The New York herald., 1876-07-16
RACING AT LONG BRANCH.
Last Day of the Second Summer
Meeting al NIormculh Park.
A VERY FINE ATTENDANCE.
Delightful Weather, Capital Track and
Excellent Sport
-FOUR CAPITAL RIA CES S.
KingsIand. Baricade, Papermaker and
Coronet the Winners.
A VERY FINE ATTENDANCE.
-FOUR CAPITAL RACES.
KingsIand. Baricade papemaker and
Coronet the Winners

The second summer meeting closed at Monmouth
Park yesterday afternoon and in . racing point OF
view Il was Success as, with scarcely an exception,
the running has been most excellent. Pecunarily the
meeting could not have been satisfactory TO the asso
ciaton the weather has been such that even the So
jourucrs Long Branch could not muster courage 10
venture out ia the glarng in the middle OF tho
day and II was too much to expect Of people at dis
lance to travel to racing with the thermometer
ranging at 100 in the SHADE Still thero were days
when large crowds assembled to the high metled
racer perform, proving beyond all cavl that horse
racing is one OF the most cherished sports the better
classes of our people.
Four races were run yesterday, the FIRST being The
August Stakes a dash OF mile, for two-ysarolds,
which sixth anniversary. In 1871 Experience
Oaks won tho event. beating General Buord's Malta
and two in LAS, and the year after Tom Bow
ling with los lbs. on his back, five pounds OF which
was penalty for winning the Thespan Stakes, won in
147. In 1873 imp Saxon won the race with 100 los
up in ASA beating Scratch and two others, and IN
1874 Chesapeake beat Lizzie H. and five others in
l47ls Last year Parole 1t, carryin ing % lbs but
yesterday IL by Thomas Puryears Narragansett
colt ngsland carrying ITO lbs, in so, which is un
doubtedly the best time the race was ever run in
There wcrc i've starters, and Mr. McGrahs Leonard
was good second, being only beaten a half length
The second race was the hOOluS QUAKE Auc seNchtu
year of It's existence having been inauguracd in 1870
as a two me heat and was continued as such for
two years. but neat racing was considered too much
for three -ods the in 1879 was run as
DASH In 1870 Enquirer the race, Kinghsher hav-
ing taken the heat the track etlock deep In mud
ENQUIRER won the second and third heats good tlme
under the In 1871 Salina won the race,
beating Mckinney and two others. Then as dash
race in 1872 Meteor won beating Experience Oaks and
three others. In 1873 Tom Bowling beat Alice
Mitchell and three others very easily, and in 1874
Acrobat beat Pennington. Last year Ozark beat
Chesapeake this race very heavy track, and yes
lcrouy Mr. Lorard's chestnut colt Barricade Ia full
brother Hclmbo!d) won 1t very easily from Kappa
hnnock and Lttcs Leamnglon nlly out of Vivian
deere The third was what was called the Consola
ton Handicap, a dash OF mile and halt which
won oy a horse called Papermnkcr, that to say the
least, made very suspicious run in mile heats at the
beginning of the week. Few who both races will
believe nn, tho first TO win The ''wind
up'' of the meeting was stcepechaso the usual
course by Coronet, Resolute and Weasel The event
vas fine finish the weeks sport. The follow
ug are the details of the racing
THE FIRST RACE
wss the August Stakes value $780, added to sweep
stakes OF $50 each, play or pay, for twoycarolds the
winner OF tho Thcspiun Stakes to carry Ave pounds
extra the second horse TO receivc 500 and The third
horse $50 out Of the stakes; the distance one mile
There thirteen nominations for this event. nvc or
which came the post These G. ]. Lorillards s
bay colt Lucifer, BY bennington, dam Lady Motley,
10 lbs and the same centlsman's chestnut gclding
orion. by Glenelg. dam Lark, lo7 lbs; Thomas Pur-
year 4 Co. IS chestnut colt Kngsand, by Narraganset
dam Maidstone, 1lo lbs. H. p. McGrath's brown colt
Leonard, by Longfelow, dam tho Colleen Bawn
ITO lbs and p Lorillards brown geldng Bombast, by
Bonnie Scotland, dam Bcnicia, 1o7 lis. r. Lorlards
team were great favortes, and their hackers fell
heavily. Puryears Narragansett colt won the by
half length, Leonard second.