Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
QUEENS COUNTY STAKES
WILL CLOSE ON MARCH |
viii Carry Out Traditions
Which Made Brooklyn
Jockey Club.
AcaUEDUcr Is EAvoR1TE
Track, However. VIII Never Mem
same to Those Who Have seen
Many OF the Worlds Best Horses
on Grnvescntl

tons which made the Brooklyn
Jockey Club one of the most honored
and popular racing institutions In
this country. are being carried on by
the Queens County Jockey Club.
whose spring stakes are announced
FOR closing with Secretary Fred Reh-
berger on March 1.
Acqueduct has taken the place OF
GraVesend, and has well deserved
popularity among the newer genera
tIon OF turf-goers. but II will never
| mean the same to those whose deyo-
ton to the thoroughbred embraces
the period when the historic course
at Kings Highway was the scene of
so many stirring turf battles.
SraHesend was sort OF hallowcd
Eround for those with a love for a
good horse. whether thoroughbred or
trotter. and II was as n training and
playground for the latter type that IL
was originally used Woodruff. Mace.
PfciHer. Howe. Hoagland, and other
great rcinsmcn of their day. pre-
pared their horses there, and Sim
ioagland and Hiram Howe. the last
OF inc ola guard OF the trotting horse
men OF that time, were frequently
seen on the piazza of the clubhouse
watching the battles for the Brook
lyn Handicap and other classics, long
after the trotters they had known so
intimately, were dead and gone.
Owned Good Trottcr.
There was bond between the
Dryers and those who followed the
trotters. Philip Dwyer, long prcsi-
dent of the Brooklyn Jockey Club. and
afterwards OF the Queens County
Jockey Club. owned Il good trotter be-
fore he and his brother Michael F..
bought Rhadamanthus. Followers of
In &C Inn
urally included among the faithful
which crowded the Gravescnd course
on gala occasions. such as the run
ming OF the first Brooklyn Handicap.
which had an initial value of $3.50,
when 1t was won by Dry Monopole In
1887. 1t grew to be worth $1,000 In
1892, 90 and 81. when Judge Morrow.
Dtablo and DR.. Rice, respectively. fin
ishcd in front.
Today II is guaranteed cash
value of 10000. and is prize of
Eoodly proportions, when the condi-
tons governing racing In this State
are considered II. ere being no revc-
nues received from betting. all
moneys for the maintenance OF the
sport being derived through the ad-
missions paid ut the gate. When II Is
remembered that the feature, which
has been kept alive through all the
vicissttudcs OF racing. has been worth
Whisk Broom End in l9l3-there
would appear To be cause for con-
graduation on the part OF racing en-
thusiasts that the race Is on such n
substantial basis as II enjoys at pres
ent.
Contests Arc Memorable.
Between Dry Monopoie's head vic
tor: In 1887, and the commanding
performance OF Grey Lag In 1921.
there were memorable contests for
the prize. On all but n very few
occasions the races for It were
among the hest of the year 1t was
for years the first OF the big spring
handicaps over n distance OF ground,
and antedatine the Metropolitan
handicap by five years. was the
medium which brought together for
the first time each season the best
horses in training. 1t was SO In Dry
Monopole's year. and also when The
Bard beat Hanover and Exile in
| 1855. as we'll as In 1889 and 1890,
when Exile and Castaway I'd. rcspec-
lively. electrified the great throngs
by smothering their opposition.
This was the period when public
were made. The odds against the
various candidates were posted week
~ from the moment Hugh Mcintyre
assigned the weights for the Grave
send feature, or j. G.. Is. Lawrence
made public the result OF his judg-
n,ent in connection with the suburb
an. which was the distinguishing fea-
ture of the spring meeting of the
| Concy Island Jockey Club.
The Brooklyn handicap has, there
fore. long been race to hold the
attention OF the public. 1t Is, how
ever. not the only big prize to be
decided during the Queens County
meeting next June. There arc the
Dwyer and Carlton stakes for g.
| year-olds with an added value OF
$4,000 and $4,000. respectively. the
| former Mt a mile and n furlong and
the latter at mile. The Gazelle. for
filiies of the same age. has $4,000
| added 1t Is run at mile and
sixteenth. The Dwyer stakes. known
as the Brooklyn derby until 1913,
when the name was changed in mem-
DRY Of the lato Philip ]. Dryer. has
fine tradition. 1t was first run for
in 1887. when Hanover was the win
ncr. The names of the greatest of
our 3-year-olds appear on It's honor
roll. and there is just tinge of re-
greet that 1t could not have been pre-
served at its original distance OF a
| milo end a half Hanover won II over
that route III d so did Fair Play, Peter
Pan. Petruchio. Bonnibert and others.
Fair Play has the record time of
2:33 at the test of mile and n half.
No DimirutiOn of Spirit.
With the reduction of the distance
to mile and n furlong, there has been
no diminution of the fighting spirit
which seems part Of the race. 1t
is generally run from start to finish
with fury that was SO wildly
demonstrated by War Cloud and Jack
Hare. Jr.. In 1918; Purchase and Sir
| Barton i'm. 1919. until the latter grab
| bed a plate and Man o. War and John
| l.. Gricr In 1920. Perhaps Norwich
, Lucky Hour. Bunting. Kai Sang
Brooms:cr, Surf Rider and other good
colts viii duplicate these fine efforts
next June.
The great American and fremont
stakes. each of n guaranteed value
| of $4,000. top the list of attractive
| figures for two-year- olds. The old
| favorites. the Glover and Astoria.
with $500 added, are exclusively for
nllies. Among the events for the
| three-ycar and upwards which.
are somewhat overshadowed by the
| Brooklyn, though they. are important