, 1864-09-08
THE TURF.
CHICAGO Driving park-s'eosd Day Of the
Eall Mse,ing-4 Tet Blanket butts
Good Race.

chicago Driving Park-Stsosd Day Of the
HaN M,e,ing-A .set Blanket buta
Good Race.
Sporting men arc notorious for their disregard
ofthe ~4uther when fun Ia afoot or adoat. Toe
ANGLER loves rainy DAY, a. then the fst bie mueh
more freely than in DRY weather: probably because
lhcy want to cr1ne in ont OF the .set The ox nun-
1e1 loves drtzzly morntae. al he finds the scent
10 lie better. The lovers OF water ,owl pre-
pec4+slty OF tax bE duck The propr1ckor OF
pleasure yacht ipEea to he out IN F4uall ana we
elppose that the sauna Eale Will apply % iuyers OF
deed II 10 1otorou1 fact th3l Derby day. is hl-
MOST always stormy. The thiug rea u makes
little oll.1enee wheu Jou get need to IL, atd be-
sioe+, extra weight the clothing produced bY
II rain. prevents 1oe Jockey from luiug lhe race
throuxh oet1ears In his aro,roupoise, aud lenders
It tuppecessar, totske On actrso OF As1p3 ac:t to
Et eIt nj, one GpiTfff.
Ic+testiay wss like wet blanket-cold, OF at
1catt chilly. uump overhead and su7hy undcrfoot
ano e. ntraliy 0issercrn nbte. Il 9'as OF those
dayeNieu the ie.r Belsal he Enyl,ennap or French
man would oroe h1mrelf or sutfocats with the
PER jusNe of charcoal. Il was tinplY-to use q
hspetb4lical teminsntzed expression deSesia-
wi or dir,y garments .ron]d iooE Tor pleasure
out OF dtofe In the morning it Enrrateued.
Down came .he little mist orrps, aud The over
etal!ne1n b, and bgc. it csno Que O'Clock u "
The elesd, d1izzle ket iu which is al regarded
az epte Fien 1hs1 the clerk Of the weather hae q
There were few pc'p'e in the city wno remem-
bered that 1t was the second dar or the f.l1 term
Of racing Ut the Chicago D1istuc Park. and Of
those feR Tobdly p1uptrtlon louked bunk (which
mincr 10 ETY. In The city. SEtl the rain I'LL, and
one By one tie helteters became inddels. till BY
ability OF the directors 10 90 Es they had adver-
heed were Ike angels v1slts-fcw AND far be-
tween.
dou- charm 10 the genulue sporting man tn tace
In wet Wsn' her, The track may f,e "heaYF" but
that un.y sfies the bo0 n Of the hosve-vhich ID
better s. he has 70 ade zoe more deeply 70 dad it.
The rain may aail. but y hat cares be. HIS epor-
Ing s1Q IL made expressly to meet such contlnxea-
cies and he laughs ~ scorn the 1uea OF mud, when
his hoots p.s. the fn.e. He Is pleased too At the
ab-enee of the cdndte-for there il IN Inferior or
DIR Of nen In every purrult, aud they are nut the
knowing oree. The sharper or the piekporket
may be OFT Of bis element, for he has usna:ly i
aoyautage. Ther the ''vie~ haltoo " il npob-
ttfucted-beter thai alt-s1ch a daT as Yesterday,
qrsttef ttfetch osdRes are bore aud even tickets
III humertou are tupeEfutrlet Il Ii only then that
the ee1 nine afetocrat y! ,he tarf IL free to move
and lotk, I'd viii, and talk horse. and enjoy him
eelf generally.
Apd 70 in epite OF the rain, the buggy and the
hack Nese tetn weud1ng their way to the horse
trick tooD htler diIprr; thoush truth conpels u
10 cay that The n+us. pedestrian etre.u Of travel
vas iscling By Tires O'Clock the stalls we're r..-
epeclAols occupied, and the pooeeller began his
vocation eoon afterwards. TIERS was 4 Tefy fair
amount Of tnvertmcnt~ thou h at dfst aone little
uucerts1nty existed ae 10 the horees wntcn would
Tno. Two Tactt had tet'n ndreF1teed, but one was
pt.atpuned b. ecnmou consent till tnts att-zuoon.
*hsu it il hoped that the sracE utl be in batter
cobdtIon, and the es, little 1ess surchSrsed with
ground wse rather xi"ppy. me norses fe.o k mlk-
Ing co-t hcquaiut spce with the mud At every etep
while cotEre-s caitsfr y ere oeridediy bslo2 par
Att bale, tAas. h,&x A.-t
verified was fr q puree and stake, and it ~as
'.rnn Or 'ortclt.' Il WAS decided that the affair
should come of though the bsavens should hll
and Keep ial[.g, With they did.
THE RACk.
There we're five eotsies; purss Of s101, with
stakes Of $lu0, rnasine $50 h4d the naCs vii run;
mile htsfe, beet tEu IL three. The tntr:es were:
VIM. c. Danean'r ch m Ksls Dunes IN. by imp stune
Plover; ont OF Nadelibe, By Bostn-4 years.
NJ, rton j. 6imne' b {. brothtr to Matuona, 6y imp
Sorn ign: dam Miriam, b. Glencoe-4 years. A.
Ed. Tbompsou'a ch aou be1er, by M4a ,m-t;
dam Rescue. ny Bttbune-4 years ; ana J. Eel
ly'e y. Mon.oon. r, imp Sovereign; out OF The
0ein Of 1niewlld-43 3ehrs
Only Kate Dnpc IL and Abubektr dared to facs
the music. the other three paying forfeit OF $50
each. making The prtze to the winner $aG1. Soon
se this dtdkiun Was announced, the pools begin
10 dll. ranging at nhont Iou1 to one on the horse,
who hao On The previous evening stood ebone even
aEalbet the field. A g,,od deHl Of money had beea
lnreeitd, Ahubeki1 being well k1own animal OF
bearing au enytable reputation IN the deld. The
others had beeu hel,ed on only under the etinQ MS
ot long odds- The contest was consequently OF
about equal interest TO the epectatorn ae II ali i've
Aoopt = quarter psst u'dock the animals were
On the tEatE. utcnVefed aud placed In position,
me sne pes vel ias hs9
bni with that o1 The hpsre, could doubt tue result
u the Trial on such couEee. On lighter track
she might hsse eiven him rome trouble, sho S'ng
Jptt before The starr bets Of three to one were
some little time was consumed in efecting
start the animals being rsstise, especially 1ne
bore. FiuAIjy very fair atsrt waa 1nade-
F7Yst Heat -Abublker bad slightly the advant-
sge, leaoinc however oy oniy neck, and rue race
they dseheo ut spsnktn9 pace through rne at.t
quarter. the mud 1s1nk IN n ! directions They
@ere for shout Two hprdred "a d. alnost cx4ct1y
neck at the quarter the mare gained eilgaslS, bn.
yet 50 little thai it appeskeo for eome minutes ~
me ,ex Ps q tas sdezs Sela, oiao Ss'oned nd
he pink jacket OF His JOCKEY ts in the advance. yet
three seconds more and the msre ~ on h1s bead
1ss5 a59 he & Iron fon @hea ooaI toe
hurse again etrode fur ~nrd. and tor ote efaan
a II increased his advantage. THE msEe was not,
hnwrvrr idle She lsy xel, to her wnrS, though
=, nh Of d,ainfeh the distance bet geen them.
I'm nearfrc the htrne e1Fetcb, Abuhtkir led by
whole length but .. lost srouao @ nna y Tss rs
enoe mo1s besuttfay SsnaanS sven s nses n ae ioe
the nir Win Inc dlrt from their hoo's Kate again
eeened to have slightly the advsoce. 9ns she vas
unable to maintain It When ABOUT e,eosg Jafas
draVioe for xard at every tnnnd, and elestinE the
pole Iu1l 9Th tstore bis fasa sF'nnIae inc neat
In 1:54H. =
tors xere able to e,e ont from the rhelter, where
they bad been Kept by The arench1ng r&1n. Pool
teliit z was, however. about -splayed oat Five
10 one we've offered on Abubeker. with tew OF no
tskerr, add Offers Of eyet and ten TO oos were not
received with rpcc1as favor. Few had any conh;
oence in the endurance Of the m1re aa pi!ted
apamet The pow e.tniHame Q. AonheeeT; ua .,s
horse leading by lenrth. lie maintained his po-
sition Till tho drst two hundred yards had bee9
rsiy enled forward It t-rrie speed for few Sec
onas, out the could not make = lap, and after
abort time rehhquishea the ettompt and tell back
TO her old posit1on OF waitress, being nearly
leugth behind at the nrst quarter. THIS relative
t,oett1cn was maintained with no apprectaole
change to ,he bali nile-1eaehed II nhy-si1 sse-
onde. Etul thty kept onward, End bus that the
dartar &C inert ssed 70 a whole length. the next
half quarter was patsed wi'hout change. At The
led. and ncarl5 caurht him Down they came At
eplltr1np pace, Tile horre slightly IN rhe advsnce
leading, however. only BY head At the distance
dsg. But be was 100 @Reh for toe msre; her
fetl b. hind, though e1oHly, AID Abubcker cane
past the e'Rpd trrre-quarters OF length in ad-
vance, Winning the heat, and ran IN 1:a54.
The following IL the
Summary,
". c. Duncnn's Oh %. Kate Duncan .-...-..2 4 2
E. ThompHn'e ch. b. Abubektr..-..... :. l
Time. ...'..-.1b4A ao34
Probably the best time ever 1nade in the West
oyaF sucb course. .
To-day thr.e rnc.s arc the carpet, the first for
purtc OF SSu0. 1un mile hcats fE all ares. for
which IRE entered Surprise. ldlr"ld and Redbtr1.
A sWeepttaker ,or three year olds acd race for a
purse of 81 o. tss mile hrat-. SuUuld the weatner
Be- favorable, an interesting days WORE may be
looked Tor.
A NEEDED 1HrRoyEaEE%.-We desire TO s1g-
ecst to the Board OF ob.c Worke. or to the proper
authorities. tbe pressing want Of I wa1k ACROSS
Michigan &geune opporite thu Soldier Rest : In
vet muddy we~ther. II ia absolutely impossible
ftr 4 lazy 10 Z, ach the Rest without wadiog
fbrupcb midland wa'ef x1Ke d+ep. 1t ds q duty
the city owes IT, thofe patr ottc 1stes whnss duty
and sfnuue+e ot heArf tAkt- them so ffequeuty
tberr to provide this in provemene without Delay.
The tutt falNs hfe coU1ns on. md the eyu Will In
crease II nut at once II medied.
lScAu71ors Use OF F1skAnAs-Endlcss eau
tione On the part Of the public preea and threats
by the city police appesr to h2ra no effect N e1s-
s:uipg the reckless IRE of arearms IN inc pouAe
ftreeie. Gu TueeoaJ evening" Mr.. N1nsEaVe, re-
tpecteo citizen a the West piva LOO. wnle return
tpe home to supper, was stInck o. the arm oy
srreet pe1r Uniop Park. Tne ah7 W1s nrpd hy
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