The evening world., 1904-05-26

The happy youngster they tossed into
a great horseshoe OF roses, held him up
to the view OF n score of snapshot art
lets. and then bore him of in triumph
to the paddock. The great throng in
the grand stand and on the lawns
looked or happy and hysterical. wildly
applauding the enthusia site mortals who
were bearing of the Jockey.
Appliance Only for Winner.
There were no pia udits for the other
riders. Disappointed and solemn they
unsaddled their horses. jumped on the
scales and then walked back to the
paddock in The train OF the enthusiasts
who were lauding the winning boy
They were ~unnoticed and forgotten.
This WAS the finnl scene In the great
est Brooklyn Handicap ever run. Great
because OF the quality NJ the horses
entered: great because Of the record
breaking numbers Of people that crowd
ed into the course: great because 1t
was "A wonderful tribute 10 the attrac-
tiveness and drawinging power Of the
thoroughbred.
The immense attendance WINS really
more interesting than tho rnce itself.
TO sec n vast crowd OF more than $1,000
people. laughing. cheering. wildly en-
thusiastic and In the happiest of moods
dra WI together TO pay tribute to the
thoroughbred, Is a sight to make ono
wonder. There Will be many photo
graphs printed of that wonderful crowd.
and there will he many pen pictures
Drawn by men who have vivid powers
of descriptton. but no photograph ana
no pep picture can portray the HE ana
the action as II was conveyed to the
brain Of the orlooker through the wide
open oye,
Every Place n Crowd.
There was an immense doubie-deckea
grand stand that extended from the
lead OF the homestretch to the club
house. a distance OF more than a
quarter of a mile. There is a lawn
space OF more han 100 feet in width
between the grand stand and the lawn.
Imagine, II you can. this great grand
stand solidly packed with people and
the lawn so densely crowded that II
almost seemed as II one could walk
out upon that restless sea of humans
and find solid footing. Then over I'm
the inield thousands upon thousands
stood massed close to the rails. One
could not see the track from the grand
stand. Everywhere the eye was turned
there was a bobbing sea of heads.
Viewed from the field the effect was
even more wonderful. The gay costumes
Df the women fecked the dull colored
mass in the stand with bright bits OF
color that cleaned like jewels IN a
setting of ebony, the whole giving a
wonderful effect OF an unusual wall OF
living mosaic.
II was a wise move on the part of tho
Brooklyn Jockey Club when It increased
the size OF the entrance to the grounds.
lac the old entrance been there to-day
the great mass OF people would rave
clogged II TANNED until irresistihly
forced inward II would have swept
away gatekeepers and policemen and
surged onward IN a resistless torrent. As
It was there was a steady and constant
pouring or people through the gates
from roOn until 4 o'clock.
Blowing string of human Beings.
II seemed as II the entire population
the course. The clicking OF the turn
stiles became maddening. The people
swept by the g~atekeepcrs until finally
they seemed one hazy moving string
of humans. Trolley cars by the nun
dred. loaded as they were never loaded
before, dumped their passengers AT the
little track entrance and sped away for
more.
Trains rolled into the station with
people clinging 10 whatever portion OF
the cars offered a hold for a hand or a
foot: i was 9 tremendous outpouring.
Up uhe stairways and out on the
lawns the crowds surged like a vast
army Of invading ants, swarming here,
There lSnd everywhere. Thousands
crusheO into the ring TO bot. The bet
tlrig ring. Immense as it is, and roomy
Is IL appears on ordinary occasions, to-
day looked like the reception room in
a Harlem fiat. "
biR Crush In Betting ainR.
Words cannot describe the crush that
took place just before the handicap
Men fought and tore at m another
wlth the feroctty OF wild beasts in or
to get a bet down on the big race.
YET every o. VAS good-natured and
TOOK the crushing as a matter OF
course. II vas almost an impossibiItyy
to get at a bookmaker.
The layers OF odds were a fringe
about the outer edge OF the ring, form
ing braalkwater against which the