The New York herald., 1874-10-24
ROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK
Two TrottinE Contests-Zephy yr the VIM
ner OF the First. the Other Unl nished.

me dttehuance was very small yesterday at
Fleetwood Park, notwithstanding there were
two very importan. trotting contests au-
nounced to come on. The cause OF this want
OF patronage is he high ,arln charged at
the gates for admission Two dollars is con-
sidered too much ior the amusement and
people Will not pay II. Where the price OF adms-
sion is reasonable, like 1t was at the Poughkeepse
trotting meeulg-hlty cents 10 the course ana
fifty more for place on the grand staid-tne
crowd was immense, and the same result 1t Is
thought, would De al Fleetwood Park and other
places where are charged similar rates. The
track was in admirable condition for trottng yes
terday and last time was the result.
Two trotting contests were on the card, the first
between horses that had never beaten ,: :3s and
the second between horses that belonged to the
2:29 class. There were eisht starters in the ~ st
comprising the bay mare Zephyr, brown gelding
Cneston, black gelding GILT Edge, bay mare Pau
line, sorrel geding 7. G. stevens. sorrel geldIng
Little Dan, brown geldlng Brown Prince ana J. NJ.
Mausnay Zephyr was the first choice IN the pools.
she won the race in three straight heats very
easily.
The second contes. had six starters rnese were
Dan Mace's brown gelding Vanity Far, p. Manee's
bay mare Mary A. Whitney, John splans bay mare
Bella, H. Casey's black mare Lady Byron, Ben
! Wilson'S bay mare Carrie and gray gelding Ben
Smith. Mary A. Whitney won the first hear, Vanity
| Fair the second, whitney the third aud Vanity
| Fair the fourth, when the race was postponed un-
til 10 day at one O'Clock. Bella was the favorite
over the field, at long odds before the start and
she continued TO be until Mary whitney had won
| TWO heats when the latter had the cali. At the
completion OF the fourth heat Vanity Fair was the
| favorite over the neld. The following are the
| detais:-
The First Trot. ~A
First Hedt.-Zephyr WAS the fsvorite, Pauline
| second choice. stevens third, the field Iourta
tnird, Brown Prince iourth, Little Dan dith, Maus
nay sixth, Gilt Edge seventh At the quarter
pos which 1s..s was passed n @ 50 g.. seconds
Cleston rnird, the others pretty well strung out.
A. the half.mile pole, passed In l:id,
@ snrd, % Stevens ionrsn, Pauline nth. brown
fringe sixth, Mausnay seventh, Little Dan
Zephyr broke and ran until she was in the lead.
and passed the tareequarter pole hall a
leagths IN front of Cneston, stevens fourth. Pau
| line NTH, Brown Prince sixth, Mausnay seventh,
S Rda Ma ns sipSses ors
ny a mead @ N as5M. Az oneston y,,a vas snird Pauline
nay seventh, Little Dan eighth.
Second Hsat.-Zephyr was the favorite over the
field. She took the lead, Gilt Edge second, Brown
stevens sixth. Mausnay seventh, Little Dan
eighth. At the quarter pole, wnlcn was passed IN
| fourth, Pauline ltn stevens sixth, Mausnay sew
! entn, Little Dan eighth. At the hall-mile pole
zepayr was oar lengths in 'front.', passing tnat
| polht In :l4l, GILT Edge second. Brown Prince
tuIrd ChestOn fourth, stevens 6sh, Pauline sixth,
Mausniy seventh, Little Dan eighth. Zephyr Kept
the lead to the end, winning the heat by three
lengths in 2:34, Cheston second half a length
ahead OF Stevens the latter one lengtn in front OF
Gilt Edge Pauline attn, Brown Prince sixth, Maus-
nav seventh, Little Dan eighth.
THIRD Hedt.-Zepnyr the avOrite over the field
at4 tol. Stevens had the lead, Zephyr second,
Gilt Edge third. Cheston fourth, Brown Prince
flth, Mausnav sixth. Paunne seventh, Little Dan
eighth. At the quarter pole Zephyr led one length
IN 37a seconds, Gilt Edge second, stevens third,
Cheston fourth, Little Dan NTH, Mausnay sixth,
Pauline seventh, Brown Prince eighth. Zephyr
was never afterward heaued sue passed the
half-mlle pole IN IA length In advance OF Gilt
Edge the latter Six lengths ahead OF ChestOn, tue
otaers trailing ON length or two apart. Zephyr
won the heat by i0ur lengths, ChestOn second,
Pauline third, Mausnay fourth, Brown Prince nitn,
Little Dan sixth Gilt Edge seventh. Stevens
eighth. Chesl0n won second premium, Gilt Edge
the third. Time, 2:35la. The following isa
SUMMARY. &* -"
FLEETWOOD PARK, Oct 23-Purse $500, Tor
horses that have not beaten 1888; 500 to the first.
$3.50 to the second and $50 TO She third horse !;
mile heats, best three IN fvc. IN harness.