New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-15
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY, APRIL Is 1871


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| ma Days Rless.
Tho attendance yssterday wes, We BE-
lieve, evsA e1eater than On any previous
day, and the interest in the 'exercises''
seemed to increase in prop6rtion to the
numbers ON tho grounds. A. tie present
Spring Meeting has been pronounced, BY
those competent to Judge, - the best racing
week on record, yesterday was the most
interesting day of the week. What to-day
may bring forth remains to be seen; but it
is certain that great things are expected.
Among tho reasons why the present meet
ing has been 60 satisfactory, not the least is
the thoroughness of the arrangements, and
the very complete order Of everything: the
ground, the track, the stand, tho stables,
any one who takes survey of the tout en-
semble must see, if at all competent to
| Judge, that the whole business 10 under the
control of one who thoroughly understands
it. In short everything about the course
reflects the highest credit on the secretary
of the club, Mr.. H. w. Conner.
The first race was for the club purse Of
$500. 1t was handicap, hurdle race, one
mile and q half, six hurdles, weights to be
announced the day before tho race. There
were four entries vbl. h. Virgil, b:h. Beacon,
ch. g. Tanglefoot, and br. b. Chalmette.
Of these four Beacon evidently stood best
with the betters ON thu ground. Tho start
Was q fair one, and in short time Beacon
shot ahead, Chalmette following close after.
In no long time Virgil changed places with
Chalmette, and was next to Beacon,
who was still leading. In this
order they approached the last har-
die, in crossing which or shortly after
passing it, Beacon suddenly let down. It
was discovered that . tendon connected
with the pastern joint was broken. There
was q difference Of opinion whether the
horse struck the hurdle OF not, though the
probability is that he did. Whether Beacon
would have been winner can not be said,
but certainly, without the accident, the
contest would have been closer. As it hap
.pened, Virgil won the race, Chalmette being
second, and Tanglefoot third. Time, 2:4Sas
The time in this case was remarkable, being
but five seconds greater than the best time
Of the Derby.
The second race was for club purse Of
$500; distance two miles. The entries were
br. c. Everton, ch. g. Donovan, b. h. Corsi-
can, ch. b. Victory, b. c. Allie Hunt, bl. f.
Mollie James. -
There was, as in nearly every heat, a false
start, but at length they got of in good Or
der, Donovan taking the lead, closely fol-
lowed by Mollie James, the favorite, Corsi-
can, coming UP third. As they rounded on
the last stretch of the first mile Mollie James
was ahead, tho time of the first mile being
lao. The second mile was run without
ether incident than the horses changing
places with each other, rendering the cen
test most delightfully."- exciting. They came
to the winning post. Victory first, Allie Hunt
second, Mollie James third, Corsican fourth.
Everton fifth, and Donovan sixth, the two
latter coming in q long distance behind.
Time, 3:35A; acknowledged to be the best
on record.
Between the. heats of the third race,
there was little episode not on the cards.
Mamie Douglas took it into her head to run
a race on her own hook, as she would be
sure to win, having NO competitor. So she
started and treated herself and rider to
four miles run before she stopped This, of
course, threw her out of the race.
The third race was for the club purse of
500, mile heats. There were nine entries,
ch. c. JEFF Davis, ch. Q. Village Blacksmith,
ch. &. Style, br. f. Morlacchi, b. h. Bayonet,
b. m. Mamie Douglas, ch. f. Sue Dougherty,
b. G. Hinton, ch. g. Donovan. There was q
considerable trouble in getting the horses
started, two false starts being.made. When
they did get off the start was very bad.
But by the end Of the first half
mile things began to find their level; and
the struggle was highly gratifying to
the lovers of sport. Donovan was for .
time ahead, but he was rapidly Tapped by
Morlacchi, and he in his turn by Style. As
they neared the string it was first Style, then
Morlscchi, then B4yonet, but the heat
ended by Style coming out length ahead,
Morlscchi second, Bayonet third, Sue
Dougherty fourth, and the rest nowhere.
For the second heat eight horses took the
track. This heat was beyond question the
most exciting that had yet occurred. As
they made the quarter stretch Style, Nor
lacchi and Bayonet rushed ON neck and
neck, Morlacchi shooting forward in time to
win the heat and mako it dead heat.
The race was now narrowed down to
Style and Morlacchi, each having won .
heat, and the others being dropped. The
trial was short and decisive, and can be de-
scribed in . few words. The start was fair
Horlacchi at once took tho lead and kept it
to the end Of the heat, winning with appar-
ent ease. Time: LAG.
Summary.
FIRST RACEt-ONE AND HALF MILE.
Z. W. simmons enters D. swigert's bl. b. Virgil,
aged, By vAndsl, dam Hymenio. .............
BY Daniel Boone, dam BY Brown Dick...... 3
D. A. Wilson enters ch 6. Tanglefoot, BY Cap
tain Beard dam Prunola. .................., 3
H. B. Foley enters T. G. Moores b. b. Beacon,
by Lexington, dam Bayleaf ...........
Time: Dash.
SECOND RACE-TwO MILES.
A. Keene Richards enters bl L. victory. sire
Uncle Vic, dam Magnolia ia.............,
4. K00n0 Richar6a NnfAra A11iA HINT nv