The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-03
CLEVELAND RACES.
Ten Thousand People Witness the Trot-
tinS-Accident to Goldsmith Maid
American Girl the Winncr-Decisfcn
by the Judges.


by the Judges.
CLEVELAND, Ohio August 2, 1873.
About ten thousand persons were Oh the course
during tO-day's races. Previous to the trOtting
Mr.. Todd, President Of the Association, rendered
his decision in regard to Clementine, generating
the owners from any attempt to deiraud in the
race In the first race American Girl was frst
Goldsmith Maid second, Lucy third. In the send
OIL at the turn the Girl was two lengths ahead OF
the Maid, who was one length ahead OF Lucy, the
latter fast closing the gap. Before reaching the
quarter Goldsmith Maid caught q hind foot in
one Of her fore boots, cutting her fetlock
badly. The shock threw her into heap, her limbs
becoming for the moment paralyzed. DOble her
driver, at once got to the ground and the Maid was
unhiJched and helped away, her head hanging
down in a most mourniul fashion and great crowd
following. In the meantime American Girl sped
away, passing the quarter four lengths ahead Of
Lucy. At the half mile the Girl fell away length,
but regained it at the three.quarter pole. Here
she fell away, however, Lucy gradually closing the
esp. AS she came up the stretch tapping at the
distance and crossing the score a neck ahead, the
heat was declared-Lucy first, American Girl Sec
Ond, Goldsmith Maid dstanced. Time, 2:214. In
THE SECOND HEAT
American Girl got the lead length ahead, but
Lucy shot past and was first by half length at the
turn. This position was maintained until the
quarter-pOle was neared, when the Girl came up
and they trotted neck and neck on the back
stretch. They were nose and nose and on leaving
the haltmile Lucy got ahead on the turn The
Girl was breaking and Lucy went length and
half in 'front.' On the stretch the Girl was coming,
Tapped at the distance and worked steadily up the
stretch to the score. which they crossed, American
Girls nose on Lucy's shoulder. Time 2, 23X.
THIRD HEAT.
The Girl had the lead by a length but broke on the
turn, giving Lucy place a length and hall in
front OF the quarter. Going up the backstretch
the Girl closed SO that she Tapped at the ha-mie,
but broke down. Her driver pulled her up and she
and neck with her rival. At the third quarter Lucy
had pulled length ahead, and though the Girl
closed on her CALAMITY coming up the stretch sne
in 2:24A, two-forty race fashion, and Fear
naueht Junior drawn: Magnolia had the
and Little Longfellow, Vanity Fair fourth and trail
ing. At the halfm positions were the same as
lengths ahead OF Cementine and Little Longfel-
low, who were Tapped, length ahead OF waiter.
Coming up the stretch they closed Clementlne
crossed the score Magnolia breaking badly and let.
ting the Others IN. The horses passed the judges
stand in the following order: -
THE JUDGES STAND.
Cementine, Walter, Zllcaddie Golddust, Little
MagGo me in e Second hoas Mary
Taylor led Vanity Fair following, and at
the turn Little Longfe0w got the lead
lowing, side by side, Vanity Fair crowding
between at the quarter, where Little ,Longfellow
was length and half ahead. At the hall-mile
Longfellow was four lengths ahead, and at the
three-quarters Walter took second place. Long
fellow broke to pieces on the stretch, giving place
to the others, who came in in the following
order :-Cementine Walter, Vanity Fair III
caddie, Magnolia Mary Taylor Russell, Little Long
fellow and Sleepy Joe. Time, 2:27h. Cementlne
length ahead.
Mary Taylor got the start but Clementine got
first place at the turn and kept ii all the way
round The horses came in-Clementine first by
length, Walter second GolGdust third, Vanity
Fair fourth, Little Longfellow fifth, Mary Taylor
sixth Russell seventh, Magnolia eighth, Sleepy Joe
ninth. lime, 2:30k.