The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-07
NEWPORT STEEPLECHASES.
Second Day of the Racing Meet
ing by the Sea.
A GRAND ATTENDANCE.
Deadhead the Winner of Handicap Purse of
5000, and Shaughraun, Ridden by Mr..
+. L. Hart, the Newport Cup.
Newport. r. l.. Sept. 6. 1875.


prevailed throughout the afternoon and the breeze from
The ocean was even fresher than Saturday The
suns rays obscured by low floating,
neecy clouds. Although the wind was enjoyable
On the land, the Atlantic seemed tipped with
snowy rills and the schooners and other craft in the
distance went scuddng by very fast The attendance
simply astonishing The satisfactory result OF the
6rs days racing had aroused everybody apparently to
sndeavor to witness the concluding events of the meet
Ing. Miles of vehicles strcamed from Bellevue avenue
to the Point the snowy horses and gsening carriages
forming grand and interesting cavalcade At the
the scene truly interesting
BRILLIANT PICTURE.
The subscribers stand, filled with gayly dressed
patrons, envened with all the lovely coors and comb
nations of the modstes stood out in bold relief against
the shaded sky and looked like bouquet at distance
The structure might have been strengthened con-
Sideraby, for shudders to think OF what a collapse
and wholesale launch into the breakers in
The rear might result in However, without some
such structure the majority would have but
third of each 1t is impossible see much
nom carriage, and the irregular formation of the
course renders good firm stand necessary. Perhaps
the fact that but part of the seeplechasng can be
seen from any point of the ground the only draw
back to what would otherwise be perfect course.
Another slight difficulty the necessity of waiting
until the tide is low to the magnificent
drive along the second beach, This was the chief
reason why the did commence until half past
four O'Clock to-day.
HORSES APPEAR.
1t nearly five o'clock before Deadhead and Wood
field came out and began canter for the handicap
the first wearing Donahue's colors, green jacket and
black velvet cap the second Torrances colors black
body jacket with scarlet sleeves and cap There was
some little disappointment that so few horses were to
start but the two started well green and black eapng
to the front instantly and keeping round the very
last hurdle, when black and scarlet up, and the
leap was made almost nstantaneously. Deadhead re-
covered himself very quickly, and was thus enabled to
reach the winning post about half length in advance
Now the multitude left the walls and haystacks and
came trooping over in irregular body. 'Three
cheers for the green and black Three cheers for
Donahue" they yelled. Next it necessary to give
the horse 'tiger," which done in true Hbernan
style.
THE GENTLEMEN RIDERS
or course the great attraction to-day the stcepe-
chase for gentlemen riders about a two mile contest
for the Newport Cup and good purse-the cup the
rider, the money the of the horse There was
great excitement when the bell called up the horses
The occupants of carriages stood up eagerly
the horses and riders The thousands planted along the
walls around the judges of the water
Jump hustled and chatted Even the hayrlcks were
manned again, but it not easy Judge of their de-
hberations Whatever stakes lost won on these
mounds of winter feed may be known society
will therefore be so much the loser hundred field
glasses watched the gentlemen jockeys from the
Near the waves there Mr.. A. w. Clason, dressed in
fawn -colored jacket pink sleeves and cap
sitting well Meteor Gathering along the
left was Mr.. +. L. Hart in black
jacket with yellow cap and sash, on
shaughraun There, just returning from the judges
NJ ID,
jacket He to ride Resoute The favorite appeared
TO be shaughraun, who pranced quietly up and down
for few seconds, but took good to rush at
the hurdle he went out Considerable delay ensued
between the cantering and rubbing down. occasoncd
was understood, by the difficulty in getting the right
weight for Rcsoute
WIN.
All the horses seemed to be heavily loaded and
Shaughraun showed it, too, as he made n short trial
just before the start At length the flag dropped and
of they went yellow cap taking the first wall like a
greyhound followed quickly by the pink and the fawn
Now the excitement intense The fear that any ac-
cident might happen either of the gentlemen
not pleasant; but the dashed on
wall, then over hurdle along
the East River up and down, almost as fast
the eye could follow them. At the turn along the
northern shore yellow still leading followed by
pink; but all three ran out slightly Soon the bright
colors could DC flying the homestrech
Cautiously each horse took the barriers gradually
the speed increased. As they approached the main
closure the mounted policeman gaoped around TO drive
OIL the crowd, and OF the spectators within the
enclosure checrcd slightly as yellow took the water
jump several lengths in advance Resolute leaped next
and cleared receiving his ovation in due course
RIDER INJURED.
On Meteor the water but he dipped his hind
feet and making a second bound seemed Ia knucIIe
over for an instant Immediately aftcrward Mr. Cason
seemed to fall back, then gradually slipped Off on the
right side ofthe horse the ground apparently
doubled up as he endeavored to get Of the way He
was picked up half nsensibe but after remarked
loosely, "That the horse had nearly Knocked the
breath out of him" He was hurt more by his
fall to the ground than by the hoof of the horse A
thousand persons crowded around him he was being
led to the Enclosure, but to every inquiry he simply
marked, 81 am not hurt"
His horse scampcred OF after the yellow and the
purple and crossed them just before they came to the
last hurdle Coming this last jump there was tremen
dous commotion, for the purple had closed up the
gap between himself and the yellow, and took the final
leap almost at the instant but the yellow rushed
in and was declared the winner of the cup There was
about the same number present on Saturday but
the interest seemed increase each hour to the end
II has certainly been grand meeting and cannot fail
10 lead To the permanent establishment of annual
Iteeplechascs from this time forward.
THE RACING.
Two steeplechases were on the programme, the
6rst being handicap for purse of $500-s400 to the
first and 500 to the second horse, the short
course, mile and elghths For this the
following were handcapped:-J. Donahue's bay gcding
Deadhead, by julius dam Leisure, years old l54 lbs
A. H. Torrenccs chestnut colt Woodleld by Daniel
Boone, dam Sigma years old, l43 lbs and the same
gcntlemans bay geldng shaughraun by Tpperary, dam
Jennie p, years old Ia lbs Dr. Cattanack's chest
nut horse Meteor by Astcrod dam Maria nnis, aged.
l3G lbs Taylors chestnut mare Minnie Nc, by
Planet, dam Edna years old, 100 lbs, and from tho
same stable the chestnut horse Warlke by War Dance,
dam by Captain Beard years old, 1876 lbs J. G. X.
Lawrences chestnut horse Resolute by Revolver dam