New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-03
arsrAraTg JOCKEY GBUB RACES.
THIRD DAY.

The weather yesterday being bright and pleas
ant, another great crowd Of people went out to see
the sport at the Metairie. The yehicular rush
made each of the shell roadsan elongated cloud OF
white dust; and the stands at the track would have
groaned beneath the weight of the multitude, had
they been stands capable of groaning under any
circumstances. The ladies' stand was again hnsh
with the loveliness and fashion Of the south'
whist the stands allotted to the sterner sex ap-
peared to be as denseiy crowded as on the pre-
vious days.
The race on this occasion was for the sCrescent
Post Stake, at two mile heats, open to all ages
subscription $780, half forfeit, and piece oi piate
worth $500, added by the proprietor oil TINS paper
whence the name, the " Crescent post STAKE.
Out of seven subscribers, four paid forfeit leaving
three to enter into the contest. Ihese were NJ
boswell who brought Planet to the post; Mf.
Kenner, who brought up Sigma, and Mr.. James
jackson, who brought up Daniel Boone a Lexlhg-
ton three year DID,
The probabilities az to the horses which wouid
be brought up by the different subscribers had IN
duced heavy pool-betting the night before. At
one of the rooms, the aggregate OF the pools on
boswell was sl4,445, on Kenner s0055, ana on
Jackson s3765. On the track, yesterday, as soon
as the horses were named, Planet became the
favorite at odds Of two to one against the heid.
The feeling was pretty well balanced between
Sigma and Daniel Boone, though with good mahy
the latter was the greater favorite OF the two so
great was the respect felt for Planet that his back
ers had to canvass ndustriously among the elders
to get their banters of two to one taken.
The race was perfectly glorious affair, and tne
best two-mile race ever run in America. With this
preface we give the particulars.
FIRST HEAT--The animals came up looking
beautifully Sigma being quiet and sedate az a
quaker, and the other two as frisky and foohsh as
| if stepping over hot GOALS The start, when MADE,
| was a good one, Planet and Daniel Boone gong
off abreast, and Sigma but slightly behind. Boone
| showed ahead at the turn, and wide gaps were
opened in the back stretch. After the hall mlie,
| Planet crowded up and took the lead from Boone.
| Sigma also closed up, and as they came down the
| home stretch and went into the second mile, they
were all in close company, Planet first and Sigma
/ last. Going around the first turn, Sigma passed
Boone and was second at the quarter-pole Sigma
went on after Planet; got very close to him. and
at the half-mile Tapped him, Boone being at such
distance behind, that people had ceased to regard
him. Dashing around the last turn, Signals nose
| showed for an instant ahead of Planet, and the
sight brought out the widest shouts of the fielders
But the next lfsldIlt tle uiaTc ieH uaeh 1i1tio,
| still without losing her place at Planets side.
/ As they thus fought their way through the turn,
it was suddenly discovered that Boone was gradu-
ally narrowing the gap ahead Of him, and gaining
steadily upon the two combatants in front. The
gap was still quite large when the view of it was
lost by the round into the home stretch. mo-
4 ment of the intensest suspense was succeeded by
still greater suspense, when the profles of the
| A.. IL Jafl l,,,th IND
them, proclaimed that they were all side by side,
and travelling on the victory death principle.
Az they got nearer it became visible that the front
struggle was between Sigma and Boone; and in
another moment Boone flew under the string, sew
eral lengths ahead OF Sigma, and Planet far behind
Time 3:3s5. The cheers of the fieders fairly rent
the atmosphere, and the excitement which follow
ed this unexpected denouenaent was very great on
all sides. 1t looked as if Boone had been initiating
the tricks of his ustrious father, Lexington, and
merely playing with the other horses in the race.
SECOND HEAr,-The shock created by the unex.
pected result of the first heat seemed to have par
alyzed or sated the appetite for betting on this
! heat Boone was now of course the fayorite over
Sigma but people were still bashful in expressing
cash admiration of him to the still unhinchine
friends Of Planet. There was very little betting
| I1hb we tOulu See luG dHllldls Cdluc UP W tile
scratch in good condition, and jumped off electri
cally for the second struggle Planet got the lead
Boone was second, and Sigma last In this posi-
ton they ran the first mile Planet getting farther
ahead and Sigma farther behind. As they passed
the string into the second mile Boone was thirty
! or forty yards behind and Sigma talas, that W.
should have TO tell it!) was already in the way 0
being distaneed. Boone's great distance behint
4J,a Al,
back stretch caused Planets friends to brighter
up considerably but as they neared the hal
mile, Boone began to crawl up, just as he did in th
first heat; going around the last turn the gap go
narrow and narrower; Boone was still goo,
a way behind as they dashed into the hom
y stretch; coming home, the cloud of sunli
: dust behind again showed them to be sid
by side the multitude became breathless, an
still as statues; as the coursers got near, it wa
plain that Boone was ahead, just the least mite i
is the world; the shouting and yelling then began
d and when Boone flew under the string two length
Is ahead winner of the heat and race, the shouts
|, yells fairly reached the pitch of a frenzy; tn
d crowds rushed and swayed about, as if convulse
y by an earthquake; hats flew up everywhere an
1t the shouting of some of the felders ceased onl
d through sheer exhaustion. We never before sa'
= such excitement on race course. What! Plan
e beaten by the young Kentucky stranger, and Sgnt
a dstanced! Not man on the track had had th
ut faintest apprehension of any such result thi
d The time of this heat was better even than that
IS the drst: 3:36l.
SUMMARY.
MErAIRIE COURSE, Orleans, April . IS6o-Cresee
Post STAKE for all @ two Sa mile hfss -four lou FL
New Orleans Crescent plate worth $500 hree or mo
At start the second horse to save his stake;
Jamny Hacks h Lev ont