The Portland daily press., 1872-10-17

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rt,r P.crs AT FOREST CITY PARK.-The OPP
o,,i,n of the three DAYS races at Forest City
Park Yesterday was not very well attended, on
account of the cold and threatening appearance
of the weather; but the track exercises were
| somewhat interesting; at times quite exciting.
| There was a collection of good horses on the
ground, as will be seen below. Two purses
were offered; one for 80 class, of 500; S65
to first, $25 to second, and $40 to third horse,
The other was for $40 horses; with the same
distribution. For the first race there were
eight entries, as follows C. Records of Bos-
ton, blk G Ned; T. S. Tilton, Waterville, gg
Maine Boy; s. w. Carr, Bowdoinham, Belle
Hunter; S. H. Jacobs, b Jerry; w. w. Smith,
Dixfield, Pomp; A p Morrill, e Orphan
Boy; A. w. Worcester blk g Black Jack; f. j.
Berry, IN Silver Tail. The pole was won by
Belle Hunter, with Ned second and Silver Tail
third; the others in different positions. The
first heat was sort of scrub, with more run
ming than trotting 1t was given to Orphan
Bow in 9. 52. with Silver Tail, Jack and Maine
Bow following. The second heat was better, al
though there was good deal of scoring, Pomp,
Jack and Ned showing some good work. The
horses came in in the following order: Orphan
Bow Silver Tail, Maine Boy Ned, Jack and
Pomp; Jerry distanced; Belle Hunter being
withdrawn. Time $50. In the third heat
Jack was withdrawn; Jacobs, lwho had driven
jerry was put behindIPomp, and Harris was
put into Maine Boys sulky. Ned took the
lead with Orphan Boy close behind At the
quarter pole Pomp closed on Silver Tail, but
afterwards lost At the half mile Ned still
had the lead, with Orphan Boy leading Maine
Boy by neck and the others close by. On the
back stretch Orphan Boy made squirt and took
the pole. coming in with Pomp on his Wheel
Maine Boy standing third and Silver Tail
fourth. Time 247. The first money was given
to Orphan Boy, the second to Pomp. and the
third to Silver tail
For the 2.4O purse the entries were: Charles
Records named blk Wagram; G. NJ. Delaney,
CHI e Auburn Boy; w. F. Rowe, br Billy
Bumpus; Frank Brickett, g Meddlesome:
George Dyer, b S Slasher Wagram had the
pole, Bnmpus second, Meddlesome third, Slash
er fourth and Auburn Boy behind Wagram
took the lead with Bumpus close behind; at
the quarter pole Wagram and Bumpus, and
Meddesome and Slasher were going in pairs.
At the close of the half mile Bumpus led, and
at the close he came IN TOUR loHStIS dHodu u
Slasher, who in turn had Meddlesome and
Wagram on his either side, only half length
behind. Time 2.45. ...... .....
For the second heat four horses came up
handsomely abreast, Auburn Boy behind. 1t
was a red hot race, and as pretty as one could
desire, with hardly skip. The horses came
in in the following order: Bumpus, NEEDLE
some, Slasher. Wagram and Auburn Bay. Time
245.
For the first half of the third heat Bumpus
behaved badly, breaking several times and Civ
ing Meddlesome the lead; but at the half mile
he had got the pole and Slasher had come up
second. Jacobs, who was behind the last horse,
going for second money. Bumpus came in sew
eral lengths ahead, and won the heat and race
in 2.43s. The second money was given to
Slasher and the third to Meddlesome.
This afternoon 2.37 and 2.45 purse will
be offered, with splendid horses in each. If the
day is good the attendance will probably be
very large. .. t.HE.