The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-22
LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB.
brilliant Wind Up Of the Spring Meeting
sarlie Wins the Fortuna Stakes-The
Planet Colt Carries or the Consolation
Henors-The Great Four Mile Event
Won by Morgan scout-Great 7
Fab in Greenbacks.

NEW ORLEANS, April d 1873
Az usual the great four mile event, which wound
up the Spring meeting OF the Louisiana JOCKEY
Club, drew throng to the track. The huge stand
was solidy packed with humanity, while the field
usually not very well pstronzed presented the APP
Dearance OF a small ~ehicular city. Since the war
no such attendance has been witnessed at the race
track.
THE PROGRAMME
consisted OF the Fortuna stake OF one mile with
nve nominations of which snree only started
Billy Connor's Ally Sunrise. Cortrell's splendid
mare Sallie Watson and cadwalader's vandalia
The second event was tine Consolation Purse Tor
beaten horses, with allowance in weight. II was o
one mile dash. with eight entries, one OF which
SIR Rufus--was Withdrawn. Previous TO the
race the HELD, consisting OF Cottrells Young
Harry carrying 81 lbs, Bonnabells Emma
SAMSON 90 lbs. Warwick's Colt, by Planet out
OF Red Rose, jennings Cape Race stones William
sons IOU-all 81 bs.-John Mcdonald, los lbs, and
Frod Rennabell so lbs. The last event was the
gTcat9eur- mile race with six starters-Lawrence's
Village Blacksmith, jennings Silent Friend Dib-
xell,s Morgan Scout, Cheatham's Repeater, Wei
0en's Flora McIvor and Harrisan's rrepressble
Tom Corbett.
THE BETTING
was lively upon all three races, but the heaviest
sums laid upon the last. In the pool and on
Sne tTdck Sdiue SIOOu laVOrlJe against the nelu AT
tie rate OF 500 to s4o Sunrise second choice. For
the second race the Planet colt and Cape Race were
front favortes, and for the last the Scout had
decidedly the call at evens against the field Silent
Friend rallied into favor at the track, but the know
ing ones fought shy Of her and stuck to Scout.
THE DAY
was a beautiful one, and the track had been well
narrowed and was in good order, but hard and
mmpy, favorable for fast time but hard hoois.
BY three O'Clock the grand stand fairly overlooked
with people, and amid more excitement than yet
witnessed, the horses were rung up Tor the first
race.
THE FIRST RACE.
Sunrise, Salle Watson and Vandaia promptly
appeared at the score, all looking well and
sgamey.n vandaa FESTIVE, as usual and de-
layed the SEM or somewhat, which was finally ac-
cOmphshed in good style Rounding the turn Sunrise
went to the front, but was caught and passed by
Sallie at the quarter post. Sunrise soon rallied,
backstretch and turn, with slightly varying ad-
vantages: Down the nomestretch the drive was
beautifully contested. Sale led throughout, but
the colt exhibited remarkable gameness and te-
nacity holding on as lar as the distance stana,
where he gave up Sallie finishing the heat an easy
winner In 40 Sunrise good second, vandalia
third.
SECOND EVENT.
In view OF the great finishing event but little
time was lost in ringing up the Consolation field,
S which being large one 6osh sas the Judges
tiOus false starts this was finally accomplished,
however, the Warwick colt and Emma sansom
the neck. The scamper around the turn into and
down the stretch was well contested, but Warwick
held on to the lead throughout. At the last turn
Mcdonald came up and challenged driving him
hard into the homestretch where Cape Race put in
his claims, the field being well up. Heller skelter
they ratified down the finish. but. sweeping in
front OF the stand, the little Planet colt seen
TO have the lead, and came home winner by a
neck, Cape Race second, Mcdonald third. Time,
EXCITEMENT ON THE GROUND
from noon out the track was very noisy. Bet
ments in stentorian tones. Baldheaded gentlemen
gathered IN knots and drew pools out OF hats with
alarming persistence. Each horse IN the cooling
ground had his retinue OF admirers and critics iol-
lowing him round. All OF sudden the stable
world grew opulent ana offered bets astonishing in
amount considering the generally supposed impe-
curiosity OF that estate When the judges bell
rung rush was made for the stand, similar only to
THE FOUR MILE EVENT
There was evidently to be no delay in deciding
this event. and amid almost GREATNESS excitement
the champions were trotted out to the score,
freelv criticised with that charming imbecity SO
peculiar to the race track. But little trouble was
experienced In getting them OF, with the old mare
Flora in the lead Repeater second, Scout third,
the Blacksmith and silent Friend neck and neck,
ear Without w ny csanre in
cept Corbett coming up to fourth place on the
they rounded the frs, mile in
daylight on the field, the Friend falling back
to rear guard duty. In this order the second mile
was reeed of in 3:47. On the back stretch OF the
third mile Blacksmith went up closed the gap, and
all punched; out OF the scamperng crowd the
Scout led down the homestretch, passing under
the string in 49, with Flora second. the Friend
third, aud Blacksmith fourth Into the last mile
the drive commenced, the Blacksmith facing the
music, with Silent Friend hanging on to his fank
gradually closing on the Scout, they caught him at
the turn, and held him half way down the finish,
where the Friend went galiaaty to the front and
came home an easy winner In the excellent time
of 7.3DI. Scout second. Blacksmith third. Flora
fourth, the others distanced.
All the horses had been terribly punished In this
sides streamed with blood, the BLACKSMITH reeled
nike drunken man and poor Flora came to dead
halt under he string, TERRIBLY Frustrated. 1t was
evidently the old girls last race--her heart
broken. During the interval between heats the
Scout was galloped around the track and subse-
quently cooled of well. but 1t hard with the
others; only Silent Friend seemed to have come
smith withdrawn by consent. Betting of
course, now varied heavily in Silent Friends iavcr,
500 to $40 being freely onered and taken.
The story OF the second heat Is soon told. At the
tap Morgan's Scout took the track followed BY the
order they made the FIRST mile, in $50; the sec
ond in 3:5e; the third in :33. Passing the string
Went IN and passed me scant but se old veera
was not 10 be cheated; at the quarter post he re-
captured bis lost place and held home in a stern
ond, Flora McIyor badly distanced
The result OF this heat brought terrible disaster
70 the turftss Silent Friends splendid perform
ance in the first heat had inspired taem with GER
tam confidence. .Ihe fourth best time ever made
in American one old sport had said, while solicit
ing investments at almost any odds, and now here
came In the old scout, battered and tired though
he appeared winning the second heat, in Z $50.
For once the knowing ones were nonrlussed and
the innocen1s jubilant. "iIed Gogn was now the
order OF thu nly, and all the loose money lying
around wS picked up speedily at any
odds high as 10 TO /. For the
third heat both horses came up looking
well. They went on at the tap in
a hand gallop, Scout leading, rpnning easy. With
out change they made the first mile In 2:05 the
second in :o3K, a7d the third in :02. Up TO this
mile Scout had been gradually leaving the Friend,
but in the honlcetrefch he made O rally forcing
the pace, 9ut unable TO reach hailing distance.
Scout gradually widened the daylight behind him,
and at she last turn evidently had nan shut out but
pulling up, he came ~ at a hand gaop, an easy
lulnnar heat lcni IN .nla lnpfE nud