The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-30
THE RACING.

The track was In excellent order, the weather
most suitable for fast running and the racing
excellent Three races were the card for
the opening day-the first being steeple chase,
with six starters the second race dash OF mile,
with eight starters and the third the Jersey Derby
race, with ten starters.
In the steeple there were eight entries but just
before the start the owners OF two Of the horses
begged or These were Astronomer and Jim lis
dale. The starters were ID. j. Bannatyne's chest
nut horse Mesan, by Mickey Free. dam by Wag-
ner, 1854 lbs. Joseph Donahue's brown horse Blind
Tom, by Star Davis, dam Margarine, 1913 lbs. -.
F. Chamberlans bay geding Impecunious,
by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, las lbs;
Coffin Lawrences gray gelding Lochinvar date
Alagog) by INVERSION, dam Bridget, 151 lbs;
John H. Tully's bay geding vesuvius, by Van.
dyke, dam Lizzie Berry, l51 lbs, and
Lexington, dam LIZ Mards, Ill lbs. Donahue's en-
tries were great favortes over the field before the
had run half mile, and Blind Tom, the other horse,
was beaten handily BY Milesian, and the Donahue
he swerved at the hedge and water leap in front Of
the stand the second time he came to 1t, throwing
his rider over his head Then little further on
the lead, tripped and threw his rider,
which made the affair certain for Mileslan. Blind
shorter distance and lighter weight would suit
him better than that which he had on hand yester-
aa nss m nSsSer and
The second race was mile dash for purse for
which eight horses came to the post; These were
]. Is. H. X. Davis chestnut horse Fadladeen, by
Cottril,s chestnut nliy sancebox, BY Star Davis,
cam sS H koee sS
a SS sd BY e.
yo Hss cam syren, three years Old; NJ
Hairs bay colt John Merrymen, by Eugene dam La
Rose four years old John NJ; 6lay's bay colt Logan
Bruce, by Lee Paul. dam by 10. Stoner, three years
old; J. W. Hunt Reynolds chestnut mare Metella
by Australian, dam La Grand Duchesse; and John
McCormack's bay ffy Belle Aiken, by Second Jack
Malone dam Mollie Ford, four years old. Abdel
Koree was ravorite the field at three to one.
l :443i Saucebox second, Abdel Koree third. The
winner It win be remembered, ran mile year
s sSe best time on record and the ~n reason
for his not selling better in the polls was
on th o raGp neng Wen
a btu Saucebox ran good race, beating the
favorte by neck. The hackers OF Abdel koree fell
heavily, and this was defeat number two OF the fa
vorite.
The third race was the great event OF the day,
entries were made for this race iorty-one nomna
tors were recorded, but when the horses were
called to the nese but put
Harness chestnut colt Meteor, by Aste-
roid, dam Maria Inns; D. MCDANIEL a Co.'S
Dolly Carter; A. Belmont's gray colt Gray Planet,
BY Planet dam Eaeess D. swlgert's
Edith 90. McSSani onssfnat a eos
Hubbard by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield; II. p.
McGrans brown T colt John Doe by LeSngtSn dam
by Endorser, dam Nantura; W. X. Babcock's chest
qs p Ef1 ob n BY ass v an
Gatina by Uncle Vic, dam George Wood and II. P.
McGrath's bay colt Richard Roe, by Tipperary, dam
great favorites,, the second choice being Gray
Planet, who brought a very high figure
s While with he the wn Sssrs Se s Before ssosn s
a very moderate price-one against twenty. This
colt 1t will be remembered ran second to 10. Dan
ies for the Belmont States, the latter winning by
half length only On that occasion Meteor ran
every horse In the race, fighting for the lead all the
laying in among the moderate at fair rate OF
speed, abiding his time. When third OF a mile
Planet quickly and overtaking 10. Daniels thirty
yards from home, won capital race by length In
time % The oes time Of the English
twelve pounds more weight than Meteor did on
this occasion.
The following are the details OF the running as it
THE FIRST RACE.
GRAND NATIONAL sTEEPLE CHASE, for all ages,
about three miles, over fair hunting country
course; welter weights; purse $500; first horse,
5000; second horse, $3.50; third horse, $50.
d. ]. Bannatyne entered oh. h. Milesian, by
Mickey Free, dam by Wagner, years old, l54
Joseph bcnahue entered br. h. Bind Tom, by
Star DAVIS, dam Margarine, 8years old, 1853
lbs, H. Carney .......:, ...............:..
j.. r. chamberlain entered ID. y. lHlpeCUn1Ou2, Dy
Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, years old, las
IDS, MetcaH Observation-Disclosures.
Joseph Donahue entered Oh. 2. Tammany, by Lex
ington, dam Lis Mards, years Old l5l lbs,
John Il. Tully entered b. 2. vesuvius, by VAN
dyke, dam Lizzy Berry, years old l5l lbs,
Conn & Lawrence entered 9. g. Lochinvar, Gate
Allagog, by INVERSION dam Bridget 3 years
old, ISL lbs, Midgeley .....................:..
r. Shea entered br. C. Astronomer, by Asteroid
dam Miss Carter, years Old, las lbs. ....... DR.
CONN 4 Lawrence entered br. 4. Jim Tisdale, by
Revenue, oam Louisa Jordan, aged, 155 lbs. dr.
THE BETTING.
Donahue's entries. 5000 200 $50 500 $40 500
Miesan; .;..'........' 80 eo(
v v;!iSAsRss !: i!stzsso 80 200 200
Lochinvar. ........... 10 70 ;@,s,
Impecunious.. 10 lo) : ~
THE RACE .F7'
judges stand in the field, and ran lesurely to a
wall az the upper end Tammany showing the way,
Lochinvar second vesuvius third, Blind Tom fourth,
well, and then circled around to the left where they
had fence to surmount. Tammany still showed
the way, Nesuvus second, Lochinvar third, Blind
Tom fourth, lmpecunious fifth, Milesian sixth. They
then mad another fence to leap over and they
to this Tammany boted, and was beaten at that
place. Vesuvius then took the lead, showing the
way over wall aud down hill to gulley, Lochn-
var second, Blind Tom third, Impecunious
fourth, Milesian NTH. The horses then jumped
wall and ran down hill, over two bitches, and
then up into the field, where the first jump,
which was over fence. Vesuvius showed the way,
Lochinvar second, Mllesian third, Blind Tom
fourth, Impecunious ffth. They jumped two more
walls on their way up toward the starting point
without changing places, and so on to the most
beautiful and difficult jump OF all In the race-a
se sa and p3na o. wa.eT rons o.
0nd, BIND Tom third, MiIesian fourth and Irnpe-
cunous nth. vesuvus kept the lead over the
same course that they ran before, and when they
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