, 1876-08-20

fsseted ses a'i nad p' ooy
%s that m 5 na5 Fsps a az 0,a cppsd ps'S s
record in her great race with Princess, the
celebrated California mare. reducing the figures to
2:o2, and the whole community fairly 3avshet en-
dcarincnt on tue Queen of the Turf. Later in the
same year she cut OF another half second, making
mile in 2:2lh; finally ut Kalamazoo, Mich, the
astounded to ind that mile was finished in :1oal.
Public excitement ran high md midst it all came
expressions Of doubt in regard to the length Of The
course with many @ saSe psedietionz nat It yoVa4
rate nccc*sjtates speed Of u feet lsvthln frac-
tom pcr second, and the great mass of '1tell-
you 80 people that said Flora Temple was phc-
nomcnon not likely to occur again in century. 70
the ouict ooser-on, the real judge OF real merit,
the performances OF Lancet. Brown Dick. George
NJ. Fatchcn, md others, Indicated that Flora WAS
nut beyond the possibility Of recurrence,
while Mr. Robert Bonncr's acute Judgment
led him to discover lanterns wonderful speed,
enormous price for single horse. III 1864 Dexter
made his appearance on the Fashion Course, and
was pronounced by the cognoscenti i wonderful
horse. In 1865, under the saddle, Dexter made
2:IS is, and his FAME widespread 1T once
the victor over time against Fora's best tally. The
year following brought bis performance to 2:ls
another season. 1At,9, showed .:17!i in harness.
dr. Bonner nladca famous speech OH the uccAs!on,
which was almost as short as Dextcrs record. and
immediately, purchased the horse for S;*;, ooo
mancd on the track, Gun only be conjectured, but
wr think he would have shown very far below
5:l7ls Meanwhile Goldsmith Maid and American
Girl we're becoming famous, the latter ultimately
achieving q record u 2:l6.3. Goldsmith Maid llas
cunt,aucl cutting down the seconds, until 2:1U,
!;lG. 2:14A, 2:14A had followed in such order
that people fairly gasped, and expected to see
Father Time carricd ont exhausted. At last 2:1l4
was reached, and since then the aged lnower has
had rest on single miles. Other noted horses had
apneured. and 80 flyers were scarcely rarity
While Goldsmith Maid WIS bearing the sctp-
trc. The mare Lulu rushed into notaric.y in the
gpn,,ncr OF 1874 viii, last heat In ZIG, and the
su0scuucnt season brought her still further celeb
rty As The winner OF the three fastest heats known
SECOND, third, and fouEth-the first having been
taken by Goldsmith MaId. The separate figures
we're 2:l5 Is, :,:161:, 2:13t., 2:l1. Lulu soon
atterward won heat In .:13, With the opening
OF lS7G the great Mass cast their prophecies on
Lulu as the most likely. to snatch away Goldsmith
Maids laurels, though Hopeful, who had won
three heats in 2:175=, 2;ls.t, 2:lS!i, was prime
keen observation of few WAS conferred on Smug
clcr celebrated Stallion the ptoperty of Col.
Eussell. Last week, at Cleveland, Smngylcr won
a splendid race from Goldsmith Maid, in which
the two together trotted the fastest dye consecutive
heats ever shown for public qualification. Gold
smith Nail won the FIRST and second, Snu@glcr the
third, fourth, and fifth, showing remarkable speed,
stcaiipess, and, greatest o{ all, endurance. The
tiu,e was 2:l3i7, 2:17l4, 2:1Ui4, 2:19;4, 1:l7h.
TEE UTICA RACES.
Tie fourth race in the Scptiatcral, at Utica,
was not particularly Brilliant purity from the
grayeliy nature OF the track. The following is
the table Of winners: