New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27
THE PICkET'S BROOKLYN.
Cani ;nucd from fl-st mage.

81 tro,.. Of hat q Irish LADS. NJ. Gates. Who
,,as sft;lr= "a TIE clubhouse po7ca, went .n5o Z.
srsr- = -1erriueE:.
"Nhat's me matter with you, Joha7" solicit
ms friend inquired. TIE seen yc1 w.n $4,000
md oriy En'i-e
.-ha.s al co waea win only $4,000, "
n, Ga.es explained ski chuckling.
Taking lire 'ou he $4,000 smile" his side
.a-r,er ~ Drake further eKDounded. you
,sD ,dcDe cut his laugh At about 100000"
Loo" yeage- a professional gambler and
,.oxrnker is said 70 have won $4,000 or The
,,.set aid The winners stable connections
,-.,gt money &c make al forms OF labor vol
,,-,a-y il the future. Much Of the betting
g,s, ne winner was done IN the Chicago
,g-u7e book, and SO great was the play on Irish
"a and Eer:..is ~ the track yesterday that
-. mice against him VAS kept practically sta
i0nag
&c, what methods Philip !. Dwyer employed
g.. ~ ,i,.5r,l,G The weather gods and the ca'es
=, 80, r,,s success 81 yesterdays meeting &c
...,ses : q sccrc. M has not divuiged, huL The
-, r,-ra.,s that &c had them AL hypnotizad.
~, 81. INST tine within the memory uf lie
-esa-r generation Of turf folk. al predictions
60 -re ,.aliry Of he field. the brtlliancy % the
- aud ne dimensions Of the multitude th2t
80 .,..r-4ss il were realized. The gruTnbIing
s,rs7 --ies Of the evening gave way 20 sun
-bs, slightly oyerd.G his genial Efforts 70 be IN
harmony with the sporting tnrong he smiled or;
,,a CITY emitted itseis n something Ike forty
e., .horsard head ~ Inhabitants. including its
-,,ssts who had come on from The South and
,vas,- he owners of he star performers did not
mar the programme by Withdrawals and. with
re execution Of IIlyria Rosta1d, Buttons and
ss,-.bJe the entire field ansW ered The bugle call.
Nope n these Withdrawals detracted IN the least
ero-- the Spendor Of he field. and that OF "Bilr'
0s,vs kicking. I'D tempered brute Tlyria was
decided relief.
TRAFFIC. lin Is WERE CROWDED.
As compared win the pilgrimage 10 Gravesend
yesterday that over the hot sands Of the desert
IS IN rs 1r5a,s and haraships as an Easter Sun
dav parade To transport a multitude that
would make q large and thriving city in itself
from one given spot 10 another when that multi
tude insisted on being moved n bulk vas
trying task FOR any system Of transportation.
and although he Long Island Railroad and the
trolley lines both made valiant and coumen6a-
Die efforts 20 handle the crowd there were times
when they were simply overwhelmed.
As early as 10 O'Clock. when the special race
Grains began leaving Long Island City and the
Flatbush-ave station, in Brooklyn, The exodus
was under way.
The sun beat down with great and needless
favor, and the ferryhouse al Thirty-fourth-sr
and me waiting room az The Flatbush-ave. sta
ton we're transported into swelter;ng prisons
from which aone dared escape The golden
tresses Of those who had fingered At the peroxide
fountain OF youth and were going 10 the races 70
prove it, lost their simmer and sheen tempo
rari!yi he delicate rfnts OF the most carefully
compounded compilations ran together in impress
sionstic but disconcerting streaks. and all
adornment, save that OF the fiery gems thar pull
stated hercey on the bosons Of the opulent book
makers became wiltcd and be6raggled A gra-
cious breeze from the bay swept in cooling
draughts over me tcclosure but Il could not re-
store he sheen TO The golden tresses nor the
ooor scheme 70 the ruined compilations
Al Thirty-fourth-st. a fat round man with
ATid purple coloring, gently collapsed in the
rush for a ferryboat. and when he came 10 NUT
tered that he had just seen Africander win by A
block At The station in Brooklyn a woman.
arlsteally young, twisted N ankle n descend
ing ne stairs and was taken cut Of the running
Sat aside from. these and other trivial !n!shars
no accidents were reported
GRAHCsTAND FILLED At noon.
Som. idea Of the immensely n The gathering
can be fod from tie FAC, that al i o .rlock-tvo
and hall hours before rhe first race was run
ever sea- "a lo.h tiers OF the grandstand was
ta@er. Gcc me lawns we're solid humanity After
me h!st race The infeld was opened and al
u'ngh TIE ran was Instantly fringed from The
-i-'a- Inc - Ire quarter pole with a crowd ex-
'eaeHg hundred seet back INTO The field. il
'A~ee 70 nercepubie impression on the conges-
eon n tae other Enclosures
20 g-wlel1r was the multitude that when The
Htsl eaA 2oT The Brooklyn was sounded il was
impossible 20 perform with anything Ike dig
-is me ancient function q looking them over
7 The paddock But the caadIdates-sixtee., Of
ZEN ZEN y ail-Were there. shr0uded IN sheets ard
serritors " aim 80
ne members OF The Big -Four we're instantly
sss g1l 10y ne Your factions that acknowl-
$50 atlegi12ce % them. big Mac lowered
..e '.th an assurance that sustained The
- q his particular following. IL spite OF The
- OF H's injury. 70 the critics the big
49,, ;o9Fe1 e tribe fine but his preliminary
-, - y ial been satisfactory so FAR as his action
as e'neeroed HerInis looked as II ne had ac-
~ ace AZ Morris P1rk T. z Thomas and
- 80 me-, Alexander Shields. watched him s
- 80 sel around the ring from the doorway
sAee acd IS commissioners were hurry
ais - -Au tro the crowd took il for granted that
-. " ilers thought well OF him IN blirtarr
cs.s sleet little could be seen Of Africander but
hs - J'Tyer ASSURED those who Inquired that
az q himself '1''7
4AE PICKET a GOOD THING
ne aczea Others The Picket and ". p.
asss Proper we're the NOS, Frequently
out BotE we're The good ;h.nss" OF