, 1873-10-28
Tho FrCc.f0r-hll Tr0t at Dexter Park
Still Undecided.
Two Days Of Racing Fails to Develop
the Winner Of the Purse.
Three Heats Trotted in the Snow Yes
>: terday in Fast Time.
Tho Contest Practically Narrowed Down
to Mollie and Brother
Jonathan.
THE TURF

- THE TURF,
A LONG DRAWN OUT RACE.
Tho froo.for-nll race for n purao OF 81 900,
which waB begun ut Dexter Park on Saturday,
md postponed aftor tho third heat had boon
docidod owing to tho darkness which set In,
was resumed yesterday afternoon, and was
again postponed for smilar reason. Blk heats
hhve now boon trottol In this extraordinary raco
and still tho final result is matter or great n-
certainty. Should tho woathor provo fair this
afternoon, tho horaos which hnvo maintained
thcir positions in tho race will bo brought on
tho track for tho third tmo and IN effort will bo
made to sottlo tho proprotorship Of tho purao.
II tho management OF tho track dooidos to con-
ttnuo tho race to-day, tho public will be notified
Of tllo fact by flag flying from tho Grand
Pacific Hotol. II the wcathor should bo un-
favorable Or threatening. tho bunting will not
bo visible, and thero will be no race.
Tho report in THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE left tho
field OF starters in the following relativo POSI-
tions: Brother Jonathan won tho first heat in
2:27s4. Baahaw, Jr., beiug second, Mild Oald-
we'll third, Mo1lio Morris fourth, Elm Wright
tlftll mud Lady Mac eixtl,. Dashaw, Jr., won
the second hoat In 2:269l, aud Jonathan was
second, Mollio third. Ali1a fourth, and Wright
aud Mao fifth and sixth Respectively. Mila Caid-
second again, Mollle third, Jonathan fourth,
Wright fifth, md the Lady diataucod.
The Interesting condition in which The raoo
WAS loft was favorable to o largo attendance
yesterday, but tho disagrooablo temperature Of
tho atmosphere induced everybody to remain
at homo oxcopt those who wcro represented in
tho pool-box. These assembled carly in tue
afternoon for the purpose Of listening to horse
talk aud picking up "points" that might MD
them in coming out ut 1eaat "oyon with tho
box" which artic1o Of track-furniture was tho
centre Of interest. Before tho moodioua voice
of tho pool-sollor was raised yesterday, tho box
held between $1,000 and SO, 900, and, as tho buy
ing subsequently became very lively at largo
amounts, it is aafo to any that it now contains
nearly $40, 900. Tho attendance VAS about 200,
and bluer-}ooking crowd was never aoon on
race-track. Tho Buperinducing causcB Of tho
unnatural color in tho faces Of the spectators
and tile unnatural crooks in their bacls were
bitter cold wind and driving snow-storm.
The horses wero rung out just as tho snow
condition, and there seemed to DO no
chance that anything like fast timo
would bo exhibited. But in thia tue audience
WAS agreenbly disappointed, and, if weathor and
truck lad boon favorable, tho speed would prob
ably hayo been astonishing. At tho start, s1ila
| Caldwell and Brother Jonathan were first and
second favoritos respectively at even figures,
tho fold Bollingat nearly tho same price. After
some ardent admirers, but, ns q general thing,
| tho contest for tho choice waH close.
| Tho Judges were tho Same tlrce Eontlomen
who odlciatcd on Saturday, Tho frat Judicial
act performed! BY item yesterday was to put
with general favor. Tho selection waa "Nosey"
Brown, q drivor OF acknowledged skill, who can
handle Jonathan bettor probasbly than any
other man in tho country. Mr.. Case, tho
owner Of Caldwell, requested That llis driver,
who waB removed on suspicion Saturday, bo al
| lowed to handle tho limos again, aud on tho
promise that ho would not fairly md do his best
TO win, tho Judges consented: Subsequent
events proved That they erred in this, but heir
management OF the race, taken as whole, Was
| aboyo criticism. Their doc1eions woro rendered
without loss Of tin!e nnd All thoy wore not afraid
to say what thoy considered was right, no mat
ter WHO might be injured, they gave satisfaction
In scoring for tho first hent Mia Caldwell had
tho pole. and next to ler, in tho order named,
came l,asLaw, Alolllo Morris. Brother Jonathan,
oao Ga aaye Wes sv Ie os b5nE a ade ads0 %ns
word was given when they passed tho stand for
the eighth tino, -. and tho start was
pretty, even. hlollio and Jonathan had
little , the best Of IL tho and
| quarter, and for Homo distance beyond. At tho
polo A1ollio was four longths iu front Of Jona-
than, and he led AIila q. by about tie samo dis
le qnatGstt vent ; up t ta s.roc 9s
and before tho ha1f-nlilo pole waa reached sho
WAS III the yau. between her aud Mollie Joua-
than get into pocket from which he could not
omerge, Ella Wright going up on his ofl.aido mud
I5 aome Was between lila and hhiila, but tho atter
boat her in by throo lengths in 2:27l(; Mollle
third, Jonathan fourth, aud Baslaw fifth. This
timo becomes remarkable when it ia considered
that it was mAde IN d nuow-Btorm, OH q muddy
track, after break at Tho first turn.
The horses woro Bent away OH tho second
heat without my unnecessary wasto Of time.
Jonathan, A1ila, aud Mollio took tho lead i'm
medatcly, and wont Us far a8 the quarter to-
gothor, and between there and tho half they
showed In front alternately. At the latter polo,
hlila took commanding lead, and tho heat anl
race seemed hers,. especially MS Mo!lio and
Jonathan left their feet on tho upper turn. They
regainod their pace spoodily, however, and
1ushod into tho homo:.stretch almost eyen with
Caldwell. Tho struggle down WAS hotly con.
tested md the whip was freely used. Jonathan
had decidedly the boat Of it until hc broke bo'
twoen tho diatanco-poat and tho stand. lie rar
under tho whip for ton or tifteon rods, but wa<
pulled down IN timo to 60 under the wire ut q
trot. Molio won tho heat by noso (Alr. Dlo
Laughlin to tho contrary Notwithstanding ii
2:2o. Caldwell was third, and two lengths belini
Jonathan. but the judges gave her second plact
because the golding was whipped while running
Ella WAS fourth, and DashaW fifth. Not having
won y heat in five, tho formor had to 60 to tht
| burn.
Tho time made In tho 1leat gives Mollie tht
very thing that mclaughlin did not want her tt
hayo--a good record. Io was willing to vii
tho heat, but WAS anxious that tho judges 6hollt
know that Jonathan was nhoad OF him lunfairly)
and TINT, therefore, tho marc ought not to b
orodtod With tho time. This claim was 40 THU
TINT everybody laughod at it. It il probabl
that Mclaughlin viii petition tho Board Of Ar
enough to provo that hia mare was really ahoa'
going under tho wiro.
The third heat gavo rise to very nnpleasan
disturbance, which would certainly have bee1
worse but for the proMptnoss of tho judges il
rendering tllor docision. Tho horsoa loft th