The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-06
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ETHELBERT THE WINNER.
Favorite Takes the Metropolitan
HandicaD With Maher Tn

Handicap With Maher Up.
New York. May 5-EtheIbert of the
Perry Belmont stables. with Danny
Maher up, won the Metropolitan handi- !
cap at Norris Park today before 20 600 !
people. He was favorite in the betting
and beat out the card by three lengths, |
Box taking second place by a neck
from Imp. The time was 1:HK.
There was never a greater crowd at
the Metropolitan handicap than today.
When the time came for the great race
there were fully 10000 persons in the
big grand stand and on the lawn in
front.
Although everyone was anxious for
the big race, there was a lot of inter-
est in the Juvenile stakes for 2-year-
olds, which brought the best Of the
youngsters together. Competitor was
the favOrite in this race, but was never
prominent. BellaTce made all the run
ming. but whene they came into the
last furlOng Spencer cut loose with
Tommy Atkins and won very easily.
Then came the Metropolitan handi-
cap. A year ago Ethelbert was beaten
for the Metropolitan by Filligrane
when it was thought he had a rare
chance to win, but today, when his
owner and his trainer thought he was
not I'D to the race, he gallOped home
with a good bit to spare, making the
other horses look like selling DlateTs
followed in by the uncertain Box,
while the great mare Imp finished
third. The great crowd cheered the
horses enthusiastically as they marched
to the post Starter Fitzgerald got
them in line at once and they were
sent away in perfect line on the first
break. There was no delay to affect
the top weights, so all had an equal
chance. Half Time broke in front,
with Ethelbert close behind, Box third
and Ildrim fourth.
AS the horses settled into their
strides Spencer sent Voter to the front
and he was running free in that posi-
ton as they went past the first fur
long pole. He had but a head the bet
ter Of COntestor, the lightweight, and
the much-played Waring was third.
Maher had taken Ethelbert back into
sixth place and was. holding him in
good position for the finish. At the
quarter pole there was no change in
position, Voter and Contestor running
heads apart a length in front of the
others, who were well punched behind
them, AS they prepared to round into
the new track, Voter began 10 open up
a gap. and as they rushed around the
as II it would be Voter first and the
others far behind. Suddenly Maher
seemed to wake up on Ethelbert, and
as the flying horses rounded the turn
the mare came flashing around on the
outside. and in the flashing Of an eye
Ethelbert had pOked his nose in front
! of the whole band and gradually in
creased his advance. 1t was a grand
race for six furlongs and then a pro-
! cession, with the crack 3-year-old Of
1899 leading it.
The Maiden steeplechase. which con-
Guided the days racing, resulted in a
chapter of accidents. OF the nine
horses which started, only three fin
ished and the winner, Buela, the hot
favOrite, was then disqualified. Master
/ Ford refused and the five others fell.
Philidore broke his neck. None of the
/ jockeys was seriously hurt Results:
First race. five and a half furlongs-
/ Heliabas won, Belle Of Lexington sec
! ond. Montanic third. T1me-1:0S.
Second race, selling, seven furlongS-
/ HesDer won. BuffoOn second, Her La
! dyshi0 third. Time-1;29.
Third race. Juvenile, five furlOngs-
Tommy Atkins won. Bellario second.
| Prince of 4Ielrose third. Time-:59 40.
/ Fourth race. the Metropolitan handi-
/ cap. mile-Ethelbert. 126 (Maher), 70
! and 8 to s. won by three elengths;
Box. 121 (O'Connor). 6 to 1 and to 1,
second by a neck; Imp. 127 (Clawson)r
s to and to 1, third. Time-1:41A.
! Contestor. Ildrim Survivor. Waring,
! Kilmarnock. Half Time, Raffaello and
/ Voter also ran.
Fifth race. four fuTlongs-Black Fox
| won. Lanceman second, Prince Pepper
| third Time-:47.
Sixth race, Maiden steeeplechase
! about two miles-Cosmopolitan won
Tentore second. Time-4so2. Buela
won. but was disqualified.