, 1864-06-19
CHICAGO DRIVING PARK,
Spirited Tfot-Iho Curtain Contest ReneRed
Il Field Day,

Quito spirited trot came of on Saturday atter~
noon, ove1 the track Of the Chicago Driving Park
Association. The attendance was tatr, and eonA-
rnendsble degree Of interest WAS manifested, not
70 much because OF the amount OF money trptted
for. a. because tae competing horses were etal.
thus and other tracks. The pu1se for which trial
OF speed vas had pas ffty doltars Ofcoosse there
were ouseaoe and Inside bets to . considerable
for The horse winning three out OF Aye heats was
The eatsis. Tsrs: sc "Genessl ar.ns, H. e,ses
. Black Douglas" black stallion. owned by Chas.
& qst esa sds and +: s d9TR 1,a res ts
in excellent heart, but Douglas" was evidently
ont Of so1ts. A. all events he behaved badly, and
e pssp ovn TO hs n,x Ss
constantly breaking and inTaIiab1y lost thereby.
This Judges were well known hofes men. Like
Mayer nssd snsy qs
names were &. Prtce, J. Conlssk and Il. Z. Yates.
At The ouseet. be,tlng. ~as lively. Some OF the
Re = ~ s1otss hsf ta ss
start The knowing ones bet taeir money on him
A. The Eate os 1xe to three agsiuss usaut" and
md thuuxht they had sure thing. "DonR.as u
bud m1ny h.ekefs At IL but ,tsf ths ut
were j5b,unt vhen fhe result of the drst hest was
annoanred, aud te foono to be the winner In a.4t
"Hyer'a "lfienos looked glam, but quietly took
The eecond heat, when IL was found that Eyer +"
had the heat his e,ock " Nent kittng and Grants"
friends were down Ia the mouth. Bets were taken
wssn aas I'D ssia5S IL
third heat Grants " friends were sick and did
their best 70 hedge, bnt It was!ef 30 USE
The 'ourth heat, Won by "Hyet." laid them ont,
and they wsndcd their way to the CITY. thorough
Fiji Rsaf-At quaster to four the Judges best
s.Black Douglas" were put through their PAGES.
RS' I'd ,hs oa.as 70 ae
They came up TO the scratch badly = The arnt in
stance. On The second tzial they did no better,
Ieaa Il onss
ena % oe es5sas ta
ile poss r.: stl isscti n aavsnee. q the
home stretch, a11 put in their best paces III yer''
snd "Douglas'' gaining steadily on. "Grau1'' but
reached tas score. winning the hest IL a:aL .,
Stoond Htas-"4 Grant" being the winning
herfe In the preceding heat hid the pole in :his
samc position a. In the former heat. Tho hrnt at
tempt 10 start WA . failure. The nAgs came up
well enoqgh, pnt 3ust before shey l seaehed &c tn
direued them to " It oEet AGAIN. The seeond
| tie hqfseU EhOt LEG c2UhoE oeli. -4YaE gave
noat length ahead. but hs shortly after 6rokt
bsdlv. aua .tGtnut" had the advantage again
passiDg The quarter post In aQH. toon after
s'Hyer" laid himself down to his business, and
the next quarter gained npoa nc sns1n
: ! whcre-ihirty Yards behind. "Grzn1" picked u
a httle on The lome stsetch aud 20 did - HJeE,
ind 10th canc to the scratch =. u to ring pace
nssk and ~, nss thsn ci mi tns
: cared his dlssaacc,, and Was withdfa"n-on Al
c count OF lsmeneee, It was s9fd:
TAird Hea:-"Ayes" bad the pole th.s M .II'n TIM
ard :. .Gnats the outside: @noaElas" =. E ~ ne,n
= way. Al the second trial they got oil Both nag
q laid themselves ont for business, and both bEok
:. before the quarter post was rearhed. They coole
aS IT, 1ne
% ''Hycrn gained an advantage. They passed z
next qnaster In 1.s3, and the next in t:o2. IT
= home sttesch wns beautifully done; 'Irac1
Is slasx E1osa soss
T. Eanc Instant, but Grant" broae juss before
reached 1t while "Hycr'' trotted sqnsrely II
:, heat vas given to ''Hyer''-time all
!. FyustA Eeet-H5cs hsd won swo straight hea
- II olld win lh.e. After little delay. time y
;. | called, and both horecs came up be1nuf1ll
re- "G1aut" broke badly before he hsa moyed Z 70
'r and before be got down to Ills worx. Hyct" "
&c to close ID lie ZAP but Grant vent 1t it ~
"a be meant busincss, and On the hone bfrett
"a which ia his strong point, cAnn very uear dol
d. It. Tho heat and the race WAS given 10 "HJer'
er Time, @a4N.
Pure. $50, Mile Heats, best thrce In dye.
b. q, Grant eutcred By 9. AansuE ..::...l
ri b. {. Tom uyer, entered BY J. Simpson,. 3
~ b. e. Black Douslas, entered by Z. Clark. - 8
he Titre, sA', s5sb, sii, ssia's.