The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-11
NARRAGANSET PARK.
Close Of tho Autumn Mesting-Two Trots-Lady
Hughes the Winner Of the First, and
Goldsmith Maid the Second.

PROVIDENCE Oct. TO- 1870.
Tue CLOSING day of~the autumn trotting meeting
as Na'iasahsot fark was brilliant In the extreme.
Inc attendance was very large, the weather lovely
and the track In excslient condition. -
The first event was for purse OF $500 FOR norses
that had never rotted better than 2:45s825 TO orst
SIPS to second and $50 TO third horse Fourteen
entries were made for this. comprising W. O. Cha
pins bay mare Nancy Sykes, Benz. 8. Wricht,s
brown mare Moscow. Harrison Rogers bay stallion
Young Webster, VIM. La Roses chestnut mare
Fanny Kimble Thomas Carpenters black mare
Black Hawk, Alex. Patterson's bay mare Lady
Hughes w. II. M0ody's bay mare Nellie Morrison.
J. j. Bowers bay geldlng Farmer Boy, william II.
Borsps bay gelding Doubtful. w. II. Woodrun's bar
gelding Ray Stranger, Henry Fleets gray mare st.
Elmo, d. w. Beckler's bay horse Snawmur, Charles
Douglass black geldtng Brom Keeney and II. W.
Orcutt's black gelding COntraband. or these there
were withdrawn Contraband, Young Webster,
Doubtful, Nancy Sykes, Moscow Brofn Keeney.
Farmer Boy Bay Stranger, st. Elmo and shawmus.
leaving four starters. Lady Hughes over the field.
WAS the favorite four and dve to one.
The second event was purse OF 1900. for all
horses 500 to 1rst $1,000 to second and $500 to
third. Entered Tor this were william Dobles bay
mare lucy, Benjamin Daniels bay mare American
Girl. Charles Champlin's brown gelding George
Palmer. James D. McMann's bay geldlng Mountain
All started, and the lattor named great favor
ite ana left out OF the pools. The betting men fell
back on the horse to take second money TO invest
and for this place American Girl was the tavOrte at
300 TO 500 before the start. After the first heat In
which Lucy took second place, the fraternity lert
their first love and began to hedge by making her
the iavoriie under similar circumstances.
THE FIRST TR0T. ,
FIRST Hcns-Fanny Kfmble had the pole. Inc
Send-On was fair at the third attempt. On the
turn Black Hawk and Fanny Kimble left their feet
and Lady Hughes went to the 'front.' At the quarter
pole, passed IN thirty-nine seconds, she led ten
third, and Black Hawk last. Down the backstretch
the driver OF the Lady urged her still more, ana
when the half.rnic pole was reached, In 1I6.
she led over twenty lengths. Nellie Morrison
went into the air on the Cranst0n turn, and
did considerable running From this point TO the
wire tue order remained the same. Lady
aud winning the heat In STYLE Nellie Morrison SEQ
ond, her driver running ner IN to save her being dts
tanced Black Hawk ana Fanny Rumble were dis
tanced. Time OF the heat 2:3SH.
Second Hedk-Lady Hughes was tribe In front at
the word, and on the turn. Nellie Morrison breaking
up, Increased her lead to Ave lengths Az the quar-
ter p0e passed In thirty Eight seconds, the Lady
ten lengths In the advance guard. She made skip
on the backsretch but at the half mile POLE In ll6,
was fifteen lengths ahead. From TINS point the task
her her distance al tan c' rims q the heat. AGO : = W
ndassd II SSs 81 81 sr SAD Tns %
at the quarter pole was ten lengths to the 'front.'
Nellie was hopeessly beaten without great EFFORT.
manner, distancng Nellie, winning the heat and
race and having distanced the field. Time OF the
quarer thirty seven seconds; half iniie l:l3, and
the neat 2:32.
the following Is a ~
SUMMARY.
NARRAGANsEr PARK. Oct l0.-Purse $500, for
Ssa6 to the iirsI horse siS5 TO tile second and $50
10 the third; mile heats, best three IN i've, In hAI-