The New York herald., 1876-11-04
WASHINGTON RACES.
Closing Day of the National Jockey
Club Meeting.
THREE INTERESTING CONTESTS.
Burgoo, Inspiration and Bay
Rum the Winners.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1870
To-day closed the fall meeting OF the National Jockey
Club, and has not proved mucn OF success to tho
club while to some OF the horse II has
amounted almost TO a disaster. Tho purses were
small generally ana the entire absence Of stakes has
compensated for the OF coming to those whose
horses have won.
THE FIRST RACE
tho Consolation Purse for horses that had run ana
not won during tho meeting; and quarter miles
horses bcatcn oncc allowed hvc pounds and thosc
twice beaten ten pounds; purse $3.50 to tho first and
$50 to the second horse. The starters were T. B. 4
". II. Davis chestnut horse Fadiadeen, carrying 1oS
lbs j. II. Racey's bay colt Icariinston H.. s5 lbs
j. G. Bethunes bay gcldng Burgoo, 10l lbs Midgoey
4 Tuliey's gray lilly Moorncn and G. W. Medingers
chestnut horse First Chance, 10I lbs In The pools
Burgoo the lavorito at considerable odds, with
First Chance second choice and Leamngton H. third
The start good, with Fadiadcen in 'front.' Burgoo
second First Chance third bennington II. and Moor
hen running together. Burgoo went to the front be-
reaching the judges stand and al tho upper turn
Lean ii. took second place. On the back
stretch Burgoo made dash and opened gap OF three
lengths IN front OF Fadladeen, vhilo FIRST Chance
went up second AS he passed The halEmIIe pole.
Lcamrgtou II. also moved up ana he On tho lover
turn passed Fiist Chance. Coming into the nome
stretch burgoo showed the way. bennington H. Sec
ond, making great effort TO overtake HIM, but Bur.
goo hnshed an easy winner by Two lengths, with
LeamiD2ton H. second, two lengths ahead OF First
Chance, the latter mead IN front ol Fadadecn Moor
hen nth Time, Ala Tho following is
SUMMARY.
J. G. Bcthune's b &. Burgoo, by imp Hurrah, dam
Emma Downing, years uld. .(-wim) l
J. H. Racey's b. C. Lcnmugton H., by bennington,
dam sarah Bean, years old ...;... .(Balnes) 2
G " Medinger's ca. g Firs. Chance, by haywood,
' en5s nsvs c6 h. Fadadssn by war
Dance, dam Nora Creina, aged. ....... .tHughesl
A,ascley Iu,isy,s % E Mo9rhen' by osSs Dickens
Time. 2:l4
rHB SECOND RACE
was twomlo heats Tor all ages; purse $780, Of which
500 was TO be gwen to the second horse The starters
were A. Smiths brown lnspirstion carrying Ill
lbs. r. ~ Vests bay colt Courier 95 lbs. r. 3. a W.
bay colt hateras % lbs. T. N. Halls bay 6y Rose,
105 lbs W. Birch's bay colt Watcree 05 lbs, and i.
the call in the betting against the field Many Of tho
horses engaged had before gone the journey OF
twomilo heats, and the TACT that Inspiration had
such contest gave her tine advantage in the pools
which she had.
First Heat Rose led OF, with Inspiration second,
watcr,e third. Kenny fourth, Courier nfth, Tom
o'Neil SIXTH Hatterus sovonih Rose the lead to
the quarter polc but Courier had taken second place
the upper turn and Inspiration had fallen back to
the fourth place On the backstrctch Hatteras moved
up TO the 'front.' but Kerny in turn captured him he
lower turn. Down tho quarter stretch and past
Courier passed in front, with Tom O'Neil
second, Kenny third, Hatteras fourth Inspiration
seventh
into the mile Courier showed the way 10 the
quarter polc with kenny second; but Inspiration ran
up 10 second place ana ran even with Kenny and rom
O'Neil TO the half-mile pole. and around the lower
turn. Wateree and Rose were SO lar behind at tins
time that they were practically out OF the race. In
sp,rntion entered tho nomestretch with slight ad.
vantage Tom O'Neil and Kenny, and the run to
the finish excellent Inspiration winning by q
length, Tom O'Ncii second, neck ahead OF Kenny
with Courier fourth, Haiteras ffth Wateree and Rose
distanccd. Time, 3:41.
Second Heat Inspiration great favoritc
hn cntA In e,n s.lo anAfs
and Tom O'Neil were the favortes, tho last named
having the call The horses got away well, with
Kenny in front, Hatteras second, Tom ON ell third,
Courier fourth. Inspiration nitn. On the upper
Courier went to tho front, and al the quarter pole
Haticras was second, Kenny third Tom O'Nei fourth,
ahd around tho lower turn Inspiration steadily closed
tho Others and as lhcy ran The homcsirecA and
passed tho Judges stand thor positions wcrcCourier
FIRST Kenny second. Inspiration third Haeras fourth,
Tom O'Ncil fifth. here then change OF posi-
tiops untli the half-me pole was passed. On tho
lower turn Inspiration went forward ana came into The
.homesiretch IN front Leaving the others, she came
homo an easy winner Of the hea. and race Courier
nth. Time, 3:45 Tho following is
SUMMARY.
Smiths br. IN. Inspiration, by Warminster,
dam Sophia, years old, Ill lbs. =. tBluylock) l
p NJ. Vests b c. Courier, by star Davis, dam by
Lexington, years old, 81 lbs. (JohnsoL)
W. wycle's b. C. Haiteras, by Red Dick, dam BY
TB Nw. K Davs' ch. c Kerry, by curies dam
by Red Eye, 8 years old eS lbs. .;. .tPaxion)
J. =. WILSON'S BIC Tom oNeil, by Lightning, dam
Z,ngara 5 years old Observation-Disclosures. s
F. NJ. Aall's b. Rose, by Eugene, dam Ia Rose.
W + Beuch's s. c. wa,erce, by Prussian, dam
by Charley Bail, years old, 95 bs (Rlchardson) dis
Time, S4l-3:45
THIRD RACE
milo heats over four hurdles for purse OF $500,
weights. The starters were 7. A. Lyncns gray colt
Derby, carrying l5s lbs; A. d Browns bay horse
paladn, l5a lbs ". Caliahaps bay colt Bay Rum, Isl
lbs Thomas Murray IS chestnut horse Captain Ham
mer, 1854 los. j. g. X. Lawrcnces bay colt Risk, l4S
lps and J. +. Wilson Co IS bay horse Jack Trigg,
las lbs Derby tho iavori,e against the field,
witbstapdng that Risk won hurdle race yesterday
First Hcdt-Thc start was even Captain Hammer
was over the hrs hurdle Jack Treg second, Risk
third. Paadin fourth, Bay Rum 1tih There was
general Knocking down Of hurdles and very little
change in the positions OF the horses until the fourth
hurdle passed, when Risk went 10 tie front, but
beaten ut the finish by Bay Rum. Captain Ham
mer third, Derby fourth, Paladin NTH. Jack rigg
sixth The time poor and was not taken.
Second Heat ALTER several efforts the horses were
started. with Jack Trgg twenty yards behind Pala
din was hrst, Derby second RISK third, Captain Ham
mcr fourth, Bay Rum hh and Jack lrfgR sixth.
Paadn led the third hurdle. when Risk went TO the
front, and IN that order they finished, Derby. the
favortc being next TO Jack Trigg who was dlsanccd
Third Heat Risk the favorite Tor this heat, and
there was ample time at the pool stand Tor two OF the
hurdles mad to be almost entirely reconstructed The
start was good with Bay Rum IN the ead and he held
1t tho rst and second hurdles Az tho third all
the horses went over together when Risk tell and his
rider was considerably injured, though none OF his
limbs wero broken. Bay Rum won the race. The fol-
lowing lsa
W. Callahan's b. 6. Bay Run, by Baywood
lam Goneril, years old 15l lbs. .(Brownl l +
Fisher a. Burgess b. h. Paadtn, by Leaning
ion, dam Garland. 5 years old .tJackson) dis.
T. A. Lynch's g. G. Derby by Eugene, dam
Kate Sovereign, years old Los lbs. ......
NOLAN dis.
Thomas Murray's CHI h. Captain Hammer,
by vandal. dam Dew Drop, years old. i54
lbs. ..................,.......l .lMalony) 2 4 dis
j. q. X. Lawrenco's b. C. Risk. by Revolver,
dam Syr,p, years old, las lbs.. (s ldgeieyl dis
j. H. Wilson a. Co IS b. q. Jack rrigg. by
L.gh mag, dam SalIie Morgan, years old.
las lbs. bs........................... .tHcnry) dis
Time not taken.
Tho French pools on Bay Rum paid s277 So