The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
FLEETWOOD PARK.

1NG--rwo VERY FINE coNTEsTs--cALMER AND
RARUs THE WINNERS.
The September trotting meeting was brought 70 .
close yesterday at Fleetwood Park. Too interesting
contests came oil during the afternoon, the first be-
tween horses that had beaten 2:29, which was
won by John span's bay seldng Calmer. and the sec
ond a race for 4 special purse between Rarus and
Hopeful Tho former very easily, trotting three
OF the best consecutive made over the
Fleetwood track
The nrst trot was for purse $780, for horses that
had beaten 229 s400 to the first, 5000 to tho
second Sl2O the third and $50 to tho fourth horso
mile heats. best three in five, In harness There were
thirteen entries Tor the seven Of which came TO
the post. These John Splan's bay gelding CAL
mer Jacob Somerindykes gray geldng W. 7. Allen,
Matt Tanners black gelding Tom, D. Mace's bay mare
Modesty, A. J. McKimmin's brown gcding Warrior,
c. J. Nswton's bay geldlna Jack Barry and John
Murphy's gray geldng Steve Maxwell. Calmer was
great cavorite and we'll he might be, for he trotted
around the horses that no had 10 contend against In
this race and in three straight heats Modesty
was second best Warrior third and W. H. Allen won
the fourth prize.
The second trot was special purse OF 81 000 for
Rarus and Hopeful, the race to be mile heats, best
three in Ave. harness. Hopeful was driven by Will
lam McCarty who Is better known on the track as
.Knapsack." John Splan drove Rarus, and he won
the race quite easily with that wonderful horse
Rarus trotted first heat 2:1716, the second In
2:leh aud the third in q jog in 2:l9x, Hopeful being
unable to cope with him for than quarter OF
mile at any time in the race. Hopeful very rank
and did not seem inclined steadily. In the
ond heat the horses thirteen times before they
were started for the race, and Hopeful was SO
..pumped out' when the word was gwen that he was
more than distanced In tho heat, but allowed
to start afterward to try again. Hopeful Is
o wonderfully speedy horse but very unsteady while
Rarus Is always ready and willing to 60 and stay as
long required He Is very game horse, as well as
the fastest at present the turf None but no has
ever trotted the Fleetwood Park track 2:l6ta and
there is no other horse that can at present the
turf.
The following arc the details of the sport 1t
off,
First Heat-Tbe betting was $50 TO $40 on Calmer.
Jack Barry first away 10 very good start,
Gamer ailh Warrior sixth, W. I. Allen seventh. Tom
i Barry s' ssssas. Wv Siss ssiss' nesssy
Camer seventh, having broken up badly on the way.
Tom drew rapidly away from the others on the lower
turn, and passed the haii-mie pole i've lengths ahead
Allen third Mod sly fourth, Warrior atlh Steve Max
we'll sixth, Calmcr seventh Tom led the way up the
hill OF the backsTctch, and was six lengths on the
lead at three. quarter POLE W. T. Allen second,
Culmer third, the others spread out behind Calmcr
stretch, ana passing W. T. Allen at the drawga.e
captured rem forty yards from the anlsh and beat
n1 Of ~ s'e s sss
Maxwell dith Modesty sixth, Jack Barry seventh.
Second Heat JACK Barry after scoring once did not
ny the word and was taken OF the track W.
H. Alien was first away, CalIner second Tom third,
Modesty fourth, Warrior nith Sieve Maxwell sixth.
Allen showed the way to the quarter pole IN IS seconds.
one length ahead OF Tom Camer thrd, Warrior fourth,
Modesty filth, Steve Maxwell SIXTH Allen then broke
up and Tom took the lead around the lower aud
went halt mile pole lengths ahead OF Allen,
the latter two lengths IN front OF Calmer Warrior
| iourth Steve Maxwell fifth, Modesty sixth. Time, 10
| Calmer went 70 the front the backstretch and
| passing the others led up to the three-quartcr
pole one length, and then Keeping steady went on and
won tho by four lengths, Warrior second, eight
lengths In advance of Modcsty who four lengths
ahead OF W. r. Allen, Tom nth, Sieve Maxwell sixth
7hird Heat --Modesiy was FIRST away. and then
| broke up, Warrior second Camer third w. T. Allen
| fourth Steve Maxwell fifth Camer soon went 10 tho
front and length to the quarter pole in 38
onds, Warrior second Modesty third, Allen fourth,
Sieve Maxwell fifth Camer lod length the malt.
| mile polo in 1:lZ, Warrior second, Modesty third,
| Allen fourth, Steve Maxwell fifth. Camer trotted
steadily up the hill and two lengths ahead at tho
Of Warrior who was a neck In advance oil Sieve Max
| WELL Allen nfth Calmer came on and won the heat
by two lengths, Modesty second two lengths
| IN front Steve Maxwell, who was eight lengths Ia
advance OF W. T. Allen, the latter four lengths ahead
Of Warrior, Time Of the heat 2;2sA Mo "a won
the fourth prize. The following Is
SUMMARY.
FLEETWOOD PARK-FoURrn DAY OF THE SEPTEMBER
| TRor Ting MEETING-FRIDAY, SEPT. 2S-FiRsT TRor
Purse $500 for horses that have never beaten :2o
$500 rst $500 the second, $l2O 20 the third
$50 to the fourth horse: mile heats best three in