Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-04
THE TURF.
Dexter Park Races.
Flush, GEN. Grant and MaripOsa
winners.

Dexter Park Races.
Flush, GEN. Grant and MaripOsa
winners.
Chicago, June 3.-The third day of the
Dexter Park meeting opened with pleas
ant weather and track vastly improved
from the slush of Tuesday or the heavier
mud of Yesterday. The first race was q
running race, dash of mile and half, all
AGES, for purse of five hundred dollars,
three hundred to the first, hundred and fifty
to the second and fifty to the third. There
were thirteen entries and eight starters,
March, Young Harry of the West, Harry
o. Fsllon, Altoona, Flush, Keno, Holly
wood and Venus. In the pools Flush was
a fsvorite at fifty to thirty-five against the
field. A start was effected with less trouble
than might have been anticipated with so
large field, Young Harry taking the lead,
| with March close after him, the rest well
punched couple of lengths behind. Flusb's
rider evidently held her in fo. future use
Around they went their positions not
essentially changed, except that Hollywood
came up for the second place until, at the
| end of the mile, Flusb's rider called on her
and she responded with dash that carried
her to the front, Young Harry dropping
gracefully back to the second place, but sue
| cessfully contesting Hollywood's claim for
| it. The field were running in bunch,
some yards behind. Down the home stretch
they came In the above order, Flush COM
| ing under the wire length ahead OF Young
Harry, who was closely followed by Holly
wood. Time, 2:482.
SUMMARY.
| Flush. .....s.'...'...'''''
Young Harry of the West............. z
Hollywood ....................
Time, 2:4S3.'
The second race was trotting race, pre-
MUM $500, for colts and FLIES. There
were four entries, Quickstep, Gen. Grant,
Border and White Eye. The two latter did
not start, and Grant won easily in three
straight heats in $40, 9:04aa, and 2:59.
There are indications of rain for the P.
NJ, but if should prove fair there Will be
fine sport.
The comparatively pleasant weather OF
this morning led the managers of the Dex-
ter Park races and thousands Of sport-lov-
ing citizens of Chicago to hope that there
would be at least one fir day during the
meeting, but as the judges were ringing up
the horses for the 2.27 race, terrible
rain storm swept down from the West,
and instead Of horse trot there was a
free for all dash-of spectators to places of
: shelter. Fora full hour the rain fairly
, poured down, while the wind blew gale.
Everybody supposed thes races fr the
day were over, but at half past two tie
clouds broke away, ard the managers, de-
, termined not to disappoint anybody, an
nouuced that the programme would be
carried out. By this time hundreds Of
| int
while the amphitheatre was filing up, and
, great sa isfsction was expressed at the ac-
ton of the management by those who had
risked q wetting by coming.
The first race called was q running pre-
MUM for purse of S1,00O-$eOO to the
, | first, $500 to the second, and 500 to tne
third. OF 8 entries started, viz: Port
Leonard, Jennings, Qusrtermaster, Maripo.
sa, Nick Baker, and John Il. Davis's bay
mare. In the pools Quartermaster was a
: hot favorite at enormous Odds, selling at
L 500 to $50, and in some cases as high as
to against the field. Port Leonard had
n the pole and took the lead to the quarter,
followed by the Davis mare, With Nick Ba-
|, ker and Quartermas er running together fol-
: the third place, Mariposa working up on the
q ontside under strong pull, with JENNINGS
: behind. At the half mile post Leonard still
held the lead, but the Davis mare and Nick
O Baker had fallen back for QusrtermasteI
and Msriposa, who we're now running sec
ond and third, with the latter creeping ra-
pidly upon Quartermaster, who wa:
in turn gaining on Leonard, who
gave waY to him at the three-quartel
Is pole, Only to let Mariposa jump TO the
front while Nick Baker put in al
appearance in the third place. They came
d down the home stretch at & rattling pact
q in the same order, Quartermaster strainins
l. every nerve to take the lead. Between The
l. distance flag and the stand Quartermsste
Is swerved slightly and ran against Msrposa
1i not, however, with sufficient force to hur
% his pace, as he came in neck ahead, Il
1881, the quarter having been run in 2o3
3 half in 575. After consultation, the judge
: announced that, under the rules of tn
% Americ Jockey Club, they would b
II Obliged to declare Qusrtermas,er distanced
Of on account of foul running. Nick Baker
s. who came in third, being placed second
1T Port Leonard third, Davis fourth, Jenning
7r distsl ced.
In the second heat, the horses got o.
well together, Msriposs taking the lea
le with Nick Baker close to his quarters, Da
L. yis' entry next, Leon ,rd bringing up tn
ht rear. At the, half-mile pole Nick Baker
h who was running fast, crept up to Mari
OIL posa's shoulder, while Davis and Leonsr
be were running neck and neck six lengths /
d, | the rear. AS they came to the home-stretC
Baker made a strong dash for the lead, bu
Mariposa held her own, and came undt
m the string winner by neck in 1:54; Bake
n second; Leonard and Davis mare di
he tanced.
a The third heat was an exciting one, Il
an filly leading slightly at the quarter, but ALLOW
IA ing Baker to lap her between the quartz
and the half, and at the latter point TO dra
ahead couple of lengths. At the thre
quarter pole, however, Mariposas rider SCI
her af.er the stallion, and as they can
into the home stretch one blanket wou
have covered both. Baker, however, by
oe bold dash carried his head to the front on
more, and when within three hundred var
er af the stand MaripOss was once more call'
on and responded with burst OF spe'
to that sent her under the wire winner OF he
of and race in 1855.
TO SUMMARY.
lO marlpCSas ...s..s. ssss''s''s
10 Nick tker. ...s.......s....''
th- Port Leonard. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Oil
in Jno. II. Davis b m. m.............. GU
ing Jennings. dis.
Time: 1922, 1854, 1:56.
The judges next called the running ds
Tii twice around the track, free fer all ages,
jr.S a ,,I,rso Of GS00 amODO the fret three