Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-26
Lands the Brooklyn Handi-
cap With keene Co|ors.
Ostrich Second and GraziaI|o
Third--First Money, $4,000.
All Fayorites for Their Places Delhi Led All
but at the Very Start.

| New York, May 25.--Deihi. last year 5
| champion miller carried the keen,
colors to an easy victory, this afternoon,
at Gcavesend in the Brooklyn handicap.
| The speedy son of Ben Brush thereby
enriched his owner in the sum of $4,000.
| while Ostrich, from the Boston stable
captured second prize, S2aOc, and Gra-
liallo the Columbia stable candidate,
won third money, amounting to $500.
| About 10000 persons were on the
grounds, the attendance being some
| what less than the average Handicap
| days because of the advance in prices
at the gates.
| Delhi was favOrite in the betting and
carried thousands upon thousands of
public money. AS good as : to l could
be had against his chances for mo
ment when the books opened but the
| Hood of wagers forced his price to ~
| in few minutes. Ostrich and GraZiallo
| were heavily backed for second and
third positions, so that the general run
of racegoers may be said TO have pro-
fitted as they seldom do in battles with
the layers over the big handicaps.
Meantime. the Jennings entry, Dainty
and Proper. and Charles Rowe's Candi-
date. Colonial Girl, were played con-
sistently. Just before post time, there
was another rush in which GraZiallO
and Ostrich were the only lanes heard!
| Most of these bctterS took chance at
second or third with odds OF 8 to to l.
| These prelininariaS settled, the bugie
sounded calling the eleven contestants
| to the pOst-the original field having
been reduced by the withdrawal Of
First Mason.
The start was in Il chute to the left
of the stand and everyone had a go.I
view of the race from beginning to end
| Colonial Girl drew the Ial position and
when the barrier went up. showed for
a brief space in front. Not for long
| however, We're the Rowe colurs to lead
for Delhi rushed to me fore under Wig
Orous urging and when the racers sour
rled past, the judges stand. he already
held commanding position. GraZiallo
nicely handled by Hildebrand, worked
into second place before Colonial Girl,
while Lord Of The Vale was fourth.
| with the others strung cut behind
Proper and Dainty were away badly and
| did not move up particle from begin
| hing to end.
| The first mile was recled off in la
None of the others had been able to &c.
near the leader and Burns cleverly held
his place close to the rail-. saving ground
all the way, GraziallO gained slightly
after the mile post was passed and
Colonial Girl tired rapidly. When the
| leaders Strengthened out into the
Istretcn, IL seemed for a moment that
Delhi would be Overtli<cn. but no one
got near enough to tell whether the
brown colt was or was not strong
| he artad.
Seventy yards from home, Ostrich
| came with a great rush on the outside.
He mad been running away back in
seventh place, but slowly closed in dur
| ing the drive down the stretch. The
| leaders evidently We're almost exhaust.
ed and under a gruelling from the whip.
ostrich ran up to them as though they
had been stopped. Half Il dozen jumps
| from the finish he flashed between Del
hi and GraZiallo, and snatched from the
latter the second section of the nurse
Colonial Girl also weakened and Sir
Brlllar finished stoutly i'm fourth place
Delhfs race, made rs it was. without
pace from start to finish, was very
credltaDle, the mile and one quarter in
206 %. or one-fifth of second better
tEan The Picket's time in the BROOKLYN
year ago. The summaries:
First race. about six furlongs: Ivan
The Terrible. 40, Gyne). S to 1, won:
bohemia. (Diggins), second: Shot Gun.
(Odom). third. Time 110G-5.
Second race. selling. mile and six
tcenth. Joaquin, 1O1, q. J. Welch). II
to :. won; Jane Holly. CIV. Knapp).
second: Conjurer, MARTINI, third.
Time, 1.iS.
Third race. the expectation stakes.
five furlongs. Woolwich. us. (Odom),
10 to l, won; First Water, (O'NeilD,
second; Waterwing, CIV. Davis), third.
Time, 1.02 Is.
Fourth race. the Brooklyn handi-
cap. of $4,000, one mile and a quarter.
Delhi. 124. Burns), to /. won: Os-
trich, 81. CIV. Knapp. 10 to l, second:
Graziallo. 1O9, HIildebrand), to 1.
third. Time. FOG 2-5. Sir Brillar, Col
onial Girl. Pasadena, Leonidas, Lord
of the Vale. BrOomstick, Proper and
Dainty also ran.
Fifth race. selling. about six fur
longs. Colonel Rupert. log, (Burns), 8
to 1. won; Little Woods, (Smith), Sec
ond; Jetsam, Hildebrand), third. Time.
Ito SIS.
Sixth race, five furlongs. vohees, 112.
(O'NeilD, to l, won; Don Diego, (W.
Davis), second; Transmute, (Hilde-
brandt, third. Time, 1.O2.