The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-01
PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS.
Third Day of the Spring Trot-
ting Meeting.
Fine Attendance and Delightful
Weather.
Eyeline the Winner of the 2:4S Purse and
Lucille the Saddle Race.

Lucille the Saddle Race.
The genial weather Of yesterday, notwithstant-
ing the limited trotting attractions on the card,
drew together at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds
large and fashionable attendance. At two O'Clock
the most exacting could hardly wish for much
grander picture than the ample course presented.
The rain and sunshine had given q deeper tint OF
emerald alike to the luxuriaDt foliage and waving
grass, and these, with the cluster OF villas SUR
rounding the track, made up charming piano.
rama. The thr0Dg that came to witness the days
amusement was an agreeable disappointment to
the management. P0stponements always result
disastrousy, and Prospect had suffered such on
Thursday; therefore light day had been antici-
pated New York and Brooklyn, however, came to
the rescue, and when the bell brought the horses
TO the for the first event the Grand Stand and
Club House balconies were exceedingly wen filed,
and filed, too, with such representatives Of re-
spectabity and wealth lend charm to any
gathering.
Here 1t may not be inappropriate to suggest
but the suggestion cannot be new in any particu-
lar-that n this Association would only give the
great public mode OF reaching the track from the
ferries in thirty five or forty minutes whether by
water or land or by b0th 1t would be one of the
most successful trotting grounds in the North. Its
beauty OF location is unsurpassed, its buildings
and stables are Of the most ample nature and the
Club House large and finely appointed. There have
been great days at Prospect and will be again, but
the attractions presented to bring together ten
or fifteen thousand persons, as was the case
three years ago this month, during the spring meet
ing, must be vast indeed to make the multitudcs
subject themselves to tedious rides OF an hour and
hall or more in song to and returning from the
the visitors, feel the necessity Of more rapid
means of transportation, and it is assured that be-
fora lana In and hon f1.A ard
crowds which win there assemble at every re-
union will gladden. the eyes OF all Interested.
before the nrst neat Oh te nrst race was over
with ladies and their escorts, and on the right OF
the Club House and the left Of the Grand Stand
other like clusters were seen, the inmates OF each
anxious and delighted at the exhibition OF sport,
though not up to the usual mark presented by the
attractive event. though with but three starters,
evoked much enthusiasm, and greatly made up for
the rather inferior exhibition of the PAS purse. All
the leading gen tlcmen of the Association were I'm
attendance, and while they rOamed about the
grounds their ladies occupied pleasant points Of
Club House. Among the many present not before
mentioned were G. w. Writer, Of the OwegO Park;
OF Providence; Michael Sandford, John Coyer, Jr.,
and william Franklin, OF Newark, and many other
strangers.
The track was In toleraby fair condition after the
rain OF the previous day, but the troting was not
OF an exciting nature There were two contests,
the first having six entries, only two OF which came
to the scratch. These were j. j. Wheeler's black
mare EvelIne ana 7. Hoyt's chestnut geldDg
Wallace. The former won handily in three straight
heats.
The second trot was under saddle. The bay mare
Lucille bay gelding J. j. Bradley ana bay gelding
G. W. Patterson were the contestants. Four heats
were trotted, and Lucille won the race. The fol
lowing are the detais-
| THE FIRST TPOT.
First Hedt.-Evene and Wallace were the only
horses that came TO the post At the word Wallace
broke up badly, and lost fifty yards. He broke again
! on the turn, and EvelIne was nearly distance
Onds. She was about the same distance In front at
| the halfmile pole, In 30, and came home winner
by eighty yards, IN 49, ao. 10. Good s,.rt
| and went to the turn side and side, when Wallace
broke up, and STAYED up until Eveline was fifty
yards away from him. She passed the quarter pole
about sixty yards in front, In thrtynine seconds,
and keeping on steadily was eighty yards in front
at the hafmile pole, in 10. She trotted on about
as well as she could until she reached the home
stretch, when she was taken in hand and came
home on jog, fifty yards ahead of Wallace. Time,
2:36ls
Third Hent.-The horses had good, even send
| OF, but Wallace soon broke up and that was the
thirty-eight seconds, the half in III and logged
home winner by forty yards in 2:4O The follow
ing Is
! PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS ASSOCIATION
| SPRING MEETING.-THiRD DAY, FRIDAY, May 81
Purse 5000, for horses that had never beaten 24s-
$3.50 to tile first, $50 to the second, 500 to the
third; mile heats, best three In 1ye, in harness.
| ]. ]. Wheeler entered blk m. Eveline........ /
7. H0yt entered 9. g. Wallace. ...............
| A. Goldsmith entered b. 9. Abdalah. ....... dr.
| g. N Ferguson entered b. m. Sweetmeat.... DIR.
J. J. Bowen entered b. z. COrnee. ........... dr.
p. Wood entered s. &. Robert Dixon. dr.
Quarter. Hau ME.
/ tlfSt neat. .............. ~ I:20 Z:i4Ia
Second heat. ........... 30 1919 2:3615
| Tnlru neat. 81 LII 2:i0
THE SECOND RACE
First Ue0t.-G. w. Patterson had the best OF the
start Lucille second, j. j. Bradley close mp. Going
around the turn Paterson broke up and Lucille
went to the quarter pole length in front OF
Time thirty-cight seconds. Lucille led one length
along the backstretch and Patterson broke up again
and fell OF ten lengths As Lucille passed the half
mile pole she was half length ahead OF Bradley.
| Time, 1:l5. Gong along the lower turn Bradley
took the mare lay the head and they were yoked 10
the three-quarter pole. They swung into the home
stretch with their heads together, and came along
broke up and Lucille wont he heat by length, in
2:2624. Patterson was twenty lengths behind.
Second He1f.-The horses had fine send-on with
their heads together but as they trotted around the
| turn Patterson broke all to pieces and the others
left him. Lucille and Bradley went head and head
to the quarter pole, when Lucille broke up and
lost fifty yards before she recovered Bradley passed
eighty yards In front at the halEmile pole in :14.
Patterson made succession of breaks 10 the half
mile pole, and was more than a distance behind at
that point Bradley came along steadily and won
the heat by eighty yards, in 2:2e. Patterson dis
tanced.