, 1864-06-20
CHICAGO DRIVING PARK.
Spirited Tfot-Ihe Curtain Contest Renewed
"A Ffeld Ddy.

Quite spirited trot came OF on Saturday afte
noon. over the track Of the Chicago Driving Pari
Association. The attendance Was fair. and com
mendsble degree of interest was manifested, moi
60 much because Of tho amount OF money trottet
for, az becauae the competing horses were stal
lions, and each had made about the same time or
this and other tracks. The purse fos which trla
were outside and tnsiae bets to considerable
amount, but this IVES the ostensible suu trotted
for. The horse winning three ont Of five heats wae
to takc the money.
The cAities we're: "Gene.sl Grant" black
stallion, owned BY Geofge Mansnr: Tom Eyer, n
= black stallion, owned py Joseph Simpson,; and
NJ. % cia1t. kaeS haa mads % his m,e % down in as the
thlrties. "Gen. Grant" and .t T ON Hyerr were
in excellent hra1t. but Douglas" Was evidently
ont Of eortf. A AZ erents he behaved badly, and
after the second heat was Withdrawn. Nscemed I'm.
possible to keep him down to his work; he w8s
constantly breaking. and invariably lost thereby.
The sadees wsTs xsh 9no%9 hoIss mel ks
and everything moVed Ike clock work. Their
names were T. ftioe, ]. conllsk and q. 4. YaIes.
a. TIE ou.ss, Ds betting s..s "a; lively SONG
Dage. l. Tom Hycr was the iAyusi1e from the
start. The knowing onet bet their money on him
1t The rate Of fEe TO three against Grant y and
- Douglas" The green ones" soft epapA," nA
the jockeys CALI them-vent in on the two latter,
and 1houGht .hey had sure thing. Douglas y
had mxny hackers i9 ont alter the tst
were jooilant when the result ofthe hsst heat was
ANNOUNCED and he foanc TO be the winner In 3.4a
"Ryer's ".trienos looked gaum, but quietly took
The second heat when 1t waa found that - Eyer ~
had the heat his stock went iuting, and" Grant" "
fiends were down in the mouth. Bets were taken
Wien sas efHasa { I'D s5ss IN
third heat " Grsn,'s :" friends were sisk and did
their best to hedge, but it WAS Of no use.
sy No s. liz
and they wended thelr way to the city. thorough
fsrst Hsat-At quarter to toaz the 1udses ben!
.sBlaek Douglas'' were put through their pAees
The pole WIS assigned 10 '.Gsant," the cepter te
..Hyel," and the outside to ..Blaek Doaelas: =
stance. On the second trial they did no better,
but the judges Started them OF handsomely on tht
third trial. Grant took the lead at once. III
Cd 1s md 50 % dia sDoneias.@ Grsnt7 su1es ths
quarter poet in 43, length ahead, and the half
mile post in rs; s1tl length n advanee. o. ths
aud :bouslas' gaining steadily % sGrsn1' BOT
not enough TO close The break before the Latter
reached TIC eeose, winning the heat in a:4.. st..
horse IN The preceding hest had tie po:e il :his,
.4Ryer' nnd - Douclas" OF course took the
same position ns In the former heat The first at
tempt to start was failnrc. The nags came up
well enough, but just before they reached the
Rco,e, ''nSeT" made bad break, and tho judges
| directed them to Ut it over AGAIN. The second
.hs horses re shot luxe asnnon BAH. @ayer gave
one OF his tremendous leaps forward, and GOT al
most length abesd. hut hs shortly aites hrokt
badly, aud "Grant" had the advantage again
!.HyeI laid himself down to his BUSINESS. and d
| the next quarter gained npon - Grant" length
passing the post in La. Douglas" was no
q htsle on The home stretch and go did y HyeF,
and both came to the eszateh Al 70 ,ri9s pace
e3131sS, by moi mare than foor. "Douslas" JUS
1sved s dtstsnse and was ssid &C
5Aird Heat-" Iyc-'' had the pole this time
and sGrnnt'' the outeide. Looglas'' bein:
withdrawn, the TWO stations had Il al their ows
way. At the second trlal they cot OF. Both nag
before the qun:ter post WEB Reached. They coole!
down however. and passed the post in IL, nerl
and neck "Graut" was first in advance aud tael
silver" raincd an advantage. They passed e q
next quarter in 1.a3, and ths next in %: Tn
home stretch was beautifully done; "Grant'
closed upon - 'Hger'f and gradually worked him
self forward: Tae ecore was s.suck almost at Il
rcached1t bile ''Hser' trotted squazely over. tn
| hest vas given to sHyert'-time Ill
.Fku,M Heat-Hyer had won two straight heat
and biz backeEs were exceedingly anIions that III
called, and both horses came up beautifully
"Grant broke badly before he had moved rod
and before he got down TO his work. "Hyer va
dozen yards ahead Of him. It was hard tas
to close up the gap, but :. Grant wen: at 1t as
| be meant business, and on the home stretch
which Is his strong point, came very lear doln
! IT. The heat and The race was given to 'Uye7'-
Time, a4zH.
sBAAARY.
Purse, $50. lille Heats. best three in Ave.
b. =. Grant. entered bY g. Mansur ..-..~.1 -
b. e. Black Uougfas, entered BY e. Clask...s
Tine, PAT, 23Esf, s4l, 2444H.