New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-11
sIata,rie Jockey Club Races.



| Matairie Jockey Club Races.
FIFTH DAY.
| Yesterday being the last day OF the winter meet
ing at the Metairie, and four.mie day, there was
very large attendance-the stands being all crowded
and the stretch full with the vehicular field alive
| according to the ancient custom Of ur-mile day
and the appetite for and anticipation Of sport being
stimulated by the bright pleasant weather, and the
good nags entered, and the good condition Of the
track to offer them fair play. .Y
On the course we noticed the presence Of not only
an unusual number Of the regular patrons Of the turf
but OF nearly all the strangers Of notability at present
in the city. Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott was present,
with Gen. Lewis and other gentlemen engaged in
doing him the honors.
We have stated that all the stands were full. This,
OF coruse, includes the ladies' stand in compliment
to which we must specially say, that we never saw
it more charmingly filed than on this occasion. It
was pleasant to see the powerful but quiet and deli
cate honors paid by the ladies' to Gen. Scott whilst
for time be occupied back seat in their parterre
of loveness This was before the race. During the
race the General, by invitation, occupied the judges
stand. But to the race
The entries were Waterloo, La Hariete, and
Starkethe the test, four mile heats, and the reward
OF victory Jockey Club purse Of $12o0 La Variete
was the vorte before starting at two to one against
the field; Starke ranking next in public favor, and
having many friends who eagerly took up the odds
offered by the variete party. The confidence in
starke. in fact quite remarkable in the face Of
the two'to-one confidence manifested by the "know.
ing ones" in regard to the Louis dor fly and we
never saw the odds more readily or literally taken
up. Waterloo also had some friends, but their conf
dence did not amount to positive spunk in the betting
way, that we could discover.
For the first heat all the animals came up in fine
condition, Variete being extra full of life, and kcky
and coquettish. At the drunl-tap Waterloo and
| Starke jumped off neekand.neck, Variete half a
length or 80 behind Rounding the first turn Water.
loo took the lead In the back stretch Variete passed
starke. None of the nags appeared to be trying
themselves much, and all remarked the sIowness of
their time. In this position from the back stretch of
the first me-that is, Waterloo FIRST Variete second
and Starke last-there was no change till the entry
OF the back-stretch in the third mile when starke
showed his head and shoulders ahead Of Variete but
almost Immediately fell back to his place in
the rear. The close companionship OF all, run
ming most of the time in a short string, and
once in while almost gathering into q bunch
aroused the liveliest excitement, and antcipa
tions of brilliant tug Of war in the fourth mile
The beginning of the last mile saw no change in
position, the animals still being well together. But
rounding into the back stretch the fun began in
est. Variete let herself out made Waterloo's &C
quaintance, kept his company little bit, and then
easily and gracefully favored him with free view o
her heels. This was lively but Starke's behavior
kicked up the widest sort of excitement. Warm.
ing up for the run home he also passed Waterloo and
Tapped Varete. Then the real labor Of the af.
fair The two dashed into the home stretch SO nearly
abreast. that the whole multitude commenced shout
ing and jumping, leaving the decision to the judges
and the string. They passed under the string sc
closely in company, that the decision of the judges
had to be awaited for and that was, that Yariete
had won the heat Time, s:32l. This uncommonly
slow tme and the evident leisure of the running
the beginning, seemed to show the existence of mu
tual respect among the racers, and fear of exhaust
ing each other before the final tug.
For the second heat, Varieties friends were some
what more sanguine than ever, whilst starkes gal.
liant behavior induced many of his original friends
the oddstakers, to go ahead as they had started
There was considerable betting after the first heat
the odds, however, were the same, two to one on
yariete. At the jump, in this heat all got off in
close company. Rounding the first turn, Waterloo
showed ahead, with starke next and variete last.
Entering the back stretch Starke took the lead from
Waterloo and before that stretch was left, variete
resigned her place in the rear and took the lead from
both upon which Starke again fell back to the rear.
In this position they finished the mile and entered the
second. The next change was revival on the
part of Starke He resigned the to Waterloo for
good, and devoted his whole attention to Variete ,
Waterloo apparently giving up the contest Coming
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etc. and they dashed under the string and into the
third mile neck-and-neck, amidst the widest excite
ment AT the turn Varete showed ahead again, and
succeeded in opening daylight between her heels and
the nose of her gallant pursuer bnt the daylight
never increased to more than homeopathic quantity,
and from hspont to the end nobody took full breath
unless to shout with Varete kept the lead into the
fourth mile, Starke amosta her side. The oddstakers
began to tuproarous Starke seemed to have
frozen to the light-hees that led him. In the back
stretch Varee opened short gap between herself and
her gallant pursuer; but it did not last long, for
Starke clapped on all his surplus steam for final
battle, and shut off the gap got by the flank of his
leader staid there little bit, and fell back the gan
again appearing, but very brief gap and rounding
for the home run, offered one gallant but una.
vaabe battle for the honors. Variete won the heat
and the race by length, in s:Ol4, Waterloo being
disanced. The whole heat was lively, but the con.
test of the last mile beautiful and exciting in the
highest degree.
SUM MARY:
MErARrE c2UnsE NJ o., JAN. TO- ls59-Jockey Club purse
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Wss f. ssrSs Wagner, dam Reel yy.o
j. McCloskeys IT. b. Poindexters b. h, Futerloo hy
Yorkshire dam Topaz yrs. old d............... 3di,
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