The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-05
RoTTNe AND RUNNING IN CALIFORNIA.


Matte HOWARD Wins the ~ mhAe Irct-
Zee Dsnt~is the nsnnfng Race.
IRON the san Francisco Call. Dec. al.
Two races took place At the ocean View Riding
Para ON Christmas Day. Tue track Was = little
heavy. consequent on the late rains. but better
than many anticipated 10 would be. The attend
ance was very fair some DO or 400 people being
present. me nr~t race was for purse OF $1,000,
10 miles out; free Tor al trotters and pacers; to
harness and to rule; tooo 10 the prst horse, $500
81 the second. 500 20 the third. W. A. Armstrong
entered h. g. John stewart. rotter; n. l.. Spencer
entered b. m. Henrietta. trotter; J. l. Kirkham
entered b. &. Tiger. PAGER; A. Lewis entered = m.
Matte Howard, trotter; ". o. smith entered 7. 9.
Lady Mac, uotser; J. kimble entered b. IN. Tuie
Duck. trotfer; george banks entered b. Demo
did not put In an appearance.
vnn 5upens. BETTING, Kru
Barney nars sss Amen RsSswsd ana Grant amt
Israel we're the timers There had been great
deal Of money bet on TINS nrst and last. John
before the s,sr ons pool sod Sw moments be-
fore the word was given, ~ follows Matte How
stewart 500 and LADY Mac ana Berkeley Boy
IS each. A Lewis handled Matte Howard, H. L.
drove serssley soy Dan peans.on managed Tals
Duck. = Robbins sst behind Lady Mac and John
stewart was driven by Johnny, /" the man who At
tends 10 stewards toilet
TINE RACE.
Matte Howard had the pole. struggling start
art led Henrietta q length, with Matte Howard
third. Henrietta then went To the mont and cut
second MP 70 tne fourss nile, when the little 20
mile mare, Matte Howard, trotted into second
place. On the seventh mlle hsnrietla resisnea
lt TO the end OF the race, which she won by over
loo yards. stewart ana LADY Mac were second and
second place At the nnisn. John stewart was
third. TUE Duck good fourth and Henrietta nith.
Ss soy s Sn ' se
before the race Was completed.
SECOND RACE
This was q match running race between the eel
competitor OF Thad stevens and True blue IN the
course. The match was race Tor ~ 900. one mile
and half dash. =. I. Alnswortn named sorre horse
Ss Ss, 40 os
Daniels was ridden by Palmer. and q. Mcclure
rode Nell Flaherty. great many large pools were
who think Joe Daniels Of the best horses In the
country backed their opinion very literally I'm the
Snsiy lie soid at $3.50, wniie the little mare
brought tlso, although the betting was nearly
coes snS @ ~ ths
The inside position was won BY Fiaherty. All tue
preliminaries having been settled, the contestants
were sent round to the naLmiie pole Tor the start
There was but little difhcuity in getting an even
send-oG. Flaherty new TO the front at once As
they passed the stand on the nrst half the mare st
held the lead by three or four lengths. and she IN
creased the distance TO eight lengths At the quarter
POLE Joe still that distance IN the at the
end OF the nrst mile. and 1t seemed rs though Nell
would be an easy winner. After running few
on the little mare slowly, but surely, and a. Nell
rounded into the homestretch he was only about
nerve
was fast closing on her with the Eastern horse.
The run home was an exciting one indeed, ana for
q lew seconds the result was extremely doubtful
AS they came Gathering along TO the outcome,
however, Joe Daniels forged slightly ahead, aud
won the race BY only half length Time, 2;ad.
Troteing ut Agricultural Park.
At Agricultural Park yesterday the match ra.e
between Il Schwartz's Csssius NJ and c. s. Crit
tenden's Romeo, four miles out, to wagons for
$3.50 side, took place. This race grew oat OF the
alleged throw.on match between the same horses
a short time since, in which Cassius N: was de;
Romeo, made this match with the proviso that
he was to drive his own horse. AS he Is not .
MS ability to drive such ahighstrunR hard-puning
and bad-acting horse "a Romeo has been known 10
sime the IMPRESSION races prsvaed inc AMONG ss
many that Crittenden could win II
easily. In fact those who had commended that the
former match was trotted on the square were not
willing to bet against him unless two or three to
one was offered them. There was no pool selling
on Romeo at the odds OF 500 to $40 on Cassius N.
THE RACE
Inc JUDGES were Cy. DUBOIS, Tue great ''pltcu"
player, from jacksonville; Dan Dennison and r,
Van Ness Cassius M. drew the pole, and p. Far
rell held the ribbons over him. A fair start was
had. Cassius went to the front at once. At the
haifmhe pole he led his opponent length, the
latter leaving his feet soon alter, ana repeated 1t
again. At the end Of the first mile both horses
were head and head. On rounding the turn on the
second mile Romeo again commenced TO skive and
lost by It.. Al the end Of the second mile Cassius
was still length in the lead but Romeo acted
badly at the same place that he had before, and
was quite unruly. In TACT Cassius led the gray
horse at the end Of the next three miles from one
to four lengths. Romeo would break at the same
point in each mile, but seemed to have plenty OF
speed II he could only be Kept from leaving his
feet. The result was that Cassius M. was winner
Of the race by dozen lengths. Time, II "a. Cas-
stus M. was q much better horse than in the for
mer match. He trotted his four miles out gameiy
yesterday while In the other race he was COM
pletely exhausted on the last half OF the fourth
mile and created ludicrous appearance, a. he
was driven over the score very grOggy. The re-
suit OF this race, under the circumstances, failed
to convince the bacKers OF Romeo that he could
not nave won the race, wherein he was charged TO
have been pulled.
The pacing race between Onward and Americas
was DOgtDOned ELL TO-DAY.