New-York tribune., 1876-07-10
local MISCELLANY.

ACRogAI's EASY DEFEAT oP CHEsAPEAkk~
700 100, BCRGoo, AND ASCENSION THE OTHER
WINNERS.
The first Summer meeting of the Monmouth
Park Association closed Oh Saturday IL was tho in0st
successful day Of the week. and yet conpafed Win
former meetings. failure There was no large crown
from the city, aud Long Branch hotels and cottages are
stll so nearly empty that they furnished menger quota
of tho attep lance which could not have numbered more
than 700 or 800 persons The Centennial Purse was eA
peccd 70 draw great crowd, but It did moi do So "l
Ochiltree in the race thought 1t wonld ne ""
over and hence no interest excited Tic managers
then secured ne withdrawal of Ocltree, but the four
which il was decided % strtI little thought OF
that interest till ureNcited. and hence the Sna
Attendance Those who did not 90 were, however, the
losers for the days sport was very good indeed.
OF colts contended fOrthe July Stakes
dash threc-guart7rs of mie the faVorite on 'he
course Zoo zoo winning after sharp contest tAe iaVor
tie m tbe Nr-Yorh pools Of the night before, Leonard
coming in tad fourth although having an advantage OF
tb st,r secured ,y the tactics of his jockey McGrah
owner OF Leonard has been uniformly sueeessini IN
past seasons that The betters have come tol"oR upon
him as almost myncibie, or, what Ii lilo same 10 inc
gambler lucky, aud this accounts in large measure ior
the confidence repOsed his stable HIS feVcfses Oh
SATURDAY. were not confined TO oss of the July Stakes
as the main stay stable dlstanced IN the iouf
mile heats ana he will have to do something during to
p,cseni week or 1T Saratoga restore his prestige III the
pool room.
Nine horses Of all ages started in the second race as
t.nce Of a c and oneegBth and the result 'er scNo
raj false starts was q remarkably beautiful race run i
by all the animals tho start to the hbish' GRIN
steads bay colt ce had been made thefavoite az long
odds d esarvedy for thoug only three years Oid ana
weighted N lO2 rounds he very handsome animal
and fast runner Tine nine horses got away t"se'hr'
and for more than half mile kept In bunch FROM th.
grand stand seemed that blanket would nave eoVeteu
the entire group After passing the hanie post one OF
TWO ean 10 trail and the the homestretch was
narrow e down the t,vorite, Mete and Burgoo hVe-
ycarod -cldng weighted at l2l pounds. The rider OF
Mctie seemed confident OF the and was not pushing
his animal M tie best when within twenty yards OF the
winnic post tho Jockey swim put spur and whip 10 Bur
zoo and ran in winner by half his length
The Grand Centennial Purse Of 1000 f0urnle hea9'
was ofred two wears ago. and 1t then expected tnat
Il vould can out the longdisance horses in fine
country ana tat there would be seen on the course
greater crowd than that which saw Lonseiio" oeie
Harry Bassctt at which time not only the giahh stiu
and the Enclosure its front was dcnsry packed O
tc n itself was frused round 40 deep with excited
spectators Bu; only 20 entries were made, ana certainly
no, a thousand persons TIE contest. Tom ochItfee
va So great flyorite tha amount OF ODDS oncted
corld secure wager AGAINST him, and the managers q"
the course and of tho other horses when " was
proposed 10 start seemed his Withdrawal Ia order NOT 10
spo hc snort and stop the betting Four horses there
fore came 10 the pos, for the struggle. Their nane' ages
rank in the pools. &c, arc Indicated below:
sic1. C6pipaEc y,Is i05 n Gs5 1900 200
1c,ir!ips l'u,. Michigan, i o.. IsO 100
HitCboooA's Busy Bee. years III b"}
The two l.st-namcd sold the he,d ana we're really
ont OF tie race from the start. AMI the contest 10y
between Acrobat and CHESAPEAKE. The conhf nee
rcnosea I'm the latter was snguarly misplaced Tor
Acrobat was in magnificent condition. ana would have
made better contest with Tom Oclhltree tAnn chesa
peako made against him. The time was very Slow, aad
si Busy Bee and Col Nellisan we're dstanced IN tAe
first lcat. and ID is not certain that Chesa-
u,,Ec might not have been II tie rider OF
Acrobat h,d chosen for the former came IN at
IA, end of fhc first four miles IN drca1fu! condition
nearly dist tnrc behind Acrobat was very WING -
D., yt "a up o.. tho g.uInE-Ins "n5 passed bnt hT was
. 10 ,lI. i4 su,i. III ~ GIT l., sII'kr Wien
brought p i, heat latter horse Wa seen 10
G- incapable serious srU@si,, ~ll.e Sro't Was 'I
and steadily increased ms dl-t'ht''
4 tc end Of he -,cond Inc the JocS"! VI CneSHi
..s Il WIS E,lpEsIr5 To maze IN ti0It 10 taNS no W
lance, aud IclH SPuGflHs ana Wi'iF.HE w.
.b, 10. another ti1rt; lie cl behind ihe stcaoil- ig
Acrobat Cy,Ty mUmvnt, ana Eo distance Nv .V'l IN ~
face wien lr was Two yards nOIc away ITtm ~ NC
could hardly s'Ir wien nrv2ht actually uno, lht iaah
I In walk 10 stand. Tue l.'hti ~ hffo'+
however. oauc tn the stand TO d5nouIt 'a i' a'i q
hg td l..n ottr his COJulruIucc. i''.-t "i-"'.',
Ono. tu, M e. lost the l.OOa VII womb iI'' ~ 10
le str1nd nuIe had been an! .'cO-DJ, ana tIr
! " hb.. .td.c u,a. To Acrobat .tr.
r.. , ,,rs ONLY Two cnt,s Tor he touI' race MI,
and a halt .oY wdrh ld mol Won race ~i t't
( Iu..ti.g Iicy were CuiIilo hIs A't'---"h aih ~
con Ir.Iry The iurNlsr III tasufL-" it
only Eonlt making strong oioF II tne last moment