Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02
MEMPHIS RACES.
and Saturdays Spor,


MEMPHIS RACES.
Friday ana Saturdays Sport.
The attendance at the ChickasaW
Jockey Club Course on Friday last was
regarded as the largest ever seen on a
Memphis course. There were three races:
first dash of mile and half, second q
dash of two miles and third mile heats.
The first race was won with ease by
Bayonet.
OF the second race the Avalanche
writes up as follows:
Barney Williams was the favoIite by
large odds, though the Scouts previous
performances, witbstauding bis New
Orleans failure, caused mary to retain
faith in the old-time tavorite. Pools on
the field were therefore eagerly snapped
up at low rates Barney had the inside
and took the track, but after passing the
quarter Tanglefoot, who was second,
closed up, tapping the cherry horse, and
showing front before making the head
of the stretch. Meanwhile the Scout,
who was running third, under pull, moved
forward and Tapped Tanglefoot, Barney
/ away DSnAu0 vi CuJCI-
ing the second mile, Tanglefoot still held
his position, but in the quarter the
Scout again closed up, and shot ahead,
amid hugzas from thousand Threats.
''The Scouts got 'em, could be heard on
all sides; but there was three quarters of
a mile to go, and Barney's rider was all
the time holding him in. There was no
change to nearly the third pole, when
suddenly Barney moved up on Tanglefoot,
turned him down, and then went for the
Scout, whose rider was pushing him hard
for victory. The two were now neck
and neck; both swung into the heme
stretch abreast, and the death struggle
| began. The scene on the stands was
simply beyond description. The ladies
in the grand stand waved their handker-
chiefs and stood on tip-toe; men sawed
the air with their arms, and yelled l'ke
| demons. 1t was six to half dozen who
| would win. Both were running together;
daylight was closed between them. Their
noses were on ''dead level, p" and those
who had stamps at big odds on the favor
tie, weakened. But just before reaching
the string, Barney's proboscis shot ahead,
and while the air was rent with cheers,
| took the dash with barely head to spare;
the most holly contested race, al things
considered, of the week. Tsnglefoot,
under pressure of heavy timber, came in
good third. Time 1:57, 3:473.
The same paper chronicles the result of
| the third race as follows:
First Heat-Banquet was the favorite
with the majority, though Allie Hunt
stood best in the pools once or twice.
Rounding the turn Regent was ahead,
Allie second, and Banquet third, the
others trailing. They ran this way to the
head of the home stretch when Allie took
the track, and galloped down to the stand,
winning the heat in 1:482, Keno fourth
and Cheatham last.
Second Heat.-This time Allie jumped
into the lead, and held it all the way
around, taking the heat as before, Ban
quet coming out second, Regent third.
Time 1:49.
SUMMARY.
Friday, April %, 1871-First Race
Jockey Club purse, $500; dash Of q mile
and helf; free for all ages.
T. II. Moore enters b. b. Bayonet......... l
G. II. Rice enters CHI. T. Ida Grisson.... 2
Bacon i Holland enter b. N. Mamie
douglass. 3
Time: 2:474.
Second Race-Free handicap; dash of
two miles for purse of $500; free for all.
s. I. Drane enter5 G. W. Stewards ch.
b. Barney Williams. ........................ l
Steve johnson enters b. 6. Morgan
Scout. ..............................
NJ. Walsh enters Oh. g. Tsnglefoot. 3
Time: 1:57-3:474.
Third Race - Club purse $3.50; mile
heats, for all ages.
G. Il. Rice enters b. b. Allie Hunt. l
Archer Oheathsm enters ch. C. Ban
qu6t. ....-.........................
H. q. Ward enters b. c. Regent. 2 3
r. r. Oheatham enters oh. g. Frank
Cheatham.
John G. Ballentine nsnes ch. @.
Keno. ..............................
Time: 1:484-l:49.
THB LAST DAY.
There was also very large attendance
on Saturday, with three good races.
The first races were sweepstakes for
untried year ODDS, subscription SIS, p.
p. The second to receive $50 out of the
stakes. The Club to add $500. Eleven
subscribers
W. jennings b. C. Jungler, by Jack
! Malone.
James Nelligan's Oh. C. Creole Dance,
by Lexington.
We take the following synopsis from
the Appeal:
First heat.-Creole got away first in
very even start, and kept ahead to the
quarter. In going down the back stretch
JuDgler made an effort to go up little;
he even Tapped the Creole colt for
while, but was soon shook off by him
and had to fall to third place. Nelli-
CAMS, however, did better; he went up,
and thtre was pretty running done be-
tween Creole and Sir Rufus. He ap-
peared to have the best of it coming
home, but when within few lengths of
the stand the Creole jumped decidedly to
the front and passed under the string
first; Sir Rufus second; and Jungler
third. Time 1:503.
| Second Heat-Jungler got off first.
The running was close to the quarter,
when Creole, who was third, passed up
by the side of Sir Rufus In going down
the back stretch Sir Rufus took the front
aud kept it till going round the turn after
leaving the half mile post, when Creole
showed his nose in front; Jungler all this
time doing close running, in fact the race
was interesting. Coming home, Jungler
was left behind, the other two doing very
pretty running; it would be hard to say
which had the advantage. Nelligan's
however, maraged by hard scratching to
show his nose. in front and won the heat
by few inches, say. quarter of head
length. Most of the people thought it
was death heat, until the judges
announced the result. Time, 147i
Third Heat-The start was very even,
Jennings colt appearing TO be out first.
He was decidedly in front before reach
ing the quarter. Sir Rufus takes the
second place, going down the back
stretch, but this was not much adVant-
age, for the horses were pretty close,
Creole under heavy pull. They kept in
that order till they passed the hslf-mile
post, when Creole went up and took the
front, and Jungler fell to the third place.
The other two repeat the contest OF the
first heat coming home. Creole takes the
heat and race by a length; Sir Rufus sec
ond, and Jennings last Time, 1:494.
The second race was club purse of
$500, mile heats, best three in five, with
the following entities:
NJ. G. Fraim enters Oh. b. aged, by
Memnon.
Bacon 81 Holland enter b. G. Corsican,
6 years old, by Uncle Vic.
L. 3. Armstrong enters b. h. Wood
burn, years old, by Lexington.
A. Barnes enters b. f. Mollie James,
years old, by Blackjack.
Corsican took three straight heats. On
the first heat the aged animal was dis