The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-01
MYSTIC PARK RACES.

Closing Day of the Juno Meeting-(so0A
Attendance and Well Contested Trettiss
Evcnts-OthcllO Winner OF the 2:35 Purse
and Thomas Jefferson, Jr., tie Three
Ycar-Old Cslt Race.
BOSTON, June 80, 1871.
Mystic Park closed its June trot,ins meeting this
afternoon very successfully. There was good
attendance and two races the black geldng Othello
winning the 2:S5 purse easily but the threeycar-0d
colt CALAMITY fought from first to last the
young Hartford stallion Thomas JEFFERSON Jr, being
q winner
The 1rst race was for horses that Dever beat 1885,,
for $1,000, and the entries were IS fo!lows:--
Smalley's blk. Q. OtheIo, Baley's b. m. Fanny.
Stowells b. m. Lazy Ellis Woodran's CHI m. GYPSY,
Merthan's blk. g. Prince, Norris b. m. Nette Nor
ris Reads b. g. Captain Lawrence. The last three
did not appear, and OF the others OtheIi0"
was q favorite against the 1eld Othello
had the pOle with Lady Ellis outside, and.
alter scoring half q dozen times they were
given the word for the first heat. Othello kept tho
lead to the turn where Fanny passed him, Ellis
third. and Gypsy, VINO got very Dad send-0n, IN
the rear. Fanny led length the hall-mtler
pole, In 1885, but at the upper turn Otheio forced
her to break and took the pole, winning, after an
exciting contest, by half a leugth. IN 1872 Fanny
second Ellis third and Gypsy distanced.
In the second heat Fanny went or with lead,
OthelO second, Ellis third In this way they went
all the way to the head or the stretch, both Fanny
and Othello dong some breathing; nut the black
gelding t-otted the honcstretca very fast ana beat
Fanny nose In 2:s2A. Ellis was tnird.
In the thru heat OthellO took u triiing lead as
they went down toward the turn. followed ny Fanny
and Lady Ellis. Before the turn Was maCe now
ever Fanny took the pole ANA opened three lengths
10 the quarter; but ere the nalf reacned OtheO'
mad gone IN advance one length, and did even bet
ter than that at the upper turn taxing the pole and
winning the heat and race. Fanny Was second and
Ellis third. Time, 2:5lI,.
The second and last race OF the meeting was for
three-yearold colts for $500, the entries to which
were the following Mone tah'5 s. s. Gold Finder,
Gllmans b. $. Torment. tayes' b. e. Pioneer, Wood
rufus b. $. Daniel Morrill, Doige's b. &. Abdallah
Chief, Norcross c. Dreadnaugat, Wright Wal.
lace's b. 8. Wallace and Carpenters blk. s. Thomas
Jefferson Jr
On being called only Torment. Wallace, Jefferson
and Morrill, appeared, and the contest tor the hrst
heat was between LIE last three named, Torment
acting badly anu being dslalced. rne other three
each took turn on coming to the trout, but Jener-
son won the heat In 25O4, Morrill, second, Wallace
third.
The second heat was an excellent one between.
Jefferson and Wallace, Morrill, aclng unsteady at
times and keeping In the rear. Inc black stallion
kept the lead all the way to the head OF the stretch,
although but little over length separated him
stretch Jefferson made u bad break and Wallace
passed him, winning ny hair dozen lengths, In
2:40k.
The third heat proved q RATHER, and the time
broke all the states ever before made In New Eng
land. Wallace led to the quarter IN 4Os4 seconds,
but at the hamile pole Jefferson mad got mead and
directly after ana continued force the pace, Wal.
lace breaking 1T the distance and Jefferson running
handy In the extraordinary time OF 2:33A, Wallace
The fourth heat was well contested between JET
fersOn ana Wallace, hardly u length separating
them until the distance stand was reached. when
Wallace broke and fell OF u trlne, when Jefferson
gave him The go-by, wnnng IN 2:44 thereby getting
the nrst money. Wallace second.