New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-09
The Turf.

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unpleasant, drizay, damp and dsagreeable day
than Saturday, we have not for long time past
The streets filed with mud aud the cold
as Lapland Nevertheless the prosp of sport sui
fcient to draw together very considerable
the Metarieo whom by far the greater portion were
turfmen, The track decidedly nasty, being beth
heavy and slippery thereby preventing the hops OF
any thing remarkable in the way of time.
The first sweepstakes for two year Odds mile
heats with three year old weights Of the five entriestwo
paid forfeit leaving the contest between Col Godsbys
brown colt by MugraCs Capt Minors chestnut colt BY
Pouetel of Norma and Mr. Lecompte's chestnut iy
by FIXING Dutc1dt Capt MINORS colt the aVorite
against either OF the others though not against the field
There odds given nevertheless in all directions, as
beters happened to fancy and heard of one trans
action Of 500 to $50 the Leope FLY against the
Foicher colt
First IIsai-Jus The colts we're being led up fo- the
start Col Goldsbys BrOn Dick succeeded in mastering
his groom and went around the first half mile fly
ing. His rider then got him in hand and brought him
home in walk. The start very fair sne-the
Lecompe y leading strongly with Brotrn Dick second
About the middle Of stretch they changed posi-
tions the Yoc colt coming up to share in the sport
Coming into the last the Leeompte y took the lead
again, and at the beginning Of the home stretch the
Po colt stepped in second but too late in the day
push for the heat. They all came in under pull in
55 At the close of the heat the Leeoate FLY became
ayorte at about two to onesuch bets being quickly
| snapped up by the friends of the Voucher.
Second HeaTwe false starts prefaced the get off of the
horses and served to produce rather lively
sation to when start should be judged fair Finally
they got the word and went from poorer start than
either of the preceding oneE-Brocn Dick leading, with
the Honcher close behind. They into the back
stretch in hudde the Lecome FLY and Poueher both
passing BroVn Dick, under blanket to the turn,
when the Posr poked his ahead and kept it there
notwithstanding the efforts of the FLY They came III
close together with Broc Dick considerably behnd in
1856 After the second heat the betting changed again.
aud the Fosch.f colt became the faYorite.
Third Heat.--The start was fine one the Lecomte
y leading tn the Voucher colt trying hard to pass
At the half mile he passed and led into the home stretch
by about length. At the beginning of the turn Brotc
Dick who had been trailing all the way, brushed up his
pace and down under whip and spur if deter
mined to via the heat. He passed the tly and made
play the Fooher, but without The pottchsr
the heat by throatlatch, with the FLY third Time
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sEcoNp RAcEs-A sweepstakes for three year oIs two
mile heats Lexington having paid forfeit the struggle
lay between Capt Minors Conrad The Cnsatr, by PUtcher
| Col. Wells Ho,nppe brother Rtgaaoo, and Col.
Kenners Urgent by Glencoe. Conrad the favorte ii
any Though all of the horses well and freely backed
| FIRST HeGt-The start good, argent went of ahead
with Conrad in the Down the back stretch Conrad
passed oT11ip. and pushed after 4rgent They passed
the stand with this placing the pace being much and in
creasugy better. Ho,uppe BY many considered
high condition to run lay off with evident eye
to the next heat During the first half of the second mile
Conrad continued his pursuit Of Urgent who still nam
tanned the lead At the beginning of the turn, Conrad
passed ana loeteat home antaa NOTWITHSTANDING tle
struggles Of argent HorDipe got in conf rtable third
and Immediately became the ayore from belief that
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by Red River They footed through the second ie in
the came time as the first mile Of me previous heat Com
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