The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-19
Fourth Day Of the Inaugural
ton Meeting.
The Southern Beauties Out in
Full Force.
The Favorites Beaten and For
tunes Lost.
Village Blacksmith the Winner Of the Handi-
cap Hurdle Race, and Cape Race
the Pickwick Stake.
NEW ORLEANS, April Is, 1872.

of each contest were almost deafening. The same
brilliant scenes, the innumerable carriages, the
dense crowds Of polished and fashionable ladies'
and gentlemen, the lovely landscape, the bright
pleasant skies, the uxuriant and variegated foliage
the merry, happy laugh or bright, contented smile
on every cOuntenance, and the same excellent
track, were characteristic OF the fourth days
amusement on the Louisiana Jockey Club course
as have marked the preceding events OF its sue
cessful Inauguration meeting. The interest was
intensiaeg greatly BY thss l2Etes Ia a9tA races
being beaten, the hackers OF Blind Tom In the
hurdle contest and London, the famous gray colt
Of Tom Moore, in the mile heats, losing large
sums, particularly the latter, and not Q
few of them look greatly respondent to-
night The emount q the pool money on the
Pickwick Stake was simply enormous, bets Of
thousands 81 dollars being so frequent as to be
almost bewilderine to an outsider.
THE HANDICAP HURDLE
The first event was hurdle race, Of two miles,
with six jumps, between the following horses:2
W. jennings brown horse Blind Tom, by Star
Davis, dam by Margrave, years DID, l4O lbs.; F.
Harrison's chestnut geldng Templar by Bulletin
chestnut horse Village Blacksmith by yandai, dam
by Wagner, eyears old, 1925 lbs. and G. H. Rice's
Blonde years DID, 1850 lbs. bind Tom nS was ' the
favorite over the field. He was beaten under
most executing contest Dy NlilaRe BlackSlnltn. TnS
was one Of the most interesting, hurdle
races ever. witnessed. Won Moltke threw his
rider over his head after running mile and
half, butt fortunately, the boy was not injured. The
following are the details OF
RACE.
Blind Tom took the lead Templar second, Village
Blacksmith third, Won M0ltke fourth Blind Tom
was In advance over the first hurdle, Won Moltke
second Templar third, village Blacksmith fourth.
Won Motke ran to the front on the upper turn, but
before they reached the second hurdle, which was
midway Of the backstretch, Templar had taken the
laQd M ha we n hrua rth m
front of Blind Tom who was two lengths In adj.
vance Of village Blacksmith, Won Moltke having
the homestretch to the third hurdle he only
in front of Village Blacksmith, the latter being two
lengths in advance of Won MOltke From there to the
stand the horses ran at clipping rate and as they
Tempar leading, Blind Tom second, Village Black
smith third, Won MOltke fourth. Blind Tom made
gallant effort to overhaul Templar on the upper
turn and down the backstretch, but when they
passed over the fifth hurdle Tempar was one
advance OF Village Blacksmith Won MOtke struck
the top rail Of the hurdle and threw his rider over
his head, and then galoped after the other horses
point between Templar, Blind Tom and Village
the lower turn The trio entered 't the home
stretch parallel but soon afterwards Templar was
beaten and fell back Village Blacksmith and Blind
hurdle, but landing after the leap, Village Black
smith was the quickest In getting away and he beat
/
eral lengths behind Time, 1851
| SUMMARY.
/ NEW ORLEANS LA.-INAUGURATION MEETING OF
/ THE LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB-FOURTH DAY, April
| Is, 1872.-First Race-Club purse OF $780, handicap
hurdle race, two miles, over six hurdles $500 to
first horse, $3.50 to second horse and $50 to third
horse.
T. Clarke entered ch h. Village Blacksmith
years old, by Vandal, dam by Wagner, 125 lbs.
| W. Jennings entered br h. Blind Tom, years old,
by Star Davis, dam by Margrave, 14o lbs.....
f. Harrison entered Oh. g. Tempar, years old,
by Bulletin dam by Albion, $50 lbs. .............
G. Rce entered en- h Won M Vol Ike years ola
Time, 1857.
THE PICKwICK STAKE.
The second race was the Pickwick Stake, sweep
stakes for three yearOds mile heats s25 entrance,
play pay 500 added by the club; 81, 200 to the
first horse $500 to the second and the third horse
three entries and seven starters, embracing 7. G.
Moores gray colt London, by Lightning, dam Tin
ton dam Zone A. B1ford's brown ally Minus by
Bonnie Scotland, dam by Mickey Free; w. r. Bah
cocks chestnut my Ethel spgagge, BY Jack Ma,
fly Belle Buckle, by Brown Dick, dam by Bulletin
George II. Rces chestnut fly, by War Dance, dam
Alexandria, and w. Cottrill's chestnut fy Sweep
stakes, by Daniel Boone, dam Lady Cifle. London
was the favorite over the field at the start. The
pool sales on this race were larger than any other
known in this city since the war. Cape Race won
the race In two straight heats: The starts In each
drum tapped for the first heat and Cape Race had
running start for the second heat, London being
beaten before he left the score. London and Cape
Race both extraordinary colts, and until
70 eeS are which sS ps' the best De Ba %
fast creature and ran good race. She, too, was
beaten as soon as the drum sounded for start.
The following are the details OF
| First Heat-After a great deal OF manGuvering
and six breaks away had taken place very bad
Minus second, sweepstakes third, Cape Race
fourth, Ethel sprague fifth, Belle Buckle sixth and
London, the favorite, seventh and far behind.
They ran in this way around the upper turn, but
they changed their positions as they passed into
hs sosg a9w which Be
don NTH, Ethel ELL sprasue , IS sixth 9Th , and
| Cape Race shot to the front sweepstakes second,
Ethel Sprague third, Belle Buckle fourth, London
! fifth, Rice's FLY sixth and Minus seventh. Going
around the lower turn Cape Race opened gap on
| the others and London ran into second place, Belle
fifth, Rice's dly sixth and Minus seventh. As they
turned into the homestretch Cape Race had COM
handing lead, but London made for him and closed
up the gap finely until his jockey found he could not
! win, when he abandoned his desperate pushing.
! Cape Race landed at the score a winner by three
lengths, London second, Rice's filly third, Minus
fourth, Ethel sprague fifth, Sweepstakes sixth, and
Belle Buckle distanced. Time Of the heat, ] :46
running start Rice's my second, sweepstakes
third, London fourth Ethel Sprague fifth and Minus
sixth Going around the upper turn Cape Race
kept the lead, London second, Rices FLY third,
! sweepstakes fourth. Ethel Sprague fifth and Minus
! sixth The race from this part OF the was
! unnoticed by the spectators. London lay close to
/ Cape Race down the backstretch, but he could not
0vertake him. IL appeared at times that Cape
Race was getting the spur, as his tail would ny up
every few moments, but he went the faster for the
| prickng and did not flag. London had all the
/ daylight shut up on the lower turn, and as they
came into the homestretch they seemed on pretty
nearly even terms. Ethel Sprague had closed up
| nicely and as the trio came up the homestretc
| there seemed no tire to Cape Race and he came
home winner by length In IA London was
second, Ethel Sprague good third. Sweep
stakes, Rices flly and Minus were distanced.
SUMMARY.
SAME DAY-SRCOND RACE.-Pickwick Stake
Sweepstakes for three-year- odds, mile heats: 1876
entrance, p. p; three or more to fill, Club adding
$780, 81, 200 to first horse, 5000 to second horse
| and the third horse TO save his entrance money
| closed with twenty-three entries.
William Jennings entered b. c. Cape Race,
by Lexington, dam Zone. observation-disclosures.
T. G. Moore entered q. c. London by Light
ming, dam Zingara, by Star Davis. ..........2 2
w. X. Babcock entered oh. f. Ethel Sprague,
by Jack Malone, dam vesper Light. ........'6 8
G. II. Rice entered oh. T., by War Dance, dam