Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
DWYERS TRY In VAIN
TO WIN In HANDICAP

/ top weight, 12S pounds, and was favorite
at Q to I. He won by two lengths, with
out having been touched by whip or
spur from Prince Royal, with Judge
Morrow next, one and a half lengths in
front of Banquet
The next year F. J. Dwyer furnished
the Brooklyn favorite In Longstreet,
which carried the top impost, 12S
pounds. lie was ridden by Mclaughlin
and, although conceding big weight to
each of the other twelve starters, went
to the post at to 10. He was never
factor after the early stages of the
journey and finished last.
Judge Morrow won by a head from
Pessara, with Russell third. M. II.
| Dwyer also was represented In this race
| by Raceland with Fitzpatrick UP and
Banquet with Lamley up. They finished
fourth and sixth respectively.
Lose Again
This team did duty for M. T.. Dwyer
the following season also. Lamley was
on Raceland and Garrison on Banquet.
Banquet was very well liked for the
race, but both finished back In the
| bunch. Z. J. Dwyer sent nothing to the
| post for this renewal of the race which
was, by the way, almost as disastrous
| to public form as that of Castaway IL.
choice, but Diablo, with Taral up and at
25 to 1, won easily by a length and a
half from the favorite. Like Castaway|
| III, the previous long shot winner of
the race, Diablo, was trained by John
| S. Campbell, who now is training in
France.
NJ r. Dwyer again sent Banquet to-
the post for the Brooklyn in 1894. He
carried 11S pounds and was at IL to 1 in
Init oh int In, a oil
of fifteen. This was DR.. Rices Brook
lyn. He won driving by length and a
half from the 3-year-old Henry of Ma
varre, with Sir Walter third. Clifford.
top weight under 122 and favorite at 8
to 1, was left at the post.
The running of this race was memoir
able for several reasons. 1t was the
richest purse ever hung up for the
event, the value to the winner being
$1775O. Henry of Navarro was the first
3-year-old that had ever shown so
prominently in the race, and there was
a ton of public money lost without a
run for 1t when Clifford was left at the
post. p. j. Dwyer had no starter in the
race.
In 1895 NJ. f. Dwyer had no starter in
the Brooklyn, but p j. Dwyer started
Declare, a forlorn hope With Lamley
up, he was an outsider in the betting
and was never in the first fight, finish
ing sixth in the field of twelve 1t was
dlng-dong finish, with Hornpipe WIN
ming by half a length from Lazzarone
and Sir Walter, the first two, each be-
ing at long price
Neither of the Dryers was represent
ed in the Brooklyn of 1896 Clifford
carrying top weight, 125 pounds, and
with Clayton up, was again made IA
Vorite at 6 to 5. But Sir Walter 113N
pounds, and with Taral on his back
made the running after the first quar-
ter. Through the stretch Clifford came
with great burst of speed, and in a
beautiful finish Sir Walter got the yer-
dict by a head.
The following year p. J. Dwyer start
ed Handspring with 125 pounds and
Simms up. He was second choice at
4 to l. Ben Eder. 113, Thorpe up, car
ried the white jacket of NJ. F. Dwyer
and was third choice at to /.
The result of this running was big
upset, as Howard Mann. over a muddy
track which favored him greatly, won
as he pleased from two outsiders, Lake
Shore and Volley. Handspring and
Ben Eder both finished "up the course"
Howard Mann was coupled with Bel
mar as G. f. Smiths entry. Individ-
ually he would have been at an outside
price.
Neither of the brothers had starter
for the Brooklyn of 1898. Charles F.
Dwyer, younger member of the fam
lily, was represented by Sly Fox,
3-year-old, who with 80 pounds and
Lamley up was made third choice at
5 to l. Sly Fox made a bold bid for
first money, leading to the stretch,
when he tired, and Ornament, top
weight, and second choice at 16 to 5,
was brought up by Sloan to win easily
by a couple of lengths.
Ben Holiday, an outsider, got up in
time to beat Sly Fox by a head for
the place. The effort of Sly Fox was
next to that of Henry of Navarro, the
best shown by 9-year-old in the race
up to that time.
Campaign Disastrous
That practically ended the struggle
of the Dwyers for the stake which they
had founded, and which by this time
had become famous. M. F. Dwyer had
put in a disastrous campaign in Eng
land, and returned with but a stable
of platers to represent him, with the
exception of Ben Brush, while Philip
j. Dwyer had fallen from his high
| estate as owner of a powerful racing
stable. Neither had a horse worthy
to try for the Brooklyn the following
! year, which was won in sensational
style by Banistar
For 1900 p. j. Dwyer had an entry in
Half Time, by his old favorite, Han
over, and at one time during the Win
ter Half Time was the medium of a
smart play in the winter books.
He had shown some fair performances
in the S-year-old events of the previous
season, but the Dwyer luck so far as
winning races was concerned seemed to
have gone to smash, and Half Time
I never got to the post for the big
Gravesend special.
M. F. Dwyer dropped out of racing
soon afterward. and try as he might
the Brooklyn Jockey clubs president
could not get horses of class. For a
period of two years the colors were
never seen in front. 1'or the last three
seasons there has been change for
the better and number of races have
been won.
1t is possible also that Mr. Dwyer
cherished the hope of still winning a
Brooklyn when he paid good prices as
yearings for Quorum, the half-brother
to a long line of winners; for Bluestone,
the full brother to Blues and Blue Girl,