Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-07
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Jerome Park Fall Race Meeting.
Programme for the Match and
First Regular Bays.
From the New York Times. Oct 2.

| 'S-THR MATCH DAY. WEDNESDAY, OCT. g.
commences with a match for q. 900. half forfeit,
es1wseo twqysar Sds dasS Of one mile thu
oily Finesse. by Lexington. out of Alta Vela'
dam, and Messrs. Hunter &TraVers chestnu
5lly intrigue. by imp. Balrownie. out of Jenny
| we're matched for a similar stake to run at Sar-
| atoga, but intrigue going aLnss before the.day
| was compelled to pay forfeit. Both have al
ses 6 run in public. Intrigue, having won o
$I ,OOQ match. three-quarters of mile, against
Mr. Littelis chestnut colt by Balrownie dam
| emma johnson, at the Jerome Park Spring
| MeetnR; and hlnesse having run third to Mr..
1 Stakes,
The second race is a match of three year olds
Tor 81, 200, half forfeit, between Mr.. Belmont g
pay hlly Attraction. by imp. Balrownis. dam
By Maud by StOckwell, and Mr.. Jerome.s bay
hlly Rapture. by imp. Lapidist, dam Parachute
by Yorkshire, dash of one mile. Attraction
started twice, unsuccessfnlly as a two-year old,
bat has not been stripped in public this year;
while Rapture. arepeated winner at two years
Old, has been unsuccessful in every essay at
three years old.
The third race is a match Of two-year oIds for
5000. half forfeit. one mile. between MIR. Bel
monts chestnut colt Beverly, by BairoWnie
dam Maroon. locals DAM and Mr. Marx
Littelrs chestnut colt by Balro vnie, dam Emma
The fifth race is handicap sweepstakes for
all ages. gentlemen riders. dash Of one mile
for which the following gentlemen have already
subscribed, and the number may be furth er in
creased: Messrs. l. w. Jerome, DeCouroy
Forbes, George p. Wetmore. J. Heckscher, as.
Lawrence. J. q. Beresford and A. CIassop
The sixth and last race is a selling sweep
stakes. oyer mile and furlong. and the en-
tries Tor 1t remain open to the day before the
race.
FIRST REGULAR DAX-sATURDAY, OCT. 9.
After an interval of two days comes the first
regular day ofthe meeting, the mateh day being
regarded as an extra or 'Of-day." Four events
n rnhI 10 INT Hapea Aln.
for decision on this day, commencing with
hurdle race for purse Of s400 a. d an additional
SlOO Tor the second horse. The entrees for this
race DO not close until the day before. but we
Lobeiia, Mitchell, Harry Booth, w. +. Bacon,
Simple Simon, and perhaps one or two repre-
sentattves from the Dominion enter for il. The
second race is the hand leap sweepstakes for all
ages. $50 each, play or pay, with $500 added,
for which twenty-four horses were entered, and
only, eight have declared out. fact which
the handicapped. Mr.. Charles Hheatley, the
Secretary of the American Jockey Club. We
give the acceptances and weights, the horses de.
elaring out being Fanny Ludlow, (who, under
victorious career on the Western turf Red
Dick. New London. General Ewell, Malone,
Inyercauld, The Coon, and 0uida:
, oDonnnalIs Or b Connolly. years.
Walden's oh b Netairie. years. Star Davis IA
tona, ll0 pounds; G Littlefeld's ch In Hira, 5 |
years. Lexington. Hegira lU7 pounds; 0'Don-
l. liza, l06 pOuRds; K w Walden's In SIeety.
years, Rogers. Angelina, l06 pounds; w Kerr
NJ u Scotia. years, Tar River. Marietta,
JUS poueds; NJ IL SanfoEd's b Northumberland, |
4 years; Lexington. Novice. 103 pounds; N II |
Sanford gr HOtspur, years, Lexington, Me- |
bula, lO2 pounds; Hunter & TraVers' blk m |
Nemesis. years, Eclipse. Echo, lOl pounds; NJ |
Dance 100 pounds; ID McDaniePs m AIb1era |
I years JEDI Davis. Ninette, IS pounds: w Me,
L y b Maitland. years, Virginius.
Magdalena, IS pounds; r " Cameron's In |
Yerness. years. Maeesroni, Eltrida, 81 pounds;
Purdy g. Withers' ch Tasmania, years, Aus,
tralian, Matty Gross, 81 rounds; A Belmont's /
I Attraction, 3 years, Balrownie Maud, 81 /
pounds; W MeLaughlins HuddIestone.
ears, St0neploYer Hebe IS pounds
In glaneing over this list, the horses whose
chances OF catching the judges eyes first appear
" pc General Duke. eleety, Northumberland, |
Nemesis and Inverness. General Duke, after
being out of condition the early part Of the 1
season, came out in his true form at Saratoga
and IN the Consolation race on the last day, i
alter losing great deal of ground at the start, /
finished good second, close up with the win
ner, Fanny Ludlow. in the fastest race ever run |
IL America the distance-one mile and an
run in l:563 which is at the rate
Of l:43 l-S to the mile. He confirmed this high |
form at the Fashion Course fall race meeting.
where he won the mile heat race, three in five
Il the remarkably fast time of l:46. LA, 1:454,
the last being the fastest third heat ever run IN
America. Sleety is well known to be a very
fast mare ut this distance. and her light impost,
lO6 pounds, will make her particularly danger
Gus, II she runs to represent the Walden stable
which has also Metairie engaged in this race, |
Nemesis Is mare of a wonderful turn of speed.
rs she showed when she beat Lancaster over a |
nile and quarter at weight for age but she Is
a very uncertain animal, and heavily disap-
pointed her stable by her double defeat at the
Saratoga meeting BY Narragansett and Corscap.
ohe may however, take it into her head to try
here; IT so, she will De sure to be found in the
lrst rank OF horses past the post. NOrthumber-
land, full brother to Norfolk is lenently treated
with lU3 pounds on, and if there is anything in |
blood be ought now TO show it. He has hitherto |
been an unfortunate horse never having been |
thoroughly tt IN any of his previous races In |
the hands OF so clever trainer as Tom Patter- |
son, who has charge of the Preakness stable he
s sure to be brought to the post in the perfec- |
hon OF CONDITION.. Of the above. our preference |
IS for General Duke as the absolute winner
The second race is the champion stakes for |
three-year 0lds, $500 each, half forfeit, with |
y 500 added by the Jockey Club; the second |
horse receiving $500 out of the stakes The |
race is mile heats, and has thirty-eight sub
ieribers, so that the winner will receive a rich |
prize. The most likely starters are Mr.. Bel I
nOnts Glenelg, the winner of the Travis stakes |
1t Saratoga; Mr.. CamerOns InvercauId, or In |
Verniss; Mr.. JerOmes Rupture; Mr.. Hunt |
ers attraction; MessTs. Purdy & Withers Yes |
Ducius Col. McDanieis' Bonnie Lass, and one |
II perhapj two of Mr.. SanfOTd's seven entries. |
This race last year was won by Bayonet. beat
ng Australia, (secOndO Fanny Ludlow, st. |
Paul and La Polka; but this year the contest |
appears OF more open character, for there is ]
uperiOrity over the others as did last years /
winner. l