The New York herald., 1875-09-19
FLEETWOOD PARK.

THE CLOSE OF THE RACE MEETING-FoUR IN
TRREsTING coNTEsTs-IDA WELLS WINS TWO
AND BUSY BEE AND AN AUSTRALIAN COLT THE
OTHER TWO CONTESTS.
The track was in very good condition for the sport
nounced TO take place yesterday afternoon, and the
weather very favorable. The attendance good
and the meeting terminated quite satisfactorily not
wthstanding some trifng annoyances. There were
three events the card the first being selling race,
a dash of mile for all ages the second free handicap
for all ages mile heats and the third handicap hurdle
race Of mile heats.
The conditions OF the first were that the horses
entered be sold for 500 carry their proper
weights to be sold for 81 600 allowed lbs for $780,
10 lbs for $500 - lbs for $500 IS lbs the winner
10 be sold at auction Immediately after the race; any
surplus the amount entered to be sold to go
the second horse. The purse was 5000; $3.50 to the
drs; $50 TO the second the distance one mile Three
horses to the post These were John CoGee's
brown hlly Ida Wells, by bennington, dam Jessamine
Porter years old, o3 lbs T. NJ. McLaughlin's bay
colt, by Australian, dam by Glencoe, years old. 90
lbs and l. A. Hitchcocks bay 1lly Mollie Darling by
Revolver, dam Skipper, years old 93 lbs. Mollie
Darling and Ida Wells aternated in the pool sales
eral times before the began, the last sales being
favor of Mole Darling, Ida Wells the second choice
the Australian colt selling for small figures Ida
Wells won the race easily that the judges for
time were in doubt what 10 think Of the affair there
being some suspicious that Mollie Darling not
run to win After fair investigation however, they
admitted that they could not discover that there
any fraud perpetrated but that Mollies defeat
casoned by the slipping other saddle as soon as she
started which placed the jockey in such position that
he could not ride TO advantage. The Judges gave the
race TO Ida Wells The respective owners then matched
the two es TO run the again for $3.50 aside
which Off later in the afternoon.
The second a handicap hurdle race of mile
heats, which had three starters, comprising L. A.
HitChcOCks chestnut Ol
ing III lbs Jo Donahues bay horse Carboo years
old 1874 lbs and A. F. Green's chestnut gelding Modoc
aged carrying ll2 lbs Cariboo was the tavorite at
long odds before the start and after winning the first
heat he much greater favorte than previously
He beaten the second and third heat by Busy Bee
the heavy weight Carboo being the of his de-
feat. Modoc was distanced on the first heat.
The third event the match between the of
Ida Wells and Molie Daring the stakes being $3.50
side the distance dash of mile, each illy carrying
SO lbs, the weight that they carried the first
In the pool selling Ida Wells was great favo-
rite She this about as handy as she did the
first, when the saddle slipped ON Mollie Darling.
The fourth race and last OF the meeting handi
cap, a dash OF a mile and an eighth This had four
starters, comprising T NJ. McLaughin's bay colt by
Australian, dam by Glencoe, years old carrying SO
lbs +; L. A. Hitchcocks brown lilly Lutetia H. by
Second Boone dam Meanness, years old 1l2 lbs A.
p. Green's chestnut geding Modoc, by Censor, dam
Mary Bddle, aged SO lbs and John Coee's bay colt,
by Panic, dam Long Nine, years old so lbs. Luteta
great avorite, selling for than all the others
combined The Australian colt the very
cevery by four lengths, Lutea second the Panic colt
third.
The following the summaries of the racing as it
progressed
RACE.
SELLING RACE for all ages horses entered to be sold
for 81 500 carry their proper weights; for 81 900
allowed lbs for $780, 10 lbs. for 5000 II lbs for
$500 Is lbs. winner to be sold at auction Immediately
after the race; any surplus the entered to
be sold for will 60 TO the second horse; purse $500;
$3.50 to the first, $50 to the second. One mile
STARTERS.
John Cofee's b. Ida Wells by bennington, dam
Jessamine Porter, years SO lbs (McCarthy)... l
L. A. Hltchcock's b, Mollie Darling, by Revolver,
dam Skipper years old, 93 lbs Cochran. ...... 2
T. NJ McLaughlins b. c. Australian, dam by imp
Glencoe, years old, SO lbs, (Spelman) .........
Time, 1:47A.
BETTING
Molie Darlng,... go As S5 65
Ida Wells ......... so 40 20 so SO