The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-28

| FLY won in two straight heats: 3;t24-3:4S4. On
| the second dny it blew Q gale dt wind, and the
going was very had. The first raSe-a dash Of a
| mile-was won by Agnes Donovan. daughter Of
! Lexington and Little Peggy beating Rishseu.
Jenny c., Nelly Gwynne and General Mcmahon
! in I'm. AIS. But this was GeIsral McMahons
| time; he came in first, but h51 swerved and
crossed Rchelieu in the bomesiretch so close to
constitute foul. The next rae ei was three milo
heats. for purse OF slO00. For f,is. contrary TO
| the expectation OF many peopleF Captain Moore
! entered Priyateer in preference u Fanny Cheat
ham. The other runners we're Btmarck aud The
| Painter, horse by Van Dyke ouf1f Temptation,
| BY imp. Trustee. Captain moorge big bay horse
won il IN two straight heats, S4 dstsnced The
Painter in the first; but the tins was GLOW, $50,
and in the next heat IL was 7l2A n A the captain
afterwards explained to rs, Prigbieer viii go as
slow as aDybody's horse when lib is not pressed,
and Bismarck left it IN this heat tea OF quar-.
ter of mile, after csn.ering twSmiles aad three
quarters. In this he was unable 10 catch the son
Of Lightning. g.
On The third day Jonesboro bdp. Edinboro and
Red Bird in q hurdle-race, welter weights, two
miles and eight Jumps, In I'm. l9f9. Edinboro ap-
pesred 20 make close thing of II as be finished
at Jonesboro's quarters. but the latter was under
strong pull and could have come right away
anywhere in the race. The secdnd race was
dash Of two miles, for all ages. The runners were
the Ohio gray mare Nelly Gywhne. iby Bonnie
Scotland, and the horse Beacon, by Lexington out
of Baylesf. The horse won 1t In d canteT II 4:05l.
The lsst race-mile heats, for all ages-was won
BY Malcolm, very good horse for that distance
by Bonnie Scotland. He beat Agnes Donovan,
Mollie Ingerso. and Joe Johnstc in two heats:
l:s4l-l:53@. On theffonrth dE the track was
muddy. The first race, mile Al half for all
ages. was won by General MoSAhOn. who beat
Chickamsugs, Jennie G. and Lewis Z. Smith in
3.04. FanDy Chesthem then beht Veto ia two
straight heais-two-miie heats fpSl-4:l03. On
the eth day the weather was bad but the running
coed. Jennie c. beat Agnes Donovan. Bismarck.
Clcksmauga, Lewis u. Smith, and lie Noir, a
horse by Knight OF s.. George ont OF Blonde by
Glencoe. II was q mile end qu}rter won 10 2ni.
z4ls she second race was ats heat, three 10
five, ard General McMGhon won il In three straight
heats, beating Malcolm end ice Johnston time,
ISL l:524-l:5S4 The grand event of the
meeting came of on the last day. Ii was
the Turf Congress Stake of $4,000 each, with
$1,000 added, aud the CballetEe Whip and
spUrs-four nile bests. The runnjfs we're Captain
Mo0re's Privateer for the Metairi& Club and Az.
mes Donovan for the Memphis Assdcistion. twas
20 TO on the horRe, as he had bean tried high 90
the Fair Grounds Course and had dbne even better
than they had expected. II wad run IN a rain
storm over q muddy course, and the horse being
called upon in the last mile distauSfd the mare In
SIN. 2os. The last race mile heaii three in five
was won by Joe Johr s.on in four heats. BismareS
wen the third. but in the fourth Twas dstsnced
Veto also started. The fastest he3t was I:57. the
first. On the 18th Of April therl wss An extra
cay 3 racing at the Metsirie. Wijnhunt beat the
colt by Daniel Boone, out ofthe Brlwn Dick mare.
10 three heats; the latter won TIE first Time
-2:063. The second rate was handi.
cap, mile heats won by a colt got " Endorser ont
Of mare by Glencoe, 10 two heats; he beat The
Painter ana colt by Yandyke out of mare by
Boston.
he spring meeting at Memphis began on tho
27ih cf april. The weather had seen very WEI
and the track was deep in mud II the first race.
mile heats, Agnes DonOvsn beat Viola, n mare bv
isck Malone, in two straight he1ts-2:O4-2:O9
N the second race--a stake fort all ages mile
Keats. three in fve-the famous PAT Mgllov by
Lexington out Of Glorisns, by Eclipse proved a
tubboTn slayer. and won in five Heats Besides
Pat Malloy, Nelly GwyDue, Trensd and Cleburne
iarted In this race. Pat won the 1frst heat and
Selly Gwynne was second. Tranlt won the sec
nd heat. and Pat wss second. Nelly Gwvnne-
en- the third. and Transit and CleAurue were ais
anoed. Pat halioy thcn beat IL mare in the
oulth and fifth heats. Time, l. D. 2:0l-2;O2-
ON the second day, at Memphil Ontario beat
ea Gull, by Bill Cheathsm, in two Irsight heats
:093-2:l3. And Joe johEston isat Veto and
beta, by Vandal twc.mile heats Va two straight
ests- 4:2l-4:2S. The course " i very muddy
nd slippery.
On the third day. Pat Malloy ion the Sonata
y eepstskes, two miles, beating E1ia b. Shelby.
FLY by Shelby and Fanny M5,re hy Bonnie
eoilsnd-4:0sS. On the same dan Malcolm beat
III Forrest. by RiGw6iha, and IS elfoot by Re-
sTve, nile heats, in two heats. lIssefoot was
lstanced in the first. Time, I:56-i :56l
On the fourth day the course LA greatly i'm,
roved. Joe Johnston beat Trsjtit mile heat,
nee IN i've IN three straight heatJLl:l9b-I:j4-
o3 Malcolm then bee; Jack GsIjbIe, Jr. Msss
ne by Australian, and Sea Gull Il two hea ~
5l-l:52. Sea Gull was iistanceEia the secaa
eat. On the fifth day. at two'mih heats Chicn
manga heat Pat Cleburue and AgHs Donovan In
y straight beats. and the mare WIS dislanced In
re hrst-3:b03-3:f5. On the So H. dav the fillv'
y Bonnie Scotland out Of AlamoEe beat Wiser.
mt ard Elgin mile heats;i in twekleats-l:5II-
5l4 On the sixth day, MagazineIby Australian
Eat Viola, by Jack Malone mile{eats in three
'a's. Viola won the &c cOnd. TheIme wasI:53
534-l:5s4. The next race was "a. mile heats
lneIal Rousseau by Copmodor4 who had not
n since Prvateer settled him at Mobile heat Joe
huston and Veto in two straigh 1beats-5:541-
30. Nelly GHynne won the last Ne of the meat
8, mile heats, in two strash heNs beating tSill
rest. Jack Gamble, Jr., audi Theta. Time,
I he next place was Nashville, vi ere the spripr
eetlf g began on the eta Of Nal In the 6rsf
ce Elgn. by Shelby out Of Lady ang distanced
lnovsn. by Bulletin, in the FIRST at-I;57I. In
g next rnce. mile heats OOltawa Iby AIbion ont
mare by Sovereign, beat Pat eburne, Nelly.
Fyune and Maggie uunier, BY Hkustrslian In
aight heats. The latter was ID tanced in the
1:554-l:533 On B. seeond dav
1 halloy walked over Tor the &, 4lberiand stake
}. l, and Maggie Hunter beat G II raj Roussean
ieksmauga aud idslil two mile 400. On tbe
y cay Pat AaIloy beat Gotta 4. Little Edieb
B0IBie scotlsnd) Viola Jack Ba,a Inv ,.an
Idipg) and Magazine, mile ai a o1a.ter in
-. In The next race Chickar Eu0a heat C,n.
=, by Highlander. and Maggie + n9er' two mile
ats In three heats. Conflict I h, The r,iJdIs
it-iime, $500. 3:544, 400 tsirmisher hv
yslty cut of woodbine, by il xington" heat
~. ~ I1i.n, DohoVsh, ard EglnS nile heats in
I,ss n. neat-i:oz4 l;o5. On fourth day
Iso D. sCI, nlne hesis thfee 4 five, beating
.l, I "a. az C ~ Coblct and 4ichamauga In
y heats. Conflict wen the first IS tba old son ~
ZION the other three l:5IS-I:s8-I. LIS
Iy Gwynne then beat Viola Ne, azjne and pa
buine. mile heats in stfaielt beatsI.5s
- s4. ehu 81 mAla walked over r. the Cumber.
= ,t nc w. 4 IDS cot lad prO1ad himself the
I that had yet appeared dufinl The wear AZ a
e.y ear old.
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~ ~ ni 81 hnteung 10 me vicuiity1f New York,
sohI; ne Ne Sptlng, which fne after those
80. We" UIisans' memphis 5nd Nashville.
= DDS, to carry ninety pounds3 n wa earl
9o,b ~ o tu1 oungs'ers IS The rises began on
j. ~ ~, ~ 10y, ~ One OF the cOldEft ana wettest
%, I'M ~ ete. was seen IN US part Of the
ine "Iuner was Bonnie fss Who bsst
a 81. - a. s'ou GA. Oh MHdret, by Glencoe,
no ny " DIeeA'nIioe out Of Mfrrissey's dam.
go; ,ass ~ one OF the last of she get of Mr.
be al all surprised if che shoub train an ana
~ ss ~ oe one VI lhe rest thas the imported.