Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-15
BRIGHTON HANDICAP
RACES ANALYZED

NEW YORK. July 15.-In the Brighton
handicap Of 1904 won by the three-year-
old BrOomstick, 104 pounds. the fractional
time was as follows: Quarter. O23 As;
half, O.4S 10; five furlongs, 100 3-5; six
furlongs. LIP 3-5: seven furlongs. 1.25; mile.
1.37 As; mile and quarter. 2.O2 As. The
last quarter was run in % seconds, the last
mile In 1.39.
1t was the four-year-old Irish Lad 127
pounds. which made the running. but he
was never more than a length In front Of
Broomstick after the first half mile. He led
by only head for the last half mile, and
1t was not until we'll into the stretch that
Broomstick seemed to have the great four
yearold beaten. Irish Lad perceptibly fall
tered then. yet he thrilled the spectators by
his bulldog finish. and it required an ex-
traordinary effort on the part of Broom
stick and his jockey. T. Burns, to win by
the narrow margin of nead. in the best
time on record Irish Lad came back lame,
and his heroic effort will not soon be for
gotten.
Broomstick Beat Good Horses
Beaten horses in this race besides Irish
Lad were the three-year-old Highball,
which had won the American Derby two
weeks before this. and which carried 115
pounds; Eugenia Burch, four years. ITO
pounds; Waterloo. five years (w:nner of
the preceding years Brighton handicap.
~ pounds; Ort Wells. three years. 10S
pounds. and Major Daingerfeld. five years.
124 pounds. The following year Q9O5) Ort
Wells ran good second to Artful, which
carried lob pounds and on track affected
to some extent by showers, covered the
distance in 2O4 As. Artful made all the
running. The fractional time was: Quarter
O24: half. 0.4S 20: five furlongs, 1.01; six
furlongs. 1.13 15: seven furlongs, 1926; one
mile, 1.39 10; mile and quarter, 2.O4 4-5;
last quarter, O.2o 80: last mile, 1.4O As.
In winning the brighton hauHican Of
1907. therefore, Peter Pan. with lis pounds,
has carried much more weight than either
Of the two three-year-olds which won the
stake The fractional time of Peter Pan
was as follows: Quarter. 02s 3-5: half.
O.4t 80: five furlongs O.59 40; six fur
longs. LIP: seven turiongs, 1.24 As; one
mile 1.3S 2-5; mile and a quarter 2.03 2-5;
last quarter. OPS; last mile. 1.39 40. But IT
must not be forgotten that Peter Pan was
at least eight lengths away from the pace
maker. McCarther. when the last mile Of
Saturdays race was begun. and hence he
ran it a good deal faster than l. 80 40.
Peter Pans next engagement Is in the
$4,000 Brighton Derby Saturday. Au-
gust 3. He is not required to carry any
penalty. hence his weight will be 1928
pounds. He will meet Frank Gill on even
terms. as well as Charles Edward. The
d:stance-one and a half miles-may be too
far for Charles Edward. but on soft going
Frank Gill would be hard nut to crack.
]. L.. McGinniss. speaking Of the great
difficulties under which his colt has la
bored. says that the ablest veterinarians
and some first-class trainers asserted this
spring that it would be unwise to train
Frank Gill. but his owner went on with
him and he has won $2S 200 in stake money
There will be no opportunity for Peter
Pan and Dinna Ken to meet in any stake
until the Saratoga meeting begins. Harry
Payne Whitney's Lawrence Realization VIC
tor is in the Sea Gate stakes tomorrow and
that is his only engagement In this vicinity.
Frank Gill Is also engaged.
Starting Question Agitates Public
The important question Of an equitable
method of starting was revived when the
Brighton meeting began and all the starts
came under the observation OF the public.
The hrst days work was highly unsatisfac-
tory. Possibly there may be less grounds
for comnlainf q the season adxancea Pub