, 1876-09-10

| ~ ~ .st. n.y. ecptt h-lAe ~! MeetlnE
| splendid trim. The grounds ara covered With l
beautiful soatinK Of UIuo-grass, Which looka ::as
1,; frs;l ~ o'.eh 4 was early spring The stands
could BE- desired by tho most 1astidlo,ts Sinco
the spring meeting the managers Of tic coursu
have erectcd new stables, so that tAr stable
room now IN the ground L. greater, pertlnps,
Tho track haa been materially improved by
making II almost as wde again US It was at til,
first quarter-post~ The condition Of tic track
Is splendid. It looks as snlooth a. nicely
prepared aowsF-bctl, aud If we arc blessed
With good weather VIC may reasonably luck for
some extra fast time. Ths number OF lorscH tn
attendanco ID largely In execas Of aiiy previous
meeting. In iatt tho grounds are almost liter
ally covered ytit those splendid nnlulalt, Some
Hat1cr's, with Tcnbroeek At tho head; swlgrrt,
with Bombay and othcr good ones: Williams
y 1rstng's, With Crecdmoor at tho head Of q
nnc string; Melnty5e 4 sweeny, With Katle
sutofd viii Mshorie @ and otlIerr s s'49f A. Kccn a.
Richards, with fine stable; Mai B. q. Tho,1us,
0rlnstcd Nichols, Gill Miller, salyers. and
Tomorrow there Will bo three stake races.
tho first mile heats for Bycar-0)as. with twelve
entries. The second, one dtltl quarter tojlca,
!or B,year.o!ds, With twelve entries, The third
Is 1lly gtakc, for a-year,olas, thrcc-tourths Of
co1pMnvs, O.. sept. 1.-THE State Fair
closed to-day, only about 0,ooo visitors being In
attendance Tho day VIA given to trials Of
eea ssH as'A Won y WSsS W. H. Y. Yesa it,
r,! Fashion. Of spsingaeld, in tro straight heats
In tho stallion raee the 8rsl two hcats we're
taken ny MohaTk Jackson, IN 2:451<< anil a:49,
hp II To-
:, III tho frco:for-a1l trot oleyen horses started.
The raeo was won by Frank Sloan III three
strulght lieats. rmc, $3.50; 2:48; .:52.
The third hcat Ii 2l38}l ~ nun
TuHF NoTEs.
The Watseka Driving Park Association will
hold its third sua,lsl meeting Oct 10 and threa
succeeding days: They will of1cr s2,000 in ii
premiums.
Nj. Grove Kossman, Aucran, N. r., llss sold
70 NJ. John Koosefelt, pouEhkecp,ic, N. T.,
:hsstnut aI geldlng, Z years old, by burger, fur
TIC poushkcepsfs trtsk IN s:s751. '' '''''
Gen. ". T. W1thtrs, Fatrlavu stoc,. rorn.
Lexington, H., has sold 10 Mr.. c. r. Jones,
Dca Moanesi L., the cl,sstnut horse Alamo, by
Aln,ont, datn Annie Lloyd, by Aiexander's A.
d.lllaah, Rrsnddasu By Bfowns. s.HclItounler, for
FJ,H1Os
Charley Grcen'a stable Of trotters has re-
turned hume to Babylon, l.. I. Lucille Gold
dust II lAmo, Lula ID out of condition, Prospcro
IL turned out, breeze an lsose usc ait,!ss, Truc-
tor has changed hands, and Muy Queen Is said
to bc 80 Ind that aha .aanot trot III 1 minutes.
The match race Ut Dexter Park yesterday le-
tween Theo. Curtis bl. s. Jack Shurt to wagon
and mr.. tounor,a =. r. blind Billy to harness,
~. ~ wen BY tue lattor tn thres straight llcats
Time, a;i5, 2:H7(, a:42h&. Ths saIilo horsca
afo matched for 500 p. p, both to harness., to
trot It Dexter Park tomorrow attornoon.
The bay Eeldtng St. Julion, bought some
mouths ago In Now York by 0grln liicko1 fur |
$D, 0{U, aud taken to California for tho purposs
Of beating Dan E0orhtes, did his work very |
neatly last week. liz mals 9:25A ,a tie seg- |
on1 heat. Tho match was said to lave been for |
$l0,oU0; but ever since the last $50, ,00Q ptlrsp !
tiese has been doubt about tAuse big purses in |
California.
Tbs proposed International trotttpg raee be-
tween Russian aud American stal(luns fur
which purse Of $4,000 In gold Il offered br I
Col. 8, D. Bruce, will not take placc this year,
AE a'oedur, the acting representative Ut The |
ltuss!aiI owners, declares that tho time origin
ally named tOctobcr) Il too short. lie, however,
tuKKests that American owners OF fast trotting
stock 4cnd representatives to tho Paris ExpoaI.
Ion OF l975, where there will 10 plenty OF OrloH
loracs to uiatch aud trot against them. Col,
1ruce proposes that the utlcf to trot American
talItons against Russian stations tlis Ycur |
tanu good Tor 1877, 81 a& to g!Ya ample ttiiu to
eloct, shp, aud train tue latter, IL to match IL
GEcDtol. .-...r' |