Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-07
THE TURF.
Brilliant Opening of the Ameri-
can Jockey Club.
A Day of Unprecedented Sport.
Four FavOrites Successfully
Beaten.
The winners: LittelIs Wizard, CHAM
btrIain's Survivor, Donahue's Dub
lin and LOriIIards Shyfock.


New YORK, June 6.-The spring
meeting of the American Jockey
Club opened to-day. The rains Of
the morning kept many from attending,
and made the track heasy. There was
reasonable crowd present however.
The first race was for a purse of $500,
three-fourths of mile. There were IL
entries and all started, Sanford Cadie be-
ing the favorite in the pools, with LOril-
lartd's Free Lance second choice. At the
start LitelPs Wizard got off about length
in advance, and improving the advantage
to the close of the race, won by two lengths,
Free Lance I'd. Cadie Sd. Time, 1:21.
The second race was the Fordham hand
icap. sweepstakes of $50, with $500 added,
the second horse to receive 500 out of the
stakes. one mile and a quarter. The fol-
lowing horses started: p. Lorillards bay
horse Sanford's filly, l.. l.. Lorillard's Car
iboo. Mckee Il Co.'s, Minnie Mac, Cox's
Boaster, McDanieps bay FLY, Danchues
Artist. Ch2mberlain's Survivor, Sanford's
Mate. and LittelI's Fellow Craft. In the
pools. Mate was the first choice. At the
start Artist took the lead and maintained it
until the rising of the hill near the home
stretch. Artist struggled to regain his po-
Dul 1dllCa anu Noo ONoNSh hS~~Nf
Mate the favorite third. Time 2:1I.
The third race was the
Great Feature
of the days sport. 1t was run for the
Withers' stakes for three-year olds, 500
each, $50 forfeit, with 81 600 added, the
second horse to get 500; distance one mile.
of thirty entries. the following started:
p. Lorillard's PeTsuader and Vaultress,
Peryear's Grimstead, Jones' Sangamona,
Brandy & SoL's Dan O'Hara, BelmOnt's
Beatrice. Withers' MaccarOon, Chamberlins'
The Hoaxer, The McDaniel's Josie lB. JO-
seph, Donahue's Dublin, Gafney's Culpep-
per, Cotteril's Harvey Felter, E. B. Lewis
and Co.'S Vandelete, and Littells Reform.
Beatrice sold in the pools for S675, Grin
stead $500. Dublin $40. More than fifteen
false starts were made before the horses
got off, and in one of the efforts to get away
Culpepper and Dublin came in collision
with such violence as to unhOrse both jock
eys, and injuring Dublin's so severely as to
make another necessary. Finally, a good
start was obtained. Reform rushed TO the
front and kept the lead for twO-thirds of the
race, closely followed by Vaultress. Com
inc into the hOme-stretch, Dublin answer
ed the call of his jockey and bounded past
VauitreSs and Reform in turn and ran in,
the winner by about two lengths, amid the
greatest excitement. Vandelite secured
the second place and Reform the third. |
Beatrice and GrinStead, the fayOrites, were
not placed. Time $50.
The fourth and last race was for the
WestcheSter cup, sweepstakes of so each,
with Sl.500 added, the second horse to re-
ceive 500 out Of the stakes: two miles and
quarter. The following horses ran:
Lawrence and G.. Lorillard's ShylOck, p.
LOrillard's Village Blacksmith, Mcdaniel,
Abdel KOree, DOnahue's Lizzie Lucas,
Chamberlain's Survivor and G.. II. Rice's
Wanderer. At the send off, Abdel KOree
took the lead, the Others well up. The
race, which was well contested, was won
by ShylOck, by length, Wanderer second,
and Lizzie Lucas third. In the pools,
Wanderer sold for $500, Abdel KOree $50,
and the winner for only so. Time, Alb.
A Horse ImPaIed at Prospect Park.
NEW YORK. June Elm 4 trot at Pros
pect Park yeste- day, during a fog, Central
Boy came in collision with a horse and
was severely cut. The collision threw the
driver Of Walter 5. from his seat and the
horse ran away, and rushing against the
fence was empaled on one of the pickets,
dying soon afterwards. Central Boy is be-
lieved to be fatally injured.