, 1870-07-06

Annual Shooting Of the Pigeon Club.


The 8appho and Cambria--19hEosh
par,.,,
The Turf.
TIE RACES At DEXTER rARK.
Somewhat more than two thousand people cele-
p.5,eo the roaf'!i W a.teho'ng the lunnlus .ass"
al ueAter faES' tae last tlay o1 Tue 1us t1ecsnRr
and the most successful in point OF patronage.
If c,,izena an, nIen,,fn1 snrntnV at ladies' was
y. ouu ~. ePuA.s -. .,,,,,
noL "anung 10 lenhef lnc scene upon tus etAo-
house balconies peculiarly bright and attractive
one The afternoon programme was made up Of
four rnces and everything was conducted to the
utmost satisfaction and enjoyment Of the spec
tat0rs. 1t happened lust as Well that the sMecp-
ticre was enough wIthoutIt II. rhere had been fse
entries for this race, hut four were drawn, leaving
walk over f95 12 Glen q. Fl91a. Flo ~, n,r
Therefore. he ars1 m race was the mls-an;-a-ha1 L.
eude pac on 81 meck oT
McDuuald. Minnie Simus. md Joe Aiken. the jaE-
tef e 1ens drawn pIeSioas 10 to Tic tic SUIT staSt Minnie
slmms 9ad the ealI Eating in The pools at ss9,
and The lcd Il Just 6efose M the % mount. and Viii.
als horses wsTe M being gaopea j ioI s. exercise, Il g
in ncrmitipp carriages to cross thc track after tic
horses were On, resulted ID IN accite,lt and n-77
to Minnie sltnms, VINO WAS canterng rapidly, and,
tu jumping agide to avoid collision With 4
buggy then crossing the track, strucE
her shoulder heavily against tho cute
post, causing an ln1ury which materially
attempts to gcs away, the Word was at last giscn
on even terms. Minnie Sinms took the front
place forthwith, Limerick Boy and Lizzie McDou-
erck peea hmset oa far tni oopg Wth 1ne
etne1s hzzle ~, t9sts.tng Third nlacs q pafle, Who
For q tituc. Mimi q held her own. Int IImerices
pace was tremendous, and as they entered lie
hsaa Of ths st1ets1 hs ahook sr % easily gain;
in winner bJ seven lengths, Minnie second, Ballc
fhtr,I I,y n noel Iizzlr fonrfh AMI Io1n S1nrrrr
OF limerick Doy. and the perfcct ease With Which
he gave the go-by to such well-known nyerg
Is Minnie aud Balre, led 70 the suspicion that be
eonc,xsog con- x Of te as6 and afeT tn }oskexs Ind
dIsnoUutesi. anu tic saddles were ren,oyeI {or the
secoud weighing, close watch was kept upon the
the precaution was rewarded fy the detection Of
Ills owner Iii the act or styly pIsslng back to the
rider shot belt weighing ten aud one-ha1t rounds
carried to bring up the rc4ulret, wetxht, which
the hitter had slipped, without being noticed Just
tefofc the stArt Thts accounted fur Ilnerick's
light heels, though 1t vas generally conceded thai
IN ht5 lne conultlon, NJ could have won With full
weight RoguerF mud oEcrTcached itself and the
result Was that the horse was declnred dstanced,
a,"l, M With owner and Jockey, Vas declared ruled
tends TO every ottcr race course ln America,
It VIII PC seen that; nstdc from the forfeit
Of lit purse aud pool money. IN ali large sum,
the ultimate penalty IL very heavy one. The
race mn! 1rst money were awarded 70 Minnie
Slmms, the second money to Ba1lc, and al bets "a
the POOL and otheI"isc. we're 1ecMfed % nold
good. the 5udgesz Messra D. A. Gage, ]: T. Re&-
nolds, and H. Patrick, very property ruling tnat
ms was tnc only mode by which complete punish
meht men could be ihnscted upon ne gailsy parties
odds aite1 tne start was made. The sk!liui, watch
gether with the prompt aud summary Visitation Of
fn!es re1eet gseas Gfsai. nnon ~ 1anEss snd thc
% 5 q
oil hazards and to enforce ina con,luct II strictlv
fair md hono5aSe racing The example AMI nc
n.,a n,. sr2EMAny.
y 5P1:s P.PK SS1 q aS fSIs as. MEEx @ 3 1
sunny Home Stable E r. names q b. Minnie s1mms. By
R; S. Denton nanesI. Battle. yrs. By Bill Uhoat
,dM In,i;& 1is 1ai.. " aexinsfof,' Ell e
~ Eseans dam RaImorai. hr Ie19srton 5n'
vrntufrr. dan b. Wide 1Wate. e...s'. 'ee' e.' I
L. T. D1nnc names ch. Joe Aiken, ", By John
Aksn ly boston. DR.
VIM +. EIoss names 81 4. Limerick Boy, by Ring,
so'o' GAN oS 'p' slmsAs.is
This was for ~ pulse % Of M si,aoo, u tnfce miles and
repeat, and there were but two contestants, Bar
ne5 y lllama and Bonita, the 1oEnes being the
1aF0Elte IN inc pools 0t ouha OF tWo to one. TRl8
VAS won easily BY Barney u Two straight heats
in each Of which, under strong pull by his rider.
be allowed Hon!.. T. get AMI s1cp lead Of from
one to four lengths for the FIRST two miles peyer
failing IN nvafhAu1 hnr ar shr t.e1nnnu ~ ~, a