The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-24
RACING IN LOUISVILLE.
The Hue Grass and ~. Lecer stakes-A
nrookIyn j Jockey AheRd.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. pa beautiful day,
fine sport. an attendance Of $500 persons. and
surprise important in its bearings on the
sporting world were the features Of the open-
ing OF the fall meeting of the Louisville Jockey
Club to-day. For the first event the Blue
grass Stake for two-ycar-old nllies. dash Of
thrce-quarters Of r mile. there were eight
starters. the order in which they are named
indicating tho pool selling; Wilson 4 Co. s
Briliantine. Robinson 4 Prestons Lilly r..
Bowen 4 Co.'S Florence b.. Mnttincly's Long
Girl Hunt Reynolds Clarissma Thos. Brad
ley's Alice Bruce d. Swigert's Peru and q.
Cadwallader's McGrathiana. The last four
composed the field in the betting.
- In the start Florence B. was lrft NJ the post
Glarissima showed up IN the lead. Peru second
Long Girl third. Alica Bruce fourth M,Grath.
lana nith. Lilly Il. and Brlliiautine last. The
group ran IN TINS ORDER pnst the half mile. Ga
r- -~linn. however, dropping back somewhat,
and Peru taking the lend. Before reaching tHS
thr"e-quarters It seemed any ones race. 50 well
homestretch Long Girl led the bunch. Peru
second, Alice Bruce well up. the others hid hy
the dust. Peru and Alice Bruce ran fast and
looked as II dend heat woul result. when
suddenly MrGrathiana, WHO had got IN Nrh in
driven forward and won in handsome stve:
Peru sgcondb Az" Brnce third. Long Glrl
IN" seventh. Time. l;lss. The winner is 10y
me Sn"ond event on the card was the -. l.egrr
stake. Tor thr""-veAr Odds two miles sju IN
trance. with 81 Sl,upuaddcd. or fthirty-niue entries
only thesc started: Huut Raynoils's Fortuna.
Owenss lryrl"r. Tarrtnu's solicitor kcpne
ihchariss Momentum, and ID. SWigcu's Milan.
Lcyrl"r was n strong favori'r.
- At the start Nilnn wns first Tevnlcr second
Fortuna ihird. Soi 'itor fourth. and Momentum
last. AZ the first qunrinr solicitor was first.
Momentum second. Milan thirL. and Le,,lrr
fourth. The positions dld not 'hansn until the
first quarter of the second mile. when Mo
mentum took second place Milan wa, ihird
and the oturrs punched. From thsrr un~t .hr
hhlt mile, Momentum and sllclt, ran side hy
'ii". Fortuna third. leyclcr last. Solicitor Wus
slil leading at the thrce-guart'rs. ana the race
seemed sure for him. ns Momentum WIS slowly
dropping behind. McLguellin the lockry Of
pNyer Bros. BROOKLYN, rode Leycltr and url-
ing him forward, at.r entering the home
stretch, won Annlily. Fortuna cinc i'm sec aid
sh" having followed Lrv"lnr ~ his squirt Mo-
montum was third. and Solicitor fourth with
Mllun last. The time 3:i2 .-i- slow. the mn
certainty Of result causiu- slow riding and
hudlng back ps hong ita L 49, bic.
Nichols King Faro Matters Dave Moore
l.inck'- rrsnmot. hunt k.ynolds'~ Blue Fvn,
lianoo'k Iamplco. and MrKrcs Mltor Witch
started m the la-t race, mil. heats for s3ui
purse. for all ages 500 To- second hur,r. kirg
Faro wa, the fayorlto. the three last named
bvln; IN the ilrl.
The first heat was won 10y King Faro Ecrca-
moi second and Moor" third. Time i:45.
. IN" second hrnt WIS WHn hy Dave Moore
Faro second, and Bcrgamoi third. Tim. 80
llhNe Moore won the last heat and ra. I'M
lAf =. me sensation Of tle day was the VIC
tory OF McGrathiana.