Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-23
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land jockey cluh ~ Pimlco. near Baltimore.
was insHg9.assd ysstsrd.s sader f.Sssse.e
tendance Was very great, rrO6sbly larger than
on sny other ecessicn before since the tns1gu-
ration Of the course. Fhe uumherof cHrrisgcs
private, vas simVly imraense. and far sfsad oi
anything of the Kind ever witnessed GA the
grounds. Among the spectators there vas
very large proportion OF ladies, who appeared
10 be not the least interested witnesses % Sae
sports 20 the turf. or the well known citizens
present eN-Govs. Thomas Swami and oteu
Bowie were noticed, besilrs hundreds OF other
prominent Ia business, professionally aul other
wise.
The races we're four in number. beginning a,
one O'Clock sharp with the exciting harIle race.
ne sport lasted only three and hsf hours.
All the races were characterized BY unusnsl
promEtitude, - that the interest OF the specta-
tors was never suffered 70 dag and the wait
we're not tiresOme. In this pSrticalar lie ma
SgtInt M was very good. The track wss in al
mirsble condition.
THE HURDLE RACE
was tie FIRST OF the days sport. Lachiel, Tam
many and Blind Tom were entered. Iochtpt
vim ng-time, $50, Lochtcl was tac favor
tie IN the roofs sold iu the CITY snl on -.
ground. Bind Tom having he preferences t-r
The second place. the ryvrsAe beng Lschisl
50, Blind Tom $50, rsmmany as. Wa.le %
noteworthy IN COM T'~Jn with me season else
where, that al the favorteS ia tie RAGS ycster-
day were the winners. the result bstwcen Bins
Tom and 4 7mMauy shows hOS much az taulr
were thc knowing ones. Lochill, ne Iagorite
and winner, Is n BAY horse. f1ur years OF age,
owned ly Conn - Lawrence. he H. proAabIv
The greatest hurdle ana sterple cha-. racer tr
-he country. The race Vas very eNc.'lug. aui
created considerable enthusiasm, thc EarI,s
jumping being particularly e-ceileUr
CONTEST FoR THE piNts srAEEs.
Tor the second race, two m.'es. n.N.s stake.
ninety entries had been m adc, BNt taHre gcrt
1r'y nine starters. not lsr-s number consider.
ing the great prizes ~ stake The star rrs were
Hubbard and Joe Daniels. both Owned by NJ
Daniel; True Blue and Mheatley, by j. r.
q 4 ~
Friend by ". Jennings; SANFORD Mate,
NounE's Lexington colt, aud Parker's Expert
ence Oaks. Mcpaniels strble was the fsvori,e
an the pools at about $50, Belmont's s'l, Jen-
Mugs $50, Parks so, Sanford's SO, Chamber
IAN and hounEs - each. The two IN les were
run amidst clouds OF dust on the track from .
many horses st tull speed. or course everybody
expected Joe Daniels TO win the drst money,
but Hubbard, from the same stables vas a.
him under heavy pulling, with True Blue, Mr..
ChsmberlsIns bsy colt third. Tim. eel.
There was very little excitement attending NJ
other two races.
FASTEST NILE HEAT ON PrNtTco TEArK.
For the third race. mile hests. tor ths Pimlico
stakes, there were Ave entries. buu oniv two
starters-McDsniel's TSbmsR and DAVIS Fad
laden. Both heats were easily won ~ Tub
man, who disianced Fadlaieen on the second
mile. Time, La and l-f3A n q claimed
that the tire made by rubmsn on the second
heat i the fastest mile heat ever made on the
PimliCO track.
FoURTH AND LAST RACE.
For the fourth and last race, three mile
there was considerable interest on account OF
the appearance OF the king OF the tart. Non
archist, owned by Mir. Sanford. Defeu Ter gen
orally known IS Morrisse, = horse. now OF Ien-
nings' stables, and Flora McIver, owned by J.
W. Weldon, were entered to compete wit fim.
but II was scarcely worthy OF being called =
race. honarchist, Of course. came 81 IN ca.
winner, win Defender second, a0I Flora
Mciver third. Time. cola Moua-rfiS' I. a
magnificent blood hsy. four wears OLD. marked
Wiih three " hite feet. He n Of Lexington stock.
dam Mildred
wHo GOT TIE MONEY
The total value Of the purses won By he rl,-
ceSsiul horses was ~lG..2l. a. 10 lows Hurdle
race, $40; Dixie stakes, Sl4 so. PIm.ico stake
$40, ana Tie fourth race. $50. B8f OF thf-
amount the net earnings OF the several stables,
after deGucting subscriptions. are A. laliOws:-
Cot5n y Lawrence, hurdle, s4po, Jos. Dnaahue.
hurdle. $500; Mcdaniel, Dixie stakes and PIN
leo, 50 Ca; j. 7. Chamberlain. Dixie S-ak.s
$50; Sanford. three miles. SG0O: ,Jeuninrs
three miles, $50.
HERE'S YOUR BORGIA.-A poisoning case IN
Scotland promises, II the allegations made
prove well founded, To afford the clue 10 a most
extraordinary series OF similar crimes. The ac-
eused IL a middle-aged woman named Mary
Ann Cotton. about five feet six inches in height
and rather swarthy complexion, who now lies
ia Durham ali awaiting her trial on tue charge
OF wiliul murder Of her stepsOu, Charles Ia
ward Cotton, at West Auckland. Her career
since she left her mothers roof, when eightesn
or nineteen years OF age, seems 70 have been A
strange one. She has been no less than fOar
times married, in two cases 20 widOwers having
families. No fewer than twenty deaths are said
To have occurred at her hands, viz, those OF her
mother, three husbands, fifteen children, and a
LOGGER.
AN IMPORTANT sCHKAPP JUDGMENT wa
given IN the supreme court yesterday, in the
case OF Hudson ID. Wolfe ct al, plaintiffs vs.
Udolpho Wolfe company DEFENDANTS The de-
PENDANTS claim that calling their cordial "Beil
schnspIs." the plaintiffs were infringing uDop
the trade mark OF the UsOlphO Wolfe company.
as the latter claimed patent right 70 the intro
ducuon o. the word 'schnapp' into our Ian
guage, and consequently justified the steps for
which this action Was brought against them.
Plaintiffs counsel succeeded in proving, on the
contrary, that the Introduction OF the word was
in cur vocabulary was coeval with Teu:Onic use
of the juniper berry in this country, and A YER
dict tor plaintiSs was rendered accor iingly
v. 4. World, 22d
BABIES ARE CHEAP in the oil country accor-
ding 10 q Circumstance related by the ridiOute
journal. woman came on foot from tae vii
age Of Triumph 70 Fagundas, bearing In her
arms beautiful babe two weeks old. She
child for money TO whoever wished 10 buy IL. A
gentleman offered her ten dollars Tor Il, which
was accepted, the contracting parties going be
fore magistrate and having the bargain legally
ratified. The unnatural mother then lett, huf
returned in a few hours and asked 70 have the
child restored to her, a. another party had Of
fered her twenty-five dollars Tor Il. The pur-
chaser refused.
How 1T FExLS To BR POISONED WITH
STRYCHNINE.-A man out in Nevada, who took
dose OF strychnine by mistake snd escaped 70
tell the tale. describes the sensation OF dying
hy this process. Ii il enough 20 deter any person
in his senses from selecting that mode OF COM
hitting suicide. he says he felt sue ,ession OF
shocks and commissions, each worse than beng
broken on the wheel, and after suffering terrible
torrents for a period that seemed Of inhnttiye
duration, he finally sunk into INCONSISTENCIES,
from which lac was rescued by the utmJst eNer-
tons OF a skilful physician.
A DAUGHTER or DE-. LININGsrONg, Miss
Agnes Livingstone, has published a letter from
her father, in which re saws that he has .itteu
two letters ~ Nr, Bennett; that he meant 70
hsye Kept the msteria niehse oIs $50
Ihe expedition was expensive he ~ ~ So
ty WAT would help him 10 write a D.. p,
"a hs hands would be harmless, as - mer,c.
are eOod and generous friends A btn0ne,
was gwen 10 Mr.. Stanley, in London o. Monde
hleht, by the Royal Geographical so,i-ty- a,
which many Of the nobility and American s,e,,.
temen we're present. e'
iHk kEPUBLlC II DANGER--Napoleon wvas
Al itlsh gentleman, was invited by Eis s..ter
Msoaine RattazZi. TO visit her al TrDuyilla
where she had taken a cottage. She telrsrsnhed
10 friend. Every thing is prepared: Nap6Ieon
Can come" Great excitement i'm the Official
world; the telegram was sent 20 NJ Fhiers AZ
last, who Is a great friend OF Nine. Ratrazzi's