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BIG RACE TO RAMS HORN. WINS THE BRIGHTON HANDICAP AFTER A HOST THRILLING CONTEST. First Mason Crowds Him at the Finish Tokalon, Another Westerner, Is Third The Attendance Is Estimated at 40,000. New Tork, July 14. The eleventh renewal of the Brighton Handicap of -5,000, at one mile and a quarter, was won by W. S. Williams Rams Horn, a western horse of brilliant reputation in 2:03g. The four-year-old bay son of Bute and Aunt Tessa, heavily backed at odds of 5 to 1, carried his Impost of 114 pounds to victory In a manner that stamps him a racer of rare merit. Good luck attended the winner throughout the ruuning and jockey Sewell made his effort at the right time. The race from start to finish was of the most exciting description and a furlong from home the result was in donbt between three, the ultimate victor singling out of the bunch only in the final sixteenth, followed first by First Mason and then by Tokalon, both of which were overhauling him at the end. C. E. Howes half brother to McChesney was going the fastest of all and was only beaten by a small margin. He ! would have won In another stride or two. His owner, thinking he had won, exclaimed excitedly: "That means 0,000 cold cash to me. Come on boys, lets celebrate." The awakening was a bad one. Rams Horn was the best backed horse in the race. The majority of the western contingent pinned their fiilth to. him. Of the local bettors, Senator Pat McCarren was the most conspicuous supporter and indulged in one of his famous plunges. He Is said to have recouped a seasons turf losses, aggregating 00,000 in this one transaction. All the 12 to 1 about First Mason was eagerly snapped up. Tokalon was well backed aerqss" the board. The only local candidate that did not recede in the betting was Flip Flap. The market about her was practically unruffled, despite the 5,000 commission her owner dumped into the ring. Dolly Spanker had Jockey Millers immense following, yet he backed up in the betting. Whimsical, the queen of the three-year-old fillies, was absolutely friendless. No one enthused about Dandelion, everybody seemingly Intent on steering clear of the hoodoo that lias followed the Hitchcock-Madden horse so per-slsently of late. Todays big race seems to have appealed more strongly to turf devotees of the country at large than any other, judging1 by the number of visitors from Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Omaha and even St. Paul and Minneapolis, not to speak of nearby-cities like Washington, Baltimore, BiitTalo, Boston, Allmny, Providence and Philadelphia. Todays card was the most ambitious one in the history of the Brighton Beach Association, and conservative estimates placed the attendance at 40,000 persons. Captain Jim Williams, generally regarded as the owner of Rams Horn, though the horse appears on programs as owned by his son, W. S. Williams, was denied badge privilege. The trouble is that Captain Williams appears on the list of those owing forfeits. Brooks, the steeplechase jockey, sustained a wrenched back as the result of his fall with Kernel in the Punchestown Steeplechase. Gerdes, who rode Maud McG., was badly bruised. Stories regarding his real condition -are conflicting. It- is not serious according to last reports. Viuo was bid up to ,000 after his Victory In the closing race. He was retained by his owner.
