The New York herald., 1869-11-04
TRoTrING At IHE FASHION coUass.

capital trotting contest took place at the Fash
Ion Course yesterday afternoon between ave vcry
superior horses. The race was . sweepstakes foI
200. mile heats, best three in i've. In harness
which closed with six entries 1--WE OF them coming to
the post. These were !. L.Hornbeck's chestnut geld
ingW. w. H. Taylor, Dan Mace's bay gelding Dres-
deu Saunders bay gelding Western New York, p. Ma
nees gray geldng Mercer and W. Brownies gray
mare Lady Hamilton T. O'.Connor's black mare Lady
Wheeler was Withdrawn. The horses had four heats,
Dresden winning the frat and w. "a. Taylor the
three subsequent ones. The race into night, the
/ last heat being tr0tted In the dark, and the
time was not taken. The winner OF the race, w. II.
Taylor was the favorte over any OF the others pre-
| vious to the start and continued so after being
beaten the first heat. After the second heat he was
the favorlte against the field at even money and he
increased In favor as the race progressed Before
the start for the fourth neat he sold at hundred
| to twenty.
The race was . very interesting one from begin
| ming to end, and was much enjoyed by those In
| attendance. The weather was fne and the track
| IN capital condition After the third heat Mr..
| Saunders. the owner or Western New York, cnak
lenged any horse In the to trot him on Monday
next for $1,000 side. This banter was not taken.
| The following are the details OF the race-
| Erst Heat-w. H. Taylor was the favorte, wes-
tern New York the second choice Lady Hamilton
the next one wanted, Dresden the fourth choice,
Hamilton WON the %srer 81 the n secona
Western New York tnlrd Dresden the fourth place
and Taylor outside. The horses had struggling
Hamilton second, western New York third,
Mercer fourth and Taylor last. There was
| six lengths difference between the first and last
horse when the word was given. Dresden took
commanding lead around the turn. and went to the
ton, Mercer third, western New % YORK fourth Taylor
! bringing up the rear. Time to the quarter pole.
change or positions down the backstretch and when
they passed the fmie pole in llSk, Dresden was
Ger third TWO lengths in front OF western New York,
who was two lengths ahead OF Taylor. Going along
sna moe p 70 Western NW YoR
| and The latter commenced closing on Lady Haml-
ton. As they swung into the homestretch
second, Taylor third, Lady Hamilton fourth and
Western New York NTH. Getting into the straight
soon took second place, but the gap between him
| and Dresden was too great to be closed. Western
| New York passed Lady Hamilton ana Mercer fell
back and as the passed in front OF the stand
at the score Dresden led two lengths and half, w.
New York, who was length ahead Of Lady Hamii-
ton the latter leading Mercer TWO lengths. Time Of
second Heat-w. H. Taylor was still the favorite
Dresden the second CHOICE Western New York the
next in request while Lady Hamilton and Mercer
PEELED TO put the horses on line, as 1t was lmpos.
| siole to get the drivers to come up together Wnen
| the distance stand, Taylor was leading on break,
Dresden second western New York third, Mercer
fourth and Lady Hamilton far behind, not being able
to get away from stand with the others. Dresden
broke on the turn, and Taylor, who had recovered
second Dresden third Mercer fcurtn ana Ladv adv HAM
ton out OF the race. Taylor led four lengths to the
quarter pole IN thirty y-seyen seconds, Western New
York second, Dresden third, Mercer fourth, Lady
stretch western New York gained . triae on Taylor
and at the half-mle pole Taylor led three lengths
Western New York second, Mercer third,
Dresden fourth, having broken up again.
i:ia R CONG sE around the Flushins end % western stern
New York closed gamey, and the driver Of Taylor
Ing the art pole Western New York broke
up and Taylor got away from HIM again and came into
the homestretch two lengths in front. Western New
York closed again. but as ne came up the stretch ne
became somewhat entangled, and finally broke up,
and Taylor won the heat by two lengths in 2:3o.
Mercer was about three lengths behind Western New
York, who was four lengths ahead OF Dresden, Lady
Hamilton several lengths behind.
the field, at fifty to thirty. The horses again
put on a line. Taylor got away best and came up TO
llton third Dresden fourth and Western New YORK
NTH. Taylor opened the gap around the turn,
Hamilton second two lengths in front OF Mercer, who
was two lengths In advance OF Western New York,
having broken ap ION on the turn Time, thirty eight
seconds. Going down the backstretch Taylor kept
and Lazy Hamilton the hame pos the
two grays being head and mead. one length 10
front OF western New YORK, VINO was DalI lengtn
end Mercer trotted very fast and closed rapidly on
Taylor and was within two lengths OF him at the
three quarter pole. AS they got into straight work
Mercer broke up. which gave Taylor an Increased
advantage; but Mercer came again with rush
and the race was very close all the way to the
stand. Taylor won the heat by short length,
Mercer second. two lengths ahead OF Western New
stretch. Lady Hamilton was O good fourth, and
| Dresden was close up. The heat was very exciting,
particularly on the last half mile. lime, 1884.
Fourth Hea.-Tayor was great favorte against
but SIP. There was great waste Of time between
heats, and when the horses got the word 1t was so
dark that it was almost impossible to distinguish
them as they left the score They were soon
up the homestretch could they be seen. AS they
| passed the stand Taylor led by length, Dresden
| second, Lady Hamilton third, Western New York
fourth and Mercer NTH, all close together. The
judges for some reason decided that Western New
York third. The time OF the heat was not taken,
the Judge being unable to see his watch. The fol-
lowing Isl
SUMMARY
FASHION COURSE, Nov 3.--Sweepstakes, $1,000;
| mile heats. best three In five, in harness.
| l. J. Hornbeck entered 8. 9. W. II. Taylor.
NJ ROdin entered b. e. Dresden. .......... 2
w. Saunders entered b. g. western New
W. Brown entered 9. m. Lady Hamilton. 1 S s
| T. Nance entered 9. 6. Mercer. ...........
/ TIME.
| quarter. HalE Nile.
FIRST neat..... 3I5a lI3n 2:3OiA
Second heat. 81 1:lA ESQ
| Third heat ............. 3s lilo 2:331
| Fourth heat Time not taken
THE FIRST WARD MURDER.
| POsi-IIortem Examination.
| Dr. southarc, attached to Bellevue Hospital. who