The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-07
The RACING SEASON OF 1905.
BY "ouR xARIUs" OF TIE SPIRIT.

| third The fastest, the second, 3m. 4s9s. The
| second race was q sweepstakes for three-year
| Odds mile heats 10 which there we're eleven SUB
| scribers Five Of these paid. The race was one
| IN two heats by the FLY Bansnee, Dg Lexington
| out of Balloon. She had been purchased OF Mr..
| Clay and now drew fret blood for the Athlone
| Stable of st. Louis. owned by Mr.. O'Falion and
| trained by John Davis. IL was clipping race,
| and great victory for the FLY, as she beat the
noted colt Pat Mslloy, by Lexington out of Gori-
ana together with the colt by Zero, Billy West by
| Fszzoletto Jr., Ontario by Bonnie Scotland, and
Helen Mar by Van Wagner; time, l:4S4-l:4S4.
| On the second day. Malcolm by Bonnie Scotland,
heat the FLY by Zero. and Jubilee. by Avalanche,
in two straight heats; 1853 also. Then came the
Post Stake ,twomie heats 800 each, play or pay,
and 5000 added. Ia this, Plsntsgenet, bg Planet
out Of Rosa Bonheur, by Glencoe, beat Ruth,
Maggie Hunter ana Pat Cleburne in three heats.
Ruth won the first and Plsntsgenet second third.
This was another victory for the Athlone Stable
and also by racer purchased OF Mr.. Clay; time.
3:46-3:46- 3:5l. On the third day, Pat Malloy
redeemed his fortunes from the clond of his defeat
by the BsDshee. He beat her and Billy of the
West two mile heats, in three heats. Pat won the
first the Banshee won the second, and Billy was
distsnced, and Pat won the third; time, 3:444-
3:43a-3:50i. On the same day, Rochester,
by Bonnie Scotland, beat Jack Gamble Jr.,
Sophia Jennison. VidOcq, Greyhound. and roam
mare, in In 56ls. On the fourth day, mile heats,
three in five, was won By Malcolm IN three straight
heats, beating Maggie Hunter and Tsnglefoot.
mie race, feather-wegbts. Rochester beat Cna-
pesu Rouge. Agnes Donovan. julie and Viola, in
i'm. 4s3s. On the fifth day, Queen of the West.
by Bonnie Scotaad out of Alsmode, beat Pat
Cleburne, Chspeau Rouge. Vidocq, Elgiu. Agnes
Donovan, Rochester and mare by Zero, TWO
miles, in 3:45a. On the same day Plantagenet
beat Ruth, by Zero, and Jim Walker, by Matt
Davis, ihree-me cheats. in two heats. Time,
5:4S4-5:4l9. On the last day the Bsnshee beat
Ontario and Plover Wing IN two straight heats.
I.16 ami n
a mare by Epsilon, beat Pat Cleburne, Maggie
Hunter, Jack Gamble. Jr., Viola, Vidocq, julie
and Greyhound. in two straight heats. Time,
l:464-l:47l. This ended the spring meeting.
The Lexington, KY, spring meeting began on
the 9th Of May, with sweepstakes for three-year
olds mile heats. Minnie Milton FLY by Lex
ington out of Miss Morgan by Yorkshire, won it
in two heats, beating Bonita by Lexington out Of
Banner; Bsll-hower by EndOrser out of Belle
Brandon TIE Fotheriugay by Revenue dam by
Sovereign; illJ by VaDdsl dam by Churchill
FLY by Australian out of Magenta; Tom Sanders by
Endorser out Of Lucy Fowler; Dick Jackson by
Revenue out Of Victoire; and Lutte by Sherrod
dam by Sovereign. Lutte was distanced In the
first heat, and Dick jackson 10 the second. Time,
l:50-l:504. On the same day Lucy Gray by imp.
Fszzoletto out Of Nelly Gray by Lexington, beat
Maggie Mccarthy by Revenue. Hurdledom by Sow.
eregn, and FLY by Uncle Vic, mile heats in four
heats. Burdledom won the frst Lucy Gray won
the second, Maggie Mccarthy won the third, and
Hurdedom and the FLY by Uncle Vic were dis.
tspced. Lucy Gray then won the fourth. Time,
l:5l3- 1882 -1:534-l:55
On the second day, Grassland. colt by Lex.
iDgton. won mile heats for three year-0lds in
three heats, beating Bonita by Lexington, Mollie
Lincoln by Australian, Jesssmine Porter by AUS
trslisn, Biddy Malone BY Star Davis, a colt by
Simon kenton, a0d colt by Australian. Cross
land won The first heat, Bonita won the second,
and the colts by Simon Kenton and Australian
we're dstanced. Grassland won the third heat,
nd
Malone we're dlstanced. Tee time of these heats
was l:542-l:544- l:544. The track was heavy.
and the race showed tnat Grassland was good
colt. His pedigree on the dams side is obscure.
She was a mare taken to Kentucky from Ten
nessee during the war. On the same day Erin,
by EDdorser out Of Roxans, beat Victory, Hurdle
dom. the geldiDg by Uncle Vic, Style by w gner
Joe, Lila May by Ausierlitz, and lilly by Lex.
ington. They ran three heats, Victory Won tbs
fret, and Lila Nav and the Lexington lilly were
distsnced. Erin won the second and third, dis
tancDg the gelding by Uncle Vic and Style in the
second, and Hurdledom in the third time, 1881 :
l:523-I:553. On the third day, the Grand
Duchess by Vandsl, dam by Msrgrave, beat
Woodford Belle. Rivoli, Lowdown. Pnenix Belle,
and the colt by Australian out of a SarpedOn
mare, in a four year-old stake, two mile heats.
Rivoli won the first heat, and distsnced LowdoVn,
Phoenix Belle, and the Australian colt. Inc
Grand Duchess won the second aud third
Leafs. In the last Woooiord Belle came home
FIRST, but was distsnced for foul riding and RvOh
broke down IN running; time 5:5I-3:5S4 -E05.
On the fourth day Gen. WOolfOrd, by IL vngtOn
out of Parodi, by Glencoe, beat Lucy Gay and
Merrill wo.mile heats in straight heats, aGl Mer-
rill was distsDced in the second heat; time,
:044-4:0l4. The meeting was wound Up on the
18th Of May, when Grassland beat Dice Jackson,
Biddy Malone and Bel6OWer twO-mile heats in
straight heats. Biddy Malone and BellfOwer
were dstanced in The first heat. The time was
4:09-4l23. The horses went on to c ncinnatl
for the Buckeye spring Meeting.
The spring meeting of the Buckeye Club began
at Cincinnati on 23d of May. The gathering Of
horses was goo6. as there were the lone stables
of Ohio with a strong muster from Il ntucky and
some from Tennessee. The first race was the
stake for three year -olds mile heats; there We're
twenty three subscribers. and nine r3n-amOng
whom was Grassland, who had dlstiD y1ished him
self at Lexington, Bonita. Minnie Hilton. aud
Richeeu. Grassland was the fsvorite Rchelieu
next, and then Minnie Milton; the others sold in
a lump, and cheap lumpit was, for il contained
the winner-Bonita. by Lexington out o. Banner,
by imp. Albion. Sac won in two straight heats
l:463-l:46} Minnie Milton was second ia the first
heat, and Rchelieu in the second; Grassland ran
as If he was of. In the second race-mile heats,
for all ages-Woodford Belle, by Lexington. out
of Amanda Morehesd, by Glencoe, won in three
heats; she beat Skyhght, By Lexington out Of
Daylight by Glencoe, who won the first heat;
Saratoga, by knight of st. George out Of sister TO
Prior; colt by Revenue, dam By Margrsve;
Hurdledom, Easter Monday, Ooltawa, Wisenhunt,
mare by Goodwood. a colt by Revenue, and colt
by Mickey Free. This latter was distanced 10 the
first heat, and the four mentioned next to him
we're distanced in the second. Time, l:4S-1:454-
1:4sl. The third race was a mile and quarter,
for all ages; it was won by Bayswater. the horse
by Lexington out of the fine old mare Bayleaf, by
Yorkshire; be beat Mack, ldalis, Widman, the
geldioR by Uncle Vic, Erin, Oily by Australian
Lady Flora, and Betty West. Time, 2:l5} On
the second day MAY 25) Victory, by Uncle
Vic out Of Magnolia, won the foar-year.old stake.
mile heats, In two straight heats, beating the
colt by Lexington out Of Daylight, by Glen
coe who was second In both heats. a colt
by Mickey Free, Ph@uix Belle, and Rabbit
Hash. Time. l:442-l:l53 On the same day
Frank Woolford, by Ruuc out of Parodi, by
Glencoe, beat Merrill, Erin, Lucy Grsy. Idslia,
and Birdy Bird two-mile heats in three heats.
Merrill won the FIRST and Birdy Bird was dstsnced
Wooford won the second. and Idalia was dis
tanced; woolford won the third. and Lucy Gray
was dstsnced. The time was 2:3Ss -2:31-2:4li-
a very fine race. Erin was second in the second
and third heats. On the third day RichelieU, by
Bawaths out Of Fanny McAllister, (Muggins
damn beat Bonita. Biddy Malone and Dick Jack.
son two-mile heats in straight heats Dick Jack
son was distanced the first heat. Time, 2:3S3 =
247. On the same day Bayswster beat Transit,
Mack, Betty West, Woodford, Belle, Petercuma-
linctum, Birdy Bird, Ally by Australian. and