The New York herald., 1869-06-09

lady and drawn by one gray yoked with fine chest
sS Sherman SSs,e Uo turnea out neat M equpase. Mr.
Ii. Adams, with ladies' was whrled on In nne open
MccSum drove the -four horse
Filth avenue. Mr.. Bathgate. .qord Of the manor'
in Fordham. was there. Mr. Cranston and ladies
| Governor Hoffman was noticed. Mr.. Stonton Mashed
fourin-hand and we noticed in addition, Judge
Sheriff Lynch, Colonel Todd, John IcCiave, James
Watson, DR.. Weldon, Robert Brown Captain Moore
note NOTE attended, So that the progress Of the sport
came on eventually In the presence OF really bril-
aa o.
ened, the races were commenced on the sOggy with
spirit. earnestness and win Ito do or dle''-if
necessary-which are set forth In our enumeration
OF the different struggles given below. Captain
Wilson had charge Of the police force ofllcef Bar
balet OF the Twenty yeghth precinct, being on duty
as IN former years, At the club house.
The Racing.
Promptly at the appointed hour, three O'Clock
the racing commenced. The track was in most exc
cradle condition from the heavy rain that fell
hour or two previously, and at the time the first
race was called was fetlOcK deep In soft mud, rem
derng all attempts at fast time impossible. Yet the
running was good IN every race, though 1t was OF
character TO upset the calculations OF those who
thought themselves sufficiently posted on the horses
entered to form an accurate Judgment. Many Of
them lost heavily, as the ravortes did not come
quite up to the standard OF their hackers, except in
one instance, that OF the selling race, which Flora
McIvor won. and were uniformly beaten
There were four races on the programme, all Of
which were run the first being miie heats; the sec
ond for the Westchester Cup. dash Of two
miles and quarters the third selling race, and the
fourth dash OF mile and an eighth, for three year
ods In the mile heat race there were seven entries,
all OF which came to the post. They were Colonel
McDanie's pay horse Red Dick, John O'Donnel,s
hray II McCo =
sons bay horse yauXhall. L. b. Hollands bay geld
chestnut horse Metairie. Red Dick won the race.
taking the first and third heats much to the aston
The struggle IN the first heat lay between Red
Dick and vauxhall. The second heat Red Dick did
gSI p as2 @ Sae luggss 4 gas w EHn 2augna x f. r.
this heat Meaire was left at the post at the start
He followed on, however for q quarter Of a mile,
the others in the race @ his Rider pulled him up In
the third neat all the horses were out Of the race ex
eePmg Red Dck and q whom
Jockey Club. The issue now lay between Red Dick
and Connolly, and the betting was heavy on it, and
heat was an interesting affair for about threequar
ters Of mile, during which It was well contested,
but after that Red Dick seemed to have 1t all
his own way, and came home an easy winner or the
heat and race.
The second race the Westchester Cup which was
the feature Of the day, capital race, although
not so many horses started IN II as was expected
from the number OF entries. There were nineteen
entries for this cup, only five OF which put in ap
pearance. They were:-J. J. O'Fallons bay ny The
Banshee Thos. Buford's bay colt Pleasurevle John
O'Donnell's chestnut colt General Duke Thomas S.
Nichols brown colt Abdel Kader andJ w. Weldon's
chestnut horse Local. The race was won by The
part although the principal struggle lay between S
The Banshee and Pleasureyille. Local, who was the
avorte In the race, after 1t was ascertained that
Lancaster had declined 1t on account OF the muddy
condition OF the track was the last at the finish, and
sadly disappointed most OF his ardent admirers. The
rnn or ffaA admin lu nj
though she was thought 10 be or so little account
TO have sold very low IN the Dools previous to her
victory bringing not more than 500 IN pool OF
The third was the selling race. This race is
SO called on account Of the horses being assigned
fixed value and their weights are regulated in accord
ance with it, For this there were three entries only
j. W: WeldSns pay % mare Flora % Mcly9r carrying io4
carrying 10l pounds. and +. Morris chestnut colt
Boaster, carrying ninety-six pounds The race was
capitally contested race for mile ana hall, when
ElSra Mely9r SG,d t9Qk decided ead which brought
The fourth race was q dash Of one mile and an |
@ @S AE GSs sns pS rns1 4sS ssls ssn Mr.
fnsiP' e. w. sS MT Sas%n 1 S|' NJ
and sp0vf5 Bowie wfGps Bay cot cot. o0Ges
o'Fallon's colt BY head. The conduct Of vespu-
cus In this race was very singular. while his run:
and great racing powers. During the race he bolted
twice, once after passing the quarter pole when he
again ON the lower lowe M turn yet yet with With both these mus
haps he ran through the horses on the homestretch
and came IN winner IT,, by head Tas was another tn
horse not thought OF among the starters he being
merely sold as fielder, no one dreaming that he |
had the most remote chance OF success or that he |
would have any other position than the heel OF the
hunt" Mr. 0'Fallons colt was the favorite, Glen |
gary the next in favor, then Legatee and Inveru-
gas and all the others comprised the field. In point
OF interest this race was equal to any OF the others,
ana was particularly satisfactory except 10 those
who had taken the iavorites against the held.
We VIII now proceed to give the details OF the rae
ing, commencing with the mile heat race, which was |
JEROME PARK June s.-Premium $500, for all ages. |
mile heats; second horse TO receive the entrance |
ID. McDaniels entered b. h. Red Dick, by
Lexington, dam Alabama, years old.
J. ODonnel entered br. h. X. B. Con-
molly, by Lexington, dam Lucy Fowler,
Mcconnei e Ia thompson entered b. c.
yauxhall, by Lexington, dam Verona, |
by Yorkshire, years ld.............. no.
L. b. Holland entered b. q. Corsican, by |
Uncle Vic, dam by Sovereign. TO.
Bowie Hall entered ch. C. Viley by I'm
Gle Vic dam silver star: r:......:....,.. 8 TO.
J. J. 0Fallon entered br. I. Alta vela by
van6al, dam Filagree, years DID,. r.o
X. w. Walden entered ch. h. Metairie, by
Star Davis dam Katona, years old. =. dis.
Time l:50Sl-1:50h-1:54k.
First Uedt.-Ihe betting was very brisk on this /
race, vauxhali selling highest bringing $500, Alta
Nea the next In favor at sl25, Mataire the third
choice at ss5 Red Dick fetching ss5 and the field
S45. The start was very fair one Tor so many |
horses, although Metarie, Wiley and Il. B. Connolly
did not get away as quickly as the Others Red Dick |
took the lead Alta Ycla second vauxhall third Cor
sican fourth, X. B. Connolly nth, Meaire sixth and
Wiley last They ran sharply around the turn In that
way and passed the quarter pole without changing
positions As they came down the hill facing the |
grand stand they closed up well and IA they made |
the turn OF the blun Red Dick was clear OF Alta vela
who second one length In front OF vauxhall the
latter half head OF Corsican who length In ad-
vance of X. B. Connolly, Metairie sixth aud Wiley |
seventh Turning TO the right they ran at q good
pace around the lower turn, Red Dick
with Nauxhall close at her heels and |
evidently beating her; Corsican was fourth one |
length behind Nauxhal but two lengths In front of
Wiley, who led Connolly length; Metairie seventh
one length behind AS they came up the home