Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-26
EEESE DELHI WINS
Brooklyn Handicap at 0rsves-
 end Victory For Favorite.
OSTRICH, SECOND; eRlzIlLLO, THIRD

winner Carried Theusanas UDsp
 TAeusaads of Public's Money-0n
 Start He Rushed to Front and
 Was Nsvsr Headed.
 NEW YORK. May 2s-Dslhi. last years champion miller, carried the -Keene colors to an easy victory at Gravesend race track in the Brooklyn Handicap. The speedy son of Ben Brush enriched his owner in the sum Of $16,000. while Ostrich, from the Boston stable, captured second prize, $2,500, and Gra asiallo. the Columbia sta bie's candidate, won third money. amounting to $500. About 5000 per sons saw fne race meeting
 Delhi was favorite in the betting and carried thousands upon thousands of public money. As good as to 1 could be had against his chances for mo- ment when the books opened. but the flood of wagers forced his price to 21s in | few minutes. Ostrich and Ora xiallo were heavily backed for second and third positions, 50 that the gen eral run of racegoers may be said to have profted as they seldom do in their battles with the layers over the big handicaps.
 These preliminaries settled, the bugle sounded calling the eleven contestants to the post. Delhi, with Burns up, was cheersd aA he emerged from the pad dock. n were Proper and Dainty.
 Colonial Girl drew the rail position and when the. barrier went up showed for . brief space in front. Not for long, however, were the Rowe colors to lead, for Delhi rushed to the fore under vigorous urging, and when the racers .scurried past the judges stand he already held a commanding posi- tion. GraEial1o, nicely handled by Hlldebrand, worked Into second place before Colonial Girl. while Lord of the Vale was fourth, with the others strung out behind. Proper and Dainty were away badly and did not move up . particle from beginning to end.
 Seventy yards from home Ostrich came with q great rush on the outside He had been running away back in seventh place, but slowly closed in during the drive down the stretch, and in the final great efforts his rider. VII lie Knapp. awoke to his opportunity The leaders evidently were almost ex hausted, and under gruelling from the whip Ostrich ran up to them aa though they had stopped. Half dozen jumps from the finish he flashed between Delhi and Graxiallo and snatched from the latter the second section of the purse. Colonial Cir also weakened and Sir Brillar finished stoutly in fourth place.
 Delhi's race, made as 1t was without pace from start to finish, was very creditable, the mile and quarter iI POS 2.5, or one-flfth of a second betteI than The Tickets time in the Brook lyn a year ago.
 The other ,Inees were good. Ther' was smAiM son the Bennington crack two-ysar-old. First Water. whicl went down to his first defeat befor' August Bslmont's Woolwich in thu third. In the fifth race Colonel Rup pert was the cause of much grief t the bookmakers. Summaries:
 First Raee.-Ivan the Terrible. first Bohemia, second; Shotgun, third. Second .Race.-JacQuin, first; Jan' Holly, second; ConJuror, third.
 Third Race.-Woolwich, first; Firs Water, second; Waterwing, third. Fourth Race.-Delhi, nrst; Ostrich second; Graxiallo. third.
 Fifth Race Colonel Ruppert. first Little Woods. second; Jetsam, third.
 Sixth Race. = voorhees, first; DoI Diego, second: Transmute, third.