The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-28
THE RACING.

| THE RACING.
The first race was the Alabama stakes, for three
year-old FLIES, mile ana an eighth. This
stakes closed with forty nominations four OF
which only came to the post These were Mr..
! Belmont's Chestnut illY 0htpa, by bennington,
dam oliata; HarbecK Jonnson's chestnut nly
Australlnd, by Australian. dam Dolly Carter;
Messrs. boswell Cammack's brown FLY Invoice,
| by Lexington, dam Volga and d. McDaners
brown lilly by Asterod, dam by Planet Oitipa
was great favorte, selling for more than all the
others combined. Invoice was the Sec
ond choice, Australind next In favor, the
Asteroid 1ly bringing very small figures.
After captallV run race by Olitipa
| she galloped homo q winner by eighty yards, all
the others being beaten before reaching the half
| mile pole. Invoice came IN second, beating Nc
! Daniels Asteroid FLY, Austrand third. The lat
| ter is the most nervous creature that ever was
| trained, and it seems q Waste OF money In pre-
pairing her for races she whips herself before she
starts. There have been many like her who have
cost their owners thousands Of dollars by showing
them fast time in trials, but when brought on the
! track for q race they commence frettIng and
choke themselves before the nag falls.
The second event was dash OF three quarters
Of mile for all ages, for purse OF $500. Eight
horses came to the post. These were D. McDan-
lei Il Co.'s chestnut fily Madge, by Australian,
dam Alabama four years old; O. s. Lloyd's brown
colt by Asteroid, dam Katona, four years old !;
George Longstaf1's bay ally Countess, by Aen-
lucky, dam Lady BlessIngton, four years old; M.
d: saniordps pay colt Brlgano' by Planet dam
hue,s Chestnut horse spindrift by Bonnie Scot
dam BY Bonnie Scotland, three years
OLD. Madge was the lsYorite, her three
August in :i5A the best on record, leading spec
ulators TO the belief that sne was lnvlnciole at
that distance. Leander, with the best mile rec
ord, was next in favor, Brigand being the third
choice. The latter, however, sold second just
before the start. Countess ridden by swim, won
Spindrt being THIRD, Brigand fourth. SWIM
showed conspleuously his great knack In getting
the lead Is every hing. lie was OF like rocket
as soon as the dag Tell, ana was never headed
heavily. she is hancy nly, aud Tor races
OIL this Kind is always hard to beat
chase. the winner to receive $500, the second
horse $3.50, the distance being about three miles
Eight horses started. These were A. p GREEN'S
| bay mare Daylight years old carrying 1873 lbs.
old, las lbs; A. Smiths chestnut MY Helen Ben
nett, years old, 142 lbs; 30 Donanue's bay geld
ing Deadhead years ola, lao 40 lbs; and bay horse
chestnut geidlng Trouble, years Old, l5S lbs.
Ayres sutfe's bay geidlng Dlavo!o years old
1856 lbs, and J. S. Cattanach's chestnut horse
Meteor, years old, 145 lbs. Davolo was the
favorite at large odos, Donahue's entries second
choice. Trouble third. After one OF the finest and
most closely contested races that ever TOOK place
Davoio won, Trouble second, Deadhead third.
me following are the details:-
THE FIRST RACE.
THE ALABAMA STAKES, for nllles foaled in 1879;
800 entrance, half forfeit; $1,000 added; the
second ny to receive $500 out of the stakes; one
mile and an eighth.
A. Belmont,s CHI. T. olitipa, by bennington dam
boswell 4 CammacE's Dr. l. Invoice, by Licking
80 VIOLA fFna
u. McDanleps br. l., by Asteroid dam by Planet
Hlrbeck johnson;s ci. T. iustraind, by Ans.
traIan, dam Dolly Carter tHughes) .......... A
THE BETTING.
Oltipa, 100 lao 100 27o
Invoice. .......-.-.... 90 100
Field. IS 40 IS So
The Paris Mutuels paid 81 TO-
THE RACE.
The horses had capital start olitpa first,
Invoice second, McDanieps AsterOd fly tnIrd,
Australind fourth. They ran sharply from the
furlong post to the s6and, Invoice passing under
the wire first, neck in frout OF Ontipa the latter
two lengths in advance of tue Asteroid fly Wno
was one length ahead OF Australlnd. Going
around the turn 0lltipa showed In front for a lew
seconds; but when she reached the quarter pole
Invoice was at her mead, and they passed that
point on even terms, two lengths ahead OF the
Asteroid, the latter neck in advance of Austria
lind. Going down the backsIreJch Ontpa gal
Hoped alongside OF Invoice until near the hail.
post length ahead, and then, going on with the
running opened the gap at an extraordinary
others. Invoice kept the second place, the
Asterod the third. Olltlpa was eight lengths
keeping up her long stride on the homsstretcn,
landed the easiest kind OF winner by eighty
yards IN 2;ooh. Invoice came in second eight
lengths in front OF the Asterod filly, the latter
being six lengths ahead Of Austraind. Olitipa
ran the last mile IN l:47H. She is very rangy
bred by Messrs. Hunter & Travers by Leaning
ton, dam 0liata, by Lexington: In color she Is a
bright chestnut with near hind leg white half way
to the hook, and has blaze face. She is almost
faultless in form, having fine head and neck
Wen set on to grand. well set shoulders with
1ne quarters. She Is DESCENDED from one OF the
best racing families es IN ma, America
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THE SECOND RACE
PURSE $500 for all ages; three-quarters Of mile.
George Longstan7s b. T. Countess, BY Kentucky,
dam Lady Blessington, years DID, los lbs.
D. acDaniei CO.'S en- Madae by Australian,
dam Alabama, years Old, 105 lbs. (UarK) 3.
p. LOrllard's b. C. Leander date Searcherl, oy
Enquirer, dam by Bonnie Scotland years
old 90 los: Gsparsngl ..;:::.....:.......:..:.
O aam sy c MaSn sPna y Bonnie Sect
Britannia 4th' years Old los lbs Is tFeaEesj..
c. >. Lloyd's br. c. by Asteroid, dam Katona,
years old los los. IN. Haywood). ............. 6
I'D Time, 1:l6%.
THE BETTING.
Leanuef..... $50 2U5 $50 $50
Briganu. 80. ................ 100 $50 300 415
COUNTESS .s.......ssss...... l4O 10 1D5 $50
SplDuIuJ .................. 90 100 100 loo
LlOyd's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 50 60 So 40
Tue Paris Mutuels paid $50.
THE RACE.
The start was very good. Countess showed
In front after lew Jumps Madge second,
Lloyd's colt third, Leandcr fourth, Brigand
hith, Splndrift sixth. The horses ran rapidly
up the fractional track, and, as they swung
into the regular course, at the hali-nile pole
Countess was leading by two lengths MadRe sec
NTH, Lloyd's COLI sixth. Countess showed she