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FIT/. HERBERT IS THE VICTOR CRACK SON OF ETHELBERT ADDS BROOKLYN TO HIS LIST OF TRIUMPHS. Largest Crowd Seen at Races Since Hart-Agnev- La« Became Effective in Attendance at Gravesend Opening. New York. May :;l. — S. C. Hildreths gnat four .-voar old. 7. Herbert, was winner of the Brooklyn Handicap :il Gtavcscud today in S:88|. which rep leeeaaad ;i remarkable performance considering ili.it he took up 150 pounds : n l forced the pace from atari L. tiuish. vor for a stride did the magnificent s..n of BtbeaaKl falter and. though his opponents went t him in relays, he met every challenge and at the end hail something to spare to win from K T. Wilson. Jr.s olambala by ■ length, while Prince Imperial was third. Prince Imperial was ; the one to follow most closely the _M anil it was In- effort in l.eat t.ie winner that hail much to do , with his |..-ing the place, olambala ran a rciuark-aMe rae. In finish as close up a- second, for in the tn-t .planer he stnmlded liadiy and was forced to , • hi-.- an immense gap. The Criterion stakes, for fillies, went to the Newcastle Stable- P.ashti. though . I.. Harrisons Housemaid was lust and it was the carelessness of Jockey V. Powers that cost his mount the race. Housemaid was leading hy live lengths in the stretch win ii Powers eased his mount for an instant and l Garner, bringing Bashti up with a rush, nipped him on the post hy a nose. Hashti herself ran a niiiHikal.il taw, for she was knocked hack shortly after the start and had to close an immense gap to In along in time to take advantage of Powers mistake. The opening of Crave-. ml was auspicious and i the largest crowd since the passage of the Hart-Agnew hill in 1!X 7 was in attendance. The weather anal a hit raw. hut tie- going was fast and cuthu--ia-m was at ton notch all afternoon. Sir J-hn MMi came hack to his form of last season when he took tl pening dash, and Blackford was a w inm r over IBict Mate. Hig Stick, after lieing last of fourteen starters at the break, won Ids race impressively, while the dash for two-year-old maidens went to Sehago. "laniiial.t came out of the Brooklvn decidcdlv lame. Many detectives moved about on the Gravesend ■ lawn, but there was nothing to which they could lake c,-,.|,tioii in the immense crowd. The players ! kept well within the law and the passing of money . was carefully avoided, though there was plenty of «iral tutting. Jockey I.ang. who had Iteen under suspension 1 since the Jamestown meeting, was reinstated vester-day. • ilass was suspended for three days for rough 1 riding on iauntbi in the last race.
