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— DISCOVERY MAKES GOOD ♦ Vanderbilt Colt Wins Brooklyn Handicap With Ridiculous Ease. « — Makes Show of Dark Secret and Halcyon — Betting Facilities Inadequate for Immense Throng. ♦ — NEW YORK, N. Y., July 4.— Alfred Gv/ynne Vanderbilts good three-year-old, Discovery, was an easy winner of the historic old Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct today. The son of Display made a show of the Wheatley Stables Dark Secret, winner of the same prize last year and third went to William Woodwards Fleam, which raced coupled with Dark Secret. The only other starter to accept the issue was C. V. Whitneys Halcyon, which was last all through the running. The prize had a net value of ,925 to the winner. In this running Discovery, while he was always within striking distance, was not asked to force the pace as he has been in three-year-old classics in which he has been chasing Cavalcade home. He proved amenable to the placing and when called on in the final furlong he stepped to the front to win with ridiculous ease. For the final day of the successful season of the Queens County Jockey Club, there was was an immense holiday crowd out. The stands were uncomfortably jammed while the bleacher stand, built for increased crowds this year, was inadequate to take care of the overflow. In the betting enclosure there was a sweltering, crowding multitude and it, too, proved altogether inadequate to take care ■ of the patrons. Weather conditions could hardly have been better. While the hot wave continued there was a cooling breeze blowing down the stretch all afternoon and as a matter of fact that same breeze was of considerable help to the two-year-olds that raced in the first and third races, enabling them to hang up fast time. Not much time was lost at the post in the Brooklyn, and the start was a good one. Kurtsinger at once sent Dark Secret out to set the pace, which was slow, and Bej-shak had Discovery running under steadying restraint at the end of the first furlong. Continued on twenty-fifth page. DISCOVERY MAKES GOOD t Continued from first page. Fleam galloped along two lengths back of the Vanderbilt colt, and Halcyon brought up i the rear, right at the heels of the Woodward filly. The positions remained unchanged J in the run through the back stretch, and, rounding the far turn, Kurtsinger permitted Dark Secret to increase his lead to three lengths. He was saving ground on the rail and the son of Flying Ebony was running smoothly, but Bejshak made no effort to overtake him and kept Discovery under stout restraint, and the colt was taking kindly to the placing. Fleam was unable to improve her position and Halcyon was still • last, but all four were in fairly close order. Around the bend and into the stretch, Dark Secret, with no signs of weakening, continued to hold his lead, and he was nicely clear as he headed for home. Still Bejshak waited, and it was not until near-ing the furlong pole that he asked Discovery to run. There, as he shook up the colt, he ; slipped through on the inside and, passing Dark Secret, he went on to win by six lengths. Dark Secret had beaten Fleam six lengths and Halcyon was right at the heels of the filly. This race suggested that Dark Secret is . I far from being as good as he was last season, while the ease in which Discovery won gave that colt new importance. He has ; won each race this year when he was not opposed by Cavalcade, and his recent victories should warrant another chance with the English colt. F. Ambrose Clarks good Irish jumper, , Irish Bullet, ran the fastest steeplechase of | the meeting to win the substitute offering ] through the field. Carrying all the pace, , the son of Seventy Five and Wax Candle i scored over Rigan McKinneys Nesconset, , with Mrs. Gwladys Whitneys Rideaway a close third. The only other starter was : Chris. Wood, Jr.s Lavisby and he was badly outrun all the way. Irish Bullet completed the course in 4:05 and he was in hand to the i : closing stages of the long gallop. The opening dash, at five furlongs, for • plater juveniles, was easy for Thomas B. Gays Manual. He left his stall running and, l racing along in his best fashion, was never headed, to win by five lengths and with ease. Mrs. Henry S. Herkheimers Palasa • finished second, and Rust beat River Rose for third. The best finish of the day came out of ; the mile fifth race when W. E. Jones Scotch Soldier, ridden by the inexperienced B. Aus- • tin, in a desperately fought out finish, won by inches over M. Gaudios Big Show. Well back of these Jack McGraths Xandra beat Rego for third. When Scotch Soldier broke in motion and from the inside stall he had foot enough to hold his command, and the horses were well ■ lapped on him all the way. He stood them off successfully and barely lasted to be the ; winner. In the early racing Palatine was closely in pursuit of the son of -Dress Pa- • rade, but he quit badly before the stretch was reached and then, in the run through the long stretch, Litzenberger brought Big Show up to challenge. J It had cost Scotch Soldier some effort to dispose of Palatine, and it seemed sure that Big Show would take his measure, but, racing along with remarkable gameness for a horse of his quality, the gelding received the decision. The stretch run took the pair out five lengths before Xandra which had outfinished Rego to take third rather handily. The final race of the meeting went to Black Falcon, in the colors of Mrs. L. Viau, I which closed with a rush through the I stretch and led home Our Sallie and Celiba. •• The winner was a successful choice in the ] wagering. During the early running Black Falcon was outrun, but Gilbert allowed him to work ] his way up steadily and then, through the 1 stretch, he was guided to the outside and 1 closed fast. Celiba saved ground on the i rail, made a determined bid to overhaul i Our Sallie, which had forced the pace, and disposed of The Rake, but she could not stand off the determined challenge of Black 1 Falcon,
