The New York herald., 1873-09-24
PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS,
First Day OF the Autumn
Meeting.
A GOOD DAYS SPORT.
THE FAvORITES BEATEN.
Hopeful the Winner Of the Three-Minuta
Purse and Lulu of the 2:24 Race.

me hrst day OF the autumnal trotting meeting OF
'"o riospect Park Fair Grounds Association showed
u ialr attendance and augured well for the coming
uays oi the meeting. The equinox is on ns and ro
huuce iules of fashion to ride yesterday afternoon
towards the sea was asking too much Tho .near
creatures" would like to accommodate but Tn
take chance with the odds against them was ton
ihucn' Inc oIiVes 10 the track they admired, as
they are second to none In the world The ymnses
OF the ocean that may be caught FROM the balconies
OF the club house at every point lend an interest to
the landscape. The Bosphorus cannot boast
OF prettier view than that which meets the
view from Prospect Hill. Take it in the blaze OF
the MONDAY sun, and it Is bewidering in us
variety OF detail Look at IL when the shades OF
evening have enveloped ocean, rivers and cities,
and 1t assumes the most fantastic shapes with q
countless array OF lights rivang the starry frmas
ment above.
The only drawback to the success OF Prospect
Park Fair Grounds Is tho insulciency OF the means
OF getting there from New York and Brooklyn.
The Coney Island cars cannot be considered as
an agreeable means OF locomotiOn, and the
p'ofantDa Uul1lS is thereby deferred from
attending. Could special train, with locomo-
tive, be run to the course, the attendance
might be counted by the thousands. But
VIGOROUSLY slow cars, which do not run all the way
to the grounds. and primitive vehicles connected
with them, prove serious hampers TO the ardor OF
the mass of turtles. The general public must be
relied on In oil undertakings OF this kind as the
main support, as fashion, arstOCracy and livery
constitute but small proportion ofthe attendance
at a trottng meeting at Prospect Park. Enough Of
this.
Tho trotting yesterday was exciting to degree,
The favortes were beaten in both races.
Tue patient industry with which some OF the
natives Of the outlying cabbage ana corn fields con-
trived to witness the trOt without purchasing
ticket was amazing. At one part OF the fence sur
rounding the grounds was party of three that
formed themselves into u sort OF human pyramid
d la Hanlon Brothers. and attained In turn IN altt
tude sufficient to look over the wooden enclosure.
The antediluvan horse and his primitive wagon
were on hand to convey visitors from the cars TO
the course, and they were much patronized py tne
''rich gentlemen who carry sandwiches IN their
hats.o
TWO trots were on the programme. the frst
being for horses that had never beaten three MIN
utes mile heats, best three In five, In harness.
Thirteen horses were entered for this race but two
ftss EVGre't saq Ray Ben Mace bay mare Sett Wato
peSas penters Chestnut mare Lizzie KeeIer. Patses
sons bay geldng Frank Ike Kiock 5ohn hrow .;
gsIdng eanan cSsston Sas % j. Fesks chestnut gsidna
Tyrone, G. Wright's brown gelding PM O,Seal:
l ama Mas Se aSore against the aed Why he
! snoul9 have been SO we could not understand ex-
| Cent that he was son OF the famous stalilon. ru
tina horse. Judge Fullerton. Everett Kay is but 9
Who backed h aHgssR Hs put S Aye y years OLD and
and lost their money Nv, will console them, g !.
trotted better race than they expected. lie was
beate in this race by Hopeful horse that mas been
| playing 'second iddle' for years. content with
taking second and third Premiums, without making
record. the season OF 1878 is nearly oyer, an1 nc
q second heat In 2;S, and now, probably, he will
find purchaser of speed. Yanks will sell, 70
know. Hopefu. and Everett Ray were the only
horses in tie race The others were mo wharsn u
| as q ''Sorfhcrn" remarked.
| The second trot was greater disaster than the
'iorgoing." The favories in the race were beaten
'fore and aft" as the lowest In the pools won the
race There were six entries for the purse i've OF
which came for the word. These were G. 8.
Green's bay mare Lulu, G. N. Fergusons white
| mare Susie, W. D. Smiths black stallion Thomas
jefferson, aud ]. ]. B0wens gray gelding Ben
Flagler. Crown Prince and Susie were fav0rites
alternately before the trotting began: but after.
money posted on them. Lulu won the race, and
her driver made his marx on this occasion. Charley
Green must now take front rank as driver ana
| the old gentleman whom he has suppianted is not
| the old fiat "Youth must be served" vagabond,
who is well known to the trottng world, endeavOred
| to insult q gentleman yesterday In the timing
stand but much to the chagrin OF the offender tho
| gentleman did not know what he was talking
about.
"T "Tps6sPfSr PARS FAIR GnoUNDs-Pirst day Of the
Fail Troting Meeting, September %. Purse 81, 900,
for horses that have never beaten three mnutesi
$500 to the first, $3.50 to the second, $lbo 10 the
third and 500 TO the fourth morse ;ne heas, Des>
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