The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-29
IRISH LAD THE WINNER.
HARRY P. WHITNEY,s HORSE TAKES BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Defeats Gunffre by Three Inches fin n Remarkable Race in Which the Track Record Is Broken Homo Third and Irjuuction Fourth-winner Gets SI5,I50,


 Irjuuction Fourth-winner Gets
 sI5,I50.
 New York, May 2s.--Irish Lad won the seventeenth Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend to-day in 2:o5 2-5. He bore the colors os the Westbury stable. a partnership of Harry Payne Whitney and H. B. Duryea A st4>5x.. .:.:
 William C. Whitney's Gunfire. wins ner of the Metropolitan handicap and betting favorite for to-days race, was second, beaten by not more than three inches. Eight lengths behind the pair came ". S. Fanshawes Heno. Close on Heno's Hanks were Foxhan F. Keenes Injunction, Jacob Worth's Dom Paul. second favorite in the betting, and Alex Shields Hunter Raine. Old Herbert was last with Bonnibert, Ignit- CT and the much-touted Yardarm Of E. R. Thomas in that order in front of him.
 Irish Lad lowered the record for the race, 2:06 IA, made by Banastar in 1899, and equalled Gold Heels record for the track made last October.
 The horses were nearly fifteen min utes at the post before the yellow flag swished and the race began. Irish Lad, No. from the rail, was away well, and O'Neil rushing clearing, took him over close to the inside fence. He led as they passed the stand, running easily under restraint with Dom Paul second.
 ~ .sx,,1 ', Swinging around to the back stretch Heno and Injunction tried to join the leaders but both were crowded back several lengths. Irish Lad was length in front when the run down the back stretch began, but Dom Paul challenged at once and the two raced side by side for three eighths of a mile. Gunfire ap- peared in difficulties for moment. Ig- hitter raced up to and passed her and Colonel Bill was making sturdy bid. He reached the filly's throat latch as they neared the turn.
 Irish Lad led into the stretch by a length, Gunfire close behind and Dom Paul still within striking distance, but apparently beaten. Strengthened out for the home, Whitney, father and son, had the race to themselves Irish Lad had never faltered and O'Neil had rated him perfectly. When Gunfire drew alongside the three year old, sixteenth of a mile from home, and Dom Paul made a last spasmodic effort, the outcry from the stands and lawn was terrific. With every muscle strained and riders doing their utmost, Irish Lad and Gun fire raced to the wire. Ahe lilly 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 last jump and won by less than head S breadth. One jump from the wire the race was a dead heat.
 Worth in gross $1S.150, the winners share of the Brooklyn handicap of 190s was $15.150. the second horse taking $2,000 and the third $1,000.
 No more evenly judged race was ever run as the fractional time shows: Quar- ter, 25. seconds; three-eights, :S7 1-5; half. :50: five-eighths. 1:02 1-5: three. fourths, IA 2-5; seven-eighths, 1:27 1-5; mile. 1:40 1-5: one and a quarter mile 2:05 2-5. Irish Lad led practically from post to finish. Summary:
 The Brooklyn handicap, one mile and a quarter: Irish Lad. 103, O'Neil, 12 tc and 5 to 1. won; Gunare, Ill, Burns Il to and even. second: Heno, 113 Michaels, 15 to 1 and to 1, third. Time 2:O5 2-5. Injunction, Doom Paul, Hunt. CT Raine, Col. Bill, Articulate, Yardarm Igniter. Bonnibert and Herbert, also