, 1866-06-18
THE TURF,
TrctainE at the Driving PARK on Sat-
urdaY Afternoon.

Although The weathe. ou Saturday ai,e.noon was
anything but favorable for the eportA ri the turf
The attendance at the Driving Pntk was better than
On any prrr1ops day during the week. This vas
10 great extent, OWING 10 the TACT ha, good nor>es
were adyersised to compete for the very liberal
pueEea offered by The association. The track vas
in good condition but duty, owing 10 the him
wind that prevailed during the early part Of The
1aee-
The race VI. 70, pu1se Of 81 GOO, between 7. T.
Olive1's black mare, '* Black sat,a and J. Pred
1nird meeting between these horses, and a. esch
antma'ed' With The odds sasht'y In f.'or OF Maria
Fra heat-While The horse. were going through
The process af warming up, offers ol 800 to SIS
were made that the black would De the winner, and
were frequently made, but without takcrs. Tue
hnrseE rot of With comparatively nttlc SCORING,
Fanny haying The pole. but Maza led IRON the wire
ri,chly and lhe bay daehed mo the lead, but
vent OF her feet md in eplte Of all her driver
could 90 cont,pned running to ihs quarter pole,
the University. se Maria tegan to shat ont the daJ-
light Fanny again lost her feet. and thence, at tn
.e1ys,s Ct aisw tee9nd. tasoasnoat 1he heal she
and the Inst 1nrn shot anehd ana came down toe
tone f'retch =. IN casy pace, Winning the heat By
Seeond Naat-It began to sprinkle percepttbly al
the horses came upor the track for The second hea
but beautiful rainbow looming up ia The caet
=, tue second scoring Black Maria ieadius b. hslf
length On the trst turn the black mara tnude
bad hseak, and Pfedmore feIzed the opportunity
~ s1fs "a IN The
The lend TO four lenCths, and contnped 10 psin
sfena 9n !s begsRs begRo,s y. ns gnivessiy Tnsp
permitted The staiwHrt Maria 10 close the Fan fa
length. f1edmoIs managed hy dtnt Of hird pu,i-
Ing e. d. ssEapf t. Srt his mare deNp net
70 be eooln5y lsts great many of her ssr N tbe
nam.a ts s:,t she hsoks o. =: thru ea
nRR9 S's eoln 1sx animal. beFss bFss nd O. s,,1a l,;'
ssr'.'s e9s,,ea,ng q91sksst, hppsd .he ~.
he a9snee or ui.n aan ,he a.I sa9msd 1
pstt, and ind,ca11ona were that she would WIN the
neat, and in Ill human pFohsn1ilty would have
sed. s q The aile t apd sl.eE asas s dashed .bssa
in adsance. Time. s:40 -
the horee. were resting between The heats. Ms o.
4Iclok takanc the ribbons oset Fanny K'nR.- A.
lhe hortes came up TO seo1e heavy shower Of Eatu
for protection. Al the conclus1on OF the Storm.
wbich listed for i've 1ntnuses+ they agasn came
forth ana were eent on with good ttArt. Passing
got a length he advance before sh1
caughf. Then along the lower haek they had IN
cAc3tirg CONTEXT, the black msfr ehutilng up the
zap, md =. the quarter pole they we.e NECK and
Deck. Bob went OF th. Il feet opposite the uni.
vrrits and Maria catching aufcke't took lead Of
two icuG1hs. Upon lhe hse1 stretch alckok cot
bis ma1c DOM 10 her WORK and shc shot along
Marsa n locomo I've fpeed. At the thrse puartef
pole Fanny lappeo the black and shortly aitss Was
ia eesiu I'D alone.ide. Then at The Ia. turn
biz; but beng over Gro aded ~ent np when within
| few rods OF The stand. Tbs excitement became
fplrpEe. Al every ttnde the black msre drew near
| Ct Fannie wheel-M seemed thst she nu ca17J
| the usy-but Mt the night moment Fanny caught
and Almost flrH under the wire, winning the heat
| by Deck orls. Time s-a0
| Fourth Utd7-The bay nare,s success in the pre-
,1out heat rased the courage and condolences OF hef
hackers up 10 sky In :he fnadc and mtuy o. them
| look be1s when pay1Ec ooos were odtred By the
black nafe'. party. Fanny had patnfy demuns.ra.
ted that under The carc1ul spd tllfut pilotago Of
! Mr. uickok rhe was 4 dangerous rival toF her
longer llmbed competitor Eo'h ANIMALS scoecd
In Fl end vigorous, but II anything Inc black be-
a,cd the ta1teuc. Al The tccond tEaI for Start
they y, nj on WITH tremendous Enth, and GOT the
Tnrd wbcu Fanny WIS about length ahesd- This
she increased 10 Two lenstha In going round the