The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-22

The Turf.
EMBROIDERED PuRPoRA AHCu-A MILE PACED IN
2:l7A TO WAGONS!


2:l7A TO WAGONS!
UNION CorKsE, L-Asreeably to announcement, tn,
pacing match TO wagons mile heats between Hers
ard PoSsbsntas for % 600, Of yestsrday aft4r
Ire match resulted in Hero being distAncsd II
the irst heat in the Extraordinarily quick tina Of 2l7K
being the b. st pacing record. No such speed
thought Of, and the marking time generally
several seconds higher about 2:4 The betting VA
decidedly In favor of the mare-l00 TO 30, without
takers The start very even but before the horses
had gone atty yards, the superiority Of the speed
Po:atontss began to Be- manifest, she drew away
rapidly from Hero, carrying him to break in his en-
dssvor to Keep up with her. She passed the qasrts
pole In thirty -four seconds the half nile pss in
minute and seven seconds. ssiDg at apparent
When she reached the drswgate, Mr. MsMann, her
owner ana driver, 'et her loose, and sush fight o.
speed from there to the stand was before Wit
messed in . horse IN harness 1t would have taken
very good running horse 10 have kept pace with her
The following 10 . summary -
THURSDAY, June 2I.-PAciDg match for 81, oO0 mile
hsats best three in dvs to wagon and driver weighing
J. u McMann Damed 9 m. Pocahsntas . !
Time 2I7H.
UNION COURSE, L. I-TR0TrNG.
On Wednesday last trottDg match for 81 ,oO0 mile
heats, best three in ave. in harness. of between
m Lady Franklin and b. 6. LanterA-the former win
hing in three consecutive heats There no. very
large attendance, but all appeared to Hrancaly int
rested In the race. Both favories each having
had the cali previous the morning Of the race Before
stsrtiDg however, things took change and tho betting
was decidedly in favor Of Lady Franklin at hundred
70 seventy the showing ones having apparently just
that moment made some valuable discovery,
The capabilities of the horses should be we kpo I'm v
all borsemen beth having been sufficient length o.
time on the track to have given public an opportu
nifty to discern their to; and II is therefore, unne
cessAry for US again 10 recaptuats them The
result of yesterdays the opinion
in former Eotice OF Lantern, that he had had too
much work, and should be withdrawn for time in
order to recupersts Young horses cannot endure the
fatigue that older ones capable OF sustaining.
Lady Franklin had not been the turf since last
mer. She then made . brilliant season, having been
sesten but twce during her She looks uncom
only wep and appears to be much improved in every
respect She seemed to beat Lantern very handiy OK
hoitipg At intervals great superiority OF speed which
wac not, however, SO evident nearing tie score
where Lantern generally makss his brushss-the last
half mile Of the third heat exempying the fast by his
perio mirg that distance in about 1:l5hLady Frans
lin being 1T least three seconds ahead OF him when abs
passed that point and coming home in lIsx.
Fna Heas-Lady Franklin the pole. The horses
came up NIGEL, Tor the word which given bat in so
were N the act Of stopping their horses before they
ascsl tanned the fact Mr. Spcer was more unfortuuate
than Woodruff be having pulled Lantern up nearly to
stand and IN hs Effort to get him away again at hts
speed brohe him up BE, however, overlook the mare
al the ter pole Woodruff taking ths matter netl7
and not Ape airing to about being too far
feeling confident Of the ability OF the mare to shaks
Lantern off whenever he cslared her. The quarter
was in forty secones They both broks the back
ttFetch Lantern rather badly; the merely ssip-
ping, and changing her feet. She was about three
lengths ahead At the half in lle Lsntsrn trotssd up
fell OIL two or three lengshs On the homesrst:h he
made splen5id brasb gaining rapidly at evsry stride
and was only beaten BY half length Time, a:4o.
Second Heat.-Some Of the Frarkln party feeling
uneasy st the result OF the last hsat TO hedge
under the belief tia. the had done her bast au
that Lantern looked Ike winner Those in the secret
owevsr proted BY this and laid one hundred to sry
wherever chance offered the success Of the mare
one Individual ,susrsiDg that Hiram ain. going to
snow nothing more than he can't help" which being
understood BY himself and few others o, his friends
they vent their way seeking for q victim crsduous
~ this time, With "gop load enough to have bsec
beard to the furtbes extremity OF the tra.k which
however ola NO. prove Of any advantage TO Lantern
turn. and FraI LED HIM half dozsn lengths to the
quarter in forty seconds The mare went easily do IN
hall M On The L.nssra sssS
sna Up hs ninth hs reached the to mile
sAis e VIM Ss ss,,d ON II.
he quarter pole IL forty secondsisp9sd So ,' the
baclstretch TO near the halt mile pole when Franklin
'rtke up made two or three leaps went back tros
before be recovered the thirty yards ahead OF
him. having passed the halt mule pole In 1l7. Lantern
after settling Gown TO his work trostsd very fast and
sasnfly endeavored TO make up his losses He gained
20 rapidly up the homessretch that when within Q
epgh OF the stand the heads of both horses we're par.
Abel but he broke up, ana the mare beat him . neck
making the heat In 1857.
The folio wing IL . summary
WEDNESDAY, June 2O.-rrotting match, 81, 900, mile
beats, beat three in Ave, In harness
e. Woodruff named I. m. Lady Franklin. i / j
G. Spicer named Lantern. ......,......., 2 2
Time, 2:40-2s6hA
WISCONSIN,
Coin SPRING COURSE, MILWAUKEE, June 12-Trott M
purse, $3.50, mile heats best three in Eve.
Gen. Green named Black Blanche. ........,., l
Geo Nickerson named .. b. Jack Of Hearts :, 2 2
Time, 2:56- 9: 00-3:03.
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