Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-22
HORSE TALK.

HORSE TALK.
In the fifth race at Jerome Park last
Thursday, the biggest pools Of the season
stood as follows: ohylOck, 2,1O0; Scratch,
STlO; Galway, 500; DOnnybroOk, 800
| bought by Aired Smith, Of Chicago. Gal
way won and Smith scOOpsd S, ITO.
Gen. Harding does not authorize his
friends to state that be will train no more
horses fer tie turf, but says he viii not
train any for the present.
In the stomach OF a valuable horse that
recently died at East Nantmeal Township,
| Chester. county, Penn, were found half q
| pint OF cinder OF SAND, six four penny nails,
! seven pieces Of horse shoe nails, one carpet
| tack, ROSTERS spur one inch and quarter
\ long, six stones the size of beans, and one
cent bearing the date 1854.
The Prince Of Wales has declared his in
| tentiOn 10 subscribe a hundred pounds
/ year for fi!e years to the fund for procuring
| good thoroughbred stalliOTs. A number Of
nOblemen and gentlemen have made the
! like announcement.
John Whitley, q bright lad about eight
years Of age, was before New York court,
| Friday, on a writ Of habeas corpus. His
I story was that be was restrained Of his lib
/ erty by Col. Mcdaniel, of racing nOtoriety,
| who, with a view Of training him for a
| jockey, fed him on stale bread and salt
/ pork; that he did not relish this class of
/ food, and because he complained, MeDan-
/ iels cook sought to sharpen his appetite
| and promote his digestion by clicking
| him." This kind Of treatment was denied
| on the part Of Col. Mcdaniel, but the court
concluded to give the boy to his mother,
/ and did so.
! Strangers who have been frequenters Of
I the Derby and Ascot Heath races in En-
/ gland are astonishsd when they see Jerome
/ Park, generally tie first American race
/ course they visit. Foreigners are slow 70
| admit anything to be superior 10 what they
/ have in their own lands, out they invariably
/ look around jerome Park for the Punch
/ aud JUDY, the learned pig, the sheenies Of
the outer ring, and other shows that attract
/ the admiration Of the gaping crowds Of the
| working and dangerous classes in England
and draw them 10 "a race course. "Wbere is
| your outer rine?" inquiries the astOnished
! foreigner. ''Where are your working
| classes? Why are all these people so
! earnest aud quiet and serious? There's no
/ shouting, no calling, no loud betting, no
/ putting up Of money except II the pools,
/ thing We don't have in Eng and where we
| either book our bets, as among the aristOc-
/ racy and gentry, or put up the money with
/ the sheeuies and never see il again." The
| truth is we have no dangerous working
| classes as they have in England, and no
| rough element at the races. That is regu-
/ lated by having 'Outer ring'' coming in
free. All must gay one dollar to get on
| the field, another dollar to 60 on the grand
stand, and another to reach the quarter
| stretch between the club house lawn and
the grand stand, while into the club house
grounds no one can obtain admission ex-
cept members, their families, and invited
lafy visitors.
The programme Of stakes now open for
the fall meeting 1915, Of the Louisville
Jockey Club, which are TO close Aug. l,
1879, is as follows:
For the s.. LegeT-FOr three-year olds;
dash Of two miles; fifty dollars play or pay.
Club to add $1,000, Of which 500 to
second.
The Bluegrass Stake-FOr twO-ysar old
FLIES; dash Of thFee-fouTths of a mile; So,
play or pay. Club to add $50, Of which
500 to second.
The WoOdburn Stake-For three-ye old
fillies; dash Of one ana three-fourth miles;
$50 entrance, half forfeit, Mr.. a. J. Alex
ander to add $500.
The Reynolds Slake-FOr ali ages; mile
heats; SIS, play or pay. Mr.. j. w. Hunt
Reynolds to add $500, Of which $3.50 to
second.
The Belle AIelde Stake-FOr two year old
colts; dash Of three-Quarters Of mile; So,
play or pay. Club % add $500, of which
500 to second.
The Jockey Club Stake-FOr all ages;
dash OF three miles, $50, play or pay. Club
to add $500, Of which 500 10 second.
The Tobacco Stake-For three-year olds
that have not won prior to August l, 1875;
mile heats; SO, play or pay. The tobacco
dealers Of Louisville to add 800, Of which
500 to second.
The Sanford S,ake-FOr two-year olds;
dash Of one mile; spa, play or pay. Club
to add 500, Of which Sf00 to second.
The Merchants Stake-FOr all ages; dash
Of four miles; $50, play or pay. The mer-
chants Of Louisville to add $1,000 (and
$500 additional if FellOwcraft's time of
7:l95 is beaten), Of which 500 to second.
The Gait House Stake-FOr three-year
Olds; dash Of two and Ons-quaFter miles;
so, play o. pay. The Gait House to add
$3.50, OF which $50 to second and 500 to
third.
The following stakes for 1877 have also
been opened, entries to close the 18th Of |
August next:
The Kentucky Derby for three-year olds |
(nOw yearlings); so, play or pay, with |
81, 800 added; second to have 500; dash Of |
Ii miles. To be run on the first day of the |
spIing meeting, 1877.
The Kentucky Oaks, for three-year-old |
fillies (nOw yearlings); so, play or pay,
with 81 900 added; second to have 500; |
dash of II miles. To be run on the third \
day Of the spring meeting, 1877.
The Clark stake for three-year-olds (now /
yearlings); $50. play or pay, with $1,000 /
added; second TO have 500; dash of two /
miles. To be run on the sixth day of the
spring meeting, 1877.
The St. Ledger, for three-year-Olds (noW
yeaIlings); dash of two miles; $50, play or
pay; club to add 1,OO1, of which 500 to
second. To be run on the first day Of the
fall meeting, 1877.
The Gait House stake, for three-year-
olds (nOw yeaIlings); dash of p miles;
so, play or pay; the Gait House to add
$3.50, of which $50 to second, and 500 to
third. To be run on the sixth day of the
fall meeting, 1871.
Cincinnati is actually planning to have
one of the finest racs-tracks and trotting
and driving parks in the country open BY
September, to be inaugurated with a race
between Occident and Goldsmith Maid.
While column upon column has been
printed in her papers about foreign races,
the "Queen City" has furnished bare and
infrequent paragraph about some scrub
race in which the contestants had hard
work to get down to the ancient
aud commonplace notch Of 40. Her local
have by no means relished the
idea Of Lexington and Cambridge City,
and Dayton and Portsmouth, and a dozen
other little places hanging up ten and
twenty thousand dollars a meeting to be
trOfted for. while Cincinnati didn't ofssr