Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-26
REINA WINS The HANDICAP
Little Filly Surprises Thousands BY Leading
Thirteen Noted Racers
BEATS ADVANCE GUARD A SHORT HEAD
T~hirty-Five Thousand People witness
the Exciting Event, in which
Two HOrses Break Legs
and Are shot.

NEW YORK. May a5.-Under ideal con-
ditions for a great running race the Brook
lyn handicap at Gravesend WAS won
by Arthur Featherstons's 4-year-old chest
nut hlly Reina in 2:o7. at 40 to Z, with
o'Connor up. Reina won by a short head.
leading home thirteen Of the nest noted
racers Of the American turf.
Advance guard with T. Burns up was
second. a length ahead Of J. T.. Madden's
Pentecost, ridden by Redfern. Frank Far
rel's Blues. a great f~avorite in the betting
ring. fought hard with Pentecost for third
place, but finished fourth, and Monograph,
the western horse that had raised high ex-
pectations after reading for the first quar-
ter 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 s~hrewdest
guessers, but also broke a tradition. She
Is the first mare to win the Brooklyn hand
leap. Only a wise few picked her to win.
Blues First o
An hour or more before the race, when
the first book on the handicap was shown
in the betting ring. Blues, Herbert and
Advance Guard were the favorites in the
order named. the odds on Blues being Z to
2 and Z to 8. while Herbert was 4 to
and s to 5 and Advance Guard at almost
the same price. The race started with the
odds as follows, including Alcedo. who
tumbled soon after starting and threw his
rider, Shaw:
Reina, 40 to /; Advance Guard, 4 to !;
Pentecost, 40 to /; Blues, 7 to 2; Mono
graph, II to /; Sadie s., 40 to /: Flywheel.
20 to l; Carbuncle. 80 to /; Watercure, 40
to /; Dom Paul. ~ to /; Herbert, 6 to /;
The Regent, 20 to /; Roehampton, IL to 1:
Alcedo, 10 to 1.
The bugle for the Brooklyn handicap,
which was the fourth race Of the Brooklyn
Jockey clubs opening day Of 1909, sounded
at 4 o'clock. The air was a trihe too warm.
except when the refreshing sea breeze was
unobsIucted by the buildings. The mu-
steal notes reused IS 900 persons, the great
est crowd ever assembled at the track, to
the highest pitch Of expectation and inter
est.
Every Corner Crowded.
The space between the grandstand and
the pavilion became an eighth of a mile of
densely packed humanity. and the fringe
on the inner side Of the track for q quar-
ter of a mile was dense.
A few moments after the bugle sounded
the fourteen contestants Of the great race
passed up the stretch in single hle, each
thoroughbred bearing its rider
dressed in gay colors. The horses passed
to the head OF the stretch, the race distance
being a mile and a quarter. and at 4;O5 they
were all ready for the word.
A moment or two later there was a shout, |
They're on"
Monograph, the western colt by Mar
grave-Monopoly. that had 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, |
Herbert next, Blues IN tenth, all between
Monograph and the rail.
Reina IL Second.
In the first quarter Monograph was stiIl
first, Reina second, Flywheel third, Herbert
fourth, Blues sixth and Advance Guard
ninth.
At the half Monograph was still clinging
to the lead and Reina was second as be-
fore. Herbert had worked up TO third
place with Blues fourth. Pentecost was
seventh and Advance Guar had begun his
rush toward the front by getting into the
eighth place. In the course OF the next
quarter Reina took the lead with Mono
graph second, Blues third, Herbert back IN
fourth place and Advance Guard up another
notch to seventh place. Pentecost was
ninth. Reina finished the mile first, the
battle of the real leaders growing nercer
every jump. Advance Guard had rushed
from seventh to fourth place and was flying
into the stretch will what looked like a
grand determination to win. Monograph
kept her place as second, Blues was third
and Pentecost eighth.
PentecOst FOrses Ahead.
Down the stretch came the great field.
shout rang out as Pentecost few forward
and began q battle with Blues for third
money.
The eye OF the multitude, however, was
chiefly on Advance Guard and Reina.
Could the mare hold the lead!
It was lessening every jump Advance
Guard took.
Winnie o'Connor on ReinA and Tommy
Burns on Advance Guard began using their
whips and the fierce lashing had some APP
parent effect on Reina, but not on her great
rival. The mare made one last effort and
few under the wire with Advance Guards
nose almost beside her own.
So close was the finish that several in
the grandstand shouted dead heat"
II was plain TO all that one or two Jumps
more would have reversed the order OF
finishing OF the two leaders.
Alcedo stumbled Immediately after the
start and came past the grandstand rider
less.
Three Horses Fall.
An accident In the first race Of the day
caused q change OF mounts In the handi-
cap. Odom was riding Cervera and ]. DAILY
was on Lamp o'Lee, when Cervera crossed
his legs and fell. Sterling Fox. coming up,
stumbled and Lamp o'Lee on the outside
hit Sterling Fox. All three went down in
a bad spill. Cervera and Lamp o'Lee broke