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SURPRISE INBROOKLYN Lightly Weighted Light Carbine Wins Famous Old Race. ♦ Diavolo Second and Sun Beau Third — Grattan Finishes First in Hudson Stakes. ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y., June 15.— Light Carbine, the lightest weighted starter in he Brooklyn Handicap, furnished something of a surprise when he led home a big field in the famous old race at Aqueduct today. The J. B. Humphreys campaigner added 1,300 tc his score. Diavolo, winner of the Dixie Handicap, for the Wheatley Stable, raced to second place and Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Beau saved third from W. R. Coes Algernon, while J. B. Macombers Metropolitan Handicap winner, Petee-Wrack, and the top weight, was fifth. The crowd was altogether too large for the-accommodations at Aqueduct, but, as usual, it was a good natured crowd, though the running of a selling steeplechase was so farcial. by reason of the inexperienced riders that were employed, causing much booing and dissatisfaction. A companion piece to the Brooklyn Handicap was the Hudson Stakes for juveniles and it brought victory to Grattan, from the Ran-cocas Stable. The start for the Brooklyn Handicap was from the stalls and it was a good one. Byrd at once went out to show the way and Bo-gorra, the stablemate of Algernon, was sent along with him to carry him along for the benefit of Algernon. Light Carbine, under the feather of ninety-seven pounds, was not far from the leaders, and Sun Beau raced close up, with Legere saving ground on the inside. The others followed along with Sunfire and Algernon in the rear, Sunfire soon dropping badly out of the running. Before the stretch was reached Byrd had ti.-tuin to shorten stride and then it was that Rose moved on Light Carbine and the old fellow soon disposed of both Mrs. Vander-bilts horse as well as Begorra. Sun Beau was going fast back of Light Carbine and for an instant it seemed that he would come on to victory, but Diavolo had been steadily moving up and Algernon was also catching the others. In the last eighth Rom rode Light Carbine out vigorously and when Sun Beau tired, ever so slightly. Diavolo raced past him, but he could not get to the Humphreys horse, Continued on twenty-fourth page. SURPRISE 1NBR00KLYN Continued from first page. which was home the winner by a length and a half. Sun Beau was three lengths Wek, and he had only beaten the fast finishing Algernon by a head for third place. S. C. Hildreth. who took down the Hudson Stakes for the Rancocas Stable with Mei Foo last year, repeated when Grattan led home the filly Erin, from the Wheatley Stable, with Thomas M. Cassidys Crack Brigade saving third. The prize had a value of ,P,00 to the winner. There were fourteen starters and Grattan began from the outside position, but he had speed enough to come clear and Fator took him over to save ground in the run home. Imperial Air was first to show out of the start, racing along on the inside, but Grattan soon had him headed and once in the command, Fator kept the son of Lucullite at his task to have him winner by two lengths. Erin raced down the middle of the course and steadily worked her way through to be going well at the end. Crack Brigade was the victim of roughing all throusrh the race and his was an impressive performance, though he tired right at the end. Then, Skirl, of the Whitney pair, was another that met with some interference. The opening number was a four and a half furlongs dash for maiden two-year-old fillies and it saw W. R. Coes Tripping Toe the winner when she led home Mrs. Elmer Truemans Her Grace, with H. P. Whitneys Rueful racing into third place. In the early racing it was The Beasel, from the Gifford Cochran Stable, that went along with the winner and Schenk. on Tripping Toa, crossed her just as she had her head, forcing Kelsay to take up. After this interference Tripping Toe came away to win wi.h something to spare, while The Beasel dropped back rather badly. The steeplechase was the most ridiculous race seen all year and it brought loud boos from the big crowd. The farce of the running was that after every horse in the race had been pulled up, under some foolish impression that the break was not a start, they went to racing again, with Endicott in front just about a field before the others. He needed all of that advantage to lead home Mantonian and Sir Sweep, racing for B. B. Jones. Then, on top of all that, R. Williams, who rode Mantonian, lodged a claim of foul against the winner, which was not allowed. Tammaro, who had the mount on Sir Sweep, was originally to blame when he pulled up Sir Sweep at the start. He was waved on by the time flag, but he paid no attention and in the meantime the other riders felt that something was wrong and one after another pulled up. Endicott had gone over a jump more than any other when finally they all discovered that it was a start and they scrambled back into the course and the race was on with Endicott well out before the others, though he had been brought back until ha took one of the fences twice, that is to say, he came back one Jump further than was necessary. The public did not know what it was all about and the inexcusable stupidity of the riders made the race a joke. At the end I Endicott was tiring badly and he had crossed J Mantonian in the running, but there had been uo interference to warrant a disqualification, i
