New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-23
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From the New YORK Hsr&ldj
The best trotting time to waTons on record wa
MADE Yesterday afternoon, at the L'nIop course
r ny the stallion George Wilkes. in his race WGth tn
pay mare Lady IhOrne. the fgurey scored bein
zsst z;z1', and 2:25} 1t will be remembered tHa
FiDTa le uple in her race with Ethan Alien, on the
jlss Of Ma y, 1850, on the Fashion CODrse tr0ltea
mile in 225 but her subsequent heats were 2-273-
2.275r viii Oh makes Wilkes's time two second:
and quarter @ ne faster in the aggregate. Besides
what makes "llkes better race than Flora .
the dag on bich the mare trotted was clear and
beautiful and the track in splendid condition for
time, whereas yesterday the atmosphere vas low.
y ering ana murhy and the track, if not absolutely
heavy, was GER ainly not fast The stallion seems
i to be in about the same forrE that he was when
Horace Jones brought him 0a the track at the
Fashion course to beat Ethan Allen, in September
lsGl and while Sc 2ring trotted faster than tbeolt
raCehOrse Ieub CO uld run-and 3n that day there
was prebabiwno Il 'otting horse alive that couli
have beaten him. Wilkes is now very loose, and
being in fine, robust health, We Do not know the
horse that VIII be lih ely to beat him so long as he
has the sharp edge on that he displayed yesterday
However il IL said til, Vt the OF the California
stallion is ready to tch him, even in the face o
wha- was done on thist occasion. The owner O
WILKES no doubt will be able to decide what to dc
after ttlessiug .he ma ch this afternoon between
the Californian aud tlle famous HambletUuian
/ ge!liDg Dexter, who viii be very apt to take the
measure OF Geo. II. Pate. hen, Jr if he does not
/ heat hiin.
Lady Th7rna was not up to the marx and her
, owner advised his Fiends not TO lay their money
on har, stating that he wO Hld not bet dollar on
the mare iii her present con 1i,ion. She coad not
however, have been very b adly off or she could
not have forced the stallion the second aud
third he&ss in the manner in which she did, being
beaten ireach not over length. The first heat.
but for their bad hrea9On the taTn losing tfePsbr
several seconds, would have bsea the fastest ever
made, as their three quarters HVege made in As.
The betting on the result fluctus5ed from dzT to
day after the harness match between these horses
rs much as one hundred to stVy was laid on
the mare a: the beginning of the week, while
Wilkes went into favor yesterday rtaEnng, and BY
the time the horses appeared on she quarter
stretch his oackers were laying cH8 hundred To
forty on him. Just before the start, however, aad
at time when Wilkes broke up while scoring,
$500 against $500 ohere 1on the mare, without
takers, After the first heat, sixty against one
hundred was freely offered BY the admirers Of the
mare while the hackers of Wilkes were not
willing to give more odds than one hRndred to
seventy. The attendance, although COED, was not
great, the majority of the sporting world, and
: those who cannot spare two days il succession,
foregoing the sport of yesterday to witress Cali
fornian and Dexter trot off To-Day. The following
is description Of the trot:
FIRST HEAT.-Lady Thnrne won the. pole,
placing Wilkes or the outside. They came up for
the work at tremendous pace--one thR6 could
not last-and before they had gone one hundred
yards, they broke up very badly. When they re-
covered, Wilkes was at length in front, which he
carried to the quarter pole in thirty-nine seconds
/ The horses then got under head way again, and
, | they went down the backsfetch very fast, Wilkes
showing daylight between himself and the mare
a the halfmile pola-which he passed in liz
making the second quarter in thrty.fGTe seconds.
GGing around the lover turn, the stallion opened
/ the gap still wider, antil approaching the home
Stretch when the mare began to cozer anidly, and
was near the wheel Of the stallion as he got into
straight work on the qulrterstretGh. Wilkes
seemed to have a little to spare VIXEN called on
= and the mare, being forced beyond her limits
broke up, and the stallion came home winner by
eight lengths, making the last half Of the mile IL
lis aud the heat in 2:2z.
l. SEcoND HEAT.-Both horses cooled out nicel,
and came to the score looking none the worse TO
l. wear, and the hackers of the mare seemed t
like her better than before the start for the pre-
vious heat. The horses again came up yer
i. rapidly, and sent away on even terms bu
T. the mare staggered Just after crossing the score
Is and before getting up Pffer nipped her and KEEP
c her on trOt. She, however, lost length by th
accident which Wilkes carried around the turI
Il and to which he added another half before reach
!. ing the quarter pole. Time, 81 seconds. Wilke
r opened the gap on the backsretch, but, approach
i ing the half mile pole the mare went up to hi
wheel. Time, 1:l24 The stallion shook her Of
l. again the lower turn, but she sTGng into tai
II honestretch she rGilied again, and was only ont
length behind while Crooks, the driver of the stal
d lion, Vs. plying his whip vigorously. This h
continued to do all the way up the stretch, but TO
e what reason we could not tell Wilkes came
s. the score apparently in hand, and with something
/. to spare, good length ahead of the mare, making
the last half of the mile in l:l24 and the heat i
is 2sl5.
THIRD HEAT-One hundred to twenty five wa
Y then offered on. Wilkes with few takers, one hur
id dred to twenty asked. The stallion took the len
s. with With tie word, and went to ths quarter pole
length and a halls in front, in thigty-siX and he
in seconds; length to the half mile pole in LII
aud going around the lower turn opened the ga
le and led to the ihree.quarter pole two length
I'd which he carried to the end, making the last ha
I'd of the mile in l:l24, and the heat in 2:252. II
er following is a summary:
FR1DAY, June l4.-Match $1,000, mile heats be
in three in five, to wagons.
john Crooks nouses br George Wilkes /
al Lady Thorue :.
til TIME. -
GGarter First half Second halE Nj