Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-24

MILWAUKEE, August 23.-The third
day Of the Cold Spring races opened
I with a large attendance of spectators,
and with somewhat cooler weather than
the first DAYS. The first race was
free for all horses that never beat , 40.
I Purse, one thousand dOllars-five hun
I dred dollars to the first horse, two hun
dred and fifty dollars to the second, one
/ hundred and fifty dollars to the third,
and one hundred dollars to the fourth.
( There were eight entries-D. Playerno,
/ Fox, RObby, Gold Dust, Mary Barden,
I Betty Wilkes, and Booth. Fox, Betty
/ Wilkes and Booth were withdrawn.
Mary Barden won easilyin three straight
heats. Time, 2:374, , 1856, 2:34}.
The second race was for a purse of one
thousand dollars, free for all horses that
never beat 2:27. There were five entries
Western Boy, RipOn Boy, Katie Hay
good, Elmo, and J. d. Wewann. Katie
HaygOOd and Elmo were withdrawn.
The first and second heats were won by
Wewann-time 2:35 and 2:32l. The
third and fourth heats were won by
RipOn BOy-time, 2:2S4 and 2:32. Ow-
ing to the lateness of the hour, they
could not trOt another heat. The race
viii be continued at two o'clock tO-mOr-
row afternoon.
The great race Of the season. by Gold
smith Maid and Lucy, will not come of,
owing to the lameness Of the Maid, but
there will be a race by Lucy and Jay
Gould in their place.
The fourth day Of the races proved a
failure. The unfinished race of yesterday
Has won by Rigon Boy this evening,
but the people who had come from a
distance to see Goldsmith Maid and
Lucy trot were disappointed. The Maid
was taken sick about a week ago and
has not been out of her stables since
Doble, her driver, who was anxious TO beat
her former time, hoped to the last mo-
ment, when the Doctor decided that it
was not safe or prudent to trOt her, To
compensate for the disappointment,
Lucy was expected to trot with Jay
Gould, but unfortunately while exer-
cising this morning she made mistep
and sprained tendon running on the
back of the fOreleg from the knee TO the
fetlOck, and good hoTsemen say that the
mare was not in a condition to trOt; and
it has been stated that if she had trotted 4
she would have been manned for life.
As such censJre has been east upon the |
management of the affair, and under /
the lead of the Wisconsin Agricultural |
and Mechanical Association, il is proper /
TO state that no member Of the AsSOcia- /
ton had anything to do with the races. /
The track was under the control of f. 1
d. Rood, and all arrangements were |
made with him, and not with the AssO- /
citation, and the use Of the name of this /
Association was unauthorized. There !
is not citizen in Milwaukee who does /
not deeply regret the disappointment |
and bad management of the affair. /
Jay Gould and st. Elmo were put up |
on the track to take the place of the
Maid and Lucy, but, after the first heat,
the crowd became 50 much incensed !
at the treatment they had received that |
they blocked up the track, and the |
crowd dispersed swearing vengeance |
upon everybody and everything. The /
Doctor and Doble are both censured for /
not making known sooner the condition /
of the Maid, and the managers of /
the races are blamed for not giving /
proper notice early this morning.