# Islip Handicap

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Horse race

Islip Handicap Class Discontinued stakes Location Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York (1899–1909) Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York (1910) Inaugurated 1899 Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information Distance 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) Surface Dirt Track Left-handed Qualification Three-years-old & up

The **Islip Handicap** was an American [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_horse_race) held annually from 1899 through 1907 at New York's [Brighton Beach Race Course](/source/Brighton_Beach_Race_Course) and then for a final time in 1910 with a drastically reduced purse at [Empire City Race Track](/source/Yonkers_Raceway) in [Yonkers, New York](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York). A race for horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of one mile for the first two runnings then at a mile and one-eighth for the remainder.

## Historical notes

The filly [Imp](/source/Imp_(horse)) won the 1899 inaugural running of the Islip Handicap. She would go on to earn recognition as that year's [American Horse of the Year](/source/American_Horse_of_the_Year) and induction into the [U. S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) in 1965.[1]

In winning the 1902 edition, Bonnibert broke the Brighton Beach track record for the mile and one-eighth with a time of 1:51 flat.[2]

## End of a race and of a racetrack

The Brighton Beach Race Course prospered until 1908 when the [New York Legislature](/source/New_York_Legislature) passed the [Hart–Agnew Law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) banning gambling in [New York State](/source/New_York_(state)).[3][4][5] [Motor racing](/source/Motor_racing) events were held at the facility in an attempt to keep the track from closing permanently but even after horse racing returned to New York it was too late to save the business.

At the time it ceased horse racing operations, the Brighton Beach Race Course was the oldest horse track in steady use in the New York City area.[6]

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 1:51.00 @ 1+1⁄8 miles: [Bonnibert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bonnibert&action=edit&redlink=1) (1902) (track record)

**Most wins:**

- No horse won this race more than once

**Most wins by a [jockey](/source/Jockey):**

- No jockey won this race more than once

**Most wins by a [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer):**

- 2 – [Thomas Welsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Welsh_(horse_trainer)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1901, 1902)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 2 – [Charles Fleischman's](/source/Charles_Louis_Fleischmann) Sons

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win $ 1910 Restigouche 5 Carroll Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1+1⁄8 mi 1:53.20 $925 1908 – 1909 Race not held due to the ramifications of the Hart–Agnew Law 1907 Far West 5 Joe Notter John Miller Morton L. Schwartz 1+1⁄8 mi 1:53.00 $2,355 1906 Dishabille 4 Roscoe Troxler Charles A. Mulholland George C. Bennett 1+1⁄8 mi 1:54.00 $2,800 1905 Hermis 6 Arthur Redfern Alexander Shields Alexander Shields 1+1⁄8 mi 1:52.00 $2,525 1904 Dainty 4 Gene Hildebrand Walter B. Jennings Walter B. Jennings 1+1⁄8 mi 1:51.60 $2,845 1903 Golden Maxim 3 Harry Cochran James J. McLaughlin J. P. Kramer 1+1⁄8 mi 1:53.20 $2,445 1902 Bonnibert 4 Jack Martin Thomas Welsh Charles Fleischman's Sons 1+1⁄8 mi 1:51.00 $1,740 1901 Blues 3 Willie Shaw Thomas Welsh Charles Fleischman's Sons 1+1⁄8 mi 1:52.00 $2,170 1900 Ethelbert 4 Nash Turner A. Jack Joyner Perry Belmont 1 mi 1:40.00 $2,055 1899 Imp 5 Peter Clay Charles E. Brossman Daniel R. Harness 1 mi 1:40.60 $1,815

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Condensed History of the Islip Handicap"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071701/drf1910071701_1_5). *Daily Racing Form*. 1910-07-17. Retrieved 2020-11-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bonnibert, Islip Handicap, Made a Wonderful Performance"](https://newspaperarchive.com/richmond-times-jul-31-1902-p-2/). *[Richmond Times](/source/Richmond_Times-Dispatch)*. 1902-07-31. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Rhode, Paul W.; Strumpf, Koleman (October 2008), [*Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective*](https://web.archive.org/web/20100711101616/http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf) (PDF), National Bureau of Economic Research, archived from [the original](http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf) (PDF) on 2010-07-11, retrieved 2010-01-16

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Brighton to Try Turf Experiment; Purse Programmes Will Test Popularity of Racing Under New Conditions"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/06/archives/brighton-to-try-turf-experiment-purse-programmes-will-test.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. July 6, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Won't Sell Brighton Track; William Engeman Denies Reports that Negotiations Are Pending"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/10/archives/wont-sell-brighton-track-william-engeman-denies-reports-that.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. August 10, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Crowd at Harness Races; Brighton Trotting Meeting Opened with Fine Sport"](https://www.nytimes.com/1901/08/14/archives/crowd-at-harness-races-brighton-trotting-meeting-opened-with-fine.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. August 14, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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