The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-21
FLEETWOOD PARK.
Last Day Of the Spring TrOt-
ting Meeting.
Ten Thousand People Prssent-yhe "Flyrrs"
in HOrstflcsh Compete for Mu-
nificent PCrSrS.
Goldsmith Maid and Young
Bruno the Winners.
''This knocks them ALL"

'This knocks them ALL"
ats the biggest crowd have ever seen since
George NJ. Patchen. Jr., .rotted against Dexter on
the FASHION Iou.se. There must be 10, 900 people
herc.n
Thus spoke an octOgenaran turtle yesterday at
Fleetwood ark ltwas the occasion OF the last day
their spring rottng meeting tune OF velvet
ard Jerome PARK Influences. aud the aged eighty
gentleman was tight. II would seem mat trOtting
was last growing into favor, even as rate lie tote
O1dS and lobster sa ad have supei scded pork and
beans OIL racing days, ana the sport Is no longer
tabOoed science. Early III the day the crowd began
to gather. and IL seemed that every carriage
that found It's way 10 the Park continued along the
pleasant avenues, and under the beaming giories Of
summer day found rcpoie at the course. thou
sand and one carriage, ravelsed the Dads, and not
even the faithful eIumerators ut the gates OF the city
can tell how many conveyances thus passed under
their eyes. Most everybody rode-ihat Is,
II they were not fortunate enough
to hire or own a team they took the Harlem Rail-
road the passenger cars else, like the pontcal
but nuyent Irlsnman, looted it all the we ry way.
1t was such a summer day as one might know N the
south OF France, the heat almost too oppressive and
the blossoms and buds along the route emitting
their fragrance. Tie air was flied with shouts. Wild
occasionally flask felt chcered by the prospect Of
the Inn merable vehicles that shot out like end
less procession on the quiet road. Anon there was
approached place frcquented by drinking men; 1t
IL back from tue avenue, with its gloomy sign
boal Dis, but from the lar come loud sounds Of the
popping OF champagne corks and The noise o. hari-
Gus conversation. Young men, sitting high on box
yeats OF wicker work, all ARA, ed i'll fashionable
clothing, care rushing by, nal!oonl2 and yelling
like boys loosed from school, and then, mayhap,
followed q country wagon full OF visitors and q
coupl~ OF pieces o. rustic music dnglng and out OF
tnue numbering the old lavorie OF "My Popsey
Nopsey." AGAIN there were old tumble
vehicles covered With mul ana driven by vete-
in the sides of the wagons and the
0! the horses There were many Oh these; but the
grand turnouts the barouches, coaches, drags,
phaetons, tandems, gigs and carryalls were as the
The scene nom the CLUB house was OF the
finest nature. Fields smoothly narrowed
Sayly painted, chaet-looking IarmhOuses, eie-
Eant villas and thousands OF people were
IN every hand: he crowd seemed to
forget the day and the picturesque surroa ndn2s.
aud became crowd drinking and talking, enjoying
Itself hu ely, alter the manner or all crowds from
lime lrnneinorial. There Is something grand, ma
este, ail-poweriul ana selipervadng in the aspect
VI sucn crowd AS congregated ut Elective yes
crday. Taken in the units lley are but a lot OF
tnts, ln1Litesnal and ludcrous from their
lohingness. taken collectively crowd Of TO- coo Is
mystery. and such II was there.
and the men-how they shout They and
scream with delight, because their favor.te hugs the
)Oe on the warullng-up Process, and, as the last
,ell rnng IL were time to make your final invest
nenis on Goldsmith Maid or American Girl before
All the notabies were D esent. There was OBJ
crved Frank Work, VIM. frumbull, JOS. Harker
samuel Weeks, Robert Brown, Mr.. Bird, VIM.
france Commodore Vanderbilt, together with ma
Drs sheri!is, and politlcians OF much renown and
no renown At three O'Clock the grand star
ahmed and every lager beer and sandwich booth
Gaping harvest
The Tr0tting.
Two trots were on the programme, the rrsr being
or horses Of The first class. The purse 81 900,
h,iIed into four parts. and there four entries,
lie smallest equal to the ten per cent entrance
money. The second IrOt was Tor purse OF 1850,
lvided into three premiums, and for this there
sere thirteen entries
The Iour entries in the first purse comprised MT.
T. Lanicps bay mare American Girl, Budd Doble's
Day mare Goldsmith Maid, Charles Champins brown
,elding George Palmer and W. II. Dobles bay
mare Lucy. The race was won by Goldsmith Maid
three straight heats in the most easy manner,
he others not being at any time capable Of putting
Ter TO her topmost speed. She was the favorito
,e,ore the start at two to one over the leld and,
after the FIRST heat, any amount OF odts could be
rad on the result American Girl tro;ted very fast
i times, but she appeared TO have too much nesh
n her to last. George Palmer did not come up to
he expectations OF II hackers, while Lucy kept in
nc rear all the way in every heat.
The entries In the second trot were NJ. Rodan's
brown geding James II. Coleman, John Loveit's
brown geding Young bruno, G. NJ. Fersuson's pay
:eldinG Kansas Cnlcf Hiram Howe's brown mare
Lady Wells, X. Loomis chestnut geding Climax. d.
Hace's brown mare Lydia. Thompson, N. Goodens
ina Dew Drop, John Murphy's brown mare Lady
Gears. j. y. Bowen's gray geldina ROYAL John,
George no GSrien.ersc gy mare Belle OF
Rosa Golddust. and J. Freemans black mare Lady
Weller, formerly Lady whee'er. They all started,
made capital race, belle Of Toronto Winning tho the
irst heat, Young Bruno the second, third and ffth
one OF the wheels OF MS sulKy badly Damaged.
LYDIA Thompson had the call In the betting previous
reli heavily on her. Young Iruno won 4 cap.taI
race in good time. He Is steadygo ng little HORSE
ind one that can be relied on. Lady Wells won the
Dnrth heat, and came within hall length OF win
8ng the NTH. The whole field were good, but there
we're 100 many Ia test their individual merits.
The following are the details OF the trottng as 1t
THE FIRST TRoT.
FIRST Hedt.-At tile second attempt the horses
we're started with Palmer on the lead Lucy secon6
American Girl third and Goldsmith Maid iour,n.
they all broke up In making the .Irn, and when
they settled 10 their work A1le lIcan girl was In
mont George Palmer second, Goldsmith Maid third,
ana Lucy fourth. When they passed. the quarter
pole IN thlrty-.our seconds, American Girl led
bne length Goldsmith Maid second, three lengths
n front OF George Palmer who was two lengths 10
2dvnnCe oil Lucy Gong around the lower turn Gold
smith Maid shut up the daylight very rapidly, and
at the half-lnc pole, In 1u9h, she was on American
Girls quarters, George Palmer three lengths behind
aid Lucy two lengths further of. Goldsmith Maid
then made spult, ana she very soon TOOK the lead,
and coming mp the backstretch very fast soon
opened gap or three lengths, which she carried TO
The three quarter pole. The neat virtually decided
Mt that point. American Girl made good and gal-
liant struggle up the homestretch, hut she gained
very little on the Maid, Palmer ana Lucy being prac
tcalIy ont Of The race. Goldsmith Maid came home
an easy winner by two lengths and nall in aga,
American Girl second, three lenRnths In front OF
George Palmer, who was Tour lengths In advance Of
Lucy.
the send-on, Goldsmith Maid second, American Girl
third, and Lucy close up Goldsmith Maid left her
by which she ganed two lengths She
passed that point about that distance In 'front.' OF
Palmer, who broke UP as he reached herc and fell
IN behind American GIRL Lucy was severa. lengths
behind. lImc TO the quarter pole tnlrfythree sec,