The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-04-21


THE THIRD HEAT
was left to theee two flyers.
Erhard took the lead at the start, with Rice
| following him some three lengths behind under
haa he pds ops DDS and
| his behavior now justified his hackers conf
dencs Ia him. It was net until the @ turn . was as
out little and prestol h. shot by Erhard lise
| an arrow. taking front and winning the heat
and race. under strong pull by six lengths. In
This race like the previous one. was thing
| long to ba rememberad. 1t was perhaps one,
sided affair from the start but its many and
| rapid changes made 1t most interesting.
THE THIRD RACE.
Of a two mile dash for all ases. brought out
el The staIg hs were M henEs aa
H"neock. H%"sh zsphsr and 1ypRoon. In The pools
on the track the latter was the favoiite for
awhile. but ambush had some saupeh hackers
had been withdrawn by Mr.. Cottrill leaving the
above seven to compete. 1t was picture to see
mea acers pfaneng fbent ter ths
their weather Eye open for good send-of . and
T. was only qf'er repeated commands M to get
that ast they Is GOT IAN any s Start 'D all verdsrs was
frst under the string. with Typhoon close, the
rest In heltt sk eIter Struggle at the first turn.
| Typhoon length behind. Ambush tn ird. Owen.
fourth Topeka and Hanco,k neck an and neck and
zsphyr behind At the haf M mile the pasa2s mn
D, ka had taken third place from Ambush. and
Zephyr had closed UP t. their girths, Passing
! for the first mile. going well but badly pushed
| by Typh"on. who now was getting down t.. his
pnces. Ovens was third, Topeka fourth. Han
| cock and Zephyr together not far behind. En-
| teriDg the second mile. Typhoon showed bis
speed and drew away somewhat G from Verdi, Verdi,
t.iace. and Hancock. passiDg Ambush. took
third. Every second brought changes, but
| Typhoon held his own in front, Coming home
plenifuly used. Typhoon. however, landed
a winner In 3:9sa. owens second. Hancock
| third, Ambush and Vernigrs even fourth. To-
This concluded the days sport. and all was
hurry and hustle for buggies and carl iaRes: In
few moments the eour.e was deserted. tee, ana e the
as the Louisiana Jockey CLUB Course has seen
| for many years:
would materially assist tue press in getting a
better view Of the contests and give much sat
isfaction to the sporting reporters, and that ls
the I. placing of their desk and bench such AS
they formerly had In he old stand. During the
excitement. as things now are, gentlemen gen,
sometimes crowd In front. and the field is cut
From the aus icious opening 1t is evident that
this meeti,g will be most successful. and we
close battles. On Tuesday next W. have t. 9
Scramble Stakes for two-yepr olds for q half
mile, which has closed with six nominai9ns:
handicap Of one mile and half for all ages,
and the Howard sweepstakes OF two mile heats
summary.
LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB-sPBINa MEET1NG-FIRsT
DAY. NEW ORLEANS. APRIL 20. 1873
First Face-Hnrdle race-M lille heats over
four hurdles: purse $3.50: first horse TO receive
$500: second, $50.
II. Siffney enters Dolgaisian, ". o.. by
Barneyslone. dam Lucy Fowler: 14o
r. Shea enters Risk, aged by Revolver.
dam Siren: LAG pounds ............. 1 2 q
Charles Byrne enters Jim Hinton. aged.
by Rogers, dam Madame House: lab
L. Hart enters Redding sy. o., by Harry
of the West. dam by Joe stoner: l4a -,,a.
Time: 1:b2-1 s1h-l:55h.
'Fell at fourth hurdle.
Second Race-The Pickwck Stakes-Mle
heats fer thr'e year oids .;o s21 entrance M nee p D.
500 to sanand
Spencer & Brien enter. b; q. Capt.
Fred. Rice. by Rebel, dam Riga .,
Davenport. by Rupee
"' hard Al By Rebel. dam Aurelia West =
P Kelly enters c. c. -. by Pat NAL
VIM 'og; Gottri alh ean e. ters Is" b. t. Mois Mer.
ri,l. by LonRfellow. dam Magno-
liza, by Daniel Boone. ...,........... 2 r. O.
Time: l:48-1 :49h-1:51H.
Third Race-Twn miles, for all ages. Purse.
$3.50. First horse $500; second horse $50.
W. Lakeland enters Typhoon. Az. o.. by War
Dance. dam by Wagner: ITO pounds 1
" dam by Star Davis; liz pounds. :. -...,...... 2
Gay Il Phillips en-, or Judge Hancock. Y. o.. by
Bulletin. dam by Bro~ n Dick; 1l99 pounds
NJ, v elsh enters VeIdigris. aged by Versailles.
dam Belle Brandon; 1l8 pounds. 0
J. Mcmahon ente,s Ambush. y. O., by Aus
tralian, dam Dolly Morgan; l,2 pounds
R. Rowett enters Belle of Topeka. y. o. by
Uncle Vic. dem Betty Bay: l12 pounds
s. A. Douglas enters Zephyr. y.o., by Brown
Dick. dam Susie Clark: lib pounds '-.'..
Barkley & Huggins enter LArg ntine. y. O..
BY War Dance. dam Miss Gray; il2ponnds
withdrawn