The Morning herald., 1877-10-11
THE RACES YESTERDAY.


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FINE DAY AND GOOD ATTENDANCE. Ex.
CITING CONTESTS. HALLHT AND ALEXIS
WINNERS. THE 2.4 RACE NOT Ysr DB..
cIDED. ROSE MEDIUM AND SAN souCr
EACH HAVE TWO HEATS, TaE sooNrssr
! TO BE DECIDED THIS MORNING,
The Wilmipnton Trotting Association
held their second days racing yesterday 1t
the scbeutzea Park. The day was as iine
as desired, and everything passed of salts.
factorny. The attendance. owing to better y
attractions in the racing line, was much
larger than on the previous day, amouutius',
to 700 or 800 persons. The track was IN
good condition, but BY W d1y, II the wealth.
er proves favor able, twill be perfect. II
At O'Clock, the races were cslled, with
Green Morgan Of West Chester, % starting
Judge, and g. L. Jenkins of Montgomery
county, Pa., and J. M. Harlan of this city
a. Assistant Judges. The first race was
the $50, purse 500, $50 to first horse, $50
to second, and $40 to third. The entries
for this race were Frank Lightfoot, yellow =.
Cloud, D. ]. Patchan, Tom, Mount Morish
Boy, Lavina and Hallet, but only Yellow
Cloud, Mount Morish Boy and Hallet show.
ed up. The contest between these thre,
horses was very exciting, Yellow Clond
being the favorite, but Hallet easily won the
race in three straight heats. nrl ris,nrp nd
Yellow Cloud 22s.
Mount Moriah Boy S32
Hallett ''' ''' III
Time: 800, 3.05, sos, ''. ''..N ''' "
Hallet getting first money, Yellow Cloud
second, and Mount Morlsh Bay shird.. 5H
q Al the end Of the second heat, great dis.
sstisfactioa was manifest Ia regard 10 the
driv ivsl Of Yellow clsad, the general opisioa
being that shs.was held back, s,d sAss che
could easily win tho lead NJ shs hsA qAlss
Interested driver. Mr.. W. Nssrtin Of Nest
Chester, was chosen by tho Judges, 10 drive
horse, but breaking On the third heat, the
race was lost. ',,.i, ,
The next race was the $50, for q. purse Of
$50, SIS to the first horse, $50 to the sec.
ond, and s25 to third. This race had eight
entries, but enly six appeared st the start,
Mollie E., Alexis, Christiana Davis, Maggie,
Little Ned and Dexter. This was very
exciting race, and was looked up for with
great interest by the sporting men. Christi.
ana Davis and Mollie E. were tho favorites.
The first heat Was won by Mollie e. closely
followed by Christiana Davis The eecond
heat was . dead one, Mollie and Christisnss
coming home side by side. Objections
arose at the end of the second heat against
the driver Of ChristIana Davis. some saying.
that he held her back, and that she could
easily have won both heats If she was let
out. A. Ststtson was chosen to drive her,
but, upon her coming on the track, he dis ,
covered her weight had been taken Of, and !
oths srs put on in their place, and that the
iron bit had also been replaced with ~
leather one. The owner of the horse to-
gether with the driver was brought before i
the judges, who acknowledged that the
weight had been meddled with. The col.
ored driver stated that he WAS told by the
owner of the horse not to let her lead, but
to get second money, which orders he com. s.
piled with. The ch ange Of drivers, bow-
ever, did seem to effect the heat, Christi
ana Davis only wining one heat.