The New York herald., 1867-04-22
THE TURF IN BOSTON.
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD

Preparations for the Trettfng Season Around
BOston-The Several Tracks. and Where
Situnted-The Purses offered and Some Of
the Trotters Entcrcd-Opening Trot, GO.
Bosros, April 20, 1851.
Trottng and turtles hereabouts getting their
nags into ne trottng trim and making every prepara
tion to in, enjoy and profit by, possible, the
sporting Of 1857 which is opening, and bids
fair OF the best that Boston has We
have three trotng tracks around Boston, upon all Of
which, some time during their existence, Of the
best the country have roed and added glory
TO their They are the Riverside tho Mystic and
the Franklin trotting parks The Riverside is located
at Cambridge about three miles from Boston, not far
distant from the Charles river which boatmen here
designate the "suggsh Charles" and know as the
scene Of many popular regatsaa II half mile track
and furnished with all that goes make up first
class rotung course The Mystic is a. hedford and s
reached by horse cars or steam on the Lowcl road 10
distant about four miles from Boston, and s approached
by fine drive, which, fair trotting days there
This y Mystic track IS "a new course, having been
opened only last year J. y considerable o. an
stables and other outbudings. Tho Franklin u down
Saugus nearly nix miles from this city. and Is
very popular There will be = few trots this
this summer but OF great interest importance
and Mystic parks have Just been opened and numerous
entries been disclosed and also good proportion
OF filled by Of the best r0tng stock in New
England Among the nags entered in the Riverside
brown mare Empress, the black gelding Ben
Franklin, the stations Dan Rice and Fear
naught, Briggs black gelding JEFF Davis, the black
geldings Whalebone and Midnight, Woodruh's black
gelding Toby Candor the black stations conic, Draco.
Prince and Danvile Boy, the favores Washington and
mate ana many others not unknown 70 fame Several
trotters whose names are familiar TO turtles figure in
the crowd entered in the Mystic purses Also Noticeable
the black Blackstone Belle, the black mare
Empross the black gedng India Rubber the black geld
ing Captain, the chestnut marc Lady Farnum the bay
gcldng John Ferris, the s0rrel geldng White Stocking,
tho gray mare Lady Gray the black geidng whalebone
the bay geding Tornado the black marc Jesse Wales
and Ralsplitter and mate Tho purses offered by both
these parks amount 70 several thousand dollars.
The FIRST actual trot Of the or yesterday
afternoou the Mystic course IL took place under
rather inauspici0us circumstances, as the track was
somewhat heavy from the effect OF the recent rains and
everything connected with the park. A grand crowd
was present. however, and entered into the sport with
the old vim and interest The trot was for purse and
stake Of $500, mile heats, best two In three. TO
wagona The trotters the stallion Lewiston
Boy, the sorrel gelding John Bartlett and the
brown gclding Washington. The toss for the
pole was won by Washington, and the second
pretty well considering the state Of the track and the
newness OF the thing Lewiston Boy won the first two
heats and consequently the race, making for time 24
and 2:49k The first heat the Boy won by length
ahead Of Bartlett, and the second by two lengths in
advance Of Washington. The trotting was early,
and the crowd returned TO town much pleased with the
opening at Mystic
several good matches have been completed and before
long there win b very good trotting out the two
Dopular trncka