New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
TOKALON'S TURF PRIZE
WINS CLASSIC BROOKLYN.
DandeIiOn Beaten a Short Neck
after Stirring Stretch DrfUe.

OAGfEteS OCtCCLsC ILtGCCs
out Of the ruck at the head Of the stretch
came Tokalon, J. W FulIers -year-old Tam
many mare, and. giving battle TO Thomas Hitch
cocks Dandelion at the last sixteenth pole
fought out a desperate strife and won the
twentieth renewal Of the rich and historic Brook
lyn Handicap at Gravesend yesterday The
crowd keyed up TO the highest pitch of excite
Hent by the stirring fight for the mastery. stood
Up and cheered and shouted as if a popular
fayoTiie and not more or less neglected out
sider at 25 10 was racing to victory. 1t was
q spontaneous outburst for good horse. which
had fought gallant fight and earned a place
IN turf history for which many Of the greatest
and best have striven in vain.
Tokalon's margin of victory, a short neck. was
the measure between a fame that will live for
years and a struggle that was brilliant though
rmaTailing. The margin was enough. however
10 crown the one, although not so great that the
oiher could not claim highest honors Dande-
hon had been always in the thickest Of the fray;
hadFaced the mighty Roseben into submission
around the stretch turn and had given of his
DIST The last desperate struggle. and it seemed
olg lalr fhai part Of the cheers. at least should
oe Tor this good son of Hamburg-Pansy
i"e lengths back came The Picket running
su"hg and true, after early difficulties which
would have discouraged any but the stoutest
ana most courageous of thoroughbreds The
nero oI the Brooklyn Handicap in 1904. when
ne beat the great Irish Lad a short head on thu
post had TO be content with third money
alhough some there were who did not hesitate
20 declare that he was the best horse in tho
race and might have won If Radtke had been
successful in his daring effort to squeeze his yav
ll'ocgh on the rail on the far turn. Proper was
lourlh' Merry Lark, the post time favorito. fifth.
VNord sixth and Roseben. which had forced
NE pace and borne the brunt of the early s;r7,g
s'e. seventh The others struggled in, soundIv
ana decisively beaten and last OF all came Delhi
ne winner Of the race last year.
Iokalon took up l07 pounds and was No
4S on the card She ran the distance in 9.O5
Nhlcn is within one-ffth Of a second of tba
record Tor the race. made by Irish Lad when
y "oh as three-y -year-old in 1903. and which
a'So STANDS as a track record. Tokalon is a five
yeaF-old bay mare by Tammany-Enjd and
through her veins courses the purest NJ ,b,,.o-I
oIeo blood. She was called the BeIdane Of tho
West in her three-year-old form and bar =,
lowers were not averse to and even soueb+ .
--ee'ihg with the then queen Of the American
'aii' She raced in the East last year and won
Sls race IN four starts this season. but she had
Isloiy performed in q way to earn ner a stror-
-'''O"4lg IN such race as yesterdays BROOKLYN
ep''eafed 10 be. She beat a good field bo,,,e,,o.
- = commanding style, which. in the absence ne
-'sOnOy' Artful and Oiseau, was made nm NJ
'''S' OF the best horses in training.
PERFECT DAY FOR RACING
years gone by the Brooklyn Handicap has
"ass oeen favored with bright sun and
- 9Ales' but it was a day yesterday that
r,,,. as only one Of Mays best can The
-" win the generous warmth OF July. hut
tempered with cooling breeze that made the
a. hFlgorating as a day in October. More
Seiect weather for big racing holiday could
- nave beer asked. and there was a complete
,.n' ,0'iauon' wen in the face Of so much else to
eSt and absorb. The scene at Gravesend
- N'' MI the eye as II did at Belmont Park
was no vista Of woods and fields in gay
spi4hg attire, but instead a long row Of dull
~ 'eAuy stables bordering the backstretch.
'4Ielo was fresh and green however. and
=. vas the big brown ellipse. as fast and safe
- Aus could make il. on which the thorough
80. were striving for turf laureIs. and all else
was forgotten.
-, siahostand, clubhouse and field enclos-
e,,@. were gay with an enthusiastic crowd, which
80 'hen to overlooking. It had come TO see
a.. brooklyn Handicap decided. and it rocked
.el4e ior anything else. There will be other
So So turf classics run IN the future about
- go there VIII be the same keen interest. but
-. me moment the glamour Of the FIRST big
80 ana quarter special Of 1906 made all 9TH
- 1uiier in comparison and there was apparent
o. al 81 SIDES that full enjoyment which satisfies.
- 9soolnyn Jockey Club made no mistake In
sne the big stake on the opening day OF It's
spring meeting, as IN the past IN spite of
- Iact that IL fell on Monday. Racing folk
s-'lso out IN numbers which taxed the inclosure
-s fullest There was room for a few more,
-. hot IN comfort and a conservative estimate
s~oeo the attendance az twenty-five thousand
Persons.
CROWD A DEMOCRATIC ONE.
:. Lovers OF the thoroughbred were on hand from
--Dfih and South and East and West, and every
'aiA n life was represented from men high in