Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-13


| even before the racing commenced,
and the general attendance, both on
the Grand Stand and off, of both sexes,
was larger than on either of the two
previous days. In the equipages, in
| side the track, there were many ladies
and some children. There was also
there, in that area inside the track, q
couple of young ladies on horseback.
The band greatly enlivened the gem
eral scene with several popular airs.
THE FIRST RACE
Was trotting, free for all horses in the
State, mile heats, best three in five,
for purse of $500, $500 to go to the
first horse and 800 to the second. The
judges were Messrs. Slaughter, Mccoy,
and Horen, as on the occasion of the
races on Tuesday. The entries:
The Moor, a black stallion, six years
old, and owned by l.. j. Rose;
| Milk Boy, q chestnut horse, eight
years old;
Longfellow, bay ge!ding, owned
by G.. r. Butler.
The riders:McGregory, of the Moor.
Mr.. McGregory had to carry but very
little "ballast' i'm order to bring him
up to the full weight, $50 pounds.
John DOnahue, behind Lougfellow,
had to make up weight with 20 pounds
of lead, and weighed 1888 pounds.
J. A. Hurd, guided Milk Boy, and had
to carry q pounds of lead. ...=....
PREVIOUS TO THE RACE
LongfellOw sold in the pools for $50,
against the Moor for $35, and Milk Boy
| so to SIS.
| FIRST HEAT.
LongfellOw had the pole, the Moor
was second, and Milk Boy outside.
There were five attempts to start be-
fore they finally got off. In the inter
i'm, the judges called up one of the dri-
vers and notified him not to lag. They
got off we'll together, Longfellow
leading slightly. The Moor Is feet
behind and Milk Boy 20 feet behind
the second at the end of the first 100
yards. At the quarter pole Longfel-
low was away ahead and the Moor sep
arated from Milk Boy by about 80 feet.
Lo ngfellow kept the lead, and at the
half mile pole, Milk Roy had gained
little on the Moor. At this juncture
several voices ON the stand: "Long-
fellow will shut them both out"
"LongfellOw will distance them BOTH"
These cries continued up to the the last
quarter, when the Moore broke badly,
and on the home stretch Longfellow
followed suit, but was brought down
at once, and came in several lengths
ahead the Moor second, and Milk Boy
last. The first qnarter was made in
81 seconds, the half in 1:20l and the
mile in 2:413.
SECOND HEAT.
The pools re-Opened and showed
change, Longfellow selling for 500
against SIS for the field, and the pools
had to be closed for want of purchasers
for the Moor or Milk Boy. After a
little scoring they got well away,
Longfellow leading again at once by
about three lengths. A few seconds
afterward the Moor was leading Milk
Boy by about the same distance. The
Moor broke very badly before the half
mile was made, and Milk Boy, eight
lengths behind did the same. The
first quarter was made in 424, and the
half in 1:24. Milk Boy broke again
before the three quarter pole was
reached, Longfellow trotting splen-
didly. Longfellow won easily in 2:47!'
the Moor second, and Milk Boy dis
tanced. This was the best time ever
made on this track. Last year Milk
Boy beat LOngfellOw.
THIRD HEAT.
There was a great deal of dissatis-
faction about this heat. For some
reason best known to themselves, the
Judges altered the signal and am
nOunced that the horses would start
by drop of handkerchief. The re-
suit was most disastrous, for the dri-
vers did not know whether they We're
off or not, and 200 yards from the start
Donahue pulled up Longfellow and
turned him half round. The Moor
shot ahead, and there were yells from
the stand, to DOnahue, to go on. The
Moor gained at least POO yards before
LOngfellOw started after him. There
were cries of "He is distanced !" "He
is shut out !" DOnahue closed the gap
magnificently, Longfellow going as if
he knew what he had to dO for Geo.
Butler, and he did it. Though the
heat was out of the question for him,
he saved his distance by several
lengths. He was magnificently
driven, and Donahue deserves the
greatest credit. The time was slow,
of course, the Moor winning the heat
in 2:5O9. After the heat, which was
declared good, it transpired that the
change Of signal was not the fault of
the Judges, but to accommodate the
drivers, as the bell frightened the
Moor.
FOURTH HEAT.
There were two unsuccessful at
tempts to start LOngfellow, who broke
the first time. At the third attempt
they got off we'll, LongfellOw leading
slightly. After 200 yards, LongfellOw
broke and the Moor took the lead.
At the pole the Moor was two
lengths ahead of Longfellow. The
was made in 42I sec. LongfellOw
here commenced to close up on the
Moor, which caused considerable
cheering. At the mile they We're
neck and neck. From here to the
close LongfellOw led, and a bad break
lessened the chances of the Moor.
There were three lengths between
them coming down the home stretch.
The crowd became very excited and
yelled and cheered alternately. The
Moor broke badly POO yards from
home, and Longfellow within 80 yards
of home did the same, nearly losing
the race. AS it-was Donahue steadied
him length ahead under the string,
the Moor making desperate rush for
the money. Time, 2.424. Longfellow
the winner of the hest and the
money.
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