The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-06
PROSPECT PsRK FAIR GROUNDS.

Opening of the Spring Trotting 1cefiDR-Tho
Ihrec- Minute and 2;SG Contests TO Como
on To-Dny-rooi Selling Inst Night.
To-day u the first OF the Prospect PARK Fair
Grounds spring trotting meeting, which will be
continued tomorrow, Thursday ana Friday. The
various premiums offered by the association
amount to tho large sum OF $4,000 so
divided that all winners will receive
iair share. Since last season the management have
caused TO he made many improvements IN the sur
roundngs OF the grounds, and without doubt every
thing Will be arranged with "A view to the comfort
and enjoyment Of visitors. The club house. stands
and stables looking brighter aud fresher for the
work recently done upon them, and the horses I'm
the latter would also seem to have undergone tho
"grand preparation for the events now at hand
Two contests are provided for the opening day,
and these VIII certainly prove very exciting and
interesting, the entries Tor the purses COMPRISE
many horses that have performed admirably rhe
rst OF $3.50, is for horses that have never beaten
three minutes, mile heats, best three IN i've, IN har-
ness $500 TO trs $3.50 10 second ana 500 TO third
horse; has fifteen entries. These are l.. W. RAYS
gray gelding Lightning, Del Sammis' chest
nut Fiatoush Maid q. X. Col
yer's black mare Eveline, j. Wills 70
co.'s brown stallion Edwin Booth, NJ. Rodents
chestnut gelding Fleetwood, o. A.. Hickok's
bay geld,ng Dunderberg, II. W. Howe's bay
Sarah Jane, Budd Dooles bay gedinx Q; W. Jarvis.
T. Manee's brown stallion w. IL. Allen, NJ. T.
Goden's chestnut mare Polly Golden, Benjamin
Mace's brown gelding Hank, Daniel Pliers gray
geiding Lottery, G.. NJ Ferguson's bay mare Bright
Eyes and j. j. Bowen's gray mare Sea Foam.
The second purse, OF $4,000, Is Tor horses that
had never bea,en 22B-sl 200 to first. So o TO Sec
and 5000 to third horse mile meats best three In
Ave. in harness. Some clippers have entered FOR tnls
these being Daniel pliers black siaog Chls. +.
Loew, o. r. Hckok's bay mare Western Girl, d. A.
Creamer's bay stallion Henry w. Genet, Budd Do
ble's chestnut mare IDOL, I. J. NOd!ne's chestnut
mare Belle OF Strickland Benz. Maces bay gelding
Confidence, John Murphy's bay gelding j. j. Brad
ley, Thos. .. Carpenters chestnut mare Nonesuch
and f. q. Whites bay gelding Ed. White.
Last evening pools were sold upon the above con-
tests by Messrs Marshall Johnson. at their rooms,
corner OF Broadway and Twenty-eIghth street. The
assemblage was large and the bidding for Iavorites
quite animated. In the Three minnie t-Ot, from the
speed which he has recently shown, the chestnut
gcding Fleetwood was the fav0rlte. The gray geld
ing Lottery III the first pools sold was taken
ond choice; but the mare Sea Foam soon usurpeA
that place In the minds OF the buyers and
Lottery fell to third position. In the 226 purse
chestnut mare Monesucn selling for as
much or more than all Tue rest, with the bay stall
lion Henry Genet as second choice, and the rest
in the field Tho bay mare Western Carl, IL Is as
serted BY authority win not start In the latter
Below Will be found number OF pools sold upon
each anticipated contest, which Will give excel
lent idea oil the feeling manifested among the bet
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