The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23
THE RACES.
A Large Attendance mt the Fair Gr0unds
10 witness the sports.

us dry rs finder and just little too not
for racing purposes, and yet excellent
time was nevertheless mnde, especially
in the milo dash. The spectators com
menced arriving us early us half-past
two o'clock, and by three the lower tier
of the Grand Stand was fairly tilled.
The gontler sex, as usual on tho last day
OF each meeting. gathered In sugn num-
beers that room had to be made for them
in tho gentlemen's department. The
upper tier and tho field were not so well
filled aa on tho ordinary four mile heat
DAYS. This was probably owing to the
fact that the usually great attraction dld
not promise well this time, there
being only two entries FOR that race,
Sam Harper and Falmouth, ana the
HITTER, being universally considered no
match for Harper How It is that such
a meagte show was gotten UP II eA-
plnjueI in various ways. On tne ono
hand il f. ciuimed that Harper Is CON
si,.cred more than match for any Tour
mile horse liable 10 come down Soutil.
IT. f. also said that few stable owners
will bring their four mile horses To New
| Orleaus 10 compete for such N purse as
was offered $500, $500 OF which went
! To the second horse. IT we are wen III
| formed, aud the true cause OF the poor
| moss Of the vrnudest race on tho biilS ~
To be Inscribed TO the scantiDe9s OF thc
purse. some mismanagemcnt must nave
occurred somewhere, Tor We are tolu
TINT the subscription OF the members 81
the Jockey Club amounted, before the
mootiuo oncued. to "a sum sufficient TO
defray all expenses. However,, IL
may be that the surplus money
that which was taken ~
M II. t., n ~ n
tho interest Of the next spring meeting.
IF such be the ease, IT. Is " palliatihg
circumstance. But nj all events, sucn
mongre afIaN should not be presented
To the public If the club wishes to pre-
serve its prestige. IT. would nave been
fur better to have given any other race
which would have made the purse u
comparatively handsome one. Witoo,,
any desire to be hypcrcritlchl, we Wou'o
also call the attention OF the cup 70 tne
want Of enthusiasm which marked the
entire meeting. We will refrain even
from irving an opinion rs to the cause,
and Ieuye the remedy TO the club itself.
When the hour of starting had struck,
ONLY one or two incidents worth men
tioning had taken place. Osseo, while
warming up in front OF tho stunt
pitched his rider overhead. but, luckily
without doing him any harm, ana No
) was shortly aftelward IN ms sadulo.
The pools were largely attended, plt
many buycrs Of the night before, who
had laid their stakes on Cottrill $
stables in the first race, were sadly dls-
nupoiuted on learning that Mediator,
the winner of the Piekwick and ono oi
} the probable starters, bad been WIN
| drawn, and good dcnl Of hedging TOOK
! place in consequence.
FtRsr RACE. The first race was the
! 81 sx,I, lsf-t
/ hereafter be known as the Cottriil
stakes for three year olds. Only three
: OF thirteen entries coming TO The
: scratch Harry Hill, Ossco and South
;, ern Express. Harry Hill had the cal
mt large odds now that Mediator was
out. Osseo second choice. This was 4
: race Of IL mile and half for purse o
5 800, besides entrance money 40
T. to second horse, and $50 to thlrd
, At the start, Mt the half milo post
. Southern Express lead. but was passct
t by Osseo and Hill in u few seconds, ane
: they passed the judges Stand in th'
| same order, Express three lengths II
e the rear. Hill pushed up on the turf
. and was by Osseo's side at the quarter
; pole. and they kept in this same posi-
: ton TO the home turn, where Hill tool
: the front, and on reaching the nome
y stretch was leading Ossco u full length
v six lengths ahead Of Osseo, Express no
: reckoned The time Of the first hal
II mile was 81 and of the dash 2 .12h
= SECOND RAcE.-It was justly expected
e that the tameness OF the preceding rae
s would be improved upon in the next
: Enlister, Survivor and Puss Broadna
/ being the starters Eulister, who ha'
Q maintained himself ut the pools Il
k Hawkins rs the favorto on u par witt
n - tfrGpftaI
t SI7o, against $3.50 Puss being quote,
u nominalIy Mt $50. The cause Of this fal
became apparent when the horses cam
d TO the track Eniistef behaved badly, re
i fusing twice the start, and otherwls
showing much obsiinacy, which tn
whip alone corrected TO some extent
n The send-olf found him five o
I six lengths in the rear, Pus
& pettinp the start, but Survive
3 taking the lead ut the turn and kecpin,
!. it past the half mile. On the turn Pus
l., worked up little, but Enlister on
s push took the second place, nea
= the thrce-quartcr post, on the nom
@ stretch, making n gallant dash for Sur
; vivor, but the distance was just II littl
l. too short, for although he had made nj
o the distance, and much more, that h
g had lost on the start, Survivor led hin
Z in by length and Il half Puss 81,
n lengths in the rear. Time ] Az.
c THIRD RAoE-FUst Heat. In the wa!
J. Of preamble, all has been said Of thi
4 race ut the beginning. Harper took th'
II lead at the start ana ran under heav,
V pull to the crossing of the line on TIN
: third mile, when he walked away from
G Falmouth and came in an eighth Of {
i mile ahead. Time-7 "A.
SUMMARY:
FIRST RAcE.-The Fortuna stakes. for thre
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