Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-20
TIE RACES.

Interest Cnabated--Einca attendance
--PattersOn Winner in first Races
HembOld Victor in the Two Vile
Dash.
About two in the afternoon a cold North |
wind set in, which changed TO the North /
east, and blew cuttingly during the even
ing. A large number of visitors were sur |
prlsed without oyercoats, and shivered |
with cold. The sky was overcast with |
clouds, and the atmosphere boded snow
storm. Yet there was very fine attend
ance, nearly or quite equal to that of Mon
day, IN which the ladies were feature not
lass interesting than conspicuous. The
races were intensely exciting, not by rea-
son OF the time made, but the varying tide
OF success. The favorite lost heavily in
the first race, but succeeded with ease in
the second.
FIRST RACE.
Out of II entries six started In the
| pools the night before, in the morning, and
az the track yesterday, Bufords Zu-Zu was
the. favorite by odds against the field; Rich
ards Mickey Free FLY second, Pattersons
Vandal colt third, and then the field-175,
40, 20 and 10 being an average of the pools,
ana large number weres.soId.
/ A'H % dAtUt-- hLt1cY, u lutuSNcI VI
the field, took the lead and preserved it to
the half mile, when the1 Mickey Free, who
started third, came upand assumed the first
position. At the same time Zu-Zu also
came fromfthe fourth place and took the
second, leaving Mag in the third, which, in
the home run, was yielded to Patterson, she
coming in fourth, Jennie Sanford fifth, ttand
Virginia sixth, in 1:504.
| GaeaTH Ia0f--n11riOo he fiu1a fhe
pooling went on vigorously-which, at the
beginning was on the Mickey Free FLY,
Zu-Zu closely up, and the field nearly out
of the question, say Go, So, IA. But the
filly appreciated, and, at the close, the
, pools stood-the FLY 10, Zu-Zu 100, and
, the field 20. At the tap of the drum fol-
the start Zu-Zu and the FLY we're again in
, the lead, some 20 feet ahead on the first
leap, which was regarded as a decided adj
! vantage over their competitors. Entering
the second quarter the FLY turned down
| Zu-Zu, and both were overreached by the
; | Vandal colt, who maintained the front posi-
ton in remarkably fine run with the win
ner of the first heat, beating her a hall
| length in 1:3O-Zu-Zu third, and the rest
distanced.
= Third Heqt-The result of the second
c heat changed the aspect entirely. The
| purchasers Of pools previously were eager
' to make amends for mistaken judgment
I but were at loss how to do it. The first
{ sold was the FLY $40, the Vandal colt $50
: and Zu-Zu $26 The last showed the coll
ahead, the figures being 500, the FLY So
q and Zrl-Zu $40 The start was very good
The Vandal colt took the lead from the
T. start and maintained it throughout the
heat, which was the most exciting of the
day, and closed amid the widest shouts o
It the crowd, winning the race in 1:5l; the
FLY second and Zu-Zu third.
g SECOND RACE
= A dash of two miles, all ages for a $40t
purse, in which six started-Babcockt
o Helm6old Kilgour's black FLY by Mickey
Free, Conisk's Victory LIQUIDS Dicl
e Jackson, Franklin's CHI. c. by Meteor anC
q Ryerson's Betty Bay Helmbold was tn,
favorite, the black FLY second, Dick Jack
son third, Victory fourth, and the rest il
in the field.
e The start was an excellent one, jackson
! in the lead, Helmbold second, the blacl
flly third, etc The contest was plainly
7. between Helmbold and jackson, the latter
l, leading the first mile and quarter, whe1
he yielded to Helmbold, who led the las
three quarters and won the race easily il
OstD2 IllS DltACh my nCOOiAu1 fASeOAy I'LL "a
"a Jackson fourth, Betty Bay fifth, and Frank
II Inns colt sixth.
o. THE RACES TO-DAY,
The first is the Merchants Post Stalk
for 81, 600 besides entrance money-tw,
mile heats 1t is understood that Cross
q land, Charley Walker, Carrie Anterior AMI
. Helmbold, among the rest will run-som
:, Of the most noted horses now on tn,
e American turf, that have won laurels OF
= other fields with great eclat This vii
probably be the most interesting race o
the meeting. In the second race Their
will be distinguished contestants. Alto
gether the attractions will be unusual, ant
u | should draw q vast crowd