The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-11
THE ENGLISH TURF.

FIRST DAT OF THE CHESTER MKxrrxo-TuE
CHESTER TRADES CUP won III TAM o. SHAN
rEn-cAsuAIrr on THE COURSE
LONDON, May 10, 1870
The Chester meeting, which began yesterday, pro-
vides four days racing under the Newmarket
rules, and includes among its most notable events
the Chester Trades Cup and tho great Cheshire
Stakes.
THE CHESTER cur.
Tho Chester Cup was decided to-day. and OF the e5
that accepted the weights out Of the iol subscribers
IS came to the post.
BEFORE THE RACE
or these Mr.. r. G. vyncr's bay horse organist and
and Mr.. H. Baltaxzi's brown colt John Day were
equal favorltcs ut the rate OF to 1. The winner,
however turned up in Mr.. Johnstonc's bay horse
TAN o. suASTER.
against whom the odds Of to were laid at the start
Mr.. Il. Heneagcs chestnut horse Freeman, with
to against him, came in second, and Sir George
Chetwynd's gray colt The Grey Palmer, at 20 to l,
third. The favorites organist and and John Day
were respectively eighth and twelfth
CASUALTY on THE COURSE.
During the racing temporary stand erected for
the use OF the spectators was 80 ovcrcrowdec that
it collapsed Two persons were killed and many
seriously injured The wounded were removed to
an nnrmary.
CHESTER England, May TO- Is,e.-Tne Chester
Trades Cup or 500 sovs.. IN Specie half given by the
trades Of Chester and half by the grand stand pro-
pretors, added to sweepstakes Of 25 sovs. EACH IS
threc-ycar-olds and upward; the second to receive
so sovs. from the stakes and the winner to pay 90
sovs. toward expenses Of COURSE winning pcnaltics
cup course, about two miles and q quarter; closed
with lol subscribers Of whom 80 pay sovs. to the
fund.
Mr. Johnsones b. b. Tam o shantcr, years, by
Blinkhoolic, out or Miss Hawthorn, 95 Ibs .....
Mr.. +. Honeagc's Oh. h. Freeman, agod, by Kettle
drum out OF Haricot ia lbs. ................ 2
Sir George Chetwynd's gr c The Grey Palmer,4
years. by Tho Palmer, out or ElIer, 50 lbs. .. 8
Mr.. X G. vyncr's b. h. Organist, years, by Cathc-
dra, out OF Ga,ly l07 lbs Observation-Disclosures. o
Mr.. II. Baltazzs br 9. John Day, years, by John
Davis, out of Brcakwatcr. So lbs ....... o
Tam o. Shantcr, bay horse, by Blinkhooc. out OF
MISS Hawthorn, was bred by Mr. John Watson in 1871.
His running career commenced in hts four ycar-cl
form, ana OF nine events he two. These wero tho
Prince of Wales Stakes about milo, EPSON spring
meeting, whcn with 100 lbs up no beat seven others;
the Liverpool Cup, mile and hall. Liverpool
July meeting, beating others. His defeats
were In tho City aud Suburban, EPSON Spring.
one mile and quarter, though In this no
finished third with 95 lbs the weight he carried
in the above racc with twcnty others behind him. the
Great Cheshire Stakes milo and quarter, but OBJ
tanned place with o. lbs on his back the Liverpool
Plato Handicap, one mile, Liverpool July meeting
where he finished fourth with l13 lbs up, the winner
being Mr.. Gomms Fraulein, years, carrying 116 lbs.
tho Ayrshire Handicap, one mile and three furlongs,
Western meeting (Ayr), where he finished second with
ia lbs Bertram carrying 100 lbs, being the winner
tho Ayr Gold Cup, mile and quarter, Same mcct-
ing but again second; tho Newcastle Autumn
Handicap, milo and quarter, in which he finished
Ath tho Great Shropshire Handicap, one mile,
Shrewsbury November meeting, being seventh In q
field OF thirteen