, 1876-05-21

1E1TEE PARE
Tne deferred races ct Dexter Park viii tax
faace Tomorrow. 4 s::225 and 2:33 event vii
be decided, and, as some Of the best stock i
cha West ts entered in both, lovers OF spor
vii sec su1ne fine work.
LOUISVILLE RACES.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 2o.-The Clarke stak,
was won by Czeedmore, beating the Grea
Vagrant, Henry owings, and Lexington il
the order named 1t WIS dash OF miles fo
$500 Vagrant was the favorite at htg odds
having previously been successful in all his at
tempts- He was ridden to-day by Bobbie
OF in the lead, hut creedmore Tapped him at
The mile and a hall, winning 3 lengths. Time,
The G.lt-House xtake, ,alne 81, 500, dash Of q,
sesond, Damon third, Cruiser fourth. Time,
In Ihe third race. mile heats. consolation nnr.e
Whisper, Katie Pearce, Kilburn, and Russ Butler
nat1ed- The first heat Ens Won in 1:45h By Whis-
per, Pearee second, Butler third. The last heat
The Cecedmote- -Vagrant :race produced more ex-
Element than other events Of the week, Thousands
Ind thousands changing hands.
GENERAL GOSSIP.
The French 2, 600 gnineas tPonle d EssaD, 1
Ro1le, for which twelve IAN. was won by II. Lnpin's
EnguerTande, FiloselIe being second. and Malaga
{late Merreil1e} third.
Nj. Wilson, Of Kentucky, hss imported the
nelis bJ King Tona, zl1cyesr~oid Of line sppeaF 81 @
snce and substance, though his performances in
public hare not been at all successful.
The sensation stories that hare been circulated
the Kentucky DERBY, Of lis owner ha3;ne eonl 'or
ccaled all information OF a condition and run him
without ghoet OF u chance to win, are wholly
colt mas well, and his owner, Mr Pierre Lori1ard.
fhe big tobaeeonlst, backed him It New Tork on
ss1 ts tss ae sS a9 he fact s
OF bis family. has no liking for any distance over
mile.
The famous English sire, Marsyas. Is dead He
vas foalea il 1851 and was By Orlando out Of Mal-
1bron by Whlsker. As tw0-year- old he won the
July etakea and Goodwood Biennial, when be was
Intentionally injured BY some one who feared to
sire his best luck was With the ret Of he Princes
pf Wales, Including Albert Victor, who came 30 |
near winning the Derby, George Frederick, who
won It two yeazs ago, and Louise Victoria, most
succcssfn performer at all distances.
Petrarch was ridden for che g, 600 enineas br /
Luke, etable-boy Though he is "a, and has !
vie and three ehildIen, who had never before had
from an friend present. us so
bic as wRs his success and curiously lib
etal as was this reward, neither will compare with
for the Derby. md won it Tint was bis frst % pnbs
6e race, and unless TIE CHICAGO Ta1BUsEs
nfRSF7 .efTeS ,' pG,a0y Ss At tao,t Parsons
SueHtns. tho owner Of Caractacue, the stakes,
mounting fo something like $50, 900. Probably
ne oddes. price paid for Eiding-or not riding
'rpool grand National steep1e-Chaee. The friends
y Jealousy the favorite, paid the best rider in
England 81, 500 not to ride anything else for the
ace and this coming to the Of the speculators
sho had laid heavily against the mare, they psid
I'm e 300 more not 70 ride her. So. without leav-
A1her for non work.
The English papers arc at last rops7no tb.r, |
elves to denounee the swindle Of taking Eoiicial
tne - simply 70 advertise Bcnsons chrouograph- /
ufate, Or the rimcls are aboninably incompetent !
me in England '*as taken by Benson's chrome.
E;sph- :; is never right, whether in short races,
,neo 1facuon OF second counts, OF in long |
nes, , where it has been known las At The Oxford.
51e 1e ~ sase, 70 vsry one minute in twenty.
mile II yards, which was run Ut 4 Tattling pace'
as g!Een st :5. 1fr. Sanford and Charley Little.
co, With american N watches and being Thoroughly
= papers OF England shoxa praiee worthy pc{iua-
on 70 abandon the ''Benson's chronog1aphn !
ti1uo- 1 - so-e1l'ea | !
Twenty. eight English ho.sc-ovuers and tra;n,r,
sEe petaiioned the Jockey Club concerning the in
2nTenienee and injustice Of the eystein 81 main
cly That tie petition Vii bls6s aBent snr II moss no.
aftieal action than did one to tie same effect nre
h1ed ne SONG yea1s @ sgo: The SIGNATURES to The pc
2 naive az men. Among the prominent tulfmcn who
q not sign are Lord Roscbery, Lord uartWick, ,
'rd harrington, Admiral Hous, Sir John Ashley. {
n Peel. Mr. Payne, and Mr. Chaplin all Of whom s.
On the Committee to revise the rules Of racing Il
lhe Aatyland Jockey Clubs spring meeting be- Il
IS 2t Baltimore Tuesday. The principal races ! p
!, % Tuesday. the Chesapeake xtakes, for a
Fee-FeaF old fllies, " miles; on Wednesday
baltimore cup. 94 miles, for which the entries
sPr1uSbok. Acdi, Hoaxcr, Paladin, O1mo7e, | b
ddhe9d, Usage, Lard Zetidnd Yiator, Willie
eEe, Jos Germs. Ore Knob, Tom Oeh1tree and
afnped< {probable etarter. in uaIics); on Thurs
l. tae freshness stakes. for thsee-year olGs IN
les; and on Friday, the grand Steeple-Chas
s. s. STAKES Readers Of Tue TRIBUNE will do |
u 70 Keep an eye On Stampede who is by NO
ans tie sick horse that be WIS nrnp the p7rafer
: Of LAST year. ~~~ Ia
TIE GREAT THRKE-rEAR- OLD, yAoRaSr. 90
agEant's victory for the Kentucky Derby makes
! unquestionably the best three -ye3r-od az The |
sou- BE IL by Virgil "a son Of Vaudal and
nenta BY imp. Torkshire-she was the d.m s1so
a1aEc. Verge and Auee1 out OF Law by INN | gil
thian out OF Lintara By Lexington. He n | inf
N colt with four white legs and b1.ze On tbe fne
, standing 15.S, with neat pretty head stnrf ~
running into wel-incincd shoulders creat ~. ~
ii, good barrel which is we'll rubbed Lon;c. eet
aeudous quarters and stiles, ard sound fert :
legA When extended his motion is natural OH
easy, and be covers the ground without any Kuf
ktrnt effort. As 2-year old he ran six times the
1iag fve tzce6 Al Louisville be won tie Aler- 70,
= afakeA 1-Rilfs in a0l seconds. beating bel