Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
BRIGHTON RACES.
King Pepper, at 20 to 1, Captured the
Mercury Handicap.

Frank 7. Farrells King Pepper, with
n,natv-n,ne hounds on his back. surprised
tho talent at Brighton Beach yesterday by
winning the Mercury handicap, 1or t"o-
year-olds and upward, six furlongs, IN a
sharp drive by three parts of a length. he
would probably have been beaten had 1t
not been for weak ride by Hiidebrand'
who had the leg up on H. B. Duryea's Min
cola Hiidebrand thought that King Yep
per- who was 30 to l shot, would stop IN
the last sixteenth, and consequently he did
not put the Medder FLY under the whip,
but rode her out with hand and heel, beat
ing E. r. Thomas Lady Amelia, the top
weight, by a neck, with E. E. Smathers'
Leonidas half length back Lady Amelia
was in front to the final furlong pole, where
King Pepper. who had been in third place,
went to the front. Travers put up re-
markedly strong ride on the Farrell geld
ing who ran the distance in lib John E.
Maddens two-year-old Waterside who was
a slight favorite over Mineola and Acefull
at to 2, was never prominent At the
start Acefull and Hurst Park collided, and
both came near~falling.
Africa nder was not particularly fancied
| in the handicap at a mile and quarter.
| opening a TO and going up to II to 10.
The Gouchacres stables three-year-old
Spring. on the other hand, who was in re-
| ceipt of seven pounds from Africander, was
the medium for a heavy plunge that re-
duced his odds from to to II to 10. When
| it came to racing Spring was easily the
master. He opened up a big lead, and
| though Africander under the whip made a.
! game attempt to catch him in the stretch,
| the Atheling colt won rather easily by two
| lengths in 2.05 As. Africander was five
| lengths in front of Carbuncle 10 to ).
| Charles Head Smiths Lochinvar, a hot
| favorite at to 3, won the first race, for
two-year-olds, at six furlongs. by a head.
| He had a lead of half dozen lengths on
| the turn, but began to tire in the stretch,
| and Shaw was hard at work when the end
| was reached. Ike s., 5 to l. would prob
ably have won in another jump but it
| was he had to be contented with second
money, three lengths before Bill Days Salt
and Pepper, 80 to 1 shot.
Lord Badge provided another setback for
! the layers when, after being pounded down
| from to to to s. he made a show of
| the others in the second event, at mile
| and sixteenth, galloping home six lengths
| in front of New York, 10 to 1, who in turn
beat Dimple. II to ), by four lengths The
time was 1.41 Is.
John A. brakes Ishlana, 3 to 1. second
Sperling, who got her out of jam on the
far turn, took the third race at six fur
: longs, in hard drive by a neck 1t was
the closest finish of the day, as Van Ness
TO l. beat Sais. 10 to l: by head, with
Monet head out of the money. Major
Pelham. the to favorite, ran poor
race and was badly beaten. Ishlanas time
was !. Ii SO.
Jim Beattie. backed down to /, captured
the last race, for two-year-olds, at five and
a half furlongs, in spreadeagle style. Grim
minis took him to the front with a rush. and
the colt left the others as if they were
standing still. He was eased up near the
end. and had half dozen lengths to spare
In 1OI 3-5. James r. Keenes Butcher who
Cioseo equal ravorite at twos with the
Faset pair, Zeala and DArkle beat ZeaIa
Dy similar distance for the place. Three
day. vi .he