The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-29
IRISH LAD
WON RACE
BY EYELASH.
Took Brooklyn Handicap
from Gunflre.
GREAT CONTEST
FROM THE START
Record for Both the Race and
Track Lowered.
LITTLE FILLY PUT
UP a GAME FIGHT
She Was a Heavily Backed Favorite
and Was Side by Side With Winner
When the Wire Was Crossed.
Great Crowd Saw the
Splendid Con-
test.
Record for Both the Race and
Track Lowered.
LITTLE FILLY PUT
UP A GAME FIGHT
tBy Associated Pr.a.)

tBy ABeoclateO fIebS.j
NEW YORK, May 2s.-Lrish Lad won
the seventeenth Brooklyn handicap at
Gravesend to-day in 2:6 2-5. Ridden by
O'Neil, with perfect Judgment. he bore
the colors g. the Wes.bury stable, q part
nership OF Harry Payne Whitney and II.
3. Duryea. Rated by the Handicapped
highest Of the three-year-olds entered,
Irish Lad carried 103 pounds
Gunfire Ill pounds. winner Of tho Met
ropolitah handicap. and favor!te for to-
days race. was second, beaten by not
more than three inches. Burns rode her
ners half owner. Lengths behind the
pair, eight, according to the official hB-
,res, came w. 8. Fenshawe's Heno
irish Lad lowered the record for the
race, 2:oS IA, made by Ban!ster in 1899. and
equally the record for tho track made by
Gold Heels last October.
John q. Madden owned and sold the
f}rst second and third horses In to-days
Brooklyn handicap.
Mr.. Madden bought Irish Lad as a
yearling for $500 The price Messrs
Whitney and Duryea paid for him has
never been authoratively published.
Worth in gross @18.160. the winners share
Of the Brooklyn handicap Of 1903, was
si5,1bO, the second horse taking $500 and
the third SlOVo. 49,
No more evenly Judged race was ever
run, as the fractional time shows:
Quarter Is seconds. half 80. hye-eighths
1:o21-5. three quarters 1:142-5, seven
eipbths 1:T 1-5. mile 1:4o is. one and one
quarter miles 2:05 20,
LED FROM POST.
Irish Lad led practically from the post
to finish, successlvely stalled of the chal-
5lenges OF Dom Paul and Ign!ter and won
rt11IpP1e from his
stable companion. Both trained by j. w.
Rogers, tho Whitney horses were the only
real cont enders for first honors after the
field turned into the stretch. Irish Lad
No from the rail. was away well at
the start, and O'Neil rushing clear. took
him over close to the inside fence He led
as they passed the stand. running easily
under restraint with Dom Paul second.
Gunflre third and 1gntter fourth. swing
ing around to the back stretch Heno and
Injunction tried to Join the leaders, but
both were crowded back several lengths.
Irish Lad was a length IN front When
the run down the back stretch began, put
Dom Paul challenged at once and tho
two raced side by side for three-eighths
~ vile Gunfire appeared in difficulties
for n moment. Igniter raced up to ana
passed her and Colonel Bill was making
r. sturdy bid. He reached the nllys throat
latch as they neared the turn.
Then In a moment 1t was al over ,.,, pu,
for two horses. Igniter and Colonel b1li
fell back. and Dom Paurs green ano
white Jacket was hidden ~ Burns Dlue
~. he took Gunnre Into second place.
irish Lad led into the stretch BY
,enpth Gunfire close behind and Dom
pauI still within striking distance, put
apparently beaten: Strengthened out 1or
the run home, Whitney, father ana son,
had the race to themselves. irish Lao
had never faltereu aHu 4>S'' '
him perfectly.
When Gunfre drew alongside the three
year-old a sixteenth OF mile from nome
and Dom Paul made a last effort the out
cry from the stands was terrihc.
With every muscle strained ana every
,,der doing h,s utmost. Irish Lad and
Gunfre raced to the wire. The my
Gained on the colt inch by inch. Twenty
feet from the end her nose was IN 'front.',
but with one splendid burst OF courage
irish Lad leaped forward IN the very !ast
inmp @ and won by hairs breadth. One
}u,np }unp from @ the wire the race was a dead
heat Little O'Neil, an obscure rider IN
the Vest last winter. took his first ride
IN the floral horseshoe, and another
Rrooklyn Handicap was history. Between
20. .OoO and 10000 persons saw the great
race.
First race-handicap, six furlongs-
Northern Star az to y frst, Astarita q
to D second Invincible Qb to y third
Time. 100 2-5. -
Second race-hurdle handicap. ABOUT ono
mile and six furlongs-Ohnet Qs to % nrs..
McGrathlana Prince dl to 1ol second.
Draughtsman q to y third. Time s'l6
2-6,
Third race-the Expectation Stakes
five furlongs-Broomstick % to I'D hrst1
Tim Sullivan 40 to y second, Dimple "a
to ~ third. Time. 100 20
Fourth race-Brooklyn Handicap, mile
and two furlongs--Irish Lad Q2 to y hrst
Gunflre d is to. 6) second. Heno d5 to y
third. Time, 2o5 2-5. Injunction. Dom
Paul, Hunter Paine, Colonel Bill. Artiou,,
late. Yardarm, Igniter, Bonnibert and
Herbert finished in order named
Reach n to o first. Latheron e to % sec
ond, wallerin a to y third. Time. loo
sixth race-mile and seventy yards. SELL
,rp-Wild Pirate Is to y first, Daisy
t.ta n nO to ~ second North Brook e