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DREAMER WINS THE TEST HANDICAP. Ben Ban, Another Duryea Horse, Beats the Heavily Weighted Roseben. New York, July The Test Handicap at Brighton I.eacit today was another annual bid of i tills association to bring the American record for one mile to the seaside course. There were seven fast horses carded to start Suffrage, Fountainblue, Dreamer, Cairngorm, Far West, Don Diego and Coy Maid. There was a wild plunge on Suffrage. She opened favorite at 7 to -5, and, despite the .tremendous support that presently came to Fountainblue, the second choice at 10 to fi, James It. Keenea filly remained firm at evens at the close. ; I f i I , 1 I 5 When it came to racing. Dreamer at 1." to 1 made play from the start, and, wresting tlie lead from Suffrage in a few strides, was never afterwards headed, but l:IWi was the best he could do. The favorite failed dismally when called upon at the end of six furlongs of forward running, and her decisive defeat may have been due to Millers injudicious efforts to place her. As for Fountain-blue, his inability to quite get up in a belated end sprint, was probably duo to Sandys incurable practice of waiting in races. The tabled history of the Test Handicap is as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1S!5 nubicon T, IOC, T. Sloan ..,130 1:IU BS07 Lehman 5 110 Scherrcr .. 1,121 1:11 1S!IS Miss Tenny..." 101 Muher 1,230 1:10 ISO! Firearm 1 11." Mahcr 1,::55 1:12 J.tOO Voter 0 122 Spencer ... 1,510 1:3S 1!01Tho Musketeer:; 10.". Shaw 2,030 1:11 J l!ll2Cameron ....I! 112 OConnor .. 1,010 1:12s l!0:;llurstbourne .3 11. "i Odnm 2,770 l:i:i 1001 llermis ." I"... Kedfem ... 1.27.". 1:.".S loor, wad Mint...:; ioo Lyne :;,::." i::;oj l!lfl! Coy Maid 1 SIS . Koorner ... 1 :?. 15107 Dreamer 5 102 Prussel 3,S:!0 1 :3.Si At ::-l mile. Apart from tlie Test, and which probably Tar overshadowed the stake affair in the intensity of interest it. aroused, was the sprint handicap, in which the mighty Roscben, weighted down with the enormous burden of 150 pounds, elected to try conclusions with a lot of fast horses carrying imposts Kinging from twenty-eight to sixty-live actual pounds less. There was no applause forthcoming for Den Pan. The victorious Duryea horse carried only ninety-two pounds, fifty-eight pounds less than his great opponent. Itoseben was, however, not disgraced. His game second earned the sympathy and admiration of the spectators and they cheered the big horse heartily on his return to the scales. The majority of these Impartial turf devotees had suffered heavy financial losses over Rosehens defeat. All the evens about him posted in the ring had been eagerly taken by the public and plungers alike. His inability to make good put a damper on tlie afternoons sport. , The opening rare was a gift" ror J7Ef Maddons Star Shoot colt, Uncle. A coterie of horsemen surrounded the imposing looking youngster during the saddling process and it is rumored that he will change hands shortly. John W. Gates and C. K. Darnell inspected him closely, and their manner was that of intending purchasers. A long delay at the post was caused by P.olando unseating jockey P.russel and running away first going six furlongs tlie reverse way of the track, then three furlongs up and three furlongs back, and then furnishing a little more sensation by his forward and game running in the race. Rolando is a half-brother to David Poland and Poloman. Pretension was the second odds-on favorite to score. The third odds-on favorite, Please in the fifth, went down to defeat. .Miller was lined 0 for rough riding on Please. The winner. Single Stone at 10 to 1. was the third outsider that came to the rescue of the disheartened layers who had their first winning day of the week. Sailor Girl, at .: to 1, earned a fluke victory in the closing number. Lad of Langden, the favorite, with Pagan up. was- really never dangerous. James Sennet t, trainer of Itifle Range, a starter in the fifth race, and J. C. McLaughlin trainer of Carters, a starter in the sixth race, were fined 1 each by Hie stewards for being late in tlie paddock with their charges. The stewards ordered Permit scratched out of the last race for maidens when they learned that he iiad previously won a rare at a bush meeting. A. Drown, under contract to Parney Schreiber, has arrived at Prighton Peach from Puffalo. He may accept a few mounts before leaving for Saratoga, where the Schreiber horses, eighteen in lium- her, are now quartered.
