The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-25
FEATHERSIONE'S FlLLY
REINA AGAIN SHOWS THE
 BLOOD IN HER. X
She Was Conceded 13 Pounds, Burns
 With Advance Guard Giving the - Ei11y.A Prsffy Struggle, Blues
 ' Fourth and Herbert Ran.

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 Featherstone. the rich Chicago turfmap
 who won the, Futurity in 1899 with Cha yesterday annexed another East
 ern classic-the Brooklyn handicap. Win
 nie O'Connor with his Ally. Reina. landed
 the race after a fight with the great Ton,
 horse. Advance Guard who gave the lilly
 thirteen pounds, Tommy Burns riding
 him. The race was run in 2:0I, with one
 exception faster than since 1897 when Dry
 Monopole pulled down stake of $5.sso.
 The fastest time was in 1899 when Ranas-
 ter won 1t in 2:06 l-5. the purse being
 s7.s0o to s1oooo yesterday. Probably the greatest year of this race was in 1s9i when Dr. Rice won it with Henry of Navarro second and Sir Walter third. the purse being s17. 750. Conroy won 1t last year and Kinley Mack in 1900. the purse being s7,S00 in both cases.
 Both Louisville and Worth closed yes terdav. I.atonia opening Monday to June D. Hawthorne opens Monday and runs to June 6. Harlem onening on June and | opening on the Fist to July 1s. The S,i- burban is. run on the Hth of June at Sheepshead and the great Futuritv on August 30 Squire Brown.
 s.slNs@ York. May 24-Under ideal weath- | ef y8iid track conditions for a great race | ap6 fRs the presence. of 5000 people. the | RfH9kfSn, Handicap. at Gravesend. was SSR{{nSE Chestnut fillv Reina. in 2:o7 at MhtS STtwith O'connor up. Reina won By .se short head. leading home thirteen 1nths most noted racers of the American kVGf Advance Guard. withsT. Burns uIl X&4rs4Sond. a length ahead of J. E. Mad dfxS fntecost. ridden by Redfern. Frank Sf$&rSLs Blues, great fayorite in the
 Be3IffibbS srfng. fought hard with Pentecost for third place, but finished fourth. and Monograph. the Western horse that had fAisSd high expectations after leading f6f the first quarter of mile. dropped
 e fsa ssan assr tns start Iockex Shaw. The winning of the race by RfihH not only. upset all calculations but Also broke tradition. She is the first
 mare to win the, Brooklyn Handicap An | first book, on the handicap was shown | in the betting ring, Blues. Herbert and l Advance Guard were the favorites in the
 order nameds the odds on. Blues being | vance Guard almost the same price. The
 race started with the odds as follows:
 Reina, 40 to l; Advance Guard. to I:
 Pentecost, 70 to |: Blues; to ?: Mono Wheel, 20 to |; Carbuncle. 90 to 1; Water
 Cure. 40 to 1; Dom Paul. l2 to 1: Herbert.
 6 to l.: The Regent. 20 to l; Roe Hampton. l F to i; Alcedo. 10 to'1..
 The bugie for the Brooklyn Handicap sounded at o'clock. The fourteen con | testants in the great race were soon lined | up. the starter gave them the word and Monograph, the Western colt by Mar | grave-Monopoy, took the lead at the | start, though Roe Hampton was on the rail, Advance Guard in fourth, position, Herbert next, Blues in tenth, all between Monograph and, the rail. At the first | quarter Monograph was still first. Reina l was second, Fly Wheel third, Herbert | fourth. Blues sixth and Advance Guard ninth.
 At the half Monograph still was cling | ing 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 towards the front bv getting into | the eighth place. In the course of the l Monograph second, Blues third, Herbert l back In fourth place and Advance Guard | up another notch to seventh place. Pente- cost was ninth Reina finished the mile | first, the battle of the real leaders grow l ing fiercer every jump. Advance Guard and was flying into the stretch with what | looked like a grand determination to win. | Monograph kept second place, Blues and third and Pentecost eighth. Down the
 flew forward and began battle with
 -Biaes for tiiirds money. The eye of the multitude. however. was chiefly on Ad- | vance Guard and Reina.- Could the marc
 hold her lead? It, was lessening every | jump Advance Guard took. Winnie O Con- nor on Reina and Tommy Burns using their whips and the fierce flashing had some apparent -, effect on Reina. | but not on hers4 great rival The mare made one last effort and flew under the wire with Advance Guards nose isl-
 most beside her owr. So close was the finish that several in the grand stand shouted dead heat It was plain that l one or two more Jumps would have re- versed the order of finishing of the two
 leaders. Alcedo having stumbled imme-