The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-24
THE TURF.

| BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Pinalico roces.-Van-
dalite won the Breckenridge stakes. Time,
1886. Brigand second, Hooper bad third.
Kadi won the second race by neck, in 2:115.
Bowie stakes, 4 mile heats Preakness was the
favorite in the polls, but did not start; Bessie
Lee won the first heat in 1888, Jack Frost won
the second in 7:41, and the third and race in
Sill.
| Bowie stakes, four mile heats, Piccolo, Bes-
sic Lee, Silent Friend, Whisper, and Jack
Frost started. Preakness, who was the favo-
rite in the pools last night, by large odds, did
not run. In the pools to-day, Silent Friend
was the favorite, selling at $500, Bessie Lee
| $40, Piccolo $50, Jack Frost $50, Whisper
| S31. In the first heat Silent Friend took the
lead at the start Bessie Lee, second. At the
half mile Bessie was two lengths in ad-
vance of Silent Friend, Jack Frost third, Pic
colo last /; passed the three-4uarter pole in
| same order.
At the end of the first mile Bessie Lee had
increased her lead to five lengths, Silent
Friend second, Whisper close behind them,
Jack Frost and Piccolo last Under strong
pull Bessie Lee kept the lead throughout the
second mile, passing under the string six
lengths in advance of Silent Friend, Whisper
next, Jack Frost and Piccolo bringing up the
rear. At the half-mile pole on the third mile
Bessie Lee was ten lengths ahead, when Jack
Frost drew up, going by the judges stand,
Lee first, Friend second Jack Frost third,
Piccolo fourth, Whisper close in the rear.
During the last mile the same position was
preserved. Lee winning the heat by about
twenty lengths; the Friend second, Jack
Frost close third, Piccolo fourth, and .Whis-
per distanced. Time-7:33. Second heat,
Bessie Lee took the lead, with Silent Friend
second, and Jack Frost last. Bessie Lee drew
away twenty lengths, passing the half mile
pole that distance ahead of Jack Frost, pass
ing the judges stand at the end of the first
mile. Lee still led Jack Frost and gaining.
At the end of the second mile Frost had
decreased the gap between him and Bessie to
three lengths, Piccolo and Silent Friend
fifteen OF twenty lengths behind.
During the third mile Jack Frost run Bessie
Lee very close, alternately tapping her and
falling back and passed under the string only
one length in the rear. Silent Friend now
made a fine burst Of speed and passed Piccolo,
but both were then out of the race.
At the first quarter, last mile, Frost was
hanging on the quarter Of Lee, and going up
the second quarter the horses were neck and
neck. On the third quarter Bessie led by
length. Entering the home stretch Jack
Frost collared Bessie Lee, and passed under
the string, winning the heat by two lengths,
with Silent Friend and Piccolo distanced.
Time TAI. The finish was very exciting, and
the creates. excitement prevailed Jack
Frost now stood in the pools $1,000, Lee $3.50.
Third HeM-Bessie again took the lead at
the start and kept it throughout the first mile,
Frost being ten lengths behind at finish; Bes-
sic increased the distance at the first quarter
of the second mile to fifteen lengths, but
Frost closed up to within ten lengths again
before the judges stand was passed; on the
third mile Frost gained steadily, entering on
the fourth mile under pull, about five lengths
behind, going up the quarter stretch, Tapped
Bessie Lee; on the second quarter Bessie drew
away again and passed the half mile pole two
lengths ahead, which at the three-quarter pole
was decreased by length.
Entering the home stretch, Frost forged
ahead, and amid great excitement and loud
cheers Of the spectators, won the heat and
race, with Bessie under whip and spur, one
length behind Time, Sill. This was the
last race Of the day and meeting. Bobby
Swim, the rider Of Tom Bowling, rode Frost.