Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
Fair skies and Big Crowd

The Brooklyn never saw a finer day.
Fair skies and tremendous crowd fav-
ored the Brooklyn Jockey club in the
running of the classic, made famous
almost twenty years ago when Dry
Monopole, Blue Wing and Hidalgo
flashed past the judges stand in the
first of the stake noses apart. Had The
Picket been closer up today it would
have been duplication of that never
to-be-forgotten battle.
The course was picturesque as usual
with the gay plumage of women who
filled the stands; the lawn was crowded
and the club house lined with those of
the inner temple, while the gates barred
thousands from lack of space. Doubt
less there were 10000 people within the
gates of Gravesend when the saddling
trumpet sounded for the Brooklyn, but
so great a general play had been made
that hardly a voice or hand was raised
to cheer the racers as they paraded.
No great horses such as have brought
the crowd to their feet in years gone
by, for though The Picket and Delhi,
previous winners, pranced past the
stand, it was thought that age and the
glory of already wearing the crown
must have dimmed their ambitions.
Proves His Worth
Delhi, although game to the core
went out in front and tried. But The
Picket furnished ample proof of his
worth, for he ran with a field that was
punched for mile, and when the
opening came he showed his speed and
was coming fast at the end.
The field got away with little delay
and passing the stand on the first quar-
ter, Delhi and Roseben were leading.
Roseben soon took the command and
Dave Johnson, his owner, who stood
TO win some $4,000 from the winter
books, leaned up against the fence and
watched the great sprinter carry the
others along the back stretch with only
Dandelion near him.
Pace Is Killing
1t was a killing pace for both Dande-
lion and the pride of the johnson stable
for she was out on the rail- Oxford
Merry Lark and The Picket were in
the second tier while Tokalon and Co.
Between were right behind them.
So they ran to the mile, when O'Neill
on Dandelion made his ride and Rose
ben dropped back. AT the stretch Ok
ford Grey fell out. Delhi was hope
lessly last. Proper, after sulking
three-quarters of the distance and
suddenly finding his speed, straight
ened out and piled along on the out
side. The Picket opened the way for
IOkalOn ana Beuell carried her to a
glorious victory by splendid ride.
Results:
First race, about six furlongs-Lady
Amelia won, Halifox second, Edna
jackson third. Time 1:1O.
Second race, one mile and a six
teenth-Grenade won, Consuelo III Sec
ond, Angler third. Time 1:4S 3-5.
Third race, the Expectation stakes:
five furlongs-Superman won, Demund
second. Senator Clay third. Time :O2.
Fourth race the Brooklyn handicap
of $4,000; one mile and a quarter
Tokalon, 107 (BedelD, % to 1, won;
Dandelion, 1y7 (o'NeiD, to 1, second; I;
The Picket, 100 (Radtke), 10 to /, third.
Time. 2:O5 3-5
Proper, Merry Lark, oxford, Rose
ben, Go-Between, Oliver Cromwell,
Lord of the Vale, Goldsmith. Security,
Snow King and Delhi also ran.
Fifth race, selling, about six fur
longs-Heaslip won, Optician second,
Mintia third. Time 1:1O 3-5.
Sixth race, five furlongs-Gold Bell
won, Gretna Green second, El Fal
third. Time 1:01 2-5.