The New York herald., 1870-06-16

heartily into the excitement and interest Of the occa-
sion rs the sterner sex.
FIRST RACE.
Notably the event Of the day was the contest for
purse Of $4,000, divided into premiums Of $s,4oo,
1900 and 5000, and open to all horses The entries
were as follows :-Budd Doble Philadelphia names
b. m. Goldsmith Maid; Daniel Mace, New York,
names Lady Thorn Benjamin Daniels, New York,
names b. M American Girl Charles Champlin, New
York, names b; 8. lieorgs Palmer. !.
odsmii6 Ma,d on the outside 81 adv
Thorn was tncapacitated from trottng for reasons
which were not made "a public; Tne interest atsaclsd
Ss purse. Besldss this has bSen Considered as the the
a sasey II s
others basis upon which TO predicate the future
aaa M n ne ssTs %n was @
can Girl and Goldsmith Maid we're about even. The
Girl lifted her feet SO rapidly that she was soon in
Palmer, Goldsmith Maid two lengths in the rear
Palmer then lost lIs balance and plonglsa sbqy4s
Maid also broke. The half-mile was made In
ths same order. bns on the s,,l.9 homestretcn
roted splendldiy contestlng the fight with the Cir!
until she became nearly uilmanaseaole. Palmer
kept steadily at his work. gaining 50 much upon his
the victory. and, in fact the shorness Of the dis
tance to be accomplished only prevented hlm from
with the Maid, strained to The utmost, but the efforts
| Of the geldng were useless The Mad passed under
the wire ha Length IN SnS m Taer
| 35ts; mile, 2:25H.
Second Aeat-rhs horses were sent or at their
first appearance. Palmer quickly took the lead fol-
lowed closely by the Girl, who Tapped him closely.
All three horses then went of their feet, Goldsmith
] Maid losing two lengths From thence to the half
mile it was anybody race for the choice. The Maid
was not to be beaten in tnat way however, ana
speed % was here Witnessed down 70 the pole, past
| which came the Mald then Palmer, then the Ameri
foul driving against Daniels, which was settled in
satisfactory manner Time, quarter. 81; hall, 11o;
Tnird Heat.-George Palmer was full length be.
hind whenthe horses started OF for the third heat
but soon pnt himself on an even keel with his com.
paH sudden sSar and paed herself ensa
ahead the Girl Jogging quietly along In the rear.
within one length OF Palmer. These positions were
preserved down the homestretch. the Maid winning
the heat and race IN 2:2l; half 1:O9 quarter, Ban
seconds. George Palmer took the second money.
SECOND RACE.
| Another race In which there was considerable
| interest was the one for horses which had beaten
2;2s for a purse OF 5000, divided into premiums
sX nnq s
being Mr.. Crows Lady sheridan. oiliarttord, and
Hiram woodraif's Jesse Waies, OF Boston. The
| competing horses, therefore, were Saunders
Sons Western New YORK, OF Flushing, I: /; Q.
Hnl's W. II. Taylor, of Albany; O. A. Hlckok's Fanny
Lee of New York; L. 3. Browns Locust OF Proyi;
dence; Billy Woodrun's Sheppard Knapp, Jr and
! Dan Phler's Genet, OF New York.
First Hedi.-After scoring tu half dozen times,
the word was finally given ana the horses got ol.
eraoiy even start. Western New York took The lead
at the start and held it to the quarter pole when
Locust closed even, but onyto lose a moment, all
| the other horses meantime struggling length or
an hard s r rd ip poson Soon
after passing tne hall-mlle pole Locust made dash
Forward ana got the lead and kept It until the end,
In in the order named, viz.:-Taylor, second; Genet
third; Western New York, fourth; Fanny Lee. ffth,
ny.1A A,hQntn Ri lpianT
passed u sc, and tie half in i:is wa" ~ p''' "A'
Second Heat-fhe second heat Of this race was
Taylor took the start and Kept 1t until after pas ing
the quarer pole, the other horses being punched
bravey away round and by the half-mile POLE aud
the positions OF the others were unchanged.
Coming down the homestretch Genet and Tay-
1or were neck and neck, and the other horses,
nall length behind these, We're also eyen The eX-
sanS now wers @ n aa ns cheers from The
ritwOuld be a dead heat between Taylor and Genet,
but tile latter might have been half neck orsso
| ahead, for he was awarded the heat in 1882 and
! Taylor was declared second and Western New York
third. The quarter was made IN 26A and the half
7n,rd Heat.-After numerous tedious scorings the
word was given, and the horses got a fine send on.
Taylor early took the lead by q full length, but
Fanny Lee closed up soon and the other horses were
behind . IN lump. resembling four-in- hand.
the last turn ana won the heat short neck ahead
Of Fanny, who was running badly as she passed the
M STAND; Tne time was 2;s2, the quarter being sS1s
Fourth Heat-Locust took the lead in the heat
Lee and Taylor We're two lengths BEHIND e as ~
span and Western New York and Locust were fur.
ther behind and going neck ANA neck. At about the
hait-mle pole Lee came up second, and then Taylor
Close onaP amp TOOK the second neon place and finally
for FasnT % sSot was aena only
the advance and came in winner OF the heat amid
great cheering, in 2:sl The quarter was made in 35X
second, Western New York third, Genet fourth ana
TAYLOR @ ana nd Knapp were dIstanced.
but Fanny Lee got ahead early and at the quarter
pole was nearly full length In advance Of Locust
horses were stringng along behind seemingly with
no snow or M saving themselves rom being distanced
only momentary, for the latter pricked up before
reaching the stand, and won the heat by nearly q
| ,engtn W Z:59, Genet being second and Western
The quarter pole was passed in &c. and the half in
| StrM Heat-Fanny took the lead in this heat at
the start, followed by Genet couple Of lengths be-
hind, and Locust in the rear dozen lengths or
more. This was about the position all the way
round, Fanny taxing the heat in 2S9H, Genet being
declared second, and Locust barely saving his dis.
lance I1e quarter was made IN 38 seconds ana the
half in LII.
The race was now given to Fanny. in 1884, $3.50 ana
2:S91S, and the second puise was given to Locust
WHO had won two out Of the six heats
THIRD RACE.
, dne contest lor horses that had never beaten 25o
Bockier. Boston, names br. e. Shawmut d. Bigley
cambridge names 8. g. Daylight; Il. l.. NOrcrOss
augusta, Me-, names b. s. Robert Bonner; Mr.
RRolen New York names b. g. Charley Green; J. L.
TSSy Tpoty, Freehold, N:J names br m. Lady Augusta.
1000, 500 and $780, Robert Bonner drew the
inside, Green second, Dayl ght third, Shawmut |
Iourth ana Lady Augusta outside.
FU'st Hedt.-Four Intellectual attempts were made |
TO come together at the line before the word "o''
was given. At the start the Lazy was somewhat |
ahead, but, having the outside, she aDored under |
great disadvantage Charley Green under Rodents |
skillu driving, verged ahead, the others strug-
Cling behind. On passing the quarter In thirty.nine
seconds Charley Green broke badly and Bonner took |
The pole, and from thence to the halmile pole there
was spirited contest between Lady Augusta and |
the the Augusta horse, ending by the former taking
tno tne lead. s The animals then logged along tie
NUT on the dead run to save their distance.
coming down the homestretch the same positions
were relatively observed. LADY Augusta coming