National Republican., 1876-10-26

Jersey boy was next, RlgnOid tnlru ana NeQ
Buckley hopelessly in the rear. The same
positions were maintained for the next half
mile, but on the last quarter Ned Buckley be-
came ashamed of himself and passed Rignold.
Coming down to the scratch Buckley closed
on Jersey Boy, and came in abreast with him,
disputing the second place. Jersey Boy
crossed the line running and Buckley was
given the second place. Hunter won the heat
IN 2.461z, Buckley second, Jersey Boy third
The Sc l5 'e- ~.s some5hlns of a rgpeti-
ton Of The -uEte- kept the Cad all
arour nd .5uctley made secor3, Jersey
Boz f.-., ~ ygld fou th. Tine, 2:s2.
hill bcat E1isjed the jug handled Tsce.
s7rsg Grstrate irUlting Wss dops. Buckley
-... Iunter & clOsc cbsse al around. Hunter
ra1 the heat in 2:+lI5, Buckley second, Jer-
= Boy third, Rignold fourth.
SUMMARY.
Washington Driving Park, October 2j.-Purse,
900; free for all District and Virginia horses;
go 10 first, SIS 20 second, 4l5 to third, so to
fourth.
O. j. SehOolcraft, Richmond, Va,
b. m. Lady Maury. Drawn.
&. T. Yoder, Washington. d. C.,
J. L L. Z ssehOoieFafi. %%ie Richmond, Va,
C. Hopper, washington, d. C., Big.
J. Il. Middleton, washington, d.
Time, &:is][, e;i2, aiii@
THE $50 RACE.
The other event of the day was q race for
$50 horses. The horses were so evenly
matched that every hest was a struggle, which
generally resulted just as the majority Of the
crowd were willing to bet it would not result.
The entries were Doble's Scotland, Phillips
Matte Lyle, Goldsmith's Diner, Rich's Venus,
KDox's Nut Wood, Slater's Carrolton, Smiths
Sooner, Turner's Nellie.
FIRST HEAT.
No better contested heat was ever trotted.
The horses struggled away from home in bad
order, but before the first half mile was fn-
ished they were punched, and the rest of the
heat was trotted in such way that it could
not be told from the judges stand which horse
had the advantage. The scratch was crossed
by four horses so near abreast that 1t would
have puzzled anybody but veteran horsemau
who had watched the movements of the
horses over the mile which way to decide.
Venus, the mare, who trots like q jack rabbit,
doing all the running she can with her hind
legs, while folks are looking at her trotting
front legs, got away first, followed closely by
Matte Lyle. At the quarter Venus still had
the advantage, but was breaking very badly.
Matte Lyle was second, Nellie third, Scot
land fourth. On the next quarter the horses
began to draw together, and at the half they
were well punched, although Venus was still
ahead. At the third quarter 1t was impos-
sible TO tell from the grand stand which horse
was leading. The home-stretch was trotted In
a splendid style, with the horses stretched
across the track abreast. There was tre-
menduous and exciting struggle for the lead,
and Carrolton, Matte Lyle, Scotland and So 5ner
went over the line together. The heat was
made in 2:35l9. The judges placed Carroll
ton first, Matte Lyle second, Nellie third,
Sooner fourth, Scotland fifth, Venus sixth and
Nut Wood seventh.
SECOND HEAT. H ~
Nellie and Scotland, who dragged little.
Sooner went straight to the front, and led all
around. At the quarter Venus was second,
Matte Lyle. third, Carrolton fourth, Nut Wood
fffh, Scotland sixth, and badly breaking, ,sand
Nellie last. Before reaching the half Carroll
ton had closed with and eclipsed both Venus
and Matte Lyle. Scotland had passed Nut
Wood, and Nut Wood was still laboring in the
rear. At the third quarter Sooner was trotting
very fast to keep the first place, and Carroll
ton and Matte were fighting for the second
place. Scotland began to trot his best on the
last quarter, and by an excellent burst of
speed passed everything except Sooner. The
horses came home with Sooner first, Scotland
second, Carrolton third, Nellie fourth, Matte
Lyle fifth, Venus sixth and Nut Wood seventh.
Time, 2:3ll:.
THIRD HEAT.
Nut Wood had the advantage of a good
start, but before reaching the quarter fell
back in the ranks. At the quarter the white
cap of Venus rider could be seen In the lead,
with Sooner second, Matte Lyle third, Nut
Wood fourth, Carrolton fifth, Scotland sixth
and Nellie seventh. On the second quarter
Sooner began to strive for the first place with
Venus, ard at the half mile had gained It,
Venus being second, and the positions OF the
others not being disturbed. At the third
quarter Sooner was still leading, and the re-
mainder of the horses were punched. On the
home stretch Scotland began to pass the
horses in front of him, and passed all except
Sooner. Nellie also picked up and put three
horses behind her. The horses came In in
bunch, Sooner leading, Scotland second, Car
rolton third, Nellie fourth, Nut WOOD fifth
and Venus sixth. Time, 2:32.
Matte Lyle met With an accident when
within length of the wire, and trotting In the
third place. The mare fell AMI turned o COM
plete Eomersault, striking on her head, throw
ing the sulky over her heels and landing on
her back, with her tail pointing towards home.
The driver was shot out of his seat and over
the home stretch coming in ahead of the other
horses. Fortunately neither man nor horse
was hurt, and the sulky was only slightly in
jured. Matte was given the seventh place.
FOURTH HEAT.
The fourth heat was as hard struggle as
any OF the preceding. Sooner went away
first, and kept the lead nearly all the way
around. At the quarter Venus was second,
Matte third, Scotland fourth, Nut Wood fifth,
Nellie sixth and Carrolton seventh. Sooner
and Venus had fight for the lead on the Sec
ond quarter, but at the half pole Sooner still
led, Venus was second and Scotland was dis
putting the third place with Nellie. On the
last quarter two horses began to draw towards
the front; those were Scotland and Carrolton.
The clean stretch home was trotted at q
laundering rate. Just before crossing the
line Scotland passed Sooner, and wonthe heat,
Sooner second, Carrolton third, Nellie fourth,
Matte Lyle fifth, Venus sixth and Nut Wood
seventh. Venus was set back 70 the seventh
place for running. Time, 2sS6.
1t was so dark at the conclusion of this
heat, and II was so uncertain as to how many
more heats would be required to finish the
race, the judges postponed the trot until 2
O'Clock to-day.
The following is q summary of the race so
far as it was trotted: r...-
SUMMARY.
Washington Driving Park, October IS. Glass
80; purse, sl.o0O-s500 10 first, $3.50 to second,
$40 10 third, 800 to fourth.
To- .-. ENTRIES.
W. II. Doble. Philadelphia, Pa,
b. :. Scotland. s 2 > I
J. II. Phillips, Philadelphia, Pa, . ..
b. IN. Matte Lyle. p 5
A. Godsmitb, New York, b. z.
Diner. Drawn.
p. Rich, Philsdelphis, Pa, br. m.
]. ". Knox. Fiiisburg, Pa, ci. s.
Nut Wood od....................... 5 o
R. j. Slater, BALTIMORE, Md, Oar.
roll ,
b, 3. soOner-;.:.:.... i 2
j. L. Turner, Philadelphia, Pa,