, 1877-05-06

had never before pulled line sorer the big son Of
Volunteer, 1t was idiotc to suppose that he could
bring out his speed or hanlle him In the race to
it il only nccess.iry to sne that on the night be-
fore the ruce when 1t was considered certain thnt
Doble would drive, the pool.sellng vas SO to So
inr day. when Crooks was seen behind the Chicago
horse, the betting was 500 to s25 on Rarus.
Doble's excuse for non. appearance on this ocea-
viii exn]ain his failure to drive Dodsnc in the race
between that horse and Occident, at Los Angeles.
on April 2s, is hard to pc teen' @ stnGe on the fol
jose, jose Bodne defeated Oakland Maid to wagon in
@ snS on boSa R5sSqss Ssne esasGe r te
eulky on both occasions. In the Los Angeles race,
to harness, !Bodine was deteated In much slower
time than he had made to @ Was2n seven seven dnys be.
and Sp1qu desire to go on hIppodromlng tour, no
hoy oGee9hns oa sy Is no1 :t sa
awaY" to the most casual observer.
NASHVILLE RACES.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Mayy 4.Ion ~, this, the fifth
and last day OF the Nashville ni9od horse Asso-
tendance Every day has brought out large
crowds, tho class Of horses being Or nigh quality.
The drst race on tho card was the Belle Meade
stake for bs ot 70 nss n
tho second horse to have s100. The race was won
easily by Horns king William. Hunt 3 Reynolds
Garry Owen second, Douglass Belle lsle third,
Maycrs Annie c. fourth, Swtgcrts Lisbon fifth.
The second race, selling race, pnrsc, s15o, one
mile and auarter thres e. starters was won
Joe hurt third. Time, :,:21,1.
Third race, consolation purse, 5000; second
horse to have $50; mile heats, , was % Won By G,as-
THE TWO THOUSAND Gu1SEAs AND THE AAERl-
CAN HORSES.
as + ip1s1 4aS Tss"s sas sreav
by wro Of the result for The
two thousand guineas stases at Newmarket ycstcr;;
day chamunt won brown l,r frnce being second ans
ch. c. BY Buccancer, Voltella, Monachns, the
Monk, Thunderstorm, strachino. Moricr, Warren
hastings, and kngscere The BE-, time .t Eivsn m Is 80
up or i 40 for mile. This is about as good SO
3-year:old race here as We may take the d,uer-
in TGf 81 the 1te ef ut o,t aa %
riish races ure run for the first part Of athe
distance. Claimant was backed at evens, 9 to
y, vs. laa agans'R Rron Prince. Tbo race needs no
Iescriptlon, "a Claimant and Morier lav in front to
the distance where Brown Prince challenged, but
secured the s., 900 for second by OF
u length from Silrio. ChauaAnt is out OF Arm
caria Ia daughter OF the famous Pocnh0ntas1. the
dam OF Camelia, who last year won the One Thou
sand and divided the Oaks. lie is . fine, big hay,
with two white front feet anu white leg behind,
and Inst year won three OF eight races. including
the priory stakes ut Lewce, anu the Middle Park
Plate and Dewhcrst Plnte at Newmarket, the latter
Important events proving him unquestlonably the
crck Of the year stanas sa sesy GGoa caanEe 9a
ateur, and Lord Lyon, and scoring all three Of the
Brown Prince is Yankee horse. By Lexington
hyfh f1Un I'm hmm and
hence brother to Madame Dudley, fast mare Of
Mr.. sanfords.. He IL a slashins big horse md had
only run once before, at Newmarket, april 20.
when be won race over the same course. He IS
in for the Derby, St. Lcger, and Grsnd Pri1, and
20 to l is laid against hlm for the first Of these
races. He ought to see much shorter price. He
TINS nrc fond Of u long course. Or the 70 !esng-
tons that ran last year Il won 50 races, of which
only were at mile, M at niie heats and Ut mile
ut IN miles, i ut IL, at 1 u. at Il, at =, ut
2.1, at2A. 2at2zs, at ~, a. j. nt !, AMI
be overlooked by spccu1ators. Charley Littlcfcid
has done wonderfully well with his small stable, as
OUT Of four starts be has Won @ 9nse na WIN Brown
hne raca enu witt Douna " ne viii Shortly receive
rc,nfotcemens in the shape OF i've 2-ycar-olds, as
follows:
spssG5 faIPa pfsa s. lespeton
EsS 9 y % z aSSa
Thc last Of these is colt for which have great
have seen her to be j beauty; The Glenelg colts
made their debut last year, when Of the eight that
ran i've won seven race5 do 9h PIN these si oH.ns Gu.
fourth in The list OF o-year-old winners. The two
strains, therefore, seem to have nicked to nicely
Genss vas ye5y fast ana stenf heins q good
nice colt, fnll brother Of 0arterly Bcll's: Last
year he won four Of ys rages tue Ham, cisarwed',
post-swccp ut Newmarket. He is one Of the all
ANOTHER "PRIyATE TRIAL"
A somewhat Oriental tale comes floating on the
breeze from California. It being nothing less than
that double team owned by Charles CrockeT, Of
San Francisco, tEottel mile to lo6- pound road
wagon over the Bay District track, few days ago,
in 5:aS What makes the story still more apocry-
phnl Is the statement by California paper that the
team had been worked together M M put snort a,oa
Cobb and Ellen NcCora. and, az their names are
not to be found in any lst Of horses that have
trotted In $3.50 or better it ia faiF to anpposs that
be no test Of their real ability. But that 1o6-
pound wagon Is what throws cold water on me
yarn. When horses are hooked up Tor 1ast tria,'
cart to attach them to, and il this California gen
tlemnn. who OWLS these 2:28 pole -horses, per,
mitted them to hanl vehicle we1ghlg near oe Toe
been neglected. The time eaid to have been maae
is also ouen to criticism. The best donblc-tean
time on record Is that made By Jessie Wales and
Darkness, ut Narragansett PARK. In 1870. when
mile was done in 2:27A, pnlllng
the ii.htest kind OF skelctun-wagon. Before
that, Dir Bonner claimed to have driven Lady
Palmer and Flutbnsh Maid together in 2:26, it
being, OF course, 'spriynte trial. +" was the one
in California. When Joe Harker, owner Of Lulu
and Others went into the horse business, he had
Bruno and Brunette hitched up one morning and
gave them a trial in 2:2534, leaving Nr. Bonner
three c-quarters Of second in the rear. which posi-
ton he has since occupied. The fact is that pri-
yate trais Of trotting horses like those Of colts
entered for the Derby, arc Of no earthly vaiue In
determining horse'B speed. 4 slow watch,
quickly stopped, has put confidence in the mind OF
many horse~ owner, after private trial. that has
been dissipatcd only By the actual work OF lot
race.
TIE LOUISVILLE MEETING.
The great running meeting Of the present season
will he that ut Louisville, which begins May -,
aud continues six days- ''The fayoritcs WIN at
Louisville, Is IN old anyfns among horscmen and
turf patrons, and this remark Is due to tho fuct
that when any event takes place under the aus
pices of the Louisville Jockey Climb care is taken
that no ''monkey1ng" Is done. The programme
for the coming meeting is rich one, there being
three races on each day. The total value Of the
money AID plate offered is not far from SIT. 00o
and Of this, SS, $50 is offered by the Club, Prob
the best known and must interesting events
On the card afe the Kentucky Derby and the Oaks;
tile lrst of which will be rnn on tht first day, and
f.F- AtTr ri mad