The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-29
IRISH LAD WON HANDICAP Beat Out Gunfire, the Fa- Vorite, by the NcckS. THE RACE RUN IN MUD O'Neil Rode Gallant 3-Year-
 Old to victory.
 Seventeenth Brooklyn Handicap Event Went to westbury Stables, Owned by Whitney q nurysA Race Worth s1s,Soo.
THE RACE RUN IN MUD

New York;. May 3.--Irfsh Lad won tho seventeenth Brooklyn handicap at GraveD- end today in 2:05 2-5 Ridden hy O'Neu with perfect judgment he pore the colcx6 of the westbury stables, a partnership o< Harry Payne Whitney and H. B. Duryea- Rated by the handicapers highest of the s-year-clds entered. Irish Lad carried 10 pounds.
 Gunffre. Ill pounds, winner, of the NGs<ro- politan Handicap and faworfte tor today'o race. was second. beaten by not more than three inches. Burns rode her foe William c. Whitney. father of the win ner,s half owner. Eight lengths behin4 the paor came w. s. Fanstlaw's Hen0. H. MichaeIs up. Close on Hsno's hanke were Foxhall H. Keene's In!unctien. Shields Hunter Ra1ne. old Robert was last with Bonnibert. Ignfter and the much thought of Yardarm of E. R. ThQmaA, iN that order in front of him. Irish La4 lowered the record fzor the race, 1so6 l-4 made by Banaster in 1899 and eq1aled tho record for the track made by Gold Heels last October. Only once before has c 3-year.old won the Brooklyn handicap In 1901 James R. Keen's Conroy with 102 pounds won the classic in q sea o< mund in 2:09.
 Tlre stake was worth In gross sis.15o. tho winners share of the Brooklyn handicap of 1908 was $15.150 the second horse taking 5000 and the third F.0o0
 The handicap field made the louS4sf wait at the post for many days. Nearly fifteen minutes had elapsed when the na& swished and the race began.
 Irish Lad. number oix from the ran. was away we'll and O'Neai rushing clear. cook him over close to the inside fence.
 Irish Lad led ali the way rolnd and into the stretch by a length. Gun1re close -bezhind and Doom Paul sthl within etriE< ing distance. but agparentely beafsn. Lad had never faltered When Gunfira drew alongsi le the 3-yDar-cld a szx<eHutA of mile from home and Dom Paul maoe last efforht the eascry from Che sfanea
 The Alley gained on the colt inch by inch, twenty feet from the end her nvSe was in front, but with one splen1fd Dur9t of courage Irish Lad leaped rorwara ...., in breadth One jump from the wire the race was a dead heat Little v Ne1s. obscure rider Tn the west fast winter, took his first ride in the floral horseshoe and Between 5000 and 4o,OOo saw the srea3 race.
 The entries and riders were: Irish Lad. o'Neill; Gun Fire. Burns; Hano. Mlcn- Bullman; Hunter Raine. Fuller; Col. Hill, Cannon; Articulate, .Sarsen; Yard arm, Haack; Igniter. Cochran; Bonni- bert. McCue; Herbert. Odom
 
 The expectation stakes for 2-year-olds was won in a gallop by Charles B. Browns colt, Broomstick, the favorite.
 First race, handicap; about six fur to 1, won, Astarita, 107, tBullmAn), to | second; 1nvincible ,110, (Cochran). l5 to 1. third. Time. 1:O9 2-6. The Guardsman, Clorita, IlIyria, Boutonnicre. Gay Boy. Flying Buttress, Our NegEet. Water Tower, Clarion and Saccharometer ran.
 Second race, hurdle handicap. about one mile and six furlongs-Ohnet 100 Sanger), 13 to s, won: McGrathiana Prince, 13O Q1eider.l Il to 10, second; Draughtsman, 152 Caarris),. to l. third. Time. 3:l5 2-6. Ben Battle, Gas Car, Knight of the Bronx and Andalusian ran
 Third race. the Expectation stakes, hve furiongs-Broomstick 122 tOdozn). . to 10, won; Tim Sullican, 11b Fuller1. 10 to l, second; .DimPls; Ii2 IJsnkips0,;, F se {. tious. strephon. Jacquin. Luxembourg.
 Fourth race. the Brooklyn handicap--
 Fifth race, five furlongs. selling-Bath Beach, 103 (O'Neill, to 2, won; I.atheron. Y (Haacl), 6 to 1, second; Walterin. 100 (Bullman) to 1, third. Time, 1:O0 4-S. Pleasant Memories, Miss Nancy, Bruce vile Sailor Knot. Honey Boy. Miru0n. Mountain Valley, Charlie FisheF, Honey Bee and Mammon ran.
 Sixth race; mile and seventy yards. sell Daisy Green s2 e. smith). 10 to 1. sec ond; North Brook, 98 .Fullerl, 3 to 1. third. Time, 1:46. Kickshaw. King Raine. Ociawaha. Ben Howard, Embarrassment. Espirito. Captain R., Locket and Chap paqua ran.