made all the rum
 ming and won easily from the odds-on fa- | vorite, All Green.
 l Summaries
 | First Race-About six furlongs: Contestor 110 (MitchelD, to 1, won; Fire Arm, 12l 1 (Spencer), to and to 5, second; Trum-
 pet, 105 (O'Connor), to 1, third. Time 1:12 Is.
 Second Race-Selling, mile and one.
 sixteenth: Blueaway, 112 (O'Connor), to
 l. won; Lamp Globe, Y Dangman), to
 and to l, second; Rare Perfume, 104
 (Shaw). to l. third. Time, 1:52.
 Third Race-The Expectation Stakes, foul
 and half furlongs: Golden Age, 115 Gull
 man). to l, won; All Green, 115 (Spencer)
 to 10 and out, second; Prince Pepper, Il!
 Genkins), to 1, third. Time, 055.
 Fourth Race-The Brooklyn Handicap,
 mile and a quarters Kinley Mack, 122 (Mc
 Cue), to 1 and to l, won; Raffaello, 12
 (Jenkins), to and even second; Herbert