The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-26
Last Day Of the Fall Meet
ing at Pimlico.
A GREAT FOUR-MILE HEAT RACE.
Monitor Beaten in the Brecken-
ridge Stakes.
Queens Own Votumo, Fortuna and
GIenmore the Winners.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

at Pmlico closed to-day. after one OF the most sue
cessful meetings that its members have ever had
since its inauguration. The day was fine but cold.
and is probable that many people stayed at home on
count OF the chilly weather Still there were
more visitors within the gates at Pimico than nave
been seen there for years All the races during the
four days. with few exceptions. have been
remarkably good. but to-day they eliminated
into briliancy. and the concluding eveat
was the greatest that ever took place in this or
shy other country All the memorable four-mile
heat races of the past small before that OF to-
lay. The Eclipse and Henry race. the BACK Maria
Lady Relief Trife and Slim contest of twent" miles;
the Bascomb aud Post Boy. Boston and Fashion
Grey Eagle and Wagner. Lexington and Lecompte
or any other great event. dwarfs before the three
heats made this afternoon. few better first heats
have been made, it is true. and several
dashes Of four miles have had
under that of the first heat in this
race 20 but there is record where
a second heat Of four miles has been made in 7:3Oi4
aad third heat in Z 81, made by Glenmore
i'll this race. who beat Willie ID only hale length in
the second and head in the third heat This race
Will be long remembered by all who witnessed it.
The sports of the day commenced with dash OF
one mile, Tor two-y ear-olts and this easily
by Mr.. G. L. Lorillard's Queens Own. The
second event was the Breckenridge Stakes,
which by Mr.. s. Powers
Sons bay colt volturno, who defeated Mr..
e. L. Lorilard's team. Monitor and Harold. the
latter by neck, after of the finest races of the
meeting. At the start voturno was laid alongside
Monitor, and he stayed there for mile and three
quarters when Monitor was beaten Then Harold
came up, and challenged Volturno, but the latter
the by neck in better time than had ever
been made in this stake. except when it won by
Nlndalite in 1874. which was quarter of a second
better than that of to-day. Yolturno was u
good two-year-old. and would undoubtedly
have won a great amount Of money for his owners
had he been entered in all the Eastern STAKES. in
stead of keeping him in the West so long where he
met with an injury and did little nothing until
he East this summer to run in two or three
stakes He proved himself first class colt on this
occasion, and fit to run in the best company. Next
year he will be a dangerous customer in
the cup contests. Monitors defeat at
trbuted to the five pounds penalty he
was carrying for beating Lord Murphy in
the Dixie Stakes. The third race was also capital
affair there being seven starters in handicap of
mile and quarter dash. and this was won by Mr..
Brewster's bay mare Fortuna Ia sister of Mr.. P.
Lorlard's Faisetto. in England who beat Mr..
Bowie's Oriole and Ave other good ones in very fast
time This over, and then came tho Bowie Stakes.
four-,nle heats already noticed above The follow
ing were the
JUDcEs-Acssrs. q. Bowie, A. II. Lawton, A. Bu-
ford o. Ii. Williams aud W. Booth.
DISTANCE JUDGE-Mr. L. L. Rogers.
IEdsRs-Messrs. j. Smith and Fl. p. McGrath.
srARrEE-Captan William Conner.
SEcRErAnY-Mr. J. ID. Ferguson.
MIIE-Two YEARoLDs.
The first race purse of $500 to the first
horse and $50 the second: mile. for two
yearolds; winner of the Central Stakes lbs extra
Tie starters Mr.. o. L. Lorillards chestnut lilly
Queens Own, by Australian, dam Queen Victoria.
and Mr.. L. a. Clabaugh's bay flly Lucia. by Vaux-
Huya1 nnnn "a Own
favorite, selling tor 500; Lucia, SIT. The start
even. Lucia the inside. She took the lead at
to midway down the backstretch. when the latter
passed Lucia and the race was over. Queens own
ggloped III front to the end. winning the race by
long length. Time, / 80.
THE pREcKENRrDGE STAKES.
The second race was the breckenridge Stakes. for
tErecyearods; s30o subscriptlon SlOo FORFEIT. ana
only So If declared out or before August i; $50
il declared out after that and on or before October
the club to add $1,000 of which $500 to the second
horse, the third TO his stakes; winner of the
Dixie Stakes lbs. extra; two miles The stake
clio ed with forty-sx nominations, of which the
starters Mr.. &. L. Lorillards chestnut geldng
Monitor by Glene!g. dam Mink, carrying 1l2
lbs; the same gentlemap's chestnut colt Harold
aud Acssrs. 5. Power Sons bay colt
vol.urnc, by Billet dam sprightly. ITO lbs.
and Mcssrs brewster Co.'s chestnut colt Au-
rcous, by Waverly, dam Aurcola. ITO lbs. Mr.. Lor-
lizards pair the fayorites over the field at long
odds, selling for 5000, Volturno $50 and Aureolus
SIC. The horses started running forty feet below
the stand when Captain Conner. seeing that they
,'aad ,he ind,.s Wonitnr aud VoItnrno were heal
III Sa,5 IA at,er ON tho ips;de aureous was third
nj U"rn,d sorr,h AZ Tho coits ran arornd fine nm
49,, 49,, Nfon,,or AVID votur,,o wore bcad and head
ttureo,,,s tIiri Harold fonrtb Az Monitor and
,,,,,,o ,'ass1 The auar,er mole Monitor was Iead
irn NV a ,e.t Votnrno second eight LENGTHS ahead
or A1reons the latter a length ahead OF Harold
Monitor and yolturno ran head and head down the
tlo~ 49, naraIio ten iepgths in front of Harold
Aureolus three lengths further off There WAS no
.hange around the lower turn aud they came in
mat xav mn tho ouarterstretcb "a thew
uassod The iudges ar the end of the
nrst mile Monitor had his head In
'front.' of Vnlurno the latter five lengths ahead of
Harold who was six lengths IN advance of Aureolus
Time of the milo l;igI,. Leaving here Volturno
until the upper turn was reached when a grand
struggle for mastery was enacted and mt the quarter
pole Monitor again showed his head in adyauce of
Vol;urno. Harold was six lengths away Aureolus
trailing ON behind The struggle between Monitor