The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-27
BROOKLYN HANDICAP
 GOES TO THE PICKET
GREAT TURF EVENT ZION BY
 WESTERN HORSE.

Popular Irish Lad Meets Defeat by the
 Breadth of Hand-Proper, the Cali fornia Candidate, Rushing Up from
 the Rear Takes Third Place from
 Hernnis by a Head-Forty Thousand
 See the Race.
 New York. May 26.-Turfdom of the east bowed to the west this afternoon at Gravesend. when The Picket lowered the coIors of the popular Irish Lad in the Brooklyn Handicap. While the lat ter colt was beaten by only the breadth of hand. 1t is due to the winner to say that if the race had been one-quar- ter of a mile longer the western won- der probably would have finished sev- eral lengths in front. He was perfect ly rilden from beginning to end, and at the crucial moment moved up on the rail and, seventy yards from the finish ing line, poked his nose in front of the tiring favorite. Frantic cheers which had been ringing from the throats of nearly 4e,000 onlookers died away when 1t was realized that Irish Lad had gone down to defeat. The time of to-day's race was 2:06 S-5.
 Hermis and the favorite, Irish Lad. got away from the barrier practically together They ran for three quarters of mile like team, but upon swing ing into the homestretch Hernlis died away. Proper, the California candi- date, rushing up from the rear under a Vigorous ride by Lucien Lyme, took third money by head. The handicap Twas worth s20,o00, of which $2,5OO went to the second horse and $1,500 to the third
 A great outpouring of turf devotees witnessed the eighteenth running of the handicap. Hours before the time set for the first race the turnstiles at the lgateways began clicking and before 1 o'clock the grandstand, clubhouse and the big field stand were we'll filed Be- fore the hour for the first race both tiers of the doubled decked grandstand were crowded to the limit, the lawn was black with people and they had be- gun to overflow into the field
 1 The crowd was put in a good humor Iwhen the favorite won the first race. As the time for the handicap, which was the. fourth event, drew near. the fname of Irish Lad, from the stable of Herman B. Duryea, could be heard on tall sides. The horse had grown into immense popularity after it had been definitely learned that there was little hope for McChesney, owing to the in ljury suffered in his work few days ago. His owners admitted that they had little hope of gaining any distinc- tion but were determined to send him over the route as an evidence of good Ifaith.
 There were sixteen thoroughbreds en- tered in the competition and four or five of these had recorded victories during the past two years in the prin- lcipal classic events of the American turf In addition to this, four of them Irish Lad Hernis, Hurstbourne and Africander-had won races this season lin splendid style Reports of sensa- tional time made by The Picket in workouts brought him many support CTS.
 i When the horses had warmed up for | the race, on being taken back to the paddock, there was a terrific rush for the betting ring, around which there was soon a sweltering mass of strug- gling humanity No sooner had the odds been posted than there was a rush of offerings to Irish Lad. Three and three and one-half to one were the pre- vailing quotations for a little while. but
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