The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-17
THE TURF.


| MONMVuTh FAhNk hAChS,
LoNa BRANCH, July 18.-To-day Ia The
third race day Of the second meeting
The first race was the Spion stakes for {
year olds, distance three. uarters Of 3
mile. Eight came to tho post. Morris
tlly Eclipse won the race, McGrath's
Aristodes second, and Aurella third
The second race was for the West End
Hotel stakes, renewal Of the Monmouth
Oak stakes, for fllies, foals Of 1871, dis
lance one mile and three quarters. Three
horses started, Bonsventurc, Bauyarette
and Regardless. Bonaventure came In
first Bauvarette and Regardless running
3:13t.
The third race was for purse Of $500,
all ages, two.mile heats. Tho starters
were Fellowcrait, Donhy Brook, Wanda
lite and Stockwood. The first heat was
won by Vandalite by three lengths, Eel.
lowcralt second, Donny Brook third.
Time 3:49. The second heat OF the race
was won by Vandalite by a neck, Fellow.
1887.
For the fourth race, Long Branch
stakes, all ages, one and three quarter
miles, four started. Woodbine came In
first by three lengths, Survivor second,
Resoluto third, Cafibao beaten of. Time
800.
TOLEDO RACES.
TOLEDO, July 16.-The attendance at
the races to-day was much larger than
yesterday. The track was heavy, owing
the heavy rains last night.
The three minute and 1888 races, post.
poned from yesterday, were finished, the
first being won by Membrino Walker, Of
Coldwater, Michigan. Time Of last heat,
2:45t. Tom BrittOn, OF Toledo, won the
last heat OF the race for 1888 horses. Time
2:42f.
The first race on to days programme
was for horses that had never beaten 2:S9,
for a purse oi $500; $500 to first horse
$3.50 to second, and $50 third. There
were seven entries.
The first heat was won by Ruth, of
Toledo. Time 2:4lt. The second, third
and fourth heats were Won by Lady Tur.
pin, OF Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time
2:44, 2:444 and 2:45. Ruth was second
and Lady Grey, OF Cleveland, third.
In the second race, eight entries, the
first heat was won by John Fl. in 2:34i;
the second heat was taken by Little
Mack, Of Cleveland, in 2:34t; the third
by Mollie, of Detroit, in 2:S5t, and the
fourth and fifth and race by Little Mack
in 1851 and 2;S6; Mollie second and John
II. third.
The first race tomorrow is for the 2:40
class, in which there are nine entries, 10
be followed by a iree.tor.all and a pacing
race, in the last Of which much interest Is
manifested, there being nine entries, in
Guiding two or three noted PAGERS.
EAST SAGINAW DRIVING PARK RACES,
EAST SAGINAW, July 16.-In the race
at the East Saginaw Driving Park to. day
Tor special purse Of $1,000 and divided
as follows: $4,000 to the first horse,
81 500 to the second and $1,000 to the
third, which beat the best time on record,
Goldsmith Maid won in three straight
heats. Time 2:19s, 2:164 and 2:1G. The
only contestant was Judge Fullerton.
Both horses displayed splendid trottlng.
The only break in the three heats was
made by the Maid IN the first quarter Of the
first heat, when she lost three or four
lengths, Judge Fullerton leading to the
home stretch, where he was passed by
the Maid, who won the race by length.
Fullerton was beaten two lengths in the
second heat and four in the third heat,
Fullerton was driven BY Dan Mace and
the Maid by Budd Doble. Fullerton's
time, 2:2Of, 2:lS, 2:1St. Track in splendid
conditions 5000 people present. The
track is one mile and three feet in length.