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GRiVESENDS CLOSING DAY; OXFORD WINS THE ORIENTAL HANDICAP FROM GOOD COMPANY AT LONG ODDS. Kentucky Beau Takes the Prospect Browne Pays 0,000 for Scwcll and Sees Him Loft at the Pest Good Sport. New York, September 20. A splendid card, productive of brilliant racing, marked the closing day ot tlii? niituiuu meeting- of the , Brooklyn Jockey Club at Gravesend. Seven abundantly tilled races were run ofT, including the three important slake fixtures the Oriental Handicap at a mile and a quarter for three-year-olds and upward, the Prospect Handicap at about six furlongs for two-year-olds and the Kinds Highway Steeplechase Handicap over the full course. Oxford, at odds of 20 to 1, captured the Oriental, leading a big Held of good ones all the way. The backward running of Outcome and Cottoutown created much wondering comment. With Miller in the saddle, there was plenty of support forthcoming for Kentucky -Beau, which started favorite for the big two-year-old event. Despite a slow moving start, that notorious lu-aiid-otiter quickly got In touch witli and disposed of a fellow acrobat in the Hying pacemaker, George .S. Davis, practically winning: off by hiiu-tielf at tne end. The start In this race settled the chances of three-fourths of the Held. Fouiitalnblue, one of the chief siufTerers, developed a great burst of speed and was able to get up to a forward position at the half, but the high-priced.. Uraily colt . ti re4fcpreriiitttnlrnnthe4tunir r SevvellAyliicl opened up the nominal favorite, ran for the tlrst time fn the colors of the Browiih-igii Park .Stable. Grant Hugh Browne is reported to-have paid 0,000 for the youngster. Sewell was left at the post, but no blame was attached to lie starter. The jockey, Sewell, for whom the colt was named and who lode him, was observed to pull him up at the. barriers rise and, colliding .with frank Gill, unseated Nutter, the hitters rider. Phantom, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.s great steeplechaser, was jumped on and developed a serious lameness in his race, but managed to save second place in an heroic effort. Unusually poor fencing marked the favorites work through the field and he narrowly escaped going down on several occasions. The winner turned up in the much improved Jimmy Lane. Yania Christy hied. Bookmaker E. G. Saulc, of Oakland, California, -is the- most recent addition to the ranks of local layers. .1. .1. Grant has liceu appointed superintendent of the new California Jockey Clubs tracks.
