, 1866-06-02
THE CINCINNATI RACES,
Extraordinary Time Mude-As Rcvoly.
esss " tnA a Running l1AGcfa-Second
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lFrom The Cincinnati Commercial. May 31.1
Fine, clear and almost scasonab1y warm
weather drew large attendance to The race
course yesterday, larger, in fact, than that Of
part, at least, to the fact that Tuesdays races
gare tone to the affair with tlleir contrast in
interest to those Of Monday, the opeu;n. day,
and thus gave some assurance OF "'your
moneys worth, six, " In sport. The travel to
Tue track by the ears was very largc-unpre-
ccdentedly So, it, deed, so far as concerns the
running RACES. The tlrst train Of the Cincin-
nati, Hamilton & Dayton road brought out
SIX cooeles heavily laden, and the second
eight coaches, making fourteen in all AID,
as usual, here were hundreds Of "wagons''
with tact animals, buE1 lies, hacks, fnmily cur
riages aud pirate conyeyances generally.
The Indies stands, we noticed, weto filled
to point Of -eplctiou. f1r beyond that OF the
opening day. even and In the field tue repre-
scntntion Ct the fair sex, in carriages, was
very large, end decidedly crcditable to the
management and the prestige Of Tuesdays
sport. For the ifrst race Of the day the field
was;
:rhos. Buiou. en,crs h I. hgLuxumbcurs. four
4ea1s Old, By Revenue; dam BY Lexington. Dress,
i. Underwood entsrr D,J. cronse'e b. c, four
yrsrs olJ, Reyolycr, By lsevenue; dam. Balloon.
John Huslrr cnttrs John II. clay's b. c. Gl!.oy,
foEr Tears ole. ny Lexington /; dam, magnolia, BY
Glencoe.
In pool and outside bets there was d really
strange variance in this altair. Some took
Revolver as first choice, some Luxembourg,
and some. Giiroy. In the last pools, sold
prcyioue to The first heat, Gilroy was the IA.
Toriie against tue field, although hackers oi
| tile other horses were p1ucky enough in a1.
| vancina their money on tickets.
| In tho Est heat Gilroy took The lead at the
"go,' AID held 1t calamity all through, al.
| though xoushly. pushed By LUSembour@;
| Revolver, naturally 1T scemed) took q third
rate l'luce and at the half way point It seemed
us though he could not save Ills distance, II
the third quarter Gilroy was kotly pushed
immense strides to save his distance. II
tho LAST turn, 1t wns plain that there was nc
doubt as to the result, Tor Gilroy held his OWL
easily, leading Luxembourg as second, aud
| Revolver as 4 third, the last named horst
| caring his distance nicely; time 1:4Sl{.
The second heat was a magnificent adntr In
3eed-really an event In American annals In
running races. At tho ttGo'' Revolver took
the second place ahead Of Gilroy, with Lux
e.nbonrg first In the string. In this position
second quarters, when Revolver closed gal
1autlx upon the leading animal, col1arcd hin
strongly, and passed lin neatly in the homt
| quarter, coming Il first over the string II
1'd411+ Immense time, BY the way,) with Lux
cm6aure second, and Gilroy (the winner o
1 lHE ul5l ueatJ &uuV W UA0S- AcEE !" n5
change in allairs very popular with th'
masses-n change that seemed to insure ,
good chance. at least, for the defeat of til
1ayorite Of late pools. This time, 1:441{ wa
never before equnlled In this country, save il
one race. Legal-teader's time Q:44) wa
immense. Aud so It was hut In this afai
Iesal-tcaacr's time was "barred,n and Re
yolver's time was claimed as something rcall
great.
In pool betting after this heat Gilroy va
taken ~ first choice by many, but ReEolve
was backed With equal confidence as first b.
many who had sided With him early in tn
fhe third heat was another brave Affair
At the drum tap for the "go," made on til
second start. It was neck and neck bctWee
revolver and Luxembourg, aud SO 1t continu
ed through the first and second quarters, Wit
Gilroy several yards behind them. The necl
and neck leaders in a line with each other, q
seen from the stand, worked vigorously. 60
ing at Il tremendous gait, and strainlng ever
nerve In the crest contestfor the last quarter
At the first yard Of that last quarter pos
ahead slowly and made his point on Luxeu
hourg, leaving him third in the string. An
tnus they came. at terrific speed, through tn
home quarter. Revolver leading gallantl
and putting his head under the line q lengt
md hall Or two lengths ahead Of the Wiz
1er ofthe first heat-time, 1:36H.
The fourth heat was made finely BY Revo
yer, IN 1:50A. At the "goh it WAS neck an
neck between Revolver and Lnxemoonrs
with II good chance for lead 1y the latter
the hallway point. Gilroy followed sever
tanec.'' Along in the thttd quarter, hov
ever, Revolver brought his wind aud strengt
to bear, going ahead quite steadily BY
length, and leading Clay's as an inalfere1
third, md in this Way they came to u