The New York herald., 1870-09-01

tne stretch and she was az Lucy's head, wnen posn
broke uTA The Maid recovered first and coming
IN s1x dsorse wes ~Sn %as ten "ier lengths
Lucy he never having made the slightest enort 70
keeHup with the Others after passing the quarter
Second Heat Wilkes had a nne send.ofr. Lucy
Second. Goldsmith Maid close up. The atter soon
took the lead and going around the upper turn LED
one length Wilkes second two lengths aneau Vi
| Lucy. At the quarter pole Goldsmith Maid ea two
lcnsths. in thlrty-seyen ana ban seconu5 wilkes
| second a length ahead or Lucy Going down the
Dacsstretch Lucy went up ana passing Waes loon
second place. goldsmith Maid had at tnls time our
| lengths the advantage. Before she reached the
I hafInle Lucy had, however, shut up the daylight
10 Two lengths. That point was passed in l:il1,
tle Maid leading two engShs, Lucy second, three
lengths ahead Of Wilkes Going around the lower,
| turn Goldsmith Maid again opened the gap on Lucy
and the latter breaking up as she entered the hor
stretch, Wilkes overlook her. Goldsmith Maid nad
at this time lead OF half dozen lengths. which
tween Wilkes and Lucy up the stretch Tor second
place, tue mare coming IN TWO lengths IN front OF
him. The time OF the neat was 224.
THIRD Heas-Wtlkes had the best Of the start
uoldsmith Maid second aud Lucy tniro. Going inro
me upper turn Goldsmith Maid ruseed 10 the mont
In thirty-sevcn ana quarter seconds, Lucy second
one length ahead OF Wilkes. On the backsiretch
Goldsmith Maid trotted very fast and opened gap
OF four lengths but before she reached the halimle
polo one-nalf OF the daylight WIGS closed up by
!, time Lucy led wilkes foar lengths. Goldsmith
MGd passed the bal-mile pole IN li2A, two lengths
aheau OF Lucy, VINO was iouf engtns N !, ront OF
on the lower turn, and, gaining, was al her shou
ders when they entered the hOmesLretch she, how
ever, could not keep thar rate OF speed any longer
and broke up as she entered the stretch. She broke
up second, ana this sealed her fate. She trotted
galneiy afterwards but Goldsmith Maid had gained
too great an advantage to be overtaken, and she
came home an easy winner 10y two lengths, making
the heat IN 2:25. George Wilkes was three lengths
behind Lucy.
THE SECOND TRoT.
SAME DAY-GENTLEMES'S CUP, valued AT $500,
donated by William M fieies; mile heats, best three
IN flyc. harness..
William Jarvis entered blk &. Black Crook. ...l
William Is. BOTTOMS entered b. &. JonnDy. dis.
J. NJ. Hammll entered b. N. Mary ............. DIR.
l.. DE " Wilder entered b. g. Louis. is............dr.
ii. Harley entered ch. q. Harry dr.
TIME.
quarter. nay. Nile.
THE BETTING
on this race was hundred to forty oD Black
Crook over the field, but there was little done among
the spectators even at this long odds.
THE TROT
First EeGt-Al the entries, with the exception of
Black Crook and Johnny, were Withdrawn. Black
Crook and Johnny mad a good start, soon after
which both broke up, but johnny never caught
until Black crook had passed the quarter pole,
which he did in forty five seconds. Hickok then put
Johnny into clean run, and he made pretty good
time for Quarter Of mile. after which he stopped
again. Black Crook was TWO hundred yards ahead
at the half mile pole IN 1261a Johnny then struck
trob, and went around the lower turn pretty well
but soon as ne goG on the h0mestrech he stopped
tr0tting and danced a breakdown. Black Crook
logged home two hundred and fifty yards ahead OF
The great morJhcation o! his owner and friends.
Black Crook Is fine looking. clean stepping horse,
and could have trOtted very fast, had 1t been re-
quirec In the race.