The sun., 1919-06-22
FAMOUS HORSES IN
BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Turf Classic Will Be Decided
at Aqueduct Tomorrow
Afternoon.
WAS FIRST RUN IN 1887

The Brooklyn Handicap. which will be
run Tomorrow as the feature race OF
tho opening day OF the Queens County
Jockey Clubs spring meeting at Aque-
duct. Ia one OF the classics Of the turf,
and no event in tho history OF Amerl-
can racing has furnished more thrill
ing finishes. beginning with the initial
running OF the stake in 1887 when Dry
Menopole, Blue Wing and Hidalgo An
Nh"d heads apart in the order named,
There was great throng at the
course AT Kings Highway on that &C.
casion' but 1t is safe to predict that
lto-morrow's outpo'ring OF enthusiasts.
II the weather Is kind. will far surpa SO
mat which cheered the superb struggle
thrty-two years ago. Racing in that
day was at the very outset OF n period
which saw half dozen individuals dom
inant In the control OF the sport, and
speculation was the incentive for n,
very being. The horse was the means
to the end and there was little senti.
ment outside OF few breeders who
got thrill when their own colors fin.
ished In front
To-day. because OF the war and thr
lessons II conveyed, there IL a reaIi,a.
ton everywhere that racing is more
than medium for speculation. The
horse is the thing. England and the
United States have embarked in the
breeding industry, and tho horse Of
blood has friends who are not afraid
TO hail him as the best of his kind
and the cornerstone to any construc-
tive work In horse breeding
IL is pity that the Aqueduct course
excellent as Il Is In equipment. does
not permit OF the running of big fields
al more than mile and a furionR
The Brooklyn would BIO n much mora
satisfactory test OF the merits OF the
horses engaged II the distance were
furlong further, as in the days at
Gravesend. Every good horse in train
IT. with the possible exception OF Sir
Barton. which is an ineligible. Is among
ne candidates and 1t should bring about
= stirring contest.
Many GOOD horses have won IL. amone
them, The Bard. conqueror OF Han
over. which he vanquished at equal
weights over muddy track the demon
Exile, the sway-backed Tenny. one M
TIE freaks OF the turf. who would haye
been leviathan had he not been horn
At the same period ns Salvador ana
ongstreet, both Of which surna ssed
him; Sir Walter. n very game and CON
sistent race horse. Ornament. bad.
Tempered out meet son or the English
sire, Order, who served to introduce Tod
S'oans jockeyshp at its ve-y kast
Banastar, tho uncertain but with tbn
soced OF the wind, having Danny Nahar
n the saddle. Kinley Mack. rated nv
many as the best horse in n year when
here were many stars, Irish Lad. aE
great as any Of them and game 10 thA
core, as witness his BRIGHTON HandInan
IN 1904 when he RIM Rroomstlck TO a
head and finished on three legs after
having had the additional honor Of
winning the prize az three-year-old
Ting James the lion hearted FItz
Herbert the aristOcrat, the giant Whisk-
broom, the game and fast Friar ROCK
which had the distinction ~ winning
tue race with more weight up than any
other three-yeAr-o'd good old Borrow
and the reliable Cudgel, winner IN 1919
Students OF racing have long main
tanned that thorouEhbreds attain The
OBJ OF their form in the autumn OF their
three-year-oid career The records n,
he Brooklyn Autumn Handicap show
that In the thirty-two years Of it's
xistence Ave three-year-olds have been
srccessful-Conroy In 1901, Irish Lad In
1908, Superman in 1907 and Celt In
1908. and Friar Rock in 1908. Three OF
those bore the colors OF the late James
lR. Keene. There were fourteen four
year - winners. six fve-year- olds, two
ix-year-olds, one seven-year-ol and the
eteran Borrow. whose ninth birthday
ad passed when he landed the trophy.