The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-06
THE WESTERN TURF.


CHICAGO H., June %, 1874.
During the past week the most important place
where they have shaken the Wondering plain
with the tread OF the laundering horse hoor
has been East saginaw, the apex Of the Michigan
trilateral which this season must be conceded to
have been very successful. though the betting men
who follow the fayorites have dropped good
deal more money into the pool box than they have
taken out The betting particularly In the three
minute ana two-lfty classes, has been or the In
and-out character with a vengeance, and the man
who tries TO get a line between Kittte Wells, Ris-
tori Fox and Frank j.. to go no further. will be
hopelessy puzzled. Any one Of the four may, how
ever, be set down as safe to beat the
thirty mark before the season Is over
Fox landed the $500 purse, taking the
first, third and fourth heats In 2:3o. 2:30k and
$780, but in the 1850 class on the last day, Mr.
Alden Goldsmith's mare Rstori who had not been
able to &c. better string OF figures after her
name than 6. g. 4, 9, turned the tables on him and
repeated her Jackson victory. Fox won the nrst
heat in 2:31 then the lady from Blooming Grove,
n. Y, scored the necessary three in 2:32, 2:32K
ana 2:3la. Mambrino star again landed tho 2'44
race, trotting the second heat In 2:2sH, but when
he met General Grant in the 2 40 class IL was bis
day out and the lve-ycar-Old chestnut stations
day in, the General taking three straight heats
best time, 2:33 second heat}-on track heavy
rom forenoon's rain. In the 2:3i class the
hackers "caugnt 1t hot' again. Belle winning
three heats and Capitola one, Catskl the IA
vorite, only getting fourth money-best heat, 22sk
Qhrd). Ohio Boy scored another most crcditable
win in the 2:3O race, taking first, second and fifth
heats in 1929, 2:sl& and 2:2s Qast heat, on
another day Little Mack taking the inter-
mediates in 2:2sH and 2:32h. In the 2:26 class
Fred Hooper carried $3.50 to the credit, OF
his fodder BILL second heat 2:27h, Mollie Morris
after taking the first and third in $50, 2:2Sh
Boy bursting vessel Broken vessels and sudden
Deaths indeed were rather feature AT all the
! Michigan meetings. Red Cloud, for the third
time, landed the Free For ALL but had to trot TOT
1t, st. James being only neck behind Ill 1922
2:221a, 2:22 which TACT should be borne IN MIND.
The running races are rather good. Megibben' IS
chestnut FLY disposed OF the Canadian cracks,
Blenkiron and Protection, at mile heats-1 40 a,
l:451l. DISQUALIFICATION winning the second.
| BenklrOn was sent to the stable on the third day
for being pulled In the most barefaced manner in
the two mile dash. jim AleXanders victory at
two mile heats was most creditable one, as he
won the first and third heats In $685. 3:40k, Nellie
Grim, the favorite, landing the second in 339 IA
! good race all through.
The trotting at Laporte. Ind. was not OF Pc
peated his victory over Lillian, and in the big race
Pilot Temple, the patriarch, scored win over the
| venerable Logan.
The trotting at I6,,waukee was very Indifferent,
and but for the ruling OF OF l.. Douglas ches tnut
gelding. John Hail. and G. Adams bay gelding,
class would have been wholly unworthy notice.
| With the first Dexter Park meeting and trotttng
at Evansville and Galesburg, this week, sport Will
be Of q superior class.