New-York tribune., 1868-07-02
THE TURF
THE JEROME PARK RACES

rur JEROME PARK KAChS'
ubo sacond day of the Summer Nlooolns i. ~, %
.n,er,eap Jockey Club came on yeS'oiu"y, ,rttoh
s,ccess There seems to be some =" -
Saons the attendance down u conn hoort,frl
,ooi seer in Jerome Park The weather wac -
been seen - t but still very favorable Tor racing
ra'no1 "A atber deserted, but still the dust "As 20
IN" & -. a. oorlv blinded the travellers Ide ,siai
ance on the quarter tic.e'- I w.
and betting was dash Of furlongs for twoyear 9lds
The hIst ray, ',zzIer for the knowing 9lVsoh,
proved Qut 90 The Nun, Fenian Onluh, auu lh'oln
were iOnf sa,tng varied from time, Tor AT one nOi'
Fenian bad mat she would be landed at the TOP OF
DC m sueh be betting finally concluded AT IhIee 70
the tree eiTnrass seven 70 four against FenaH our W
against ,j@ ana twelve against The Nun Inc
one ~ ~, ais race was very brisk ana lage SUNS 49,
belhted al the named prices As ne 80 - ,arT
tDyes Srocs In length IL was necessary 70 be very
sht,,l sbOnt the start, point Whch Was "en =
ea,elu.i - eluau who Ofciated In that postum ~
20 bS ln Ed and they were sent off, Invernglass Iad
tno tS ~ nj nearly three lengths, Fenlan next CLOSELY l
J nv Te Nun and Onida. Ihey kept theSe , P0sIIio'
loNo' - i"red Yards when Onida took thlrd pace
& a. tbev rounded the turn she once more S "a
heT n position. Invernglass was never t oee bd o1
me- het iaD made good rush the finish, Dut hau gO
co. bady of 20 be any account Inc Nun Hn'Snoo ''
and OsGa d6d S event was two-mle heat for pre-
MUM Of 81 900 for all ages Ihere were SurSo f and
TgeetVing The betting was all one-slded as JaieS S "A a.
Connolly was made hot ayorte 10 ana 4Uo ~ ~ d W.
Ise F9eeWipg Jumped off with the lead whel ne htpV
sr about the frst half mile when James A. ton3ig
S %lp Ned led gp 10 The stand when b. Connolly
who up TO this moment. had been 1 Hlnf fongIde unilI
as lot out and passing Fleetwng he came up aongsSo
az his namesake and the pair raced slde Dy sluS w ~
hirn wBon r. b. got slight lead Dut O{ & IUl was
Sbaken ont whereupOu he immediately Iooh tno ~,
and won the heat in 545i by hall length H. Do ID og me
hetfnS after tine first heat opened at 100 TO - ON
James A. and closed at 100 10 10 oeieu diop nom as
lanes A. Connolly took the lead and was never ~ a.
headed winning the second heat ana race Ds q far
the race was over, the hackers OF r. B CohHolS sy
that he pulled and not aiIOWeu W W WI, tl m c6 an
Ion of our reporter the gentlemen VINO lorneu suvn al
opinion are entirely out as, everybody ran tni ~, %
as straight as Col Mcpaniels there never "onu Oo any
nsnuafOns OF such character. - ,,o.
The third event dash Of one mile, gentlemen IlueSs e
for cup value $3.50. There were SIX thtIes ioi E &
race but only five appeared at the post, ROCKS tIee
Lance, Brog1e Rebel and Arlington The betting was as
n favor Of Rocks, who was backeI az % aDUu Ij ~ toD
against the fcld obtainable about AiLhSlon
80 y. a,cc TbSre was considerable difficulty in getting
the gentlemen riders weighed aud mounted, but
tb era an drawn mn In line eager for the fray. The
sfayt was cfTected without much difficulty; Rebel, Free
Lance and Arlington taking the lead eOsely =!
Rocks and Biragne At the turn Free aSe ee Tas
ISochs anu & RsecEs and Arlington showedsin front
which position they kept round the Club stand,
but as they rounded again ,oo,dd mSo rstser se
shaky while Brague and Arlington were running very
strong The race down the homestreteh was very e1
ng ana Mr. Macdonald the rider Of Birague, deserves
rea credit fer the style In which he finished as ne got
G ne onlJ ont of his horse and fast race, taking into
eonsideration the weights by threequarers OF length
A. 15Si Free Lance who had been making the running
ali through finished second, Arlington thlrd, ROCKS
Errtb and Rebel last The riding IN this race taking
Them an round was an Improvement on what we were
favored whlat year when MI Mac Donald won 30 eie'
The foTrth and last event was selling race, for which
there were two entries JuDal and Redwlng The Know
ing division made Juba the fayOrte betting SV 70 Az anu
so 10 30 freely on him. But the sharpest are sometimes
mistaken and to-day the favorte got the start blt
boted round the turn leading TO the stables ana let ed
1aad Of FqItn fpu u
started in pursuit The after this nearly devoid
OF interest the gap was TOO Dle 70 ever e1pecI Juu
10 close IL up and the finally won easily by six
lengths doing the mile aud threequarteTs IN S2 Ihs
race concluded the sport for the day Inc drve nome
was not very pleasant as the dust simply awful and
ehoked nearly everybody on the road The following Is
hsummaIy Of the days racing;
FsT Receive year Oh Stakes Of b. T. With 500 added
bY fde previous winner Of $1,000 70 carry 10 eh@ VI
sO extra ave farongs Closed VIA c y entries &
". CGueros 5I Ineugass by Old Cahoar dam 'unPs'V
By Bynaa e FeIiss By Mickey Free Spsa By stock
N Il Ssniors ci The Nun by Lexington, out OfNOvos me
P15 Ga as Oneida b. Lexington Faith BY SO sew
sreign Brown '.''''''''' - oii
VIZ PSsSf c5 jaime. 4 ccdSoJ a year. BY vaads
D Mel,sae. & e aolSi L coaaoy ysiis By Lexington
y.rss rs P s en- Yalg aged BY B.roFaie dam Rhois
q nfS 1 y 5B valued $50 added to .veepEes of
= N m rses used As hacks and 70 be ridden by Of
ths Clnb A dash Of one nile: veer weights . -,
X Camsr0ns b. Birsgus yra, By Nswmnser lF2 n, NJ
N Armstrong. or yra, BY imp BaOwris lss
H. A. 115s:oas e. Arlington igsd i n Mr Lounbe.
@ Lrngons Rocks, aged l43 h. Mr Carroll iTingone
@ CouItlsBds Rebel i3 b Mr. Van Conrand'''
F0vurH RAcz-sspg sake of sas with $500 sdled and
Iss Jerome Para stable RedvinE 4JeArs By BarOwuis dam
v w,4oa' Jubal years BY BarOwHi' dam Julia By
0''''' Tm.-5lL
Amer the race the winner was put up TO auction accord
ing 10 the OF the and was finally Knocked down
10 q MT WhitehOuse for $50,