The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-26
THREE CAPITAL CONTESTS.
Large Attendance and Grand Display Of
Orange County Beauty.
GOOD DAY AND GOOD TRACK.
C0ronerK. Wins the $40 Purse, Ed. White
the 2:27 Premium and Dixon the
FOur-Year.Old Race.

| with the beauty OF Orange county, and more
lovely display Of fine figures and healthy faces could
not be produced in any part OF the world The trot-
ting was highly interesting, all the contests being
doubtful to the finish.
The entries for the first trot comprised r. H.
Cocks bay mare Scotland Maid. A. II. Taylor's bay
stallion Island Chief r. F. Galloway's bay mare
Nette, J. Conway's back mare Nelly Thomas
O'Connor's gray Stallion Live Oak, W. McMahon's
hay gelding Coroner K. w. c. Trimbles bay geld
ing Commodore, J. II. Bertholrs black geldng
Black Dick formerly Judge Shandley), J. ]. MI
Nallys bay mare Addie, J. C. Celeman's
bay mare Goshen Maid. Coroner X. sold highest
in the pools. Live Oak was withdrawn
before the start. This was capital
race and was won by Coroner X. in first class
style. McMann drove game and fearless race,
and won 1t CALAMITY, receiving many expressions
of admiration from the assembled crowd.
The second trot had eight entries and seven
starters. These were w. Fl. Borsts bay mare Lady
Bacchus, M. Rodents sorrel gedng Fleetwood, c.
Hoarlands gray gel1ing Gray Jack, ]. Ellis gray
geding Gray Eddy, J. Fl. Phillips bay gelding
Ed. White, s. Whtman's bay mare Lady Whitman
and G. N. Fcrguson's chestnut gelding
James X. Polk, formerly Judge Scott. The
mare Tennessee was withdrawn on account of
lameness, she having broken down few days
ginning to end. Gray Eddy was the favorite over
the field, but he never looked like winner to me.
He dragged his Off hind leg along as if 1t was stiff
and on the fourth heat at the quarterpole stopped
suddenly as II he had broken down. When he re-
sumed his tr0tting he was not lame, but exhausted
Ed White won good race.
The third event Of the day was trOt between
four year-Olds five coming to the post. These were
r. +. Galloway's brown colt Dixon, by Happy Me.
dunn, dam by Old Morrel; d. sayers brown mare
Mary Miller by Savers Guy Miller, dam by Harry
Clay; Anthony Doyles bay fllly Polly Ticks, by
hay gelding Silver Heel by Hambletonian,
dam by Harris Hambletonian, and Wallace
dam unknown. Dixon was great favorite over
the field before the race hut when beaten by Silver
Heel in the first heat, the latter jumped in favor.
The driver OF Dixon was changed, Jimmy Mckee
taking Dixon in hand. He distanced the others in
ra,,au. style, and closed the racing at an early
Eour The roi,, wing are the details of the sport as
it progressed - v7---,sf aH4y-.-.
THE FIRST rRor. ''.'' c." -'-'
y First Heat.-Gray Eddy had the best Of the
sendoG, Fleetwood second, Ed White third Lady
Whitman fourth the others as close together as
turn Gray Eddy broke badly and fell back to sixth
second, Gray Jack third, Lady Whitman fourth,
Lady Bacchus nth tine latter having broken
thirty eight seconds. Fleetwood Kept the lead for
tnreequarters of mile, but then Ed. White carried
him to a break and won the heat by three lengths,
Fleetwood second Lady Baccbus third, Gray
Jack fourth, Gray Eddy fifth, Lady Whitman sixth,
lanes *. X 1 R%f XII sgets Time to hamie pole
Second Heat. Fleet good had the Iced, Gray
Eddy second James X. Polk third, the others in a
group James X. Polk led to the quarter pole In
thirty eight seconds, Fleetwood second, Ed. White
third, Lady Bacchus fourth, Gray Eddy fifth, Lady
Whitman sixth, Gray Jack seventh: james X: Polk
kept the lead to the half mile pole in 1T, and con-
tinuing on steadily won the heat by half length,
Lady Bacchus second, a head in front OF Ed White,
who was one length In advance OF Gray Eddy. La
dy Whitman and Gray Jack were distanced. Time,
Third Heat-Ed. White took the lead, James X.
Polk second, Fleetwood third, Lady Bacchus fourth,
Gray Eddy fifth. They passed the quarter pole in
White kept the lead to the hafmile stand In :l4H,
Gray Eddy then made a brush for the lead and Oh
the ob backstrstc6 looked tsa much as
moment Gray Eddy stopped, and shout
was heard that Gray Eddy had broken down:
He walked for hundred yards, but then resumed
his trot, showing that he was not lame and had not
met with any accident. The opinion prevails that
he Is not game horse, and when pressed too
much gives up like coward. Ed. White won the
lengths in advance Of Lady Bacchus, Gray Eddy and
Fleetwood distanced.
Bacchus second, Ed White THIRD. Going around
the upper turn James X Polk broke up and Ed
White went to the front, and took such command
o Of 20 race a we i on TO
the end and won by ten lengths, Bacchus second,
James X, Polk third The quarter pole was passed
in thirtyseight and a half seconds the hall mile
pole IN f:l6ii aud the mile in 2:S4
The following is a
GOSHEN TROrTING ASSOCIATION, July 25.-Purse
$500 horses that have trotted better than
2:i0; $500 TO the first; 5000 to the second and 500
to the third horse mile heats, best three In five, in
harness.
w. McMahOn's b. q. Coroner K............ !