, 1864-06-27
CHICAGO DRIVING PARK,
Trottiss sn saturdsy-:A Spirited Time
Chicago Beat St. Louis on Speed. -,

Notwithstanding the high wind and the clnnds
| Of dust that prevailed on Saturday, rendering q
Witt to the grounds OF the Chicago Diving Ps.k
Atsoeiasion, anything but comfortable, there wa
. iaif attendance At tho races. Ths purse--$15o
WIS not Of Itself su1cient to attract lsrro at.
terdance outaide Of the professionals; but oi
these every mAn WaA present. The tact that twu
Of The ho1sea were big guns from st. Louis, and
that one of them-s Brown Dick''-had nade his
mile in 2.e94, and that all Of them vate "fsst -
brought out tho betting and sporting fraternity in
large numbers. -
geldin9 owned by james Van Eua. F.n of PaSx tsis
e; lonis, I'd entered :? ". Psseod9, nd ID
the owner Of JOIN 6ue e S1
Smith: Diamond" ls q clean Mnbed, broad.
nos5i!sd ae15yed .dn, sHis who, to leos upon
II inst abo.t three minutes :" John
aat bsT ha .oaE u ,o1&n,ny aS;w..dl got ap
IL he thirtiee. whaiavs9 be nay ~ havs dnas oa
other tracks, he certainly did rot here fnlnll the
expectations formed Of him. In every heat ex-
better when there is heAvler stake to be trotted
teaten. tha. his owneEs hay be better abis IN tie
Is brosd.chested, lone-leeRed beast, who will
never be shot for his beauty. He is sqnare hon
md @ bis
down to II: vo!E sgain, b wona havss s pat siaef @
Diamond" h1 !" M to hls tznnps 70 ria the nee.
III, r EST IN s az ys ea On
ools" wero sold, and before the race there
Tese - many %.se 1spss.a @ pt en ths grounds.
md quite number Of horse 1nciers are mnlcsed
IN various sums. amounting in the aggregate to
BONE @ Wh hessg A1s5 I'D
poekets md heavy hearts.
Yatts, and y. Zeielcr-took tie stand II Il four u;
1se'st eSs .n,,' R4sf ssa Plane Rsnona e
the ntual preliminary driving to ger 1fe animals
xqM % xofRsd up, c1ts were drawn ior the pos, and
Al he outset, Black Dlamondr wa. the favo.
s 4 ss ed q saH t. esds .sEsass E
sss ps SSss Sss ~ H.
against eesen ior Black Dtanond'' and % aBrot,n
aF d. Be he ss 11
was AWARDED 10 !. Black Diamond" The latter a Of
eonrse BECAME the faroritc, and many Of "John
were they. however. Of Tie success oi thelr fsyor
lite, that thoy We1e disposed to risk their money
GIsn. When The second beat vas awarded 10
Knocked down Ut song. The isst heat was ser Won
hy Black Diamond and The hackers Of " John
and they hitched up their horses md Travelled.
Among iho successful bettets ,we no,leed several
eas, s1a DaSsaS 81 end TeSm %oa
over thousand dollars.
fhs Aeqt-"BIeek Diamond" hsd the
FL Se s e. o.ss Ia fs9tta It IL a.! I'D
irtsl the nsgs cane up handsomely and were sent
OF AZ toge1hef a me word "go." .'Blacx Dia-
and fairly to The drst quarter but ''John Panl
had not gone dozen rods before be broke badly,
and Il Was twenty eeconds before he could b. Rot
fes aaa{ sae 1hsI ~ P1.tea hs quarter post
Paul" and Brown Dick " neck and neck. Just
hroEe badly and s5ohn FsuiH shot shead. a but b1
the time The half mile post was reached, " Black
Diamond MOI. eosed he nd h5se passed
and John Paul. gained little upon Brown
Dick, aud when they passed the third post, they
mi bH sGe" IL lie 'bd se II fha
tfe%eDdoq. pace. AZ they, reached the seose,
.Oi aseoaa M 90zn s1Sh + H.,
The neat = a@ vas awarded to "BAck Diamond
i7%e, S5 S19A. T., .p.,. n,.u,, :.
"John Pani" the center, and Brown Dicf' ths
99,ssde ahe nsss got "a fasly on the .st traL
Tnen hs fe El9a break until
D.ck" broke bsdly before they reached tbs qusr-
str It R9st but they Lid ,4smselyes out for work
SoWn bie tbis 9ae baai 1,s es
celleat qualities, and closed upon s'blacs Dia.
nond 70 closely that for time # vas thought BE-
Ta h hss 2n 1se h0ns hox
TAird Eeat-" BIsci Disnona" lad tbs pole,
ontside. The arst tiai fof st.Yt was ntn1s aqe
| They got of handsomely, however, on the