The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-26
CITIZENS TROTYINg ASSOCIATION.
Second Day Of the Fall Meeting ut
Point Breeze Park.
Grand Attendance and Exciting Contests-Susie
Parker the Winner Of the 242 Purse
and Gomez the 2:3l Race.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25, 1872.
There was fine attendance at Point Breeze Park
to-day the ladies presenting grand appearance
on the Club House balconies. The stands were all
well filed and the crowd lined the fence the whole
length OF the homestretch. The sun was very hot,
but fine breeze from the Delaware River tempered
the heat and made seat under the large maple
trees in front Of the judges stand quite luxury,
and this was much enjoyed by the ''nk- Singing
persuasion of the daily press, who were on the
grounds in force There were two trotting races
on the card to-day, and pools were sold at the
Lapierre House and on the track, but this
kind OF business Is not as profitable
here as 1t is in other parts of the
country. The trotting was much admired by the
spectators and 1t passed Off with great regularity,
the heats Of both races being alternated. The
Judges were Messrs. Norris Holcomb, Joseph
Sturgis and f. B. Coolbaugh, VINO understood their
duty well and performed it satisfactorily. The
trotting was finished just at dark, the sixth heat
Of the first trot being the closing one of the day.
Ten heats were trotted during the afternoon, six
In the first and four in the second race. The first
purse was for $780, for horses that had never
beaten 2:42-$760 to the arst, $40o to the second
In Ave, in harness. For this event there were
eight entries consisting Of NJ. Goodin's bay geding
Ben Maess seSys Waiter de
Godsinth's bay gelding GlSster; J: 3; Philips bay
Au6Ic oCOIdHu Mdlu, " w. IOuiIuSOub DidCk Relu-
ing Billy Dawes D.. s. Quinton's bay mare Susie
Parker and ]. Odikirk's brown stallion BOnny
Doom. Susie Parker the favorite over the field.
Gloster, Billy Dawes and Bonny Doom were with.
drawn. The first heat of this race "dead
heat" the second and third were won by Joker,
when Susie Parker came to the front and won the
fourth, fifth and sixth. A large amount Of money
was In the pool box before the race was over.
The second race was for purse Of $4,000 for
horses that had never beaten 2:31-$1, 100 to the
FIRST 5000 to the second and $500 to the third horse
mile heats, best three N i've, in harness. There
were seven entries In this, comprising L. R. Red
tnond's chestnut mare Belle Of Oneida, James M.
Pettit's bay mare Sunbeam, ]. +, Turner's brown
Young Thorn Peter 4anees gray gelding Mercer,
j. J. Bowen's bay geldnR Gomez and NJ Gooden's
sorrel geldlng Harry D. Young Thorn was great
favOrite selling for nearly much all the others
combined. Belle Of Oneida was Withdrawn after
scoring few times: The favorite had no chance
OF winning at any time during the race. Sunbeam
won the first heat and Gomez all the subsequent
ones. The following are the summarizes
POINT BREEZE PARK, PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER
%, 1S72-SECOND DAY OF THE FALL MEETING OF
CITIZENS TROTrING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81, $780, for
horses that had never beaten 242-S75O to first,
$500 to second and 5000 to third; mile heats best
in 1Va in hor