New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-14
NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAYssAPRlL II, 1871
MErAIRIE SPRING allEErlNG.
Fourth Days Raees.

MErAIRIE SPRING a11kEraNG.
Fourth Days Raees. <
The attendance at the Metairie races yes
terday was fully equal in numbers to that
of the day before, except that there were
not SO many ladies present. 1t remarked,
however, by old stagers that the average at
tendance this spring has been better thnn it
has been for many years. -.
The weather yesterday was all that could
be desired warm, without! being uncom-
Portable, the gentle breezes inst reaching to
the point of the exhilerating, and the cloaili
being exactly sufficient to Mitigate the sun
shine.
Precisely at three. O'Clock the bell ring
and everything was ready, Tails race was
for the club purse of $500, two and q. half
miles; there were but three entries: eh. c.
Foster, bl. +. Mollie James, and ch. g. Dono-
van. There was little incident to record of
this race; for soon after the start the horses
took the order as they were named on the
card, and at the close Of the race came to
the winning post liz the same order, Foster
first, MOllie James second, and Donovan
third; the victor of course being Foster.
Time 4.1k.
The second race was for the club purse
of 500, distance, one and q half miles. For
this there were four entries, ch. f. Ida
Grissom, b. h. Corsican, gh. 9. Tanglefoot,
and ch. c. Alaska. Of these Corsican was
the favorite, Ida Grisson standing second
in the estimation of the knowing ones. The
event showed that the knowing ones were
right, for the nags came to the winning post
in the exact order indicated BY the one pool
sold IN the morning: Corsican first, Ida
Grissom second, Alaska third and .Tangle::
foot fourth. Time: 2:42A::
The third race was for the, club purse Of
$500, distance one mile. For this race there
were five entries: ch. c. General Won Moltke,
b. C. Allie Hunt, b. f. Annette, G. c. w. j.
Minor, and ch. g. Style. So far rs we could
judge, by what bets we Witnessed, it ap-
peared that Style and Won Moltke were
ahead of the others in the estimation Of the
majority Of betters. There was one false
start made, which looked 90 much like
real start that most of the spectators thought
it was so. At the real start they got in q
rather heller skelter manner; Won Moltke
shot some distance ahead, and for time
it looked as if he intended to keep
the lead. They neared the half mile post
in string, but as they passed it they closed
up in a bunch, with one exception, and as
they rounded toward the winning post. they
were so apparently jumbled up,as if four of
the crowd at any rate were going to make
it drawn race. However, thoy unraveled
as they neared the winning post, the
struggle being very earnest. But it was
very evident that Allie Hunt had the day,
for that interesting young lady passed the
string full length ahead Of the nearest to
her. The following was the order: Allie
Hunt, Won Moltke, Style, Annette and
Minor. Time 1.45A.
The fourth race, dash of threequarters
of mile, for the club purse Of $500, was
the most interesting of the day. It was
short and sweet. There were five entries;
br. +. MOrlacchi, ch. c. John Klgour, ch. c.
Billy Williamson, ch. +. Layergns, ch. 6.
Frank Cheatham, ch. f. Alice Ward. One
tance is that there is little or no time or
opportunity to remedy mishap; q blunder
at the beginning being sure to tell ut the
end. As they were across the course at the
the start, it was difficult to tell with
accuracy which had the advantage.
In short time it appeared that silver gray
had the lead, but Billy Williamson was
struggling hard to overtake him; this was
soon done, Morlacchi following closely.
They came under the string in the following
order: Billy Williamson, MOrlacchi, Kill
gour, Alice Ward, Lavergne, Frank Cheat
ham. In announcing from the stand that
the race had been won by Billy Williamson,
the decision was accompanied by the re-
mark that the present was the best three
quarter mile race ever ruin in this country.
Time, l:l7A.
Summary,
FIRST RACE-TwO AND HALE MILES.
H. B. Foley enters T. G. Moore's ch. c. Foster. 3
T. s. Noise enters A. Barnes b. f. Molle James,
BY. o., sire Blackjack, dam Alboni..
s.. MCkaV enters a. u. fr0nklln0 en-. 4 DOnO-
van, aged, sire Captain Beard, dam Pru-
Time: 4:37h.
SECOND RACE-ONE AND HALF MILES.
Page NJ Baker enters T. G. Bacon's b. h. Cor
sican, Y. O.. sire Uncle Vic, dam Sovereign.
Keene Richards enters ch. Lide Grissom,
" g.. Sire War Dance, dam WhalebOne
T. s. Noise enters ch. c. Alaska. y. o., sire
Bulletin, dam Albion.
D. A. Wilson enters n. Welch's gh. c. Ta1gle-
foot, aged, sire Captain Beard, dam
Time: 2:42A.
THIRD RACD-ONE MILE.
4 K, Richards enters b. c. Allie Hunt, 4 y. O..
sire Vandal. dam Nora. !
A. Keene Richards enters G. Rice's eh. c. Gen
eral Won Moltke, y. O., sire War Dance,
dam Blonde. ...............-........... |
R. NJ. Montgomery enters ch. g. Style, sire
Wagner Joe, dam Cracker. ........... 3 !
r. w. Simmons enters d. Swigert's b. An
nette: sire Lexington, dam Alice jones'. |
R. H. Truly enters &. c. William J. Minor 2y.o,
sire Walnut dam Miletta. ta.................... 5 |
Time l:45A.
FOURTH RACE-THREE QUARTERS OF MILE. |
W. NJ. Conner enters W. Cottrips cs. c. Billy
Williamson, ~. O., sire Daniel Boone, dam
& W. Simmons enters D. swigert's br f. Nor
lacchi, y. O., sire Lexington, dam Banner
w. j. Hare enters G. B. Morris Oh. C. John MI
go4r, 70, sire Micky Free, dam sister
John NJ CricIars I S enters Peine 4 wards b. Alice
Ward, dam Laura White. .:......:..:.:.
r. s. Noise enters A. c. Franklins ch. La
vergne, y. O., sire Bulletin, dam Wagner.