The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-26
.KEENE'S GONR0Y WINS
BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Three-year-old Cantered Home
at Grayesend Yesterday.
PULLED OFF IN RAIN
BANAsTAR, THE FAvoRITE UN-
ABLE TO WORK UP HIS SPEED.


New York. May 25-James r. Keene's
Conroy, the first 3-year-old to win
Brooklyn handicap, cantered- home a
winner at the Gravesend race track to-
day with odds of. 4 70 against him.
Herbert finished second, with Standing
IN third position. Fhe-favorite. Banas-
tar, was away back in the rucz. un-
able to set up his speed in the heavy
going
"A more. disagreeable day for the
i9Pooklyn handfcap could not have been
mag heQ. FROM early lnOrning the
rain mad been coming dOEn, with now
ana then clearing signs which gave
promise OF possible far weather nv the
tiHle the great race was run. The first
Unree races We're run under lowering
clouds The five runners in the sF3xDecZ
taJIon stakes had hardly finished, how
ever, when the rain came down in
earnest, and, the big event was pulled
OF IN a driving rain.
In spite of the threa teIliY7e- yy7es fE7e7.
there was a big crowd at the track
Iully 1000 persons watching the strug-
sic IN the rain At Ais y. m. when the
pugle called the handicap horses to the
post, the track was Ike a quagmire.
banaStaI was a consistent favorite
all the time with Conroy second choice
and Sidney Lucas Herbert and Raf-
faellO we'll backed The candidates
We're appIauded IS they. canteFed uD to.
the turn, Banastar in the lead. Five
times did the starter try to get them
away, and as many times did they de-
cline to &c in order
on the sixth attempts however, the
horses get OF in good style Banastar
Raffaelo next in line, and Conr0y close
uD. Around the turn they rushed. They
had gone but a few strides when O'C0n-
nor sent the S-year-Olde COnroy to the
'front.', and he came with such a rush
that ne was two open lengths to the
good as he passed the judges stand
for the first time. Banastar was in
second place, Herbert and Standing
tapping him.
In the Flying Wind.
Without slackening speed in the
least and with the mud flying, they
scampered around The lower turn, Con-
roy holding his advantage. Banastar
mad been passed by Herbert and
Standing, and was half a. length behind
them Coming into the back stretch
Smith sent Herbert after Conroy. and
foot by foot he began to cut down the
lead Of the szyear-old.
Standing and Banastar began to
close up TOO, and as the upper turn was
reached it looked as if the youngster
already had his measure taken. O'COn-
nor however was on the alert, and still
had good hold on Keene's horse. The
AEcblAE4o lAS-lel INTO the aLufIl Just Tor
one instant did Banastar show a flash
of the speed which he exhibited in the
Brooklyn handicap of two years ago
only the conditions We're so different
but il did not last, and he began 10
drop back.
Herbert, by this time, was on even
terms with Cbnroy, and Standing was
but a length away, and they We're turn
ing into the stretch for the final rush
0,Conner,. on CoHroy, then crouched
low on his mount and went to work
ConrOy gamely responded to the Jock
ey's appeal, and in q few jumps left
Herbert as if he were standing still In
the twinkle Of an eye he was 3 couple
of lengths in front. and sin a few
bounds more, as S7r as the rest were
cOncerneds the contest was over. for
struggle as they might. they never
could catch ConrOy, and the BATTER
pulling up strongly, cantereQ past the
judges stand the easiest Kind of q
winner by a length and a half from
Herbert. who was twice that distance
ia front of Standing, and the others
badly beaten. The cheering at the con-
ciusion Of the race WIS tremendous.
summary
First race, about six furlongs-Out-
lander won, Colonel. Padden second.
Dublin third. Time-i.11 2-5
Second race, mile and seventy yards,
sellirlg-Biue Away won. Himself sec
ond. Animosity third. TiFne-1.47 As
Third race, the Expectation stakes,
five furlOngs-The Go{ddnder WOns Col