New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-21

The amateur races at the Fair Grounds
1or the relief of the sufferers by the over.
now, took place yesterday afternoon, COM
mencing at little past five o'clock.
The weather was pleasant, and the track
IN splendid condition. There were some
fast horses on the ground, and the sport
was excellent There were at least twelve
hundred people on the ground. Colonel G..
Breaux, Messrs. J. NJ. Clarke and George
Leonard were constituted judges of the
race, while Messrs. B. f. Harrison and w.
N. Rogers were judges of time. a
The races did not come off in the order
laid down in the published programme; we
DO not know why. At any rate, it made no
difference. The races were all in harness.
trotting or pacing to rule, with exception of
weights.
For the first race three entries were made.
Mr.. Sykes named Black John; j. Durkin
named b. e. Erin; A. Custar named gray
mare. The race was a two mile DASH 1t
was won by Custer Time-6l6la.
Of the four entries for the second race
but three started. H. B. Foley named b. e.
Dick; j. H. Wilson named bl m. Jennie
Day. and DR.. Smyth named gr g.. The
race was mile heats, best two in three. The
first heat was won by Jennie Day and the
second and third heats by Mr.. Foley's Dick,
who. of course, won the race. Time-2:43;
2:58A: 2:4lh.
The third race was for pacing dash OF
one mile. V. Gerodias named b. IN. Fanny
Washington j. Madden named br. &. Tom
Parker, F. Green named b. g. Frank, J.
Grayer named bl. g. j. H. Williams, S. N.
Burbank named gr. g. White Cloud. The
race was contested in gallant style, Frank
coming ahead and winning, Williams sec
ond, Parker third and Fanny Washington
fourth. White Cloud was nowhere, the
bride bit having broken, and the rider
tumbled heels over head behind. The fright
ened horse soon got rid of the sulky, and
came racing up on his own hook. Some time
after the discom6ted driver reached the
stand, apparently unhurt.
The fourth race was dash of two miles;
j. X. Lemarie named b. g. Walker, John
Hawkins or. m. Mollie. This dash was
splendidly contested, the horses trotting
side by side the greater portion of the time
so exactly as to look like double team.
Mollie was the winner. Time, SAL.
The fifth and last race was mile heats,
best two in three. j. 4. Lemarie named
s. m. Idol; c. 7. Howard named b. m. Nellie
Walton; E. Fulton named b. G. John Bur
nett. Tintail, one of the entries, was not on
hand, and the other absent entry, lobe
when about to be brought up was found to
have been shot through the nose by some
person unknown. So but three horses
started. The first heat was won by John
Burnett; time, 2:45ls. This was the finest
race of the whole, Walton and Burnett
keeping so close together as to appear like
one horse, passing and repassing each other
in the most exciting manner. The second
heat was won by Walton, the whole being
a close shave.
By this time it was nearly eight O'Clock
and too dark to continue, so after brief
consultation, the judges announced that the
decisive heat or heats would be postponed
until this afternoon at six o'clock. The
whole affair was very pleasant, and witt
the exception of that innocuous fall, nothing
occurred to disturb the assembly.