The evening world. Newspaper, May 15, 1895, Page 1

Che [* Circulation Books | Open to All’ PRICE ONE CE NIGHT EDITION HORNPIPE WINS THE HANDICAP. Got Away in Front, but Fell Back and Made a Rattling Finish. ODDS WERE 15 T0 1 AGAINST HIM Lazzarone Snatched the Place from Sir Walter in the End of the Running. FAVORITE RAMAPO LAST IN THE FIELD, The Race Run in the Slow Time of 2.11 20,000 Spectators Watch the Grand Struggle on a Muddy Track. FOURTH RACE. from the opening of the betting to the close, Ramapo always being favorit Rey El Santa Anite was aiso played and there was quite a demand for "id Kear- ney and Counter Tenor, Bt HIF 617 9 1% oo ae . Murphy). Bir Walter, 124 (Doggett) Bae any Counter Fenor, 200 (Lamy)..201 8111 11 ¢ Lait the arattenn | Hood Play on nearly Deena 06 tt ema t 2110 2 8 | oye grand stand was @ solid mane of Powers, 18 Gu eal ££ § |humantty. ‘The iawn was filled with the Rudioon, 118 (Midgtey)......101 41 4 @ [Crowd that stood massed upon it be- tices ee tea at fog g [teen the fence and the grand stand, Pee MLint & itp | One could see nothing but a billowy . 108 (hittleneld), 1-1 6112 12 11 | 8a of heads. In the infleld many thou- Ramapo, if7 (Griffin)........ii-beven 3 2232 [Sands were grouped along the rail and et hundreds went up to see the start. They pesial is Shei besslna Werle) made @ black lane through which the RACE TRACK, GRAVESEND, May |H0rses had to pass before reaching the tand. 45.—The Brooklyn Handicap of 18% waa) tun this afternoon over a track heavy with mud. It was a@ stirring contest nd thousands cheered the noble thor- oughbreds as they struggled gamely through the mire to win money and fame for their owners. Parade to the Post. ‘The excitement was intense, und each horse was applauded as it went by the post. Bassetlaw was the first to ap- pear, followed by Rey El Santa Anita, Hornpipe, Assignee, Dr. Rice, Ramapo, Counter ‘Tenor, Lazzarone, Sir Walter, Ed Kearney, Declare and Rubicon. They galloped to the starting point with their satin coats shining in the sunlight, and their steel-like muscles in full play. Then 20,000 pairs of eyes Sir Walter third, ‘The victor was hysterically applauded by the winners, and the losers were g@ased upon with feelings of admiration oughbreds and the small, stocky man,! who handles a red flag at the post. The flag was watched eagerly, all wait- ing for tt to drop and announce that the great race was commenced, They were not long at the post. There was orfe break, which started the crowd, and a minute later the little red flag flashed through the air, followed by the blue flag of the advance man, and the white flag of the timer. y're Of. ‘The flag fell at 4.50 exactly. A mighty roar swelled from 20,000 throats and the race of the year was on. Ed Kearney was the first to show, id as they neared the stand Penn was seen sitting back in the saddle holding DID YOU SEE US WIN? The glory of the race was speedily forgotten in the bustle which attended betting on the next two races, "The race was thrilling in every fur- long. The excitement was intense, with enthusiasm contagious. After the pertainty which eurrounded the future pf racing all Winter, every one was glad (hat the mport was still alive, and the Dest of feeling prevailed. Handicap day this year, however, was far different from its predecessors. 20,000 Saw the Race. At 4.30 o'clock, when the bugle blew, there were 2,000 persons watching for un- bent a concentrated gaze on the thor-/| the son of Tom Ochiltree under a pull, but going fast. Then Assignee moved up and passed him, the field sweeping by the stand with Assignee first, Fa Kearney a head away, Then Dr. Rice, Ramapo, Rubicon and Sir Walter were close behind. They ran in this order around the turn and as soon an they straightened out on the backstretch Doggett rushed Sir Walter up and joined Assignee. ‘The pair raced head and head to the far turn, Ed Kearney, Dr. Rice, Ram- apo and Lagzarone being heads apart, as named, two lengths away. Sir Walter suddenly rushed to the front on the far turn and he started the others moving. Ed Kearney and As- signee were beaten and gradually fell back in the ruck. Lassarone Cacthes the Leader, Lasrarone rushed after Sir Walter and before the stretch was Rica and Ramapo were him Dr. beaten, and as they fell back Hamilton meved with Hornpipe, turning into the stretch a length and a half behind Sir caught ; Teached, Walter and Lazzarone. The latter speedily had Sir Walter beaten and Doggett was lashing Sir Walter with desperate energy. Horapipe'’s Great Fi Then Hornpipe joined Lazarone, and it was Murphy's turn to go to the whip. For a moment Lazzarone held the Keene crack, and Hamilton wai forced to ride with whip and heel. Inch by inch Hornpipe drew away Hamilton working with his olditime dash and vim, In the last sixteenth Laz- rone faltered and Hornpipe drew way sufficiently to win by half # length from Lazzarone, who was two lengths the horses to appear. Bettors Rush to the Ri As soon as the third race was over a fush wes made for the betting ring. The @rowd was eager to bet on their choices Bné the poor pencillers w batter: gdout unmercifully by the surging of ors. On their boxes they would have been ted to some extent, but on the of the ring they were hemmed in on Bil sides. De. Rice and Ramapo were the horses (trees played. They were backed steadily Horapipe, The Winner. No. | is Hornpipe, No. 2 Lazzarone and No. 3 Sir Walter. in front of Sir Walter. A length and a half away was Counter Tenor. Ramapo, the fuvorite, was last and Dr. Rice was seventh, Ed Kearney was ninth, Time—211 1-4, Penn broke his left stirrup from his horse on the far turn RAMAPO OPENED FAVORITE. at Choice at 2 to 1 in Karly Bet-| tlag--Sce at the Track. RACE TRACK, GRAVESEND, May 18. —The race track presented a very busy | appearance this: morning, Active prepa- rations were being made on all «ides for the reception of the big crowd that the management confidently expected would come down to witnens the running of the big Handicap. ‘The weather was anything but ple and fell ai the price was speedily cut to @ to 1,| this bij Je reached on the order of third | ters, and before the game he De t. ! i See yee vartien InAs were wont| While Rey El Santa Anita receded to 6| reading I shall move the insertion of | Of. and Terry was led out to to arrive vith baskets of luncheon and|!® 1. The opening prices were as fol-| the referendum clau slaughter. ‘ take possession of the front rows were | The two Buffalo Senators sald this| The batting order was as followst spel : 137 (Grin) afternoon that they would vote for the| New York. Chicago. : missing. Then the regulars remem. Pregl tht fterno : phew York Chicage. é bered that last year the same condl- Dr. Rice, ist (Tara). Bin, which infurea ste vote, but) Mernan, rf, Dahlen, ss, }tion of affairs prevailed, and that the 1 dante Anita, ii@ (ie Lexow claims to have @ seventeenth. | Davis, ab. Wilpiot, if. o on ’ Bo th Bee ta de uke Chairman Lauterbach, of the New York | Doyle, ib. Anson, "1b. \ crowd came in one great rush. ey 14 (L, i G ty Regubil Gatantit sala chia Van Haliren, cf. Stratton, ef took heart and subsequent events proved te aa ‘ounty Republican Cot ee, nal Stafford, 2b. everett, ab. that the public had not deserted the jafternoon) that the Greater New York) Farrell, c, Stewart, 3b, eanngenient Dill wan assured of seventeen votes, | Meekin, p. Horan ep ‘ ‘uller, ss. _ Shortly after 1 o'clock the firat divi- and would pass before adjournment to- |“ trmpire—Mr, Lon anc this morning. The wind shifted to the northwest, and was most penetra:- | ing and cold during the early morning, bul grew steadily warmer as the day wore on. Many anxious inquiries were made this morning of various weather sharps, ranging in prominence from local fisher- men to Farmer Dunn, who serves out the official meteorological conditions to | this section of the country. | The latter must have kept constantly tive, jumping from his chair to the telephone, to answer the torrent of in- quiries from trainers and horsemen, to say nothing of the many who propose to visit the track as spectators. To all he gave the cheering promise of fair weather, with no rain, His health was fairly drowned in foamy and spirituous beverages at Gravesend when his mes: | "ON THE WAY FROM THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP—THE LUCKY ONES WHO bm NOT HAVE TO WALK HOME. COMING HOME FROM THE RAOCES—SOMEHOW THE FIRST DAY ALWAYS | President Dwyer being very blue and ‘having remarked that it was hard luck | cap. |ley Heineman had his name in gold let- GREATER NEW Y YORK SURE. sage was communicated through “The Evening World” representative, The track never looked more attractive was made out with Ramapo favorite. Dr. Rice was sccond choice and Rey Fl Santa Anita third choice. than it did to-day. The heavy raine of Spare (ts Passage Im the Senate Thin At- the past few days freshened the grass ternoon Is Predicted. Into @ bright green, The long stretches ALBANY, May 15.—It {s stated at this were relieved by bright clusters of iow dandelions that gleamed like jewels in thelr emeraid setting. Somewhat Heavy Track Assured. ‘The day was distinctly discouraging, hour (830 P. M.) that Senator Wolfert ond Senator Lamy have agreed to vote for the Greater Now York bill without referendum, end thut the bill will be passed to-day. Both men refuse to talk, and It is be- Heved from the action of the majority leaders that the statement in true. The Senate has gone Into session, I: was 1 o'clock when the Halpin Greater New York bill came over to the Senate from the Assembly, and Senator Lexow asked that It go to the Committee of the Whole. Senator Cantor asked that it have its third reading, and by unanimous con- gent It was #0 ordered. Asked why he had made this motion Senator Cantor #aid: “I want to see some legislation for Greater New York this year, and when indeed, ‘The track was thoroughly rain-roaked and the sun only peeped from the heavy clouds at intervals, The track, there- fore, had no chance to dry out and the cold, raw weather @ further hand:- Every effort was made to put It into decent shape for the running of the big race, The harrows were sent over It repeatedly until the lumps of mud were turned over and over, ‘Then a force of men with rakes care- fully turned up every pasty spot. The course never looked finer, and {t showed plainly the care that Supt, Brush had MIGHT HAVE WON. “Bir Walter was quoted at § to 1, but sion arrived, and from that time on a night, ae torrent of humanity poured through the OTHER LEAGUE GAMES. In @ souvenir given out by the Asso- CHICAGO, SCORE BY INNINGS 000100000-), NEW YORK. SCORE BY INNINGS. 20100402 x) The Giants Give Pop Anson's Colts Another Fight at the Windy City. HUTCHISON 1S UNGLE'S STAY. Meekin Twirls Against the Big Bats of the Doughty West- tern Sluggers. STAFFORD SCORES TWO RUNS.‘ The Second Baseman’s Single Drove a Brace of New Yorks Acress the Rubber. (From The Evening World's Special Correspen@aag with the Team.) soles GROUNDS, m., Hutchinson w: factor meas which the Chicago , copeada based his calculations to-day, He scheduled to pitch yesterday, but Windy City's star twirler has a wi some respect for thy metropolitan First ing. Ryan cracked a single between t 4 quickly diffused itself all over and second, Dahlen put up & hppa y ciation the following was printed as a Which Farrell hung on to, and shooting ‘clock th ecte ware that | mt of semi-ofMficlal utterance: CLEVELAND, May 15.—The Bean-| the ball to Fuller nailed’ Ryan at see- At 1.20 o'clock the prospec Betting betwove man and man {e not prohibited S , vo| 9nd. Wilmot sent one to left for % a would: be vary lara eaters and the home team played two?! gi Soe ee a 3 the attendance wo | by any of the mew laws, but the bookmakers must here today, Che fi y., paws. Anson put the fully 4,000 persons being present at that| srw retrain trom giving a ticket or record of ine | SAmes here to-day, The firat was the| hands. No runs. * tet to the man betting with him, as there te | DOMtPOned gume of yesterday and the || Bannon Pushed a neat Sats ee tot bet to th him, a eft foul line, Tiernan ' ois mnie ‘i hands in con. | A@Cond the regular game. ‘The following Which Hy ton ape, Davis te ‘The bookmakers sprung a new acheme FIRST GAME. pped tothe plate. George tami on the public to-day. At the request of | neaen 20000001 0-3 I¥ cracked a two-bagwer to Tight, i President Philip Dwyer they adjourned Cleveland 10000100 0-2 Mbbed Up gn easy, one 10 & from the lawn to the old betting-rin, Aite—Roston, 4, Cleveland, 6. Frrors—| quartet, and the corne and there transacted whatever business ‘ jols aNd Ganzel, Wallace and | they could with the public. Zimmer. Uimpire—Mr. Murray Some of them, instead of holding Re their card of odds in their hands, had 0101024 them suspended on small silver claaps 000600-8 from the lapels of their coats, in order iatteries: “Stivotta and Ganzwl; Young and Umpire—Mr. Murray AT PITTSBURG. -90000000 1-1 -200120000-5 4; Pittsburg, § Errors, that the public might identity them, Many of the pencillers wore cards on their hats bearing their names. Char- Philadelphia Pittaburg.. ters on @ black ribbon, Others had jelphia 2 re, large buttons and badges on their coats. @ries—Meiill, -Bearon and Rurkley and 3 den, Umpire—Mr. Betts The reluctance to take money openly Hart end Pent ee. mpireitr, Batt DOM ave way to an eager desire to wwe Banas Bosiaansa: get all in sight, and before the Handi- TENCE, cap Was run there was no diMculty in placing large or small wagers. Petting began almost aa oon as the vookmakers arrived at the track, and champton Bal:imo: —| game with the Ri re, That ia aw ISVILLE, can be ce ontinued on Second Page.) the pencillers, in offering prices, co: — fexsed themnelves unable to pick the|~——~ poo ao ga, — je Extract of Malt and Hope. ter, cony winners, laying 6 to 2 and take YOUr} 4, wore cough ef Cold Indicted by. the manne Sons, Bi | pick. frosty spap will quickly succumb to Aiken's ee The money came in rapidly on Ram-| FErgcToRawt, (uly Bee be ere her spor apo at this price, and then the slate nd 7. WAS UNLUCKY FOR SOME PHOPLDE. ua | Stafford banged the fi |second for a single, | Davis trotted home, Farrell died at first on an easy to Dahlen. Two runs. Meekin gave Stratton first on and he reached second on single. He was forced at third Stewart, Everett getting second. Mot ait put’ Everett on third, but Ste as caught at second." Moran | second. Hutchinson faned out. No Meekin filed to Stewart. Wilmot care of Fuller's pop-up." Tommy non pushed # beauty between Fi centre for two bases, but was le! nan being thrown at first. a ee Thira Ryan singled. Dahlen filed to Bannon; Wilmot filed to Stafford, Ryan stole sec- ond, and Anson's single put him om third. Stratton struck out, Davis flied to Ryan. | Doyle first em: balls and stole second, He spoiled it by being caught asleep. Van Haltren bunt No runs, ed and got to third on Hutchinsen | wild throw, A passed ball allowed dim: to score Stafford struck ou: Fourth 1 Everett bunted and beat the ball te first. "Meek" gave Stewart a Davis fumbled Moran's attempt corners were filled. Hutchison fitea “t to Van Haltren, Everett scoring, Ryan filed to Tiernan, Dahien fled to Tiernan, | ‘One run. ‘arrell died at the first roost, ekin met the same fate. rine One run, trotted to first on balls. Bannon sin-! gled. Fuller was caught trying to reach third on the bit. Fitt Wilmot fied to Van Haltren. “Anse™ a sky-scraper up for Fuller, Strat struck out. No runs, ernan cat three thin slices of air, Moran missed Davis's third strike and{ Grorge recched tint safely.” Long ealled | rim out at second. Doy dan Hale sicond. ‘Hie teuched third Sa’ wt Van out at first. No runs, Sixth Inning. uhrow Sverett failed to bunt successfully, | Fuller and Doyle put an end to Stewart. Moran fanned out. No runs, Stafford singled. Farrell, walked te | first. Meekin struck out. Stal and| Murrell made a double, steal “Auten sent Shorty to first, Bannon flied out, } afford scoring. [Mike got ba yeCll inhabited, e free and the hills were) sent Farrell and Puller me and Tlernan to Urge The latter scored on Doyle's ‘ Davis reaching third. t Four, Doyle caught stealing second, rung. Seventh Inain, Hutchison struck out, e} out led. on flied out, No runs, n Haltren out at first, afford singled, He atole second. To third on Farrell's geerinee, Heokin struck Pula cmnsinaee 32 SBR Ip as" CHICAGO, ¢ -