The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-27
SARATOGA rROTT1Na ASSOCIATION
The Annual May Meeting Yesterday-
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The seventh annual racing meeting OF the Sara
toga Trotting Association took place yesterday
afternoon at the Fleetwood Park Course, in West
chester county, ana was the occasion Of seifgori-
ncation for small number OF gentlemen who own
only tolerably fast roadsters but never are at all
humble in regard to their supposed merits. The
DAY was, as every one knew, as beautiful as ought
TO be desired by mortal, the warm sun pouring
cheerful Hood Of light nom the heavens while
playful and fragrant breezes blew softly from the
south and tempered the sultriness OF the atmos-
phere with GOODNESS that was delicious. '.si -
The heats were not promptly begun at the ap-
pointed times, and all the arrangements seemed to
be very far from that perfection which would have
Invested the days amusement OF tediousnesso the
racing was not concluded until after SIX O'Clock.
entered to participate in the races:-
H. Kelley enters $ 9: star s1i Henry.
MURPHY enters Blk; II: Gertrude. =
.. odell enters =. .. Badger tt ...r .or
Owner enters or. :. Colonel Roberts
4 s. odeIlf enters ss' Blk M n" Lady spokea r
Owner enters 8 m Fuzzy sy.,.. agst
J, Pauldlng enters blk. m. Tsaser. 4
xas dd sais sn sT n'o Dolly Ivy Warden
ow "sS', es s".Ssf biz M s jersey Maid
owner enters b. 8. Dunoon. ,et9a
owner enters br. m. Christine Nilsson. 3
Owner enters b. e Fred; ..ca :ua
~ odel fe e%ters + M s0 sroS af Fsou
The first race opened was that for fourth class
animals (whO had never beaten 3:l6), and only
CHRISTINE Nilsson and Frou Frou started IN 1t, the
former winning both heats easily, In the latter the
horses being harnessed to wagons The winning
time OF the first heat was 1926 and OF the second
BOOK. r
The third class race TOR horses that had not
hnat
Teazer, Jersey Maid, Flour Boy and Dolly Warden,
and the first two or three heats were quite in
the halmie pole, but broke badly on the last quar-
ter, coming In ahead however, with a clean gait,
distancing reazer and Jersey Maid by only few
Dolly Warden was clear behind, and was shut out
from the rest OF the race. In the second heat
most even with Teazer, and was declared winner
amid loud lno mg Urn s,r Of nd dissent Tine
the previous ones and consequently '1 passed I'd
the judges stand ahead Of his competitors; but
Jersey Maid, who did the mile at splendldly even
pace, was declared winner in 2:55x. In the fourth
heat the struggle was confined to Jersey Maid and
Flour Boy, all others having been excluded 1t
now became the object OF eager attention. After
position, made 80 spurt' and passed the Maid, but
again fell back. He again retrieved his loss, how
ever, and came home about two inches ahead,
winning In 3:03h. Jersey Maid was beaten by
decide the race, and 1t was won by Jersey Maid in
3:07H.
beaten 56, was begun by Mortimer, Colonel Rob-
erts, Basil and Lady Spokes The first heat was
won by the latter in 2464, both she and Mortimer
making the half mile in :2Oh. Spokes is PAGER
and mixed her gait, resting. herself BY
changing 1t, and thereby caused great
dissatisfaction among the crowd OF bet
ting men. In the next heat she passed the
wire ahead, but was adjudged third for this fault,
Roberts winning in 2:44A. In the third heat
Spokes was again in ahead through her incorrigi-
BILE pacing, but Mortimer, who was next was de.
clared winner, In 2:47h Colonel Roberts second
and Spokes third. Mortimer won the fourth heat
in 2:4Sk. Mortimer won the fifth heat, In 2:50k,
and was declared victor OF the race. Lady SpOkes
at the close OF the fourth heat was withdrawn from
the race without permission OF the Judges, and
was sentenced by them to exclusion from the
course for one year.
In the race for first class only Gertrude and Star
Henry started. The first heat was won by Star
Henry in 2:471z. The second was won by Star
Henry In 2:4Sh The third heat was won by Star
Henry very easily, in 2:4S14, and he was declared
winner OF the race.