New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-02
afETArRrs JOCKEY CLUB aAess.

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" A more wretched day than Saturday, last day OF
the year, and first of the winter meeting at the
Metairie, could not have offered ITSELF The rain
soaked earth and leaden-hued sky, with a wind full
Of the keen and bitter chill OF winter, rendered
everything dismal and uncomfortable cut of doors
and was quite enough to throw damper upon the
sport anticipated at the Metairie. We were, how
ever, pleased to see that the weather did not
operate very prejndicial to the opening; for the
attendance was much larger and more lively than
any had reason to expect under the circumstances
The splendid and commodious new stands, or
stand-for it is one continuous building erected on
the course during the past summer, was invaded
and ramified and criticised and admired, for the
first time, by the sporting multitude. We have
already described this work atslength.i All we
have to add now is, that everybody on Saturday
was delighted with 1t, and that the opinion was
unanimous as to the improvement being very
great one, and one worthy of the liberal and en-
lightened policy of the Metairie Jockey Club.
When the ladies shall visit the course and see what
has been prepared for their accommodation and
comfort, we feel that their admiration will be
ecstatic. We were particularly pleased with the
judcious allotment Of q special place for the re-
porters, who have hitherto been much annoyed in
viewing and taking notes of the merry battles of
the turf.
The manner in which the track was oficered on
Saturday, evinced the usual care and precision of
the members Of the Club. But, to the races of
Saturday:
The sport announced consisted, as usual on
opening day, Of sweepstakes for three year olds.
For the first race, three mile heats, there were
four subscriptions: Lecomte colt and flly, q
Voucher colt, and Glencoe colt, For the second
race there were eight subscriptions, including
names from the noblest of the equine families.
The sporting beforehand was not high, as it was
not generally known with certainty what horses
would run. Whatever betting there was, was IN
pools.
FIRST RACE.-0nly two nags appeared. Mr..
Kenner's Soure,air and Capt. Minors Referee,
both children Of Lecomte. The betting showed
the former to be somewhat uppermost in the pub
lie feeling. The was well contested, and fine
time was made, for the bad condition Of the track
In the first heat the FLY led almost from the jump
and kept the lead all the way, Reserve keeping
close company with her, and giving her hard
push going out of the back stretch Souvenir won
by about two lengths, in 1871. The second heat
varied little from the first; Souvenir quickly taking
the lead and keeping it, Reserve following closely,
and deciding the business by length and a-ialf
in 2:O0l.
SECOND RAeE.-0f the eight subscriptions for
thisrace, two mile heats, but two entered the lists
Gen. Wells Uncle Jef and Messrs. Roundtree q
Stoner's Bill Hereunder, both colts Of high repute
and heroes of well fought contests. Bill was
largely the fayorite before starting, odds as high
| as three to one being invested upon him. The
race was close and exciting one AT the start;
in the first heat Bill led; Uncle JEFF pushed up to
him in the back stretch, crowded him closely,
passed him on the way home, and led into HE
second mile; Bill Travelled up again. or rather JED
slackened pace, and allowed the other to take the
front place going to the back stretch; but in the
stretch jeff pulled up again, and, after gallant
struggle, came home a length or two ahead win
ming the heat in 4:0i. This was an exciting heat,
and so changed the current of opinion that the
friends Of the Lecomte colt had to- offer odds Of
four and even five to one to get bets against him.
At the second start Bill again led by trifIe but
JEFF soon took the lead from him and kept it to tile
end of the heat, Bill making several brave efforts
to preserve his good name, and treating the spec
tators to another spell of suspense and high excite
nient. Uncle JEFF came home handily several
lengths ahead, winning the heat and the race in
4:O43. We give the
SUMMARY
METAIRIE CouRsR NKw Dec. 81 IS5oThe annual
sweepstakes yenr ol Heats mleshbscfDtion
$5Oaorfeit 301wh $50 added BY the Club provided Two or
more start the second horse receive $0 Of the
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lime
W. Minors en- 9 Mst9 hy Voucher dam Norma pd n
Hamlet. u. pd Il
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added The Club two start the
to receive $500 of The bonus.
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dam BY Glencoe
w. MINORS CHI Mario by ynucher dam Norma pd It
Stephen Minors b eroad By Yorkshire dam britannia I'D III
w Gheathas s. q der,.ton by Albion dam Gamma pd #
than; pd It
j. Gambel's CHI G. by Wagner dam by Glencoe pd Il
T. G. Moores b. BY Lexington dam BY MaEsravc pd It
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