The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-06
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP AND
KENTUCKY DERBY.
ARSENAL AND ALAN A. DALE
Thirty Thousand People Witness
the Former Win Out by Half
Length, Under Whip and Spur
vigorously App1ied-The Victor at
Louisville WINS With Great Ease.
the State Represented at this Race.

New York, May 3.-Out of a field Of
twenty horses the first eighth oe nile
of the Metropolitan handicap at Morris
park today, raced Arsenal, son of the
famous sprinter Lamplighter, to a lead
which he hello TO the wire and victory,
with its reward of $3.50. He was
buncle, Chiffon and Smoke and finish
ed under whip and spur vigorously
placed by johnny Daily, with scarce
strength enough to have gone another
dozen leaps at the killing pace of the
race.
1t was a sterling race, fairly started,
gamely contested for every inch OF the
mile and spectacularly finished.
Twenty to one was laid against
Arsenal, and his splendid victory was
a popular one. Jockey DAILY was pa
raded in front of the grand stand
perched nigh on the shoulders of a trio
of admirers, and Arthur Featherstoue,
owner of the victor, was enthusiastic
The great crowd that filed the stand,
betting ring, paddock, lawns and club
house was not demonstrative although
the sensational finish brought a volley
of cheers. A dr;zzling rain had fallen
at intervals during the afternoon and
the crowd was chilled. The rain made
a heavy track and brought free
scratching by owners timid about risk
ing their thorodghbreds in mud. Water
Color, the early morning favorite, was
withdrawn, and with his went Heno,
Far Rockaway, Whiskey King, Old En-
gland, Saturday and Smart Set. The
withdrawal OF Water Color and Heno
somewhat dulied interest in the con-
test and the crowd was hardly pre-
pared for the spirited race.
Rain and the general cheerfulness of
the day were apparently without effect
upon the attendance, and fully 10000
persons were en- the course when the
handicap candidates were sent away.
Frank Farrells entries. Bonnibert and
Colonel Padden, were the favorites in
the betting and the quotar ;on on them
was 5 to l. Herbert, who ran true to
form. was second choice and the money
on him was placed at and to 2. Roe
Hampton was third choice and the fig
ures on him were and to 2. The 9TH
ers varied from 10 to $50 to 1, the price
of Carbuncle. who ran third being 20 to
1 and 6 to /. There were tips out on
in hn nd he ha Ia 90
so even that the money was widely dis
tributed. There was a heavy play. but
betting on Arsenal, the winner, was
rather light.
The start was a fair one. Kamara
was the first away, with His Eminence
second. Smoke third and the others
close up. Before the first eighth had
been covered Arsenal had bounded for
ward into the front rank and at the
post he was leading with a gap OF
length and a half behind him. Down
the back stretch Smoke and Reina
worked up and claimed second and third
places respectively.
The positions of the leaders was main
tained to the first turn ana beyond 1t
toward the second. At the turn into
the stretch Odom on Herbert began 70
make his ride that finally landed him
in second place with chance Of first.
Arsenal wavered fifty yards from the
wire and UP in the stand fifty voices
cried Its Herbert. but the Feather
stone horse held his way under DAILY,
and had Herbert by half a length when
they raced under the wire. Carbuncle
was close behind with Smoke on his
side and Hilton just behind. Bonnibert
and Colonel PaGden, the favor,te, were
tenth and eleventh respectively.
The Kentucky Oerby.
Louisville, May 3.-Tc the cheers OF
thousands AldI. A. Dale, the son OF
Halma, the latter himself winner OF the
'95 Derby. this afternoon passed under
the wire winner Of the twenty-eishth
Kentucky Derby.
The outrouring of the people, such as
always charactcrizes a Derby, was one
of the features of today's big event
The society of the entire state was
represented. Governor Beckha-n and
his staff were in attedance. as were
public officials from adjoining states
After several attempts to start spoil
ed by Abe Frank, who was little
over-anxious, they were sent away on
comparatively even terms, with Alan
A. Dale neck in front OF Abe Frank.
The Rival third and Inventor last
Around the lower turn they shot with
the chestnut son of Halma still show
ing the way.
Alan viii --in. he will make a run
away race OF it." yelled an admir<r.