New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-11
A TURFMAN'S HOLIDAY.
THE MONMOUTH PARK RACES.


FOURTH DAY-THE JULY STAKES WON BY KING
AMADEUS THE FoUR-MIIE HEAT RACK BY HUB
BARD, ASD TIKI PURSE FOR BEATEN HORSES BY
THE JEssAsnNE PORTER COLI
Fine weather again favored the Monmouth
Park Association yesterday, the fourth day Of their
meeting. The great attraction the programme was
fourmile heat popular with the American pub
lie, and to witness anticipated exciting contest,
q large assembage patroniEed the course The
residents of Long Branch were present IN
large numbers and the ladies' stand was
well filed The sport of the day was somewhat marred
by the result of the great event. the ourme race in
which the favorite Hubbard, fairly ssoped his two OPP
ponents 20 standst aud distanoed them both IN tue
FIRST heat thus unceremonOusiy ending the race Inc
interests Of the racegoing public ana inc owners OF
raee-horses are sometimes antagonsuc' as was
exemphhea in the in question; for al
tbough the spectators would have preferred TO see
q second heat OF four miles on this occasion, it
would have been bad policy on the part OF Col Nc
Daniel the owner OF Hubbard, TO have suffered the
other two contestants TO have saved their distance
when q stake Of such value tl,500 depended upon his
beating them in the first heat Hubbard surprised
every one only by exhibiting the ability to four
miles, which had been generally doubted but also by
running the distance in such fast time. The truth is
Hubbard is not only fast horse, as was shown by his
winning the rich Dixie Stakes worth s3sOO. two miles,
at Baltimore last Fan, In 3:Ssi carrying Ito pounds.
ton. He was beaten in two-mile dash at
Jerome Park, by Mate, and by wanderer ana
Preakness in the Monmouth Cup Tuesday last, but
in neither these he In thorough condition.
the astname having put him in proper order
for the yesterday The for beaten horses
another Of those surprises which turfmen often ex
perienoe and following quickly the victory OF the
despised outsider Lizzie Lucas in the Monmouth Oaks
the day before gave the knowing turf spectators an
other severe blow. Nevada and Minnie ". carried
thousands OF dollars and from the weight OF money that
risked them. 1t would naturally have been sup
posed that the would win. but although only
four horses started. who sold for $50 pool of
sl,2IO won with great ease.
THE JULY STAKES
The July Stakes was first OF the day. and
exclusively for twOyearOds the entrance money being
$50 play or pay with $500 added by the Association The
second horse was receive 800 ont Of the stakes and
the third $50 that there were rs entries the race
was worth 20 the winner SOO The distance 70 be run
was threequarter OF mile, quarter mile further
than in the Hopeful Stakes the winner OF which had TO
carry five pounds extra weight as penalty or the .
young ones entered, came TO the post MI Nor
rs hy Regardless, who had run second to Beatrice IN
the Hopeful Stakes, being from running in that
race and hence out Of the present contest. Those
which did face the starter were A. Belmonts two
colts Scratch by Kentucky out OF imported Fuke and
King Amadeus by Beadsman out OF imported Amethyst
p Lorriard's brown colt Saxon, by Beadsman out Of
imported GirasOl D. J. CrOuses bay colt CulDepper oy
Revolver out OF Gentle Annie ]. f. Chamberlns bay
colt YIsigOJh. by AsterOd out OF Vandalia H. P. Nc
Grath chestnut colt Aaron Pennington, by Tpperary
out OF Lucy Fowler, and A. Z. Lewis Co.'s bay lilly |
by Yandalite out OF Vesper Light. |
n was rimOred that Mr.. Belmonts two colts /
we're both flyers, and this combined with |
the fact that his fy Amethyst had won the Hopeful
stakes on the second day. made his entry the favoue
But the truth that the Mertaer colt had been tried to
hree-Guarters OF mile the distance in this and
heir trainer was by means 80 confident Of success
As he had been IN the Hopeful stakes with Beatrice
The hopes of the followers OF the Homdell stable
we're centered Qn the absence OF Regardloss),
IN Mr. LOrillard's colt, Saxon, by the
famous English Derby winner Beadsman,
who IL trained in the stable, and had been
found TO be very half mile but had never
he distance Of this He is large handsome colt
with immense bone and power for two year Old and
exhibited considerable greenness in his preliminary can
er this being his first appearance on the course Vs
.oth Pennington and Vandala had run and been
eateu in the Hopeful Stakes that none OF the three
Pools sold the follows