The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-01
FASHION COURSE SUMMER MEETING.
Splendid Track and Lovely
Weather for the Sport.

The summer trotting meeting at the Fashion
Course commenced yesterday afternoon and will
continue four days. The opening entertainment
consisted Of . team race for $4,000, divided into
three PARASITIC first horse To receive 81, 900 the
second 5000 and the third 5000. The race was mile
heats, best three In ive There five entries.
three OF which came TO the post. These were Hiram
woodrur's black team Jessie Wales and Darkness,
W. Borsts chestnut stallion Honest Allen and bay
mare Belle Strickland and Dan Maoe's bay stallion
Kirkwood and gray gelding Medoc The teams OF
q. A. Hickok and W. II. Saunders were out OF con-
dltion and did not appear on the track. The
blacks were great favoriJes previous to the start
their great record OF 2:27H at Narraganset
Park warranting the belief that neither OF the teams
they had to contend against had any chance with
them In this race They won the nrst heat In the
easiest manner poss BILE, and then one hundred to
twenty were laid on them against the field. After
the second heat which was won easily In style,
without skip or break, in 23l, there seemed to be
little interest manifested the race, as 1t seemed
certainty that the blacks would win and the crowd
began making preparations for start homeward.
The pool seller finding that he could no further
business on this race, commenced selling pools on
the 229 purse to be trotted for to-day when Jessie
Wales was bought for first choice, Dreadnaught Sec
ond Ed White third, Locust fourth, with the remain
ing six entries the ned.
lOiOWlnR are lew OF the pools S0d on the
team race previous To the START
THE BETTING
Jessie Waes and mate..$ll0 los 105 $50 100 100
honest Allen and mate 70 IS 20 70 a. 40
klrkwood aud mate. 80 rs II 40 80 45
THE TRoT.
First HeaL-Honest Allen and Belle Strickland
won the pole. Jessie Wales and Darkness the second
place, Klrkwood ana Medoc outside. The latter
team had The best Of the start, Honest Alien and
Belle second, Jessie and Darkness third yet all
close together Going around the turn Belle Sirick-
land broke up but she caught very soon not, how
ever, until the black team had taken the lead,
which they maintained TO the quarter pole length,
in thirtynine seconds, Honest Allen and mate
Along the stretch the blacks drew away another
length ana passed the half-mile pole two lengths
front in ll5la, Honest Allen and Belle Strickland
second, one length III front OF Kirkwood and Me-
doc. On the Flushing end Honest Allen and mate
until close to the ihree.quarrer pole when Belle
Strickland broke up, and daylight was again visible
lengths behind When the blacks came on the home,
stretch they troted last, and gradually left the 9TH
ers s eomng IN Winners e by Two Lengths ana ha
| length ahead Of Krkwood and Medoc. The time or
| the heat was 2:32A.
| Second Hedt-Jessle Wales and Darkness were
now 1avorites at one hundred 10 twenty over the
neld. The pool seller left the blacks out and sold The
| other teams Honest Allen aud mate having sigatty
| the call over KIrkwood and Meioc. the latter
| named team had the best OF the send-on Jessie
| Wales and mate second; bu they soon went to tho
| 'front.' with Honest Alien ana Belle strickland cose
up. The black team led two lengths to the quarter
I, pole In thirty seconds and half, Klrkwood
I and Medoc second. half length ahead OF Hon
est Allen aud mate, Going along the back
Hones en @ ana e o ea econG
| place and, trottng steadily, closed tri-
| Ne on the blacks They were however, nearly
trottng very steadily having nothing TO force them.
Medoc and mate broke up badly as they got into
| the Flushing end, while Honest Allen and Belle
troted very pretily but they had not speed enough
to close with the blacks the latter coming home easy
winners by two lengths Honest Allen ana the mare
| 2:31H.
Third Heat.-There was no betting on the race be-
tween the second and this heat. Honest Allen and
Belle Strickland had the best OF the start kirkwood
and Medoc next. and jessie Wales and Darkness
blacks went to the front and led one length
to the quarter pole IN thirty eight seconds
second, two lengths in front OF Kirkwood and MeGoc
| the latter having broken up near that point. Going
along the backstrech the blacks opened the gap and
were two lengths AMI half ahead at the nal mile
| pole, Honest Allen ana Belle second four lengths in
| front Of Kirkwood and Medoc. Time, l:l5a. From
winning, Notwithstanding that Honest Alien aud
! :. II f' seyctl ss1i,. % go tl,.htn- er' sr'
shaken Off on TIE turn INTO nc homesretch sud tue
blacks came hone winners ny three lgti1s, nakins
land were second four lengths front OF Kirkwood
and Medoc. The followinglsa
FASHION COURSE, June 3O.-Purse $4,000, for all
double teams, mile heats, best three In lve-S 200
to the first 5000 TO the second and 5000 to the tnird
| Hiram Woodruff entered blk. Jessie
Wales and blk. z. Darkness .............. l 1
| w. Borst entered Oh. 8. honest Alien and
| b. M Belle Strickland Observation-Disclosures. 2
| ID. Mace entered b. S. Krkwood and 2. Y.
Meaoc :n,o,a1 ;s.;,
| Maid and b. m. Ella formerly Fanny Fern dr.
| W. II. Saunders & Son enterelb b. z. Western
! New York and b. q. Tom Keeier formerly
| CayuBa VueiI '.''..'.... .....'..'....... Dr.
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