New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
Whisk Broom II Wins Suburban
Handicap in Worlds Record Time
Picks Up 139 Pounds and Runs
Mile and a Quarter in Two
Minutes Flat.
so SAYS OFFICIAL TIMER
Watches of Trainers and Clock
ers Disagree-Crowd Applauds
Brilliant Race of Best
Son of Broomstick.

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II took up 139 pounds and won the
Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park
yesterday in the amazing time Of 900
fat for one mile and a quarter.
The flashy looking son OF Broomstick
Audience set the seal on his greatness
I'm no uncertain way. even II a number
Of trainers and checkers did not agree
with the official timer. who hung out
figures which not only established a
new worlds record for the distance.
but smashed all to pieces the old mark
of 2:O2 As. held jointly by Broomstick
and Olambala
AS said before. he packed 1879 pounds.
more weight than ever previously al
lotted in one Of the big spring handi-
caps, followed the sizzling pace set by
Nightstick. his lightly weighted stable
companion. took up the running when
the latter collapsed at the head OF the
stretch, fought out a keen battle with
Lahore to which he was conceding "a
pounds. through the last furlong. and
right at the end drew away 10 win
cleverly by a length.
II was a brilliant performance and
earned him a forward place with the
great winners OF the past. even II the
official time was discredited by many.
AS Thomas Hitchcock said.
What matters a second or two in
the time? Such a wonderful perform
ance needs no embellishments"
Harry Payne Whitney was on hand
to sec Whisk Broom II. which has ever
been one OF his favorites, race 10 last
ing turf fame. and his delight was
plain to see. He congratulated Jimmy
Rowe for sending the horse TO the post
In such perfect condition. and ex-
pressed the opinion that IL was his
class that counted and that he would
prove 4 worthy successor 10 his sire
in the stud
Whisk Broom II has now won the
three big spring handicaps in most i'm
pressiye fashion-the Metropolitan, un-
der l26 pounds, on Memorial Day. the
Brooklyn, under 1870 pounds, on June
p. and the Suburban, under l3s pounds.
yesterday. He is the first horse which
ever accomplished this task, although
Kinley Mack raced 70 a double triumph
in winning the Brooklyn and the Sub
urban in the same year. The victory
yesterday made a sort OF triple crown
for Broomstick's best son.
Timer Long in the Service.
". H. Barretto has been timing
horses for years and years. He has
grown gray-nay, white-in the service,
and his watch has rarely been known
10 make a mistake In the little stand
provided particularly for his use he
has an advantage over those who snap
their watches wherever they happen u
be sitting or standing, but the differ
ence in the time yesterday was so
marked that horsemen generally felt
that a mistake Of some kind had been
made.
AS against Mr.. Barrettos time OF
200 fiat these we'll known trainers
clicked Whisk Broom II as follows:
Mat Allen, 2:02 2-5; Tim Healey, who
handles the Wilson horses, 2:O3, James
F1tzsimmons. BOP 2-5, (. J. Albright.
who trains for John Sanford. 2:03 80.
II
who snapped watches on the race
caught the time all the way from 2:Ol
TO 204. but nobody could be found who
agreed with the official timer, although
one man, who timed only the last mile.
caught It in the remarkable figures or
1876. which. with twenty-four seconds
for the first quarter, would bear out the
watch of Mr.. Barretto.
The finish line was moved down in
front OF the clubhouse for this par
ticular distance. and it was suggested
that the timer might have stopped his
watch as the horses passed him In the
usual place. but he explained that such
was not the case. and that. as an ex-
ira precaution. he had arranged 10 have
man drop a flag at the finish. as is
done at the start
AS said before, Mr.. Barretto was in
the best position to get the exact fig
ures. and yet the trainers will never
believe that their own watches deceived
IN n. even though these watches did
not agree. II was felt. however, that
Whisk Broom II had run inside the
previous worlds mark Of 2:O2 40, and
most horsemen were willing TO accept
2:O22-5 as representing the real time.
Bia Crowd Enjoys Keen Sport.
The grandstand was not so full as
on Memorial Day, but more than ten
thousand persons went down 10 the
track. enough 10 recall the old glories
OF what has ever been considered the
greatest race Of the American turf. II
was transferred from Sheepshead Bay
by the courtesy Of the Coney Island
Jockey Club, and while II had shrunk
in value the glamour was far from
gone.
The clubhouse Enclosure and paddock
were gayer than usual. Society turned
out in goodly numbers, while the true