New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-11
METAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB RACES.
NTH DAY.


The weather of Saturday was bright and warm
and the attendance at the charming old racegrouni
was perfectly tremendous. Between and O'Clock
the vehicnlar gush was such that the Benyille and
New Canal roads were unbroken strings Of rapidly
flying carriages cabs, buggies, fancy private turn
outs, omnibusses, furniture wagons, etc., throughout
the whole Of the distance, two miles and half
whilst the trains Of the jefferson railroad carried Out
| regular colonies. We need not particularize upor
the extraordinary gut of the vehicles inside and out
side the field or the crowd in the stretch, or the i'm
mense crowds that damned the long, public stands
almost to suffocation. :
The ladies' were present in overwhelming force
They crowded their own and the Club stand to the
almost entire exclusion Of the members and Their
gentlemen guests. No benefit night at the Orleans
or Varieties theater ever brought out more lovely
or more brilliant array of the beauty and fashion oil
New Orleans.
1t was hardly owing to the prospect of any great
racing excitement that the attendance was so great
Three things combined to explain it: firstly, the
prestige which the race.course has acquired under
the management Of the gentlemen who now compose
the Metairie Jockey Club secondly, the bright and
exhiiaratng spring weather and thirdly, the gene.
raj prevalence Of good times" which enables every
body to relax little, and spend little money and
enjoy themselves little.
As usual, on the final Saturday, the contest was to
be at four mile heats, for Jockey Club Purse of
$500. The entries were Col. Bingaman's Captain
Tracis, Capt. Minors Bonnie Lasse, and the Messrs
Doswells Fanny Washington. The last named was
the favorite from the time the entries were an
nounced, Bonnie Lasse ranking next, and Captain
Travis being hardly thought of. The pool betting at
the Club on Friday night summed up as follows !:
On Fanny, sl9,l75 on the Lassie. SIS, us and
on the Captain, $3,745. Total-s3S ,635. The bet
ting around town was also extensive and heavy; the
felders willingly taking the Lassie and the Captain
against Fanny. The difference of opinion as to the
effect of the heavy track on the running created
some betting, likewise, Of miscellaneous character
Bonnie Lassies good name and the fact of her being
fouryear.old, whilst the Others only threeyear
ODDS, had the effect Of raising the belief with some
that she would Guido the Virginia FLY in run
through the mud.
The track was about as bad as race.tracks ever
get to be. 1t was covered with a deep coating of
stiff mud turning up in cots and clods where broken.
Slow time was naturally looked for; and on the time
question there was also considerable betting. We
append the history of the race:
First Heat.-All the animals came up looking as
fine as silk 1" the Captain and the Lassie wide
awake and full of fe and the Virginia belle as quiet
and unpretending as Philadelphia quakeress. In
order to compete the better with the rider that with
their splendid racers the Messrs. boswell brought
from the cold Dominion va monkey.like little
negro, whose riding has been the admiration of all
from the beginning Minor had borrowed Mr.
Kenner's crack rider, Abe, to pilot Bonnie Lassie
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well together, the Lassie little in the lead The
first turn showed the Captain in the second place
and Fanny last. The Lassie kept the lead, and
showed the way into and all through the second
mile, Fanny meantime having taken the second place
from the Captain and giving the Lassie close chase
As they dashed into the third mile, Fanny crowded
up to the Lassie passed her at the first turn, and
kept the lead from that time out, gradually gaining
ground and winning the heat in the easiest sort of
way, the Iasse having got Disguised enough to allow
the Captain to come in second. The bad condition
of the track was amply evidenced by the time
s:l32 After this, the was given up to the Vr.
GINA heroine, Bonnie Lasse having been withdrawn,
she being in condition uniting her to start again.
Second Heat.-Fanny and the Captain came up in
proper order and at the tap dashed off CALAMITY for
the final honors; Fanny tri1e ahead. The story of
the heat is short one. Fanny kept the lead from
beginning to end, closely pursued through the first
three miles by the Captain. AT the end of the first
mile, Fanny was only neck ahead, and great were
the cheers for her gallant pursuer At the end of
the second mile, she was about length ahead at
the end Of the third three or four lengths and at
the last, about five lengths. In the middle of the
second and third miles the Captain did his best
work. getting close up to his leader and at one time,
in the last turn, tapping her. 1t was apparent, after
the second mile, that he could not win. Time, s:26.
SUMMARY:
ArTAlRrE Course, n. o., April 9, ls59.-Jcckey Club
Purse SlSIU four lie heats.
T. T. W. Dosweli's ch. T. Fanny Washington, by Rev.
enue. dam Sarah Washington, by Zpganee--3y. O. . /
A. H. Binga mans h. Captain TRAITS, Yorx shire
dam Margaret Woods, Priam-3 =. o. ........,.. .
w. j. Minors b. +. Homie Lassie, by Glencoe dam
Magdaen by Medoc-iy. o...................... 3 DIR
TIME:
First Heat. Second Heat.
First Nile. 2:Ul3s .:l0
Sec nd Mil-..,........ 2:Bl9s 2:04
- Ihird Mne.......-. 2:h 2:02
Fourth Mile: 2:70Si 2.l0
40 ysrsnhaIsn silesssys;A.4 ralJ:ss~t SIG
side WoRK--Ifany man OF sixty will review bis
life he will find that not his profession but his
alton has been most influential in determining bis
character. and his estimation among men. Dr..
Barnes of this CITY has receptlv ryen an tion