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BLACK PANTHER FIRST — ♦ ■ Victorian Second in Renowned Old Brooklyn Handicap. • ■ Salmon Colors Carried to Spectacular Triumph Over Crack Band at Aqueduct Course. • j « NEW YORK. X. Y., June 16.— Before one of the largest crowds that ever graced the old Aqueduct course Walter J. Salmons Black Panther, with a considerable concession in the weights, was winner of the famous old Brooklyn Handicap, the one mile and an eighth race, which was worth 3,730 to the winner. The companion piece on a great day of sport was the Hudson Sakes for juveniles, and it went to Mei Foo. from the Rancocas Stable. Conditions were ideal for the sport and the entertainment, which took In seven races, was excellent. Unfortunately, the running of the Brooklyn Handicap was marred when Walter Jeffords Scapa Flow, while racing through the stretch, broke his off foreleg and McAtee dismounted an eighth from the finish. Without taking anything away from Black Panther, or from Johnny Maiben, the son of Black Toney never scored a luckier victory and, hal "Sonny" Workman not been guilty of a gross mistake. Black Panther would have been second to Victorian, instead of beating the Whitney three-year-old by half a length. "Workman made the fatal mistake of easing Victorian up in the final eighth, and Maiben stole up on him and then clearly outrode him, to have the second best horse the winner. Half a length further back Dlavolo, from the Wheatley Stable of Mrs. H. C. Phipps and Ogden Mills, after closing a big gap. saved third place from Joseph E. Widen-ers Chance Shot. F 1 1. 1 : ■ A K E K PACK MAKER. The start was an excellent one, and the lightly-weighted Filemaker went out to force the pace for his stablemate Diavolo. Twitter went with him, but Workman could not see it that way. and he at once rushed Victorian along until he was in second place after the lightweight. Sande was rating Chance Shot baeK of the pair; then came Twitter and Scapa Flow and Black Maria on the outside. Filemaker did not relish having Victorian alongside and he soon began to tire. Then Workman went right along with the three-year-old until, as he headed into the long Stretch, he was well clear and the colt was galloping welL Sande had called on Chance Shot to no effect, though he fell heir to second place when Filemaker quit, McAtee here made his move with Scapa Flow and the son of Man o War moved up in resolute fashion. It was shortly after this move that the colt broke his log, and McAtee dismounted. All this time Victorian was galloping along clear of his field and Workman seemed to think that when Chance Shot could not get him there was nothing further to worry about. He put up his whip and was taking it easily. Not so with Maiben. He was driving Black Panther to the limit and the colt was sweeping upon the outside. Too late, Workman paw the danger and his efforts to avert defeat were pitiful. He all but fell off Victorian and Black Panther was winner. Dlavolo. as has been told, followed Black Panther through to take third place. RANCOCAS VICTORY. The old Hudson Stakes for juveniles, and over the five-eighths distance, saw a Ran-cocas Stable victory when Fator brought Mei Foo home the winner from George D. Widen-ers Kbpeek and Samuel T . Riddles Batle-ship Gray. The prize was worth ,175 to the wi ner. This race was marked by a deal of rough riding, and the chief sufferers seemed to be Battleship Gray, Click and Kopeck. Right at the start Kopeck was badly bumped and knocked back, while Click and Battleship Gray went out to set the pace with little to choose between the pair of them. M d Koo responded gamely in the stretch, and it was well he did, for Kopeck came along with a mighty rush in the last sixteenth and he was well lapped on the Rancocas colt at the end.
