Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-06
THE RACES.
The FavOrite o Tak N Money
Nelly Gray Adds 10 her Reputa-
ton rs we'll as 10 the Purse
of her Owners.

There was q good attendance at the race
track yesterday. The ladies were nu-
merous, and the sun was hot. Hundreds
Of people go ali the way to jerome Park
tn ses races thst are no better. The Ia
dies Of Memphis are anxious to see a little
honest sport such as horse-racing affords,
but for some reason or other the gentle
men do not invite them out, and they will
not so out by themselves. They obey the
laws of social tyranny that obtain among
us in respect to the other SEX. Every
thing yesterday promised well for q good
time, and there would have been, but for
the misfortune Of a very superior horse
having been entered to run the two-mile
race. The superiority Of this animal was
so decided that there was little or no in
teIest evinced in the race save by a few
hopeless fellows who had bet on the
others.
R ACE
Jockey club purse $3.50, dash of a mile
and a half; free for all.
I. John Jackson enters b g Morgan Scout,
years old, by John Morgan; dam, Liz Morgan,
by imp Glencoe. Colors, maroon.
2. 6. A. Eastman enters bf Menie Simms,
years old, by Prolinci dam by Star Davis
3. A.C. Franklin enters CHI Glenrose 4 years
old, by Lextngtoni dam, sally Lewis, by imp
Glencoe. Oolors, jacket red; CAP, red, white
4. John h. Stone enters ch C Billy William
son, 8 years old, by Daniel Boone; dam, Co.
rinne, by Portland. Colors, green, with orange
5. John A. Miller enters b c Sentinel, 8 years
old, by Jack Malone; dam, Galsna, by Childe
Harold. Colors, red and white.
6. E. Warwick enters ch g Nidocq, aged, by
Creighton; dam by st Louis. Colors, blue and
7.T.G. Moore enters b h Bayonet, years old,
by Lexingtoni dam, Bay Leaf, by Yorkshire.
Colors, blue and blue.
S. c. L. Hunt enters gr ( Grey Ella, 4 years
OLD, by Second Glencoe; dam, LAmolea- Col
8. George d. Rice enters g c Tom Corbett,
years old, by Lightning; dam by imp Knight
of st. George. Colors, blue and white, with
crescent.
The number of horses in this raee made
it q very pleasant one. At the hour sp-
pointed they all mustered at the half
mile post across the track, about four or
FIVE hundred yards from the stand. 1t
was som swhat difficult to get nine of
them to make q fair start. The feat, how
ever, was accomplished after q little ef-
fort, and they all got of in sclose squad.
1t was nc easy task to distinguish their
colors in the "close order" in which they
ran for a while. Morgan Scout got of
first, but this did not do him any good.
Sentinel came up to him very quickly,
and they made a pair in front. The blue
uniform of Bsyonet was seen in the third
plsce. They passed down by the
judges stand without any apparent
charge, but going toward the quarter
BayOnet went to the second place. East
hsm's yellow jacket was seen in the rear,
and the black velvet jacket of Grey
Elias rider, was dropping back. This
Jockey took of his shoes and his shirt in
order to make himself light enough to do
good riding. The Scout dropped among
the tagging horses. There was q very
pretty run down the back stretch to he
half mile post between Sentinel and Bsyo-
net. After passing the half-mile post
Vidocq went up and pushed boldly. Billy
Williamson showed himself among the
front ones, also. On entering the home
stretch Vidocq took the lead for four or
five lamps as il he did it by chance. Billy
Williams gained the second place, but
Sentinel shot ahead again and came in
first. They came in in the following order:
Sentinel first, Billy Williamson second,
Bsyonet third, Glenrose fourth. Tom
Corbet fifth, Menie Simms sixth, Vidocq
seventh, Morgan Scout eighth and Grey
Ella ninth. Time, 2:42H. A good quantity
of money changed hands OF this race.
SECOND RACE.
Jockey Club purse $500, heats of two
miles, for all ages.
l. john u mLlleI GulGfs Gn 1 lTtut 6ucpHdTus
4 years old, by Bob johnson; dam Fanny Bugg,
by imp Ambassador. COlOrs, red and white.
2. John Jackson enters b g Morgan Scout, 5
years old, by John Morgan; dam, Lizzie Nor
gan, by imp Glencoe. Colors, maroon.
8. BufOrd & Jerome enter or ( Nellie Grey, 3
years old, by Commodore; dam by imp Sover-
eign. ColOrs, blue and white.
There was nothing remarkable about
this race. Nellie Grey was the fsvorite
against the other two, six to one, and
after they started everyone felt
that there was no hope of beating her.
She won both heats without an effort
Irene was distsnced in the first heat, and
Scout would have been mercilessly left
behind in the second heat had not Nellie's
rider slackened coming in on the last
quarter, so as to allow the Scout to come
in tbr-e or four lengths behind. The time
was 3;43A and 3:45. Nellie is ~rsce-horse.
The sport OF the day was over about half
past three O'Clock.
SUMMARY.
First Tdce.-Jockey club purse, $3.50;
dash of q mile and q half; free for all
eyes.
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Second race.-JOckey club purse. $500;
heats OF two miles, for all ages.
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