The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-25
Betting Was Forty to One Against
the Chestnut FiIly.
GREAT CROWD SAW TIE RACE
ThirtY-five Thousand Persons Gathered
at Gravesend Track to See the
Fourteen Crack Thoroughbreds
Contest for Rich Prize of
ooo-Advance Guard
Was Second.
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NEW YORK. May 2I-Uhder tdsa1 cons
dfSions for a great running race tho
Brooklyn handicap. at Gravesend, ws3
won to-day by Arthur Featherstona'&
four-year-old chestnut flly Reina In 2:s9
at 40 to !, with O'Connor up. Reina won
by short head. leading home thirtee,A
of the most noted racers Of the American
turf. Advance Guard. Burns up, wac
second. a length ahead Of j. E. Mad
den's Pentecost. ridden 5y Redeem. Frank
Farrell's Blues. a great favorite In the
betting ring. fought hard with Pente>
cost for third place, but finished fourths
and Monograph, the Western horse tha4F
had raised expectations after leading foEs
the first quarter of a mile, dropped bacA
to fifth place at the wire.
BROKE TRADITION. =
The winning OF the race by Reina not
only upset all calculations of the shrewu-s
est guessers. but also broke a tradition.
She is the first mare to win the BrooklyM
handicap. Only wise few picked he4
to win. An hour or more before the races
when the first book on the handicap was
shown in the betting ring. Blues. Herbert
and Advance Guard were the favoritea-
in the order named, the odds on Blues
being to and Z to 5. while Herbert was
and to 5. and Advance Guard at ale
most the same price.
Thirty-sve thousand persons, the create
est crowd ever assembled at the Graves
send track, packed the grandstand and
the pavilion and the space between. ~
deep fringe of spectators lined the inner
side of the track for q quarter Of g
mile.
FOURTEEN CONTESTANTS.
A few moments after the bugle sound.
ed the fourteen contestants of the great
race passed up the stretch. single file.
each handsome thoroughbred bearing its
rider dressed In gay cofors.
Monograph took the lead at the start.
At the half Monograph still was cling..
ing to the lead and Reina was seconds
Herbert had worked up to third place
with Blues fourth. Pentecost was seventh
and Advance Guard had begun his rush
towards the front by getting into tho
eighth place. In the course OF the neg.
quarter Reina took the lead with MoIo-s
graph second. Reina finished the. mile.
first, the bate of the real leaders grow
ing fiercer every jump. Advance Guard
had rushed up from seventh to fourth
place. and was flying into the stretch
with what looked like grand determinas
ton to win.
CLOSE FINISH.
Down the stretch came the great helds
Shouts rang out as Pentecost flew for-=
ward and began battle with Blues foA
third money The eye OF the multttudes
however, was chiefly on Advance Guar4
and Reina.
Winnie O'Connor on Reina and Tommy
Burns on Advance Guard began usina
their whips and the fierce lashtng na0
some apparent effect on Heira, but noe
on her great rival. The mare made o.ie.
last effort and few under the wire with
Advance Guards nose almost beside heN
own So close was the finish that severR4
In the grandstand shouted Dead Heat. ~
It was plain to all that one or tWa-
Jumps more would have reversed the orr
der Of finishing of the two leaders.
Alcedo stumbled Immediately after tho
start and passed the srandstand ftdefs
less. /
SUMMARIES.
First race-for all ages. handicap: aocuD
six furlons-The Musketeer g to % hrsta
Cunard Ct to y second. Kilogram q to ~
third, Time, 10 1-5. -
Second race-the Empire State Steer
piechase Handicap, full course: about two
r.iles and a half-A1iss Mitchell e to 81
first, P1ato (1s to 81 second, Jim Megan~s
ben e to and even) third. Time. @:SA
2-5
Third race-the Expectation Stakes, FOG
twc-year-olds; five furlongs-Me1ican u
to I, first, Mary Street q % y seconds
Sir voorhees, co to y third. Time. 1905
Fourth race-ths Brooklyn Handicap,
S.uGo. mile anu q qoartsr-kseiiia W. "
u first, Advance Guard "a to y seconds
Pentecost 60 to y third. Time. 2:G7.
Fifth race-two-year-olds. selling; nva
furlcngs-Squanto 6 to u first. Decoras.
ton Is to y second. Petit Bleu q to 81
third. Time. 1O2
Sixth race-mile and seventy yard1s
selling-Fried Krupp $50 to y first. The
Puritan Is to y second, King Baine a
to y third. Time, 1:H.
Seventh race-two-year-o -olds. selling: fves
furlong-Turnpike Is to y first. kennard
III TO 81 second. Warte Nicht Go to ~
third. Time, 1:01.