Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05
The Fun at Other Points.
LONG BRANCH.

LONG BRANCH, July 4-The attendance
at Monmouth park to day was very large.
Ten two-year olds started for the July stakes,
five furlongs, and George Lorillard's stable
Harold, Monitor and Ider-took the first
second and third places, followed by Sioux,
Morris 8 colt, Minnie Andrews, Dan SparlIng,
Lulu, Wlshwackon and Crouse's colt. Time
1:031a.
The West End hotel stakes, for three
year-old fllies, mile and half dash, had
seven starters-George Lorillard's Balance
All, Lloyd's KING, Ernest's ily, Mary R.,
Invermore, Bertha, Pride of the Village.
The race was won In a cauter by Balance ALL
Lloyd's illy second, Bertha third. Time
2:444.
Parole, General Phillips, VrgInius and Joe
were starters in the Monmouth cup race, two
and a quarter miles, and it was won by
Parole; Virginius second. General Phillips
third. Time, 4:09l4.
The mile heat purse was won in two
straight heats by Soulancer; Rhodamanthus
second Adventure third. Time, Isl, :474.
The steeple chase was won by Problem I;
Trouble second. Bay Rum, Derby and Dead
head did not finish the race. Deadhead fell,
and rolling upon his jockey, William Nudge
ly, killed him.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, July 4-The weather was
warm, the track trlfle heavy, and the at
tendance very large.
First Race.-2:24 class; purse, $1,000; the
| following horses started: Prative, 3, l, l, |;
Loafer, 4, 4, 4, 4; Lemonski, 0, 3. 3, 2; Tom
| Keller, 0, 2, 2, 81 Magenta, ), 5. 5, distanced
Time-2:29115, 2:27, 2:28, 2:294.
The first heat was dead heat between
Lemonski and Tom Keller.
Second Raoe.-This event was trial of
Rarus to beat 2:17. The track was heavy
| and estimated at three seconds slow First
heat, 2:2124; second heat, 2:17 This is the
| fastest mile trotted on half mile track.
Third Raoe.-Mile heats to road wagon
between Joe Lawrence and Black Lou. Won
| by the former. Time-2:374, 2:4915, 2:5614.
DETROIT.
DETROIT, July 4.-Of the first days races,
| the two twenty-six race was won by Wood
| ford Manbrino in three straight heats. Time
-2:31, 2:29, 2:28k. Lady Lowe came in
second, Monarch Rule third, and Rose of
| Washington fourth.
The three minute race was won by Lille
| Pierce, Convoy taking second money and
| Betsy Ann third. Time-2:4O, 1856. 1868
2:33, 2:35, 2:35. The attendance was large,
| the weather fine, bat the track heavy.
AT PITTsBURG.
-PIrTsBURe, July AT the Friendship
park running meeting, second day, the first
race was half-mile heats, for all ages; three
starters-Ella T., Pacific, and Lockjaw. Ella
| l.. LOOK Two sCra' Rnt neaUS, winning the
race. Time-0:59, 1:021s.
| Second Race.-Ciub purse for beaten horses;
mile heats. Starters-Patriot Moses, Prim-
rose, Charley Graham, aud Hippogrlff.
Patriot took the first and Thrill heats, win
ming the race. Tlme-1:5 5, :58.
Third Race -Pittsburg cup; dash of two
and quarter miles; postponed until to-mor-
| row on account OF the rain. The two races
run to-day were run on a very muddy track
Two Men Drowned while Saving the
| Life OF Little Boy.
| NEW LONDON, CONN, July 4-David
| Trumbull, who rowed number seven oar IN
the recent Yale Harvard race on the Thames
and Colonel Chas. M. Colt, treasurer Chelsea
savings bank, of Norwich, were drowned in
| New London harbor this evening. The little
SON of Colonel Colt falling overheard from d
| yacht, his father and Trumbull sprang after
him. The yacht was hove to as soon as pos
| sible, and the child taken OH board by his
| uncle, who was on board. Before she could
round to again both men sank.
Unsuccessful AtteEapt to Assassinate a
| Railroad President.
| RICHMOND, Va, July Am attempt was
made at Sweetsburg, Quebec, last evening, to
assassinate Edward II. Golf, president of the
| Boston, Montreal and Portland railroad. He
was in his library talking to his brother,
when two shots were fred through the win
dow by some unknown person who escaped
Golf was not injured.
| Another Mexican Revolution.
| NEW ORLEANS, July 4.-The Galveston
Neics's Concha special says: "Keuber, of FL
| PasO county raDorts RI I1dua Rlapker tha