The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-01
IROrTING ON F1sHION co URsB.
A Double Team Race-A Good Race Won
by Jessie Wales aud Darkness Time,
2s32 81 2t3t 1-2, 2i31 81.


Yesterday was the opening day Of the summer
meeting on Fashion Course. It will extend to and
include Monday next, the Fourth Of July, There
a good attendance, which would have been
much larger but for the fearfuly hot weather. The
stanls and balconies CT the clue house were well
fled, while the inside grounds were graced by many
carriages tenanted by ladies'
The event Of the day vas double team race,
which is always attractive. It was for purse Of
$4,000. mile heats. best three in Ave. The entries
were IL Wnodrun's Jessie Wales and Darkness;
W. Borsts Honest Allen and Belle Strickland; ID.
Mace's lakewood and Medoe o. A: Hickok's Cuya-
hoga and Eda; and W. N. sanders's Western New
appear and start. The field len In consisted Of
three pairs. The following is the result;
SUMMARY.
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W Bosis c6, ;. Honest Alien and en- IN.
D. n Mace. . s. kriwooo;d and Z Mtdoc.
feSk N GyaSGs % S9G IA ksa f HSa
kceIe. were entered, hn did NOT start.
Iime-3:SsR 2:5lb 23iA.
THE RACE.
This iacc had excited much interest, as some Of the
horsc~ engaged Ncsc IN the great team races OF My site
apei S out Mats mat La Sfe ye
o %SeH I"yS eeeT w. GsSS Ses oi ne year but f
and License compes the time OF crack teams this year
Before start Jessie Wales and Darkness were tho
faNorrs al about 10 10 agHilt the nCld. klrkwood
with lis then mate License had beaten Wales and
Darkness al Narrnennsett but now Medoc IN the
Tie odds against Allen and Relic 10 to 3, and
against kirkwood and Mtdoc to !. Budd Dobe drove
| Wales add natSne'' B9rst, Alien and Bcie; and
| Mace, hTkw BOD ana Ncloc. In drawing Tor the IN
tde o. pole, Allen ami Belle cot H. Wales ana Darkness
fccond, AID klrkw nod aud Mcdoc outside.
FIRST HEAT.-kirhwood ana Medoc led or. with
| nec headed, and Wales and Darkness came scconi.
good squirt sent the later pan ihe 'rpnt AT q
quarter toewnerc lhey lvl " en-.hh, other pairs
he aud his mate icl 10 third place once .ettci INTO
tlis order there change out for the whole Aclt
wales and Darkness. heading all through hy one 10 two
turn, and gol AZ - WaiesH wheel but Belle went To
lcak, and the contest was over, Mcdoc bIoNC al
Through the heat an3 ihnu.. he "a nate Wadr close
thing oi q wiil Alien and 70 r, neither lhi chanc
against yes aud Darkness. Iimc-Qualtcr 50; hali,
| syc6Sn iE.THodds were now G tot on Wales and
first away, "a Wats sud parNncss took tnem IA han
the turn, and soon cut hem down and went 10 the
lad. From thcuce ont Wales aud parkncss siici
m"rrv along win good mont Of aCouuc OF lcug ne,
and carried 4 home, winning easily Allen and BE "a
were second nearly al through Belle skipping some,
WHALE Medoc was running nearly all the time, and he
ant lis mate were beaten ont by OuT lengths. Tine
Quarter St nalL liljA; mite 23ld.
Third HEAT.-lhCre was now no more betting On
getting away, Allen ami Belle led but Wales and Dark
the outfoOted and headed and were never
IT, aud went home winners of Tue heat by three lengths
Medoc again was running oil tao heat rendering Knh.
WOODS great power useless. And Dele was nearly a.
had matlnK OIL Tue EFFORTS Of Allen vain Had Kirk.
wood aud Wien been paired they would have made hot
work for Wales and Darkness, 1ine-Quarter, 80 /
half. l;l5Si mile, GIlk.
moneys Allen aud Belle strickland second place and
money and kirkwood, third place and money.