, 1879-08-02
Douglass and Darby the Winners
---Effccts Of a Soaking
I{nin.
Interesting Discussion Of the Relative
Merits Of Bonesotter and
Voltaire.
Progress OF tho Fraudulent Walking
DIsplaJ at tile Exposition
Building.
Tho Public Gan Best Condemn It by
Withholding Their Patronage.
THE TURF.
Last DAT At CLEVELAND.

8otcof lHsoasch ~ 1as 1y4bun&
CLEVELAND, o.. Aug. 1.-The trotttng meet
Ink hcra was brought to d successful cloau to-
day, tho e.cnts on the programme befnE for
9:aS mud 2:l8 horace. In the former the h1ich'.
gan stallion Fred Douglass. that trotted second
to Charlcy Ford In tho 2:28 raco at CHICAGO, wa
tie winner; while In the 2:l8 class Darby had
not the slightest difficulty In beating COL Lewis
Hann!s, and Driver. who started against him.
When tho 2:2a hotaos ware called seTen re-
,ponded, tlle positions for tho stnrt In the
first heat bo1ng as follows; Envoy, Kitty Bntcs,
Rmulus. Convoy, Lucy Fleming, Kate Hall,
.,l Fred Douglass, George being drawn In
tho first beat Envoy mud Douglass pushed to the
fropfnt the first turn. bus 10 an instnnt Envoy
vos trottlng. .stendily clear Ahcals Of the feld
and vas speeding along ut terrific Raft.
Neyer was. horse driven moro injudicionsly.
Unor aeetng that bis horse could outfoot the
party, tho driver Of Envoy, instead Of holding
HIN together and keeping Just far enough ahead
10 wtn, sent the stallion along at fearful pace.
lie reached the quartor-polo IN SIX seconds, md
dsahed past the half.mt1s iu 1:09, being at this
point ten leugtha ahead Of Douglass, with tho
rest well strung out. Still he was sent n1one,
fastcr and fastor. the result being that at the
lower turn be was driven OIL ha feut, making a
bseak which soon allowed the balance Of the
field to oycrtake him. Douglass now rent to
the front and won the heat in a:24]S, Bates
sccon1 Emulus third, Hall fourth, Envoy
filth, Fleming sixth, and Convoy last The
fast balf-miio trotted By Envoy uscd him up
completely, and at the finish OF tue bent te Was
badly distressed and OF no account In the race.
Tho second heat was fought for by Douglass and
Kitty Batea all the way, tl,ey dutshfug With the
stallion aheud In 2:25H. The Judges, suspcct-
ng thas there was some "funny" business be-
tpg done, aet Douglass back to fourth place on
account Of few sktps be had made during the
nils, giving tho hcat to Dates. Tile aarno
scheme was played In tho third heat by Douglass
atts Dates, thu stallion bcat!ng the mare out by
few inches only, IN 2:og1{, tie others as per
huumary.
by tlia time two heats had been t1ottcd In
thu 9:l8 class, both won By Darby, when
heavy raln.storm came up, ard iu a short time
Tic track was u sea of mud. After waiting Ill
hour until the water ceased falling, the judrcs
called out tho horses sga,u, putting Batcs III
Charge Of Willy Draaaell. The owucs OF
Convoy made grand kick because the other
horaes did not coue OUT promptly, but finally
Duuulaas and Kate Hall, who wont well in the
mud. DouG]ass won by hall length tn 1:35,
Kitty Bates being !ast.
THE 1:18 RACE.
y was generally conceded that Darby had the,
e;1S rueo at Ills mercy, us,tl he was strong
fayortto In the hettlng, zellIug SIS to $40 oyer
tho Held Just before tie start III tl,t, first heat
Driver went at him, unfshIug second IN o:Gl54,
won tho second heat easty in 2:.D4, Driver
a.atn scconu. while Hanpie heot Col. Lewis Ior
third place. Tht Inst heat VIVA tro,tcd tn the
mud as soon US ths rain ceased, an,l before tle
lonG lead soon after passing tho. quartcrpoc,.
Driver being second atnl Hann!s third. Col.
Lewis fell to pacing as soon "a tic bacls-strctch
was reached, AMI vas soor dtstanccd. pnsby won
by two lengths from Hauuis. Driver breaking on
tie hope-stretcl,. The tlmo OF tic heat was
2:4QA, undoubtedly the s1owcst on record for
2:18 race. This closed the meeting, and tonight
The meeting at which n1acc begins uert Tuesday.
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