Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-21
FAST HORSES,
Events ON the Turf During che season

Events ON the Turf During the Season.
From the New York Evening Post Oct. IS.
The fall meeting of the American
Jockey Club at Jerome Park about closed
the running contest for the year 1868 In
the East and brief chronicle of the exa
traordinary running events of the year,
as well as the advance in the production
Ofthoroughbred horses, viii prove inter
esting:
The first meeting of the year was held
at Seacaucus, and there the threeAyear
-8las of Mr.. Sandford's stable, rejoicing in
the Glencoe blood on the maternal side,
we're vanquished by the produce of the
mares of imported Yorkshire. But the
spring had beenFery wet and most of
the horses had colds, and all were "short
of work" Ii vas not until the spIjne
meeting at Jerome Park that the e6lts
of the daughters of imported Yorkshire
really established their superiority
over the colts out of the daughters
Of Glencoe Then the Yorkshire
colts showed a decided superiorityp A
colt and FLY of the Yorkshire blood We're
opposed to one another; resulting in a
1PANhNAN law hAotAAiCC WV AuiANb1 Al
which Messrs. Bowie 4 Halls Australia
by imported Australian, dam Undine by
imported Yorkshire, beat General Duke
by Lexington, dam Lila by imported
Yorkshire General Duke, however, was
penaliEed with seven pounds for having
won the Belmont stakes while the track
was very heavy. General Duke has beaten
Australia since easily at even weights,
and Is undoubtedly the best animal Ct
the two.
The winners of important events at the
Jerome Park spring meeting were Gen,
Duke by Lexington, dam Lila by i'm
ported Yorkshire, who won the Belmont
stakes (the American DerbyG Bonnie
Lass, by Balrownie, dam Pasta by Rev.
enue, who won the Hopeful stakes; Los
cal, by Lightning, dam Maroon, by ira~
ported Glencoe, who won the Westches7
ter cup; James A. Connolly, by Nandal,
dam by imported Margraye who won
tn Jockey Club handicap; Australia, by
impor Ted Australian, dam Undine by inn
pofted \ ,0rkshire, who won as above,
and Private sr, by Lightning dam Hem
ME Farrow by imported Shamrock, who
won the Feather stakes-distance four
miles
During the Jerome P..,rk summer meet
ing Nemesis, by imported Eclipse, dam
Echo by Lexington, ran yOlIe ana
quarter in 2:l24, beating Lancaster thirty
yards in running the last quarter OF
mile. The average time was lao to the
mile. James A Connolly won a two
mile heats race with great ease, which 1
made him a great favOrite on the turf
The Saratoga meeting which followed
was a succession ofbrilliant days. Sev-
eral horses from the West made their first |
appearance in the East. The Western
colt, "The Banshee,' by Lexington, dam
Balloon, by imported Yorkshire, won
the Travers stakes for threesyear
olds. Stonewall jackson, by Lightning,
dam Edith by imported Sovereign, won
the two mite heats purse, beating General
Yorke, by Planet, dam by JEFF Davis,
and the famous Western horse Plantag-
enet, by Planet, dam by Glencoe; time,
1899 aOd 3:3l5. Lancaster, by Lexing~
ton, dam Blue Bonnet, by imported
Hedgeford, won the Saratoga cup, Gen
eral Duke won the Sequel stakes for
fhree>year olds, and James A. Connolly
The dash of four miles, easily beating the
two famous Western horses, Plantagenet
and Pat MallOy Wiley and Shutdown
both won important races, and estab-
lished frst-class regulations as threecyear
Odds
Ia the latter part of August there was
an Inauguration running meeting at
Narragansett Park, r. / which was a
great success, and at which there
sYas some very fine running. There
SSas ALEC a successful fall meeting at Pat
erson.
The meeting just closed at Jerome
Park was an appropriate conclusion to
20 brilliant season. Bayonet, by Lex
ington dam Bayleaf, by imported York.
shire, won the Champion stakes for
three-year olds, worth $4400, in the exa
traoldinaTy time for crooked track Of
I.454 iirst heat, and l451 second heat
The Nursery stakes were won by Bonnie
Lass in I4II. The Stewards cup, disa
lance two and Hne-eighth mhes, was won
by James A. Gonoelly in the extraordina~
~ time Of3.5l.
A race of mile heats was won by new
and remarkably fast three-year old, }.
Mcdonnell, by Ruric, dam Daisy by
Croker, in the remarkably short time of
l:4j1 and l.46I. Vauxhall, by Licking
ton, dam Verona by imported Yorkshire,
won the handicap for horses only who
!, had run during the meeting on the same
> day. James A. Connolly won the dash
of four miles, and confirmed the rep
utation that he had gained before of
being the best fOur-mile horse in the
country.
The present year has been the most
successful racing year we have yet
had, end the racing of thOroughbreds is
evidently growing III public favor