The New York herald., 1879-09-14
CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB.
Fourth and Last Day Of The autumn Race
Meeting at Prospect Park.
FIVE HIGHLY INTERESTING EVENTS.
GirofIee, Clara D, Monitor, Deadhead and
Odd Fellow the Winners.

The weather yesterday morning dreary. the
sky of leaden hue. and there was every indication
of a disaereeable damp day. The wind blew from
the southwark. and COOL chilly breeze came from
the that made seat In the upper story of the
grand stand at Prospect Park rather uncomfortable.
The state Of the weather undoubtedly deferred great
numbers from attending the races. the several
contests on the card would otherwise have oeca-
stoned large crowd at the course to witness the
sport The attendance was. nevertheless. fair
but not what anticipated for the closing day of
the meeting. Five races were run. the first dash OF
three quarters of q mile by two-year-olds Four
started and three came home Mr. T. v Snedikers
chestnut FLY Girodee, winning Mr.. G. L. Loril-
lards Queens own second Mosquito third. Her
NIT. belonging to Mr.. z. Lorillard, was the
other starter, but he spying an opening III
the fence rs soon as he came INTO
the homestretch made an attempt to bolt through
it. This. however. he failed to do; but he ran
against the fence. threw his jockey (McLaughlin)
over it and fell The jockey was stunned and bruised
about the legs but further injuries noticed.
The colt did not TO be much the worse Tor the
shock when he was walked up the stretch and
past the stand after the mishap. The second
race was mile heats. which had seven starters. and
was won by Mr.. Z. j. Baldwin's bay illy Clara
ID in two straight heats and in most excellent time
1:43A, l:441k. Mr.. w. Mulkey's Chiquits
second III both heats Mark third. The third event
dash of one mile and five furlongs and had
five starters. The race was won by Monitor
after magnificent contest, he taking the
lead with the fall of the flag and keep
ing it to the end, beating Mr.. j. T. Williams
Checkmate three lengths. Glenmore third Lottery
fourth and Franklin fifth. sure. as he was q dozen
lengths behind the fourth. Monitors time in this
race is undoubtedly the best made. Ten Brock
in 1875 with 90 lbs up. the Lexington track. ran
the distance in 2 :49A, which the best record
then. but Monitor in this instance carried eight
pounds more. and ran in 2:50a. only three
quarters OF second slower than Ten Broeck
which is certainly tho best performance.
A Monit )r has shown great improvement at this
meeting on h pr, vions running. both with heavy
and light weights, his chances look bright for the
stakes he is engaged in at Jerome Park and Balti-
more has autumn The fourth race was u steepe-
chase the full course, which IL about two milos
ana threequarters i'll length. There five start
ers The won by the old stager Deadhead
with Redding second and Dandy third. The
other two in the race. Moonstone and
Lizzie. having fallen during the struggle,
Lizzie was mounted again after her fall. but
fused TO jump the water arterward. and was pulled
up. Following this. and closing the meeting in q
fitting manner. was dash of mile between Mr.. st.
Wards bay horse Odd Fellow. by Longfellow. and
MIR. Purdy rode Mr.. Grenville's chestnut gelding
Erastus Corning. by Lightning Mr.. st. James took
the lead, never headed. and won easily by half
dozen lengths. The following were the
OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
JUDGEs-Messrs. J. q. X. Lawrence, ]. G. Heck
scher aud Ii. @. Babcock.
TIMERs-Messrs. c. Fellowes and Arthur Hunter
DISTANCE JUDGEs-Messrs. w. II. McVickar and Z.
Church,
-SEcRETARY-Mr. j. G. Heckscher.
SrARrER-Mr. l.. ~ Johnson.
ASSISTANT STARTEn-Mr. j. Wynn.
CLERK OF THE CoURsE-Mr +. L. Bruce.
The following are the details Of the racing:-
FIRST
the Rapid Transit Purse dash of
OF mile, two -olds-a handicap for horses who
have run during the meeting For this race there
were four starters comprising Mr.. G. L. Lorillard s
chestnut fily Queens own, by Australian. dam
Queen Victoria, carrying 100 lbs; Mr. T. V. Snedi.
kers chestnut fly Girofee, by bennington. dam
Rattan. los lbs; Mr.. d. OConnelps chestnut gelding
Mosquito by the Ill Used dam Relief 9S lbs and
Mr.. p. Lorillard's bay colt Hermit. by Warwick dam
Chgnon. 9S lbs. Circles was the favorite, as the
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