The New York herald., 1870-10-14


distributed to his friends with much benevalencc,
and he says 70 MAJOR Bacon:-"MJor, wont you
come up and take q look At the race rom the D0x
heroy You can see through giass better mp hore
We have some splendid field glasses here, and they
carry very long distance" Az
ia Perichole' and then ladies, olad In all
the glory OF their fall toilets pass TO ana fro In the
o o
camps to the youthful Jockeys begin 70 out up pigeon
wings and descrlbe cartwnesis, throwing their
them in the most ludiorous fashion. For
three cents any Of these boys viii stand
Gn e nss ns Win snS proes 0s o wsSsa sn &
peck OF potatoes or leap SIX hurdles In quick sue sue
Ssssion Inc manner IA Mnic1 sney raise neir
truly charming, and the manner in which they pick
up stamp or eat sandwich Ia natural ~ nature
ITSELF The policeman who has these Wild black imps
In charge during the progress Of race becomes In
certain ways raving maniac nom the antics which
Most particularly do they enjoy themselves IN an
Illicit and most reprehenstble manner, when the
track Is heavy after rain, and the jockeys. having
know Them, rde UP 70 the judges stand covered all
over with mud and honeycombed with slime from
head to toe. Then the young demons shout and yell,
and ding legs and arms about wildly, as II they
knew not what to do while the policeman - forced
and Captain Wilson, who has charge OF the track.
Ia compelled TO hallo0 at them, "Why don't Eyou
keep STILL you Internal young scaInpsS What do you
meanr
The Racing.
The track was in the most awful condition
imaginable from the heavy rains OF the previous
day. and the time tables win present an unfayorable
record for the horses engaged. Tne programme
announced six races for the days entertainment,
four Of which only really came Oh, the others being
walk over and forfeit. The nrst race on the card
was for the Members Cup. the riders 70 be members
OF the American Jockey Club. There were but two
entries for the race j. K. Lawrence's bay Rap
turc with 142 lbs. up, and q. Livingston's brown
horse Climax, who was weighed at I55 lbs. This
load being more than was supposed the old horse
could carry through the mud, mis- owner Withdrew
him, and Rapture gallopped alone for the cup aud
the honors.
The second race was one OF two mile
heats o sweepstakes which closed with four
entries. These were Bacon d Hollands bay
mare Mamie Douglas John O'DOnnelI's bay
colt Hsric, D. McDanies bay mare Oakleaf and T.
w. Doswels bay flly Midday. When the bell rang
for horses to ap pear Mamie Douglas and Harlc
were the only two that came forth, the owners CT
the others not liking tn journey the unfayor
able circumstances. The race was won by Mamie
Douglas, after three heats, which might have been
ended In TWO had the owners OF tho mare allowed
her Jockey to have kept up strong running through
out the second heat as Harlc quit badly after going
tanced him easily As 1t was, she was pulled d0u.
bic. and suffered Haric to get inside the ag On the
third heat ne wa: beaten before ne rescnsd tne
hand gailop. Haric is not repeater; he Is but
second rate dash horse at best In his present FORM
He should be let up until next spring. when, having
more strength and age he may be OF more profit 70
hi8 owner.
Of which came bravely to the post These were
Charles Litteaed's bay horse Edenton Z. ": Wal
Gens brown horse 0%s J. bay
Athlone and d. McDanels bay mare Oakloaf.
Edenton and Climax made capital race from be-
The distance was mile ana fve.eighths. - Rapture,
Oakleaf and Athone were badly beaten.
tnree.year.oIds contended for D. purse Of $500
mile and quarter, and the running throughout waa
as fine as could be wished: The entries were John
brown colt by Donerale, Clark Il Grfnstead's bav
nny Flash Of Lightning Baccn Holland's
mt ally Hiiarity, ana T. W. wsiden,s chest
nut ally Echo. Lady Petry won the race, the
Lady Petry Is improving, and next year will make
racer. She is noble, large strong lilly. with nne
racing points ana and. ought 70 improve win age we
colt name ~ once, and not wait until he wins
race before christening him. Ii Win not do to cali
The ffth race was dash OF ,hree.auarters of a
mile between three twoyear-olds, d. u. Wtthers'
Roger ~ and pennison bay co by Cen
sor. The bennington soon disposed OF the others
and cantered home. This nlly, with proper care,
must make first class racer as she mas all the
attributes Ior speed-size, form and gait. She has
run three times Winning twice, .,s ,,,,v.un -,
Belmont's chestnut colt BY the sea, ny Thormanby,
dam Bernice, and Dennison 4 Crawiord's bay colt
Messrs DennisOn Crawford paying forfeit.
The following are the details OF the racing, as i
THE FIRST RACE.
MEMBERs' Cur HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES or $50
each, play or pay with $3.50 added one mile ana sn
j. X Lawrence entered b. M Rapture, by
Lapidist, dam Parachute, years old, 1t2
G. livingston entered br. h. Climax, oy Bal.
rowne, dam Jewel, aged. 155 lbs. DIR.
The owner Of Climax withdrew his horse. the
track being so neayy that he would not risk race
with such crushing weight as 155 lbs up, and Rap
ture walked over for the prize The track resembled
sales will show the feeling or the spectators before
1t was known that Climax would not START
Climax. $3.50 l20 200 BIO 200 400
isaptule......... ...... iVo lvo ISo ON zVJ ooV
THE SECOND RACE.
SWEEPSTAKES OF $50 each, play Or pay, with
second horse the third TO receive 500 out of the
isssa Dsssa Afaei aeS$ad Ws ssnEessa Essi M Mamie
Douglas by Rogers, dam by Wagner.
years old, 105 lbs. ...... ....:.......... l.
John 0Donnell entered b. c. Harc, BY Aus
D. MCDANIEL entered B. M. OaKleaf, By Oak.
land, dam Seizure, years old, los lbs..... DIR.
T. W. boswell entered b. f. Midday. by
Eclipse dam Ninette, years Old 92 lDs... DIR.
Time, 3.I9-3:5,-40ll,.
THE BETTING.
Before the stnrt.
Mamie Douglas. sl55 100 400 $50 500 500
1Ai''' 1tier FeSs HSot. ''' ''0 'i' '0'
Haric.. s4O0 200 $50 SIS 500 400
Mamie Douglas. l80 30 t35 295 235 2lO
After the second heat the odds were one hundred
to ten on Mamie Douglas without takers.
THE RACE.
First Hent-Haric and Mamie Douglas were the
only horses that came to the post Oakleaf and Mid
day not being willing to run the distance through
Df
of, and led two lengths to the turn but before he
reached the upper part OF the track Mamie Douglas