The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27
kinney MACK WON
THE HANDICAP
A Seven to One Shot Landed the
Money Over a Heavy Track.
BEST HORSES WERE MISSING.
EthcIbert and Jean Bcraud Did Not
Run, and the Fayoritc, IsaffaeIlo,
Only Got Second Place-The
Crowd Was Small.

NEW YORK, May 26.-EfnIey Mack, at
: ITO /, Won tho Brooklyn Handicap at
Gravesend to-day in hollow fashion. while
Raffaello. the favorite. landed in second
place comfortably. and Herbert, the sec
ond choice, could do no better than third
The time, 2:l0, was slow, but the track
was very heavy. and the crack horses were
out of the race.
When the horses names went up on the
board there was much disappointment, for
Jean Beraud and Ethelbert were among
the missing. and all the snap was taken
out of the contest. The attendance suffer
ed because of the weather, and It was not
one of the old-time handicap crowds, with
the grandstand packed to suhocasion- Not
more than 1900 persons were present
OFF IN a BUNCH
The horses got off in the bunch. Batten
was first to poke his nose out OF the lot
as they came splaSfIing down through the
stretcn, and all the Jockeys making for
what looked like dryer spots in the track
They passed the grandstanf the first time
with King Barley Corn. Batten. knight
OF the Garter, Imp and Kinley Mack
noses apart
When they had reached the haIf-rsIIs
pole and began to straighten out for the
run up the back stcdtch, King Barley
1t, going we'll. 70 the slIrprtse OF almost
| everybody. Next came Kinlay Mack.
f, Imp, Knight of the Garter ana Survivor.
| heads apart At this point it was any
| body's race Up the back stretch they
went, the speed not qutckeninS TO amount
TO anything and in a few seconds they
! were at the three-quarters' pole ard ready
| TO round the upper turn.
King Barieycorn began to drop back
As they began TO make the upper turn
| McCue sent kinley Mack 10 the front,
| and he soon had neck t;le best Of the
| former leader. who was n neck in front OF
| Survivor, who had made a break from the
rear in wild bid for the rich purse
! EASY WINNER
| AS they cut into the home stretch
| Mitchell drove Herbert through the bunch.
| and at once Strengthened out for the final
rush. k!nley Mack had a length the best
| of II, and the crowd began 70 shout for
( him. McCue went past the judges with a
} good bit up his sleeve, an easy winner by
| a length from the favorite. Raffaa.o. wEro
| was a half length in front of the second
| choice, Herbert. only a head in front OF
! Survivor. The others were far back badly
| beaten. the grand mare. Imp. staggering
| along far in the rear, tired to death in the
heavy going.
The winner of the Brooklyn Handicap
! takes s.. ONo. second horse 81, SEQ. and third
$500.
Golden Age won the Expectation Stakes.
| which served as a curtain raiser to the
| Brooklyn Handicap. FIe made all the run
| ming. ard won easily. The steeplechase
| went to Van Ship by head from Ron
| konkoma- DR.. Reed fell at the second
| jump. but neother horse nor boy was
| hurt. Summaries:
! First race-about six furlongsContester
| & to 81 first; F'irearm Is to and ? to s.
| second. Trumpet third Time, Ill 2-5
! Second race-rIlile and one-sixteenrh-
| Blueaway q to 1 and TO 81 first Lamp
Globe IS to 1 and to y second. Rare Per-
| fume third. Time $50.
| Third race-the Expectation Stakes. four
| and a half furIonss-Cso!den Age a to and
to - first: All Green g to 10 and ou0
| second. Prince Pepper third. Time. 50.
| Fourth race-t1e Brooklyn Handicap,
| mile and one-quarter- kinney Mack q to
| and to y first. Raffaello IS to and
| EVEN second: Herbert third. Time. 2:1A-
| Fifth race-steeplechsse about two
miles-van Ship @ to 10 and out first.
| Rankonkona Is to I and . 10 y second.
+, DR.. Catlett third. Time. 4:02.
| Sixth race-five furIongs-Tonicum 70 TO
1 and even) first, Bowen g to l and even)
second. Larnkin third Time. 1:S 1-5.