The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-28
THE RACING SEASON OF 1868.
REPORTED AND coLLATED BY "oUR MARIUs" OF
THE sPIRIT.v

Tie racing season Of 1868, which we now com
mence TO review. Afforded great deal Of very ex.
ceiient sport, and supplied many incidents worthy
OF consideration and comment as we 90 along. The
running began early 10 the year, aud on a course
OF great TenOwn; for the first meeting commenced
| on the I'd Of January on The Metsrie Course.
The Cincinnati stable, with the blood Of Bonnie
Scotland, scored the first victoTy-0ntario a fiily
| by that horse out OF Lady Lancaster beating
Puss Broadnax by Daniel Boone out Of Maggie g.,
by Brown Dick, IN mile race for two year. ODDS
The track was heavy and the time poor-2:O4 IL
must be remembered that &C New Orleans and
Mobile race horses carry the weight Of the preyi.
GUS year up to The LIST OF May. In the second race
two mile heats, for all aees-the same Stable won
with Cbicksmaugs, by Jack Malone out of Albouj
He beat Veto, BY Lexington out Of Miss Trustee
JENNIE Z. and Painter ia two straight heats; time
| 4:l23 4:l35; Jennie G. and Painter were dis.
taDeed in the frat heat The successes of the
Cincinnati stable on the first day were continued
Oh he second, when they won q race of two
miles for ail ases with Nelly Gywnne, by Bonnie
| Scotland out OF Gray Alice. She beat Joe John.
stsn. ny Goodgood and Widair, by Lexington,
| Am. l4s. Joe Johnston, whose dam was Judy by
imp. Sovereign, after being beaten by the gray
mare Tor The hist race, was started in the second
| mile heats, and wen 1t in four heats beat
| ing Agnes Donovan, by Lexington; Black
| Crook by Daniel Boone; a colt by En-.
dofser; and Edgecuube, by Lexington. Black
crook wonfLe first heat and Agnes Donovan the
| second Joe Johnston the third aud fourth; Edge.
] cumbe was distsnced in the first heat and the En-.
dorser colt drawn after it. Tine, -2:O2-2:O5-
| 213. The only race on the third day was three.
mile heats, for al ages. Mary Wynne, by Jack .
| Malone, cut OF Partbenia, by Leviathsn. won n
| beai1R Veto, by Lexington, 10 Two heats: time
| 6:lS-6:iS. On The 9th of January there was
race OF NILE heats three in five, for all ages be-
| tween Joe Johnston, Jack Gamble Jr.' NeIlv
| Gywpne, and a mare by Zero. This race was
| enough TO brighten into stark fits those who De
| claim aealnst running heats, for the horses ran
| seveDltefore Joe Johnston wen It. Nelly GVwnne
The first Joe .IOhDSfon ~ a. "
mare oIstaneed; Joe won the second heat and
Nelly was second !; the mare WOn the third and
Joe as sfcond; the fourth ard fifth heats fell
10 Jack Gamble, Jr. and joe was second in both .
the sixth and seventh heats were won bv Joe
Johnston, and Jack vas second in both. The time
OF ills extraordinary race, considering that the
course ives little heavy, was uncommony even
ard gooo: l:56-l:554 al 74-I:59-:2Ol4-2OlI-
l:Ol4. On the 9th OF January, six horses starred
IN ace Of four miles and came in az follows y.
Veto, ChickamaGgs, Dallas, MARY Wynne Black
Croob, and bismarck. The time was SIN. l6s. Jen.
he u, Dy Daniel Boone, then won mile heats
beating Agnes Donovan ia two heats and distance
ing the Zero mare and Peoria Boy in the frat.
The next meeting Of 1868 was that of the Mag.
mona CIub al Mooiie. II Is aud always has been, |
snd always will be 10 men of sense and spirit. |
famous and favoTite place for the sports of the |
TUT. The club is one OF the staunchest in Amer.
lea, end one OF its CHE. officers (ir COtriln is
Que OF tne largest and most successful breeders |
IN The Gull States. TIE racing began on the 30rh |
Of March, and Tom Patterson, the able and yete.
rem trainer, won the first eveIt-a sweepstakes for
tWo-J ear.olds bred in Alabama, nile heats. II
sss won by Wisenhunt, a son OF SherFod and |
h a. mare beating colt by Daniel Boone out
OF brown DICK rnrre and a lilly by shsrrod ont
OF Avs in three heats. The Boone col. wen tss
INST heat and Nsenhunt the second and third
Tine, l:652-I;563 II :5sa. Then came The Mac
mona stake, mile heats three in five
10 this race the Formidable stable of
Csptsln Moore put in It's first appearance this
year anu began a series of successes. which |
lasted, with some notable iterruptons 10 the
END OF II. The captain Tan General McMabon
me morse by Lexington oct of Magenta and no |
won won N 'nIee heais. beating Joe Johnston and
Jennie g., by Daniel Boone. in l:5O-l;50lN
On me second day Captain Moore wa, again snc.
eesslui; ior Fanny Che atham beat Chickananga
Two mile heats ID S:46-3:lG; and Stonewall .Jart
~ sVn ~ Seat EIe 'nter. Jr, !. f. Saith ana Black
= COX mile heats in l:53A-l:50a n the tbiT5
Iace-mLe heats, for three. year oids-Mollie In.
seIsoil, by Daniel Boone out OF Sigma heat Dai.
las ~ Two heats. Time, 2:63-i:5iI. On
P"s, O sis. cay the great event was the
lour subscribers, among them CANAAN No. |
ana Tom Patterson, both of whom had verv e.
I1loabie race horses. Patterson had the lannon's
Hauy OF The West and Rousseau, by Comnodore
: horse Of Tue stamp Moore had Fsnnv Cbose'
Dsm and StoneWali Jackson, besides Priv41ser
soh OF Lightning and HeDnie Farroty Conoara'
hIs frEaieer, many believed him to be one of
'ue worst h0fses IN America; while a few stuck
% II that be was one Of the best Perhans Eoora
,ntw as much about him as those who taIked
5iest deal and he brought him out 70 run for this
tske. Harry of the West had broken down snS
PATTERSON ran Rousseau while Warwick sfartsd ,
3Delneer Jr, BY Engineer out Of Kate Shejbv !
'HVhteer won It In two straight heats and Ro1S. i
eau was second in both time, 3:4l-3.4TI e.. :
re SECOND race-mile heats, three in fys-Gen. Z
ial MCMAHON walked over. On the fourth dav \
Jniano, ~ Bonnie Scotland, won the Merchants,
asHe, lor tWoyear olds, beating Calculus bv T
neiioo, 10 two straight heats time 2:O2I-2.05 | :
IN the same day Joe Johnston beat BIac. o. |
no alias nile heats In two straight heats pIaoL |
rock secoDdin both time Lex 3oI:545 IN 80
anne Day kicheleu beat the fiilv bv sherrod o.. q
! Avis IN 2:0l. This brought the meetiny n a y
sc, ard The attention OF the turfrnen was dirsc .
% to the approaching Metairie Spring wee,;ng y
new orleans, where was TO be run the Congress- | r.
take Post Stake, four mile heats, for a isrge -
mount OF money and the Challenge whip ana | .,
1urs. "-'P ono d.
i6e spring meeting CT the Metairie Jockey Club y
New orleans, commenced on Saturday Apr1 | "a
IN. IL began with a hurdle.race witch bad | y,
ur entries, and IL deserved them "a the cInb oava
purse OF $1,000; two miles, eight iurnps Th-ee | r.
the horses Jonesboro, Ednboro and Ped IN
lrc-were sons of Lexington; the other was an =.
seo morse called Besuregsrd. 1t was very fast N
lrdle race, being won By Jonesboro in 3n. 5lls ii,
E was brother in blood 70 Asteroid his dam in
wee Jones, by Glencoe) being own sister 70 ~
eonis. AT the time IL was thought Jopesharo | T,
ouid turn out the best hurdler inhe country hnt n
'erwards flying mare made her appearance Ia
a atteire that position The soco1d 800 "