Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-02

John r. Yley's b f. Twinkle, by Uncle
Vic. dam imp. Silver Star, by Kingston.
L. A. Smiths b. C. Regent, by imp.
I, Bonnie Scotland, dam Lady Lancaster, by
imp. Monarch. 5a.
John Frsnklin's b. G., by Lexington,
dam Linda, by imp. Scythian. h9ii,m 3
A. Keene Richards CHI. f Ida Grissom,
by War Dance, dam the dam of Bette
Ward, by WhalebOne. ba- I
Regent sold first choice in the pools,
bringing $3.50, while Catina sold for $l2e,
Twinkle for $50, Franklin's gelding for
$50, and Ida Grissom for Sl5. -u I
FIRST HEAT-The drum tapped at the
second attempt at start, and away the
five horses went, with Catina leading,
Twinkle second, Grissom third, Regent
fourth, and Franklin's gelding lest. At
the turn they were all pretty veil together,
with Catina leading by length, and
Twinkle and Regent struggling for the
second position. From the performances
of the horses as they rounded the upper
! turn, 1t was evident that the race lay be-
tween Catina, Twinkle and Regent; the
two others had no business in it. Catina
maintained her lead to the quarter pole,
and past that point, but on entering the
straight work on the back stretch, Twinkle
and Regent brushed up to her, and not
desiring to make her fight there, Catina
allowed both of them TO pass her, lying
close at their heels, however,
and keeping up steady and a
telling pace. As they neared the half-mile
pole, Twinkle drew ahead of the bay
colt, and led him a length around the
lower turn. She looked very much like
a winner at the three quarter pole, and
| Regents tchances appeared to be much
| better than Catina's; but when they
swung into the home stretch Catina COM
menced work in earnest, and passed both
of her leaders with the greatest ease be-
| fore half of the last quarter had been run.
She gained rapidly after healing Twinkle,
and wen, under the string winner of the
heat, three lengths ahead of her. Regents
rider pulled his horse down TO canter
when he saw that the chestnut FLY had
| the heat in spite of all he. could do, and
came in fourth, Franklin's horse taking
the third place. Ida GrissOm was last.
Time, 1:46f. /
SECOND HEAT-A great change now
took place in the pool buying. Catina
stock was n great demand, aud almost
any price was offered for it, but nobody
seemed inclined to invest heavily on the
field. The odds offered on the lilly were
so large, and the amounts staked on the
other horses so small that not over dozen
pools were sold. Once Catina sold for
$3.50 and the field for S72, and again the
filly brought 1920 and the field was
knocked down at $Sf, but betting at these
odds was by no means brisk. Caiina was
thought to have sure thing of winning.
And she had. She took the lead at the hap
of the drum, and held il from the time she
left the score until she returned to II.
Regent and Twinkle were close upon her
rounding the upper turn, but she shook
them off very easily. Franklin's colt
gave her lively run down the back stretch
and past the half nile pole; but she dis
posed of him very easily when she settled
down to work in dead earnest. Regent
brushed past Franklin'S colt, and made
at her again on the home stretch, but did
not get within two length of her. She
beat him home with all case, winning the
Lcat and race by five lengths. Twinkle
was third, Franklin's colt fourth, and
Grissom last, as before. Time, l:47.