The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-26
DELHI WINS The
GREAT HANDICAP
Keene Champion Was FaVorlte
in the Betting
OSTRICH STEALS SECOND
snatches the Smaller Prize From era
ziaIIo at the Very Wire--Thirty
Thousand See the
Race.

New York, May 25.-Delhi. last years
champion miller carried the heehe
colors to an easy sictorJ this afternoon
at Gravesend in the Brooklyn handicap
The speedy son of Ben Brush thereby en-
riched his owner in the sum OF Slb,ooV
while Ostrich, from the "Bost IN stable
captured second money, $3.50; and Graz
iallo. the Columbia stables candidate
won third money, amounting to Sl5Oo.
About 30 900 persons were on the ground
the attendance being somewhat less than
average on handicap days. because OF
the advance in prices at the gates.
Delhi was favorite in the betting and
carried thousand upon thousands of pub
lie money. AS good as four to one could
be had against his chances for a moment
when the books opened, but the fiooG of
wagers forced his price to to 2 III q
few minutes. Ostrich and Graziallo were
heavily backed for second and third po-
sitions, so that the general run of the
race-goers may be said to have profited
as they seldom do in their battles with
the layers over the bid handcaps
There were eleven starters in the Brook
Ign handicap, the original field having
been reduced By the withdrawal of First
Mason.
The start was in chute to the left Of
the stand. Colonial Girl drew the rail
position, and when the barrier went up
size showed for brief space in front. Not
for long, however, for Delhi rushed to the
fore under vigorous urging and when
the racers scurried past the judges stand
he already held a commanding position.
Graziallo, nicely handled by Hildebrand,
worked into second place before Colonial
Girl while Lord of the gale was fourth,
| with the others strung out behind.
Proper and Dainty were away badly and
did not move up particle from begin
ming to end.
The mile was reeled off in 1:41. None of
! the others had been able to get near the
leader and Burns cleverls he'd his place
close to the rail, saving all the way.
| Graziallo gained slightly after the mile
| post was passed. and Colonial Girl tired
rapidly When the leaders Strengthened
out into the stretch, 1t seemed for a
moment that Delhi would be overtaken,
| but no one got near enough to tell
whether the brown colt was or was not
strong hearted.
Seventy yards from home Ostrich came
with a 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 struggle Will G. Knapp his rider,
awoke to his opportunity. The leaders evil
/ IDENTIFY were almost exhausted under a
gruelling drive from the whip. Ostrich
/ ran to them as though they had stopped.
Half a dozen jumps from the finish he
| hi-shed between Delhi and Graziallo, and
snatched from the latter the second sec
- IL 81 - IL
weakened and Sir Brillar finished stoutly
/ in fourth place.
| Dehi's race, made as it was without
pace from start to finish, was very credit
able, the mile and one-auarter in 2:06 20,
or 10 of a second better than The Picket's
time in the Brooklyn handicap a year
ago.
In the third race the Bennington crack
| 2-year-old First Water at od6s-on went
down to his first defeat before August
| Belmon's Woolwich Summary:
First race, about six furlongs-Ivan the
Terrible, 40 Uyne), to /, won; Bo-
hernia. 80 Diggins) 20 to l. second; Shot
Gun, 1926 (Odom), to l, third Time,
| Ito 20
Second race, mile and sixteenth-Jac-
| quin, 101 o. Walsh, II to 5. won; Jane
Holly, 1o4 CIV. Knapp, 10 to 1. second;
Conjurer, III CMartin), to l, third. Time.
las.
Third race, the Expectation stakes. five
| furlongs-Woolw 115 tOdom), 10 to l.
won First Water, 125 (o'NeiD, to 90
second; Water Wing, 116 CIV. Davis, Y
to !, third. Time, 1:02 1-5.
| Fourth race, Brooklyn $4,000 mile and
e-quarter-Delh, 124 (Burns), to /
won; Ostrich, 80 CIV. Knapp. 10 to l, sec
ond Graziallo 100 QIldebrand), I TO l.
third. Time, 206 2-5. Sir Brillar, Colonial
Girl, Pasadena Leonidas. Loro of I c
/ Vale. Broomstick, Proper Dainty ran.
| Fifth race about six furlongs, selling
Col. Rupert. 106 (Burns), to |, won; Lit
tie Woods, IS q. SMITH, 10 to l, second;
Jetsam, los CHildebrand). 10 to |, third.
Time. 10 3-5.
Sixth race, FIVE furlongs-V Voorhees,, liz
! (O'NeiD, 4 to /. won: Don Diego liz (,,.
Davis to 1. second Transmute. 109
| (IIndebrandD. l6 to 5, third. Time 1;02