Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-01
I SIXTH DAY.l


classes were represented In large
numbers and large sums of money
changed hands on the result. Vaughan
in the two-mile trotting race was the
favorite with the sports, and their
faces looked like thunder-clouds when
Echo came up to the score a winner.
THE FIRST RACE.
First came trotting race, free for
all horses in the District echo and
Overland barred) that never trotted
for money; mile heats, best three in
| five to harness. There were two en-
| qries- Confidence, q fine bay gelding,
entered by Johnny Donahue, and
| Tommy Gates, three-year-old bay
gelding, sired by the Moor and entered
by l.. j. Rose. Quite large sum was
wagered on this race, Confidence be-
| ing the favorite at odds of $50 to SIS.
In the first heat there was fine
start, Gates at the pole. Gates shot
ahead at the turn and kept the lead to
the back stretch, when Confidence
collared him and went to the front;
but Tommy Gates refused to. be the
laggard and again shot ahead, at the
half-mile pole being two lengths in
advance. From thence on he increas-
ed the gap, Confidence acting badly,
and won the heat by at least four
lengths Time, 2:4S - the best time
made by three-year-old on the
coast, with single exception.
AT the pool-selling Gates became
the favorite at odds of $25 to $50.
Again there was fine start. Tommy
had the pole, but Confidence captured
it around the turn and then led until
the heat was won. Time, 2;5lA.
Tommy made a bad break on the
home stretch, his first bObble in the
two heats, and Confidence led by
over four lengths at the wire.
Confidence was ahead at the pool
stand by odds of three to one. In the
third heat Donahue, had the inside
and led to the quarter-pole; there he
broke badly and fell behind, but on
the home-stretch closed up the gap
and passed the score in the advance
by two lengths. Gates trOtted splen-
didly, not making bobble and show
ing himself trotter of fine promise
Time, 2:5SA.
In the fourth heat Confidence had
the start by half a length and had
somewhat widened the gap at the
half-mile. Here Tommy made bad
break and lost at least fifty yards
thereby; but then he. went to work
with vim and steadily crawled on his
opponent, tapping him at the third
quarter. On the home stretch Dona-
hue did some jockeying that cost him
dearly, passing the score half length
in front. Time, 2:5Sl.
The judges gave the heat and race
to Tommy Gates and fined Donahue,
the driver of Confidence, $25, on the
ground of foul driving, insomuch that
at the three-quarter turn, in violation
of the rules of the turf, Donahue in
tentionally changed from the pole to
the outside of the track and then back
to the pole again on the home-stretch,
crowding Gates to the fence. All
bets were declared off. About $1,000
were invested in pools on this race.
.-.- SUMMARY.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT AGRICULTURE
AL SOCIETY, Los Angeles, Oct. 3lst.-
Trotting free for all horses that have
never trotted for money; mile heats,
best three in five to harness. Purse,
5000; $l2O to first, $50 to second and
$50 to third. Bar Echo and Overland.
Johnny Donahue named b. g. e
COnfidence........ l l
T.. J. Rose named b. g. Tommy
Gates...... .............. ......:..... = :
Time, 2:4s; 2;51a; o:5sa; 2:5SA.
Distanced for foul driving. Bets de-
clared off, u .t.l 2. 5
~, SECOND RACE. i.a, "'
Next was the great trotting race OF
the week, free for all, two mile heats,
best two In three, to harness Purse,
S4OO; $3.50 to first, 500 to second and
$50 to third. The entries were as fol-
lows: L. ]. Rose enters blk 8. the
Moor; l.. J. Titus cutters b. 3. Echo;
w. J. Welsh, of San Francisco, enters
br. G. Vaughan The betting was
very spirited and large sums of money
depended on the race. Vaughan who
had vanquished the other two horses
In the trotting race, mile heats, best
three in five, brought in the pools as
much as his two opponents combined;
Echo was the favorite over the Moor.
The Moor won the pole, Echo on
the outside. At the start the Moor
was length ahead, Vaughan in the
rear. At the quarter pole the Moor
led Echo by neck and Vaughan over
length behind Echo. At the half
mile the Moor. was three lengths In
advance and Echo over a length in
front of Vaughan. On the third quar-
ter Echo made a splendid squirt and
came to the front as also did Vaughan
and at the turn all were about in a
bunch. Here the Moor broke and fell
behind, Echo making the first mile a
| length ahead Of Vaughan and two
lengths ahead of the black. In the
second mile the Moor, on the turn,
| made a terrible break and fell behind
| fifty yards, and from thence took the
| dust, barely avoiding the distance
flag. Echo and Vaughan had close
and most exciting contest on the Sec
ond mile. At the first quarter they
were nose to nose, at the half mile
Echo was q length ahead, but when
the third quarter turn was reached the
two horses were again side by side.
| Down the home-stretch they came in
fine style, Vaughan's driver plying
the whip lively, but Echo shot ahead
and won the heat in 5:2l4, by little
more than his length. The last mile
was made in 2:37.
! Although Echo had won the first
heat, Vaughan remained the favorite
at odds of over two to one against the
field; the Moor bringing So in q pool
| of 500. In the pool box and in pri-
vate hands very nearly $4,000 await