, 1864-09-07
THE TURF,
Chicago Driving Park-Raelns Yesterday.

; THE TURF.
. Chicago Driving Park-Raelns Yesterday
Yesterday was the opening day Of the NIL NEE
Ing At the Ch1caFo DnsiugPar the COURSE va
, we'll attended. The excitement was not perhap
eousl to thAt-of some former occasions, but ther
was ye17 good degree Of Interest N an}fested. an
whit ts seldom the caee. thero was no expres1e
detatisaction \! the results, at least no claim
! of toul pfsy. Ali seemed to give the director
fredit for wiehiEg to have fatr traa ofepeEd. tu
determined to do ali In thtir power to pre7ont an.
infringement on the code Of honor as recoEnizes
In all we'll conducted racing assemblies.
The spp+ arance Of th1nLs vas quite lively. Tn
number OF ladies present was liberal per centas'
&c eeemea almost ss much Interested In tie yariou,
incidents Of the races as did their naseultne At
s Ts 9s,t FIT e sos t. e. b.
sumine much 1uors healthy tone. very lev OF the
genus !. blacklee'' being on the g1ound. Very lit
Ta' @ sIna of saa
D5 The track rs. somenhst heavy, yet not 30 much
preceding day bad aoaked the thirsty earth to re-
| plction. but no moisture stood on the ground.
Rain 1hre,t ,tened during the whole afternoon. out
The euu showed ha Genial face ana made ali emile
| again. The Great Western Light G1ard Band-s
consolidation OF two old and well known a.sosia-
tionF-Was present, and2p1oVldcd exceleutnuutc.
FIRST RAcx.
The hrst pace VIA Advertised to take pf4ce be-
tween four two Jtsr olds, eingle daeh Of one mile
sFerpstakes of $50J beng the prize at issue
IN Ine enrsss IT were = = O. simpseaa ehesnat hl!ey
colt henry Ward Beecher," by :. Lexiagtoa :" j,
e. Kelly 3 brown cot kpieht OF St, Louis,'' by
KnRSt r.e @ of ! s5 oeeste = AID Capt: J: g Meotes
was moi much enthusiasm unaffected, the horses
oeitg cqmpara,tvely unknown to tame- The pools
IstEed low. Bl9e Flac WAS tho fatorlte at cveu
noncced as drawn, but Just before the race be ap.
peared On the ground, and his owner expressed
h!s Intention torun hm. Bets were consequently
Was invested on verT spairing15. knight OF ST,
Louis and Simpson 9 entry stood aboat even, tie
vor. Blne Flag etood at about two 10 one against
ei'hcE. He lost little ground hearc the starr, BE-
Ing quoablc At eleven ~ Six against either Of the
The Raa-The frst etsrt 1as :. .od,r though the
e'tny was rather promfseuuua, caused hy mteun-
oerstandng as to whether the drum tap or the bel!
should bt rhe signal Blue Flay led, closely fol.
lowed by The Knight, the Other two being some
distance hehlnd.. The run through ths ntst quar-
ter was close b,tween the two leaders, Kn1ght
Il ck and beck, he Others siiii bthnd, though En
ooreer had mi nded bfe pace and now lay close on
ths ~ witbeIs OF both Beeeher was good fourth
considering 1Ee nature of he e1onnd tie chessnut
lilly gradually galutng and Blue Flsg dropping
eently into he third uosiiton; Bsecher still be-
hano: Sns ~ The bali Inlle the Knight made dash
lssue Of Bndor*es slightly lcd.. da The home
| stretch the brown colt ancceedea In passing her,
At tho etring by t*o lengths. Simpsons nas being
sectnd. The following isa
| Summary.
]. G. Kelley = br. c. knirht Ut St. Louis,
7. 9. Moore'e h. T., Blne Flag
E. Thompeon's b. c., II. ". Beecher.. =. ...,.,,.i
The time made was:-First Dr., 81s.: half mile
6of.: three Or, In :sis.: and mile, 1:33,5.
| eEco:sD RACE,
| Ihe @ second race was run to faddle for purse
0l Sbu0, mile heats. best tdre: Ave. There were
three erities the n1gs taking The track from the
pole IN The o;der lamea- E. Thompaon'a chest
nas es;es 1noTa T. Ca,pp npss:
brown colt. "Rook Miranda" and Norton &
semmes' hay marc, Sympathy" keliJ' waa
~ s,o,s q a t. ess a9s
p6ole eold we'll. raneing AZ high as 800, with $500
on .AeiI{'' 90 TIT cholee.
Mook Mhanaa' taking the lead, with Kelly
hall neck IN the rear. There Two rot of well To-
eetfeE, bat the rider Or. Sympathy" evidently did
Haa soEle defiance behind at the e.,iug and rened
in1n the expectation OF seeing this others return
9s1 T1s enlg thy ful
mtre responded in splendid style, but to no pur-
pore, sss wss too izr 10 aryears and the rsco was
altogether betx cen The othe- two; she Tas dis.
taDced alt fhe way rouno.
be!"eeo the tWv the race wss good one. Nj
1anaa !ea slightly At the nrst but on reaching the
quarter henS had lapved and was one length abe1d.
| only half length ahead. The horse npH Eatned.
% Showing clear thrse M !en2ths In adEaree 1t the
third 9 9ussfne5:@ n @ S.lI Miranda would not confess
along the homesretch, giving the horse ali be
couid DO 70 Keep shesd. But The epecd was too
q sf shs nsss sss1 M
| heat in 1;ss. Sympathy was dcciarea distanced.
| Betting nov took the plaoe Of pools, Or ratoer
to oe1tdDno taEess; s hen dHs 1s 10 ene@
ftill 70 taka1s; one hundred to fifteen was called
! aloud 20 ~hedes '2As the auc.ioneer observed,
be y 81 understood that Jimmy Kelly would win.
and no one seemed inclined to max his cash on the
chsnces si Of & his Opponent
eHaJ sogetnsr, the horse slightly leadlnT; Ut the
first quarter he led half length, and atsteanhiy
df.Ting ahead. Pste.ng that point the colt Let
out htr speed. and came mp soDeside her opponent:
Lear the haI mile Gag the p1oapd w8s passed over
At rapid pace ana 80 evenly that 1t wa ditcult
sn ~o Wss e Ell bs9 bs h hsss
to look at her work, Kelly leading by leuEth.
And now the heat was ended: the stEiie WAS rir-
the way, Int Jimmy At each stride stepped away
still turther. and came In winner BY three lengths
making the mile III 1:tt.
Betting and pools were alike closed; 60 to wss
offered but not acrep'rd. Jimmy was looked
upon az the winner, aid barring accidents, ceriatn
Of the prize.
vtgJ Intense interest No onc expected to eee aay
change in the current Of events previously eetao.
liebed. Holders OF tickets on the colt looked
'..enm," and The hackers OF jimmy already felt
the cash IN their pocket books. The n.gs got OF
well toG+1her, being neck and neck. TEenty yaros
were tins pHseed, wien the cnlt who was o1tstde,
pressed too closely towards the fence and COLTS
lon eptue9. 1t WEE not: ho weyer very violent and
the animals kepr on Kelly drcw ahead, and kept
increasing his distance graonally TO the close,
coming N the winner Of the race half dozen
lengths ahe1d. the time made belne a,0i1<. The
pace was very even throughout, but 1t evident
nom tie etazt that the coli bad no cu4nce the
rider gotbose to press hard The following Is the
Summary.
E. Tho1npeon's ch b Jenny Koi1y .......1
a. L. Chappel's br c Rook MerandA. =
Morton d stmmes'b m Sympathy -. .DIstauccd-
Vu1e