New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-21
THE TURF,
TrOtting Match ut Prospect Pnr

lrOttInR lHtcn ut PROSPECT Pnrk.
New YORK, October 2O.4The gre at ,rot-
per and Honest Dutchmap, came of to day
at Prospect Park. Prosper won the race
in the first heat; time-222hj Honest
Dutchman being distanced.
Maryland Jockey Club Races.
BALTIMORE, October 20.-Ffrst Race-One
mile, ior all ages. First Chance |, Spring
let ., O'Neil 8, Weatherby, the favorite by
large odds, was fifth. Time-l:46l4.
Second Race-Mile heats, for three year
olds that had not won sweepstakes this
year. First Observation-Disclosures !, Jack
Trigg .. Arcturus Time-l:47A. Sec.nh
heat-Rh ,damanthu. /, Arcturus ,, Jack
Tr:eg 3 Tne-l:47A.
Third Race-One and three q uarter miles
Shvlock l, Matte A. ,, Merdoc s. Time-3:l2
just before the race Matte A. sold at 1926,
Shvlo"k S525. and the field sl45.
Fourth Race-Steeplechase, for horses
that have not won this year. Minnie Mac
won. with Usage second.
Mile heats. Jack Trigg Gray Lag, Rhada-
manthus, Areturus anu Charley Cheatham
started. In the pools, Rhadamanthus was
the fayorite, though ArcturUs and Big
Sandy sold well up, and their friends stuck
close to them. Before The start Big Sandy
WAS withdrawn.
For the first heat the start was good,
Jack Trigg leading OFF, with Gray Lag sec
ond, Arcturus third, Rhadamanthus fourth
and Charley Cheatham last. In that position
they raj until they got into the back stretch,
when Rhadamanthus took second place,
with Arcturus third, Gray Lag and Charley
Cheatham trailing behind. On the upper
turn Rhadamanthus began to move up, and
before reaching the head OF the home stretch
had gone to the 'front.' and came to tire finish
an easy winner, beating Jack Trigg two
lengths, who led Arcturus three lengths, he
leading Gray Lag eight lepg gths and Charley
Cheatbam distanced.
Second Notwithstanding was the ia
vorite at four and five to one, although the
admirers of Jack Tripg thought he might
divide the heat and thus have an opportu.
nifty to win the race. At the close, how
ever, Rhadamanthus sold 500 to 25 for the
field. After three false starts they got off
well, with Gray Lag leading, Jack Trigg
second, Arcturus third and Rhadamanthus
last At the quarter poie Jack Trigg went
to the front and ran up the back stretch,
with Gray Lag at his head, while Rhsda-
manthus and Arcturus ran together and
closed up before reaching the half mile, all
four running in a string. On the upper
turn AIcturus showed in front a
quarter length, but Rhadamanthus
closed the. gap, before reaching the
entrance of the home stretch, and came
home an easy victor, beating Arcturus u
length. who led Jack Trigg two leng tbs
In the mile and three-quarter race Shy
lock, MerodOc, Matte A. and Rambler
started. Matte A was the favorits in the
pools, selling at $S25 to $500 for Shylock.
At the start MerodOc led off, with Shylock
second, Rambler third and Matte A. fourth.
At the quarter MerOdOc and Rambler, who
had gone up. ran eide by eide, with Shy
lock third and Matte A. last. On the
upper turn Merodoc showed in front of
Rambler a head, with ShylOck third. At
the Judges stand Rambler had the lead,
with MerOdoc second, Shylock third but
on the lower turn Shylock went to the sec
Ond position, and going up the back stretch
q dash, went to the second place, but in the
upper turn showed an inability to cope with
Shylock. Down the hume stretch Shylock
opened the gap between himself and Matte,
and came to the finish the winner by tour
lehgths. Going up the back stretch Ram
bier was cut down by Matte A who ran
inside to the front OF him. He was struck
lame that he quit the race almost as soon
as struck. He was leading at the time.
The fourth principal event OF the day was
a steeplechase OF about one and half miles,
over portion of the r. gular steeple cou, 50,
for horses of all ages that had not won a
steeplechase this ys ar at Saratoga, Jerome
Park, Long Branch and Baltimore, weller
Usage, Austral. Vim. Boae and Busy Bee
started. Before the start, Usage was the fa-
vorita, selling at $3.50, while Storm was
bought for 500, Minnie Mao for $75, Bose for
$50, and the field $500. The horses started
we'll, George West leading off with Storm
second and the others close together. At
the third leap, Vim bolted; the others kept
on, Storm leading closely pressed by
George West. The turn ct the north end of
the track was then made, and the horses ran
south in . string, Storm still leading
until he came to the earth wall near the
club stand, when he bolted. Bose fell st
the hurdle before reaching the earth wall
where Storm bolted and threw his rider
without, however, doing him any serious
harm. George West took the lead from
the earth wall, but before reaching the
track Minnie Mac pressed OsAge, who had
psessd George West about the oestrs of
the inner field, aud both pressed heavily
around the upper turn; over the last hurdle
Osage led. closely followed by Mianis Ma,
with George West close upon heg, Aqd down
the homo stretch Minnie MsS vent " the
frsnt snd cams in . lsngtA aAsed = 0hAee,
who led BoaT Bee thrss lsagtha With