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CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP. Founded in emulation of the then already immensely popular Suburban Handicap the first running of the Brooklyn was uiaiked by a thrilling finish in which game Dry Monopole won from Blue Wing by a short head, with Hidalgo but another slioi i bead back. In its next running those giants of American turf history— Visa Bard, Hanover and Exile, fought out its finish, but The ■aid was finally au easy winner. Exile had rec The fastest perforniaiK M of the fifteen horses I carded for the Brooklyn Handicap tomorrow at or nearest the mile and a quarter since January 1, j BHK5, are given in the following compilation, the •dges and weights therein beiug those at the time of the race indicated: Horse. A. Wt. Dist. Track. Time. Buttling 5 124 1 1 10 Jamaica 1 :47i iSuperman o 112 1 1 16 Belmont 1:44J tNealon :; lo7 114 Sheepshead 2 : ." ; Accountant ....3 113 1 1-10 Gravesend 1:4*4 •Go Between .... 5 11C 1 14 Sheepshead 2:05J tI andellon 4 113 11-4 Saratoga *2:M Salvid.re 2 11!» o-4 Saratoga 1:12; Beacon Light... 3.. 02 1 L »uisville 1:42 ompensed the following year when he won from the beautiful horse lriuce Royal. Since theu such great racers as "Penny. Tea Trav, Diablo, Lamplighter, Dr. Rice. Henry of Navarre. Sir Walter, Ornament, Ben Holladay, Banastar, Kinley Mack, Advance Baud, Irish Lad. Guntire. The Picket. Delhi, and Dandelion have contributed to the fame of Gravesend"s greatest race, and no event of the American turf exceeds it in interest or popularity. Its record is as follows: Year. First. Age. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Age. Wt. Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. 18.S7 D. Mouopole4A. McCarthy Jr. ..1CM. Blue Wing 4 112 Hidalgo 5 115 $ o.SoO 2:07 1MB The Bard 5 Hay ward.. 125 Hanover 4 125 Exile 95 114 ;.!»25 2:13 188J Exile 7 Hamilton. .lli lriuce Royal 4 121 Terra Cot ta 5.. 125 ti.OOO. .2:07* 1 8!»0 Castaway II. 4 Buna.. 166 Badge 5 114 Eric 4; 110 ti.tMM 2:10" IfSUl Penny 5 Barnes.. 128 Prince Royal 0 117 Tea Trav 6... 116 14.SOO 2:10 18K2 Judge Morrow 5 A. Covington . .11 Pessara 4 115 Russell 4 114 17.750 2:08| IHiKl Diablo 7 Taral.,112 Lamplighter 4 125 Leonawall 4. ..110 17,750 2:0i 18!»4 Dr. Rice 4 Taral..ll2 Henry of Navarre 3. 100 Sir Walter 4.. 120 17.750 2:07J 18B6 Hornpipe 4; Hamilton. .106 Lazzarone 4 114 Sir Walter 5. .124 7,750 2:11$ lHMi Sir Walter t Taral..ll8 Clifford C 125 St. Maxim ."-t .. .108 7,77iO 2:0SA 18! 7 Howard Mann 4 H. Martin.. 100 Lake Shore tC 106 Volley 4 95 7,750 2:09J 1808 Ornament 4 T. Sloan.. 127 Ben Holladay 5 121 Slv Fox .i J2 7.S00 2:10 MM Banastar 4| Maker. .110 Lanky Bob 4 105 Filigrane 3 98 7,800 2:0f.$ 1900 Kinley Mack 4; McCue..l22 Raffaelo 4 113 Herbert 3 99 7,800 2:10 1901 Conroy 3 OConnor .. 102* Herbert 4 00 Standing 4 113 7.S00 2:00 1002 Reina 4 OConnor . .104 Advance Guard 5. ..117 Pentecost 3 100 7.800 2:07 1903 Irish Lad 3 F. ONeill. .103 Gunfire 4 Ill Heno 4 113 14,050 2:05; 1904 The Picket 4 Helgesen . . 1 10 Irish Lad 4 125 Proper 4 110 15.800 2:002 1005 Delhi 4 T. Bums. .124 Ostrich 4 96 Graziallo 4 ..100 15,800 2:0f i 10i6 Tokalou 5 Bedell.. 108 Dandelion 4 107 The Picket 6.. 120 15,800 2:052 Flip Flap • 106 1 3-8 Sheepshead 2:174 Sew. 11 1 100 7-8 Belmont l.JTt Blandy 4 113 1 1-16 Gravesend 1:47 At cite 3 112 5 1-2 f Sheepshead 1:0S Oxford 4 105 11-4 Gravest ad 2:06f Tokalon S 108 11-4 Gravesend 2:00 §Beauclere 2 84 11-4 Benning 2:12- "Also ran the distance at Gravesend in 2:oOL with i 107 pounds and again at Sheepshead Bay in 2:06£. with 126 pounds. tTrack record. : m turf course and the record for that track. § »ver a slow track. Accountant ran a mile and a quarter at Sheepshead Bay over a slow track in 2:10, with 126 pounds up.
