National Republican., 1876-09-09
WASHINGTON pRIvNe ASSOCIATION.
Sports at Brightwood-Jersey Boy Wins the
Three Minute Race.

Sports at Brightwood-Jersey Boy Wins the
Three-M Minute Race.
Yesterday was the second day of the fall
meeting of the Washington Driving Associa-
tion at Brightwood park. The trotting was
excellent, but the attendance was unusually
small. The event of the day was q trot for
horses owned in the District and adjoining
counties that have never beaten three minutes.
There were other sports during the day, con-
sisting of sack and foot racing. Between the
heats considerable amusement was caused by
vigorous war waged by hornets on the occu-
pants of the top seats of the grand stand. A
party would just settle costly down in corner
and begin to discuss the merits of the last
heat, when one of them would brush some
thing away from his ear, and in minute the
whole top row would be cleared, and the re-
cent occupants would be clambering and clat-
tering over the lower rows as fast as they
could, and not stop to swear until they reached
the quarter stretch.
For the tbree-minute race Mount Holly,
Snowflake, Lady Alma, Trump, Lazy Jim
and Jersey Boy were entered. Snowflake
and Lady Alma were drawn. The race was
won in three straight heats by Jersey Boy.
The three heats were fine exhibitions of trot-
ting. Lazy Jim was o favorite on account of
his victory a week ago. Jersey Boy, Lazy
Jim and Trump struggled through each heat
for the first place, but Lazy Jim invariably
went off his feet just before crossing the line,
and Jersey Boy went home ahead. The fol-
lowing is
SUMMARY OF THE RACE:
Washington Driving Association, at Bright
wood park, Friday, September 8, 1875.
Purse l, for horses owned in the District and
adjoining counties that have never beaten 500;
mile heats; best three In five.
F. Carter enters b. g., Mount Holly, 8, 4, 4.
N.Nailor enters G. g., Snowflake, drawn.
Geo. n. Jones enters s. m, Lady Alma,
drawn.
John Eggleston enters br. h., Trump, 4, o, 2.
Isaac Woodruff enters br. f., Lazy Jim,
49,, 8.
a. Middleton enters br. g., Jersey Boy,
l, 1.
Time, 2:4sk, 2491k, 247H.
On the last quarter of the first heat Trump's
sulky broke down, and he was thrown back to
the fourth place.
After the trot there was a sack race of $50
yards, for purse of s25, on the programme.
There were four entries for the race, and as all
were rather large n,en the fun was great. The
racers looked like big bags Of corn suddenly
infused with vigorous life, and each trying to
be first to the mill, which represented S25.
The race was won by Arthur Woman, After
this race scrub sack race was made up, In
which six colored youths took part. Three
heats were raced, two of them having been
declared dead, and there was much amuse-
ment. The days sport was ended by scrub
foot race of half a mile, upon the announce
ment of which all the fences along the grounds
were cleared, and the fence -sitters hurried to
enter for the race. Fifteen colored boys start
ed. Some dropped out and resumed their oc-
cupation of sitting on the fence, but as many
more Joined in the race on the last quarter,
and Steve Hayn painted across the line, win
nef of the first money.
The next day of the meeting is the 10Th in
slant, when the 2:50 race, for which there are
five entries, will come off. After the trot
there will be an interesting mule race of one
half mile and repeat.