The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-18
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First Day Of the HObOken Races
With the exception Of an interval Of sutriness during
the middle Of tho afternoon the weather extremely
propsious for racing yesterday The track in excel
lent condItion-a little too dusty, perhaps. but Is
whole may b looked upon than ordinarily good
Owing defective arrangements somewhere the entries
not given in the newspapers Of the day. which,
might naturally be supposed, had the effect Of lessen
ing the attendance which BY means 20 great a.
il would have been under other circumstances
However, those who were present had . very
enjoyable afternoons sport, the running was
quite as good as expected particularly in
the colt race, which was Handsomely won by Mr..
McDanies nly. Mr.. Morrss entry was the favorte in
the pools selling At about two to one nearly so.
The defeat Of Cleopatra was quite disappointment to
numbers Of pool buyers who looked upon her success
as almost certainty, and seemed quite chapfallen at
the result. What caused this great devotion to the
entry Of Mr. Morris did not learn but perhaps 1t
owing to the prestige Of his nne stables The running
very fast for two year ods the time made by the
Planet ally being 1:4sk while Cleopatra was within
length Of her heels Ahurde was included In the pro-
gamme the SPORT but owing to the lack Of entries
did not take place. The second Of the day the
Premium race mile heats. for which there four
entries This very passabe affair regards time,
Clement the winner OF tho race, being so decidedly
superior to his competitors that he pushed nowhere
heats The odds strongly In his favor before the
start high hundred 10 thirty being current;
viction that he would win the race having become
general among the spectators The meeting this after
Selling race there win BE- another Of two mile heats
Both arc filed with good horses, and should the day
prove nne will attract larger concourse Of spectators
than were present At Seacaucus yesterday The details
OF the running yesterday was briefly ~ follows in the
FIRST RACE.
Tho horses were brought upon the track short time
before the hour appointed for starting After certain
amount Of time spent In preliminary walking and gal.
stand and started of for the heat we'll together McDan
ies entry having the lead, which she retained TO the
quarter.pole when the Breckenridge FLY went BY her.
the Eclipse lilly still In the rear They on In this way
with the Breckenridge ally the lead until they turned
into the bomesretch, whom she beginning to faer was
passed respectively by tn. Planet and Eclipse es The
race over 90 far she concerned and lay
between the Norris and Mcdaniel entries which strug
ged vigorously the homestretcb until the goal
Cleopatra in :lsk with the Breckenridge Oily pretty
close up to be. The following Is the ;u%mary; s.u,
Post stake Premium Of $780, for two year od dash Of
a mile.
NJ Morris entered ch. f. Cleopatra, BY Eclipse oft Of
7. ,. Read entered b. T. BY Breckenridge, dam BY
E S;ss5 III.
First Hedt-The second was between Clement,
st. Patrick, Passac and Jubal, mile heats After the
ordinary preminares had been gone through with, the
horses turned for the struggle the tap Of the
Passaic third and St Patrick fourth. In this way they
around the upper turn but as they neaed the quar-
ter pole Clement observed to pass him, Juba fall
ing into the second position. and keeping 1t until he
reached the half mile pole when he resigned u TO st.
Patrick. The evidently lay between Clement
and 81 Patrick, between whom spirited contest ensued
while coming up the homestretch II ended however,
by Clement landing 1rt at the stand in so, Patrick
close up, Jubal third and Passaic fourth
lSe-ond Hsdt-It very evident from the running
OF Clement In the first heat that his competitors
entirely ont OF place in the with horse Of his
speed and that his winning the race and money pretty
much Ne he pleased was q foregone conclusion When
the word given IN this heat Juba sprang on with
the lead. He retained until he reached the quarter
pole when Clement who close behind him, followed
by ST. Patrick acceerang his pace, gave him the BY
Juba held on TO the second position while longer,
but was passed respectively by ST. Patrick ana Passaic
IS they turned into the homestretch After passing
Juba Al the quarter pole Clement had little else 70 do
than come ct such PACE suited him, and won bandy
in 50k; ST. Patrick second, Passac third and Jubal
fourth The following is the summary
SANE DAy.-Prsmium OF $3.50, all ages, mile heats
Colonel d. Mcdaniel named br. c. Clement, by Lex.
ington, out Of Lucy Fowler, years old ......1 l
q. Eckersons named b. b. 81 Patrick, by Knight OF
81 George dam BY Glencoe, years old. .......
j. W. Pennock named ch. h. Passaic, by Dencaiion,
dam by Glencoe, years old. ..................
DR. J. W. Weldon named b. C. Jubal. by Balrownie
dam Julia, by Glencoe. 8 years old. ...........
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