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Show $5,000,000 CHANGES 'HANDS OH .ONE RACE NEW YORK.;June 2. It la estimated that $5,000,000 changed hands on the vic-; vic-; tory of Irish Lad in the recent Brooklyn , handicap. Irish Lad la owned by Harry Payne Whitney. He led the Ally Glmftre. I owned by Whitneys father, the favorite Jn the race, by a nose, making a new record 1 for the big event. Irish Lad wti ridden by O'Nell, a "gentleman "gen-tleman from Cork," and after the race the band played "Wearing of the Green." On the saddle cloth No. 13 stood out as If to tnock the superstitious as the crowd continued con-tinued to cheer the "Irish twins." |