The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
BY A HEAD REINA
WINS HANDICAP
Forty to One Shot Beats Big
Field.
BACKED ONLY BY A FEW
STIRRING RACE FOUGHT THE
WHOLE WAY.
BACKED ONLY BY A FEW

home thirteen of the most noted racers |
Of the American turf Advance Guard, |
with T. Burns up, was second, a length |
ahead of j. T. Madden's Pentecost, rid
den by Redfern. Frank FarreHs Blues, |
a great favorite in the betting ring.
fought hard with Pentecost for third
place, but finished fourth, and Mono
graph, the western horse that had
raised high expectations after leading
for the first quarter of a mile, dropped
back TO fifth place at the wire.
The winning Of the race by Reina not
only upset all calculations of the
shrewd guessers, but also broke ira
dition. She is the first mare to win
the Brooklyn handicap. Only a wise
few picked her to win. An hour or
more before the race, when the first
book on the handicap was shown in the
betting ring, Blues, Herbert and Ad-
vance Guard were the favorites in the
order named. the odds on Blues being
to and to 5, while Herbert was
to l and to 5, and Advance Guard at
almost the same price. The race start
ed with the odds as follows, including
Alcedo, who stumbled soon after start
ing and threw her rider. Shaw:
Reina, 40 to /; Advance Guard, to
1; PentecOst. 40 to /; Blues, to 2;
Monograph, II TO I; Sadie S, 40 to L;
Flywheel, 20 to l; CarbUncle, 80 to 1;
Watercure, 40 to 1; Dom Paul, u to /:
Herbert, 6 to l; The Regent, 20 to /;
Roehampton, II to 1; Alcedo. 10 to 1.
Great Crowd Present.
The bugle for the Brooklyn handicap.
which was the fourth race of the
Brooklyn Jockey clubs opening day Of
1902. sounded at 4 o'clock. The air was
a trifie too warm, except when the re-
freshing sea breeze was unobstructed
by the buildings. The musical notes
reused $4,000 persons, the greatest
crowd ever assembled at the Gravesend
track, to the highest pitch of expecta-
ton and interest. The space between
the grand stand and the pavilion be-
came an eighth of a mile Of closely
packed humanity. and a deep fringe Of
spectators lined the inner side of the
tracks for a quarter of a mile.
A few moments after the bugle
sounded the fourteen contestants in
the great race passed up the stretch in
single file. each handsome thoroughbred
bearing it's rider dressed in gay colors.
The horses passed TO the head Of the
stretch, the race being a mile and Il
quarter, and at 4:O5 they we're all ready
for the word. A moment or two later
there was a shout of They're Off"
Monograph, the western colt that
showed a mile and a quarter at the
track in 2:06, took the lead at the start,
though Roehampton was on the rail,
Advance Guard in fourth position, Her
bert next, Blues in tenth, all between
Monograph and the rail- At the first
quarter Monograph was still first,
Reina second. Flywheel third, Herbert
fourth, Blues sixth and Advance Guard
ninth. At the half Monograph still was
clinging to the lead, and Reina was
second as before. Herbert had worked
up to third place, with Blues fourth.
PenteCost was seventh and Advance
Guard had begun his rush to the front
by getting into eighth place. In the
course of the next quarter Reina took
the lead, with Monograph second, Blues
third, Herbert back in fourth place, Ad-
vance Guard up another notch to sew
enth place, and PentecOst ninth. Reina
finished the mile first, the battle Of the
real leaders growing fiercer every
jump. Advance Guard had rushed from
seventh to fourth place, and was flying
into the stretch with what looked like
a grand determination to win. Mono
graph kept her place as second, Blues
was third and Pentecost eighth.
Fight Down the Stretch.
Down the stretch came the great
field. Shouts rang out as Pentecost
flew forward and began a battle with
Blues for third money. The eye Of the
multitude, however, was chiefly on Ad-
vance Guard and Reina. Could the
mare hold the lead? 1t was lessening
every jump Advance Guard took. Win
ME O'Connor. on Reina, and Tommy
Burns, on Advance Guard, began using
their whips and the fierce flashing had
some apparent effect on Reina, but not
on her great rival. The mare made one
last effort and flew under the wire
with Advance Guards nose almost be-
side her own. So close was the finish
that several in the grand stand shout
ed Dead heat" 1t was plain to all
that one or two jumps would have re-
versed the order of finishing Of the
two leaders.
Alcedo stumbled Immediately after
! the start and came past the grand
stand riderless.
An accident in the first race Of the
/ day caused a change Of mounts in the
! handicap. Odom was riding Cervera
/ and J. Daily was on Lamp OLee, when
/ Cervera crossed his legs and fell Ster-
4 ling Fox, coming up, stumbled, and
! Lamp O'Lee. on the outside, hit Ster-
/ ling Fox. All three went down in a
bad spill. CerveTa and Lamp OLee
broke their legs and were shot. doom
! and J. DAILY were so badly shaken UP
that they could not ride in the succeed
| ing races, including the handicap IN
which Odom had the mount on Herbert
and DAILY on Dom Paul. Summary;
The Summary.
First race, handicap, about six fur
! longs-The Musketeer won, Cunard
! second, KiIogram third. Time-1:10 Is
Second race, the Empire State stee-
plechase, handicap. full course, about
I two and a half miles-Miss Mitchell
won. Plato second, Jim Megibben third.
I Time-4:5S 2-5.
] Third race. the Expectation stakes,
/ for 2-year-Olds, five furlongs-Mexiean
! won. Mary Street second, Sir VOORHEES,
/ third. Time-1.O0
Fourth race. the Brooklyn handicap
/ one mile and a quarter for 3-year-olds
and upward, value S1O,0e0-Reina. 10s
/ (O'Connor) 40 TO / and y to 1, won;
/ Advance Guard. III IT. Burns), to
/ and s to 5, second; PentecQst, 100 (Red-
! fern). 40 to 1. third. Time-2:07. Blues,
| Monograph. Sadie s., Flywheel, Car
bundle, Watercure. Dom Paul, Her
! bert, Roehampton, The Regent and Al
! cedo also ran. Alcedo fell.
Fifth race, selling, five furiongs-
/ Squanto won. Decoration second, Petl'
49,