Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
Keene's Delhi Easily Won
Brooklyn Handicap.
GRAZIALLO WAS THIRD
GOLF HONOR FOR AMERICAN
GIRL IN ENGLAND.
Travis and Byers Beaten at Fox Hills
Races at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Matches.

With Tommy Burns touching him up with
| the whip after leading the entire distance,
! James r. Keene's Delhi, the four-year-old
| son of Ben Brush-Veva. won the Brooklyn
| Handicap, one mile and quarter, at the
| Gravesend track yesterday afternoon. Deihi
carried 124 pounds. the top weight, ana
| ruled favorite at 3 to l. He finished
| length and half in front of the Boston
| Stables four-year-old colt Ostrich, by Or
| der-Plumage, 10 to l shot, to whom Delhi
| gave twenty-eight pounds, including four
pounds overweight.
| The third horse was the Columbia Stables
| Graziallo, four-year-old colt by Rapallo-
! Graziosa, who closed at to 1. ,Graztallo
| was three lengths behind Ostrich and two
| lengths in front of Sir Brillar, three-year-
old colt by Sir Modred-Brillar. who was
| the extreme outsider in the betting at 100
| to l. c. f. Rowe's Meddler mare Colonial
| Girl. who backed down to tours, sec
ond choice, after being prominent for near
| ~ mile, weakened under the strain and
| finished fifth. a ragged start killed the
| chances of w. B. Jennings Dainty and
| Proper, the third choices, who were practic-
Tally left at the post.
Delhi made every post winner and COW
cred the distance in 2:O6 2-5, running the
| quarter in 0.24, the half in O.4S LIS, the
| three quarters in LA 1-5 and the mile in
| 1.41
! Confidence in J. r. Keene's Horse.
| The victory of Mr.. Keene's horse i'm
| mensely popular, for he had been the Sc
| lection of the public for some time past
| and though he went up half point in the
| betting the crowd played him with conf
| dence right up to the time when the horses
started from the barrier. AS a result the
| ring a heavy loser. 1t was estimated
| that 100000, and even more than that sum
| uraS moi ntlt ON hn Of tha Pnn
| Brush colt while Ostrich and GraZial1o
were heavily supported across the board
| Outside of Colonial Girl and the Jennings
| entry the other starters were generally
| neglected by the smart Spectators
| although it might be said that every book
maker in the ring was kept busy recording
| bets against every horse in the race.
| MI. keene said after the victory that he
had never lost confidence in Delhi, feeling
| sure that he would win the race If he ran
| up to his form. while before the horses
went to the post Trainer Rowe had inform
| ed the vice chairman of the Jockey Club
| that if Delhi did not win in such company
| it would be useless to train him for future
| events.
| Field Lacked Glass.
| AS nearly all of the critics agreed the
field that went to the post was generally
| lacking in class. There were such
horses as Hermis. Beldame. Irish Lad, The
| Picket and other champions of days gone
| by, but, barring the winner and one or two
| others, the horses We're of the ordinary
overnight handicap class The fact that
Delhi had not shown startling form in his
race at Belmont Park when he was dis
qualified for foulfng was probably the rea-
son why he was not more pronounced
favorite. In fact many persons Were sur
| prSed at the liberality of the odds offered
against him and for that reason We're III
clined to limit their wagers to a certain
degree. But after the race was run the
general impression was that true line on
Delhi's real condition had not been grasped
by the public.
From a spectacular point of view the
race was not thriller. 1t a process
sion all the way, the only problem being
whether Delhi could last not. At the
head of the stretch it looked if Mr..
keenes horse about to falter, but
Burns. keenly alive to the situation. put
him under the whip and never for mo-
mcnt after that allowed him to lag. The
race was worth $4,000 to the winner, with
the best horse victorious and the crowd
we'll satisfied with the result.