, 1874-07-26
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| Yesterday afternoon about 6 600 people assom.
bled at Dexter Park to witness trot for purse
Of 81, 600 between tthoae celebrated flyers Gold
smith Maid and Judge Fullerton. The enter
! tainment did not afford anything like the salts
faction that was anticipated, and WAS by nc
means enjoyable as any of the races in the
regular meeting. The audience treated the ex-
hibition with great Indifference, and many OF
them we're actually displeased with it, setting it
down for what it really was-an exceedingly tame
affair. But the tameness can be reasonably &C
counted for, and it is only proper that
m explanation should be made which
Will free Messrs. Dobls and Mace, the horses.
the judges, and the management OF the track
from oil blame. In the first place, u regular
simeon was blowing almost directly from the
southwest, md swept the back stretch with all
it's force and parching hoat. It WIS absolutely
impossible for the horses to trot in the teeth Of
the wind at anything like their best speed, aad.
besides, the drivers reported that the footug u,
the upper turn was pretty coarse Then again
Fullerton WAS not ut his best. and could not lie
male to push the aIald hard She might have
distanced him in the first heat it Doble so de-
sired, but that would not be treating the
audience fairly, and he p1lrposelv held back until
Mace got lis horse Eteallcd down and came near
enough to the front to save himself from betug
shut out. This WAS eminently proper, as tho
people went to see race Of average length, not
8 single heat. and very slow one at that. It is
q well-known fact among horsemen and others
who understand the pecnarities OF Goldsmith
31ad that the cannot be forced to the tou uf her
speed unless there il hHrse at lcr eide that ls
fast enough to stir her to 81 eater energy. Full
lerton can do it at times. but he was in no condl-
ton Tor the work yesterday. and hence
the mare practically trotted alone. This
to satisfy the audience that there
WAS no disposition to defraud them OF that to
which they were justly entitled, "a fast race.
There could DO no object in holding back the
horses, for their previous performances are too
well known, and it is also pretty generally
understood that Fullerton stands little or no
chance to beat the Maid, eren under the most
advantageous circumstances. Therefore, l1r.
Doble and a1r. Mace and the other persons COLI
cerned in the race, should be relieved OF any re-
spousibility for the comparative failure Of the
horses to perform what Was expected OF them,
and the blame should be laid where it ughtfully
belongs, on the elements.
Fullerton had the polo at the commencement,
bnt behaved go badly III scoring that the race
was delayed for some time. Both finally got off
even, but tue Judge did not keep on his feet very
long. He broke badly on the turn, and had to
be pulled almost to standsti1l before he struck
trotting gait again. Meanwhile the Maid had
gone several hundred yards in advance Of him.
To make matters worse. Fullerton broke again
at the quarter-pole and lost more ground. Do
bic held back for him, and AZ soon as he was
brought down, be trotted steadily home. The
Maid won in & jog by several lengths in 2:29L4.
The second heat was much better one. The
start was esen, and the horses trotted we'll to-
gether to tie quarter, which was reached in 80
seconds. At that point Fullerton Was left be-
hind, the mare going up the stretch five lengths
IN advance Of him at rattling gait. She passed
the half-m'le pole in 1:0s11{. but the heavy wind
at the upper turn forced her to lessen her speed
somewhat. Coming down the stretch, however.
sine had it behind her. and was enabled to get
home in 2:19s+, five lengths ahead of Fullerton,
wilu behaved we'll throughout. The third heat
was not so satisfactory. Fullerton broke before
he reached the quarter-pole, and the Maid beat
him easily in ASK. Following ia the
SUMMARY.
DEXTER PARE, CH1cAGo, I'LL. July IS, l874.-Pu1se,
1900: 900 TO first, and s. 600 to second mile
heats, best three in five, iu harness.
Budd Dohe's b. m. Goldsmith Maid.
Ben Mace's ch: 9. Judge Fullerton. z
1snte-2:29A, 2:191<, 2::254.
In addition to the Aboye, there was = trot be-
tween roadstere belonging to MeesrB. KleinmAn,
Boylngton, and Blodgctt for sweepstakes pu1se
of $Soo. It uas entirely de1oid Of interest, ex-