, 1879-03-02

| ages, purse 500: one mile and quarter; Club
! purse, $3.50, for all ages: mile heats, three in
| five. Fifth day-Club purse, $500, for all ages;
one mile and ftlrlong; Cottrill stakes, for 8
Year-olds; S25 entrance, .. p; with $3.50 added
| one mile and half. Consolation purse, s2C0;
| one nile; purse $500, handicap for oil ages;
| four milfs.
Latest betting quotations: Louisville Cup-4
| to against LeYeler, Day Star, and Janet: s to
| | against Belle OF Nelson, King Faro, aud Cam
] mic F.: to ! against lncommode and Blue
Eyes: 8 to l against Dave Moore, Gleumore,
| and Himyar; 10 to ! against Felicia, King
William, Waterwitch, Fortuna, and AspiDwall; !;
L. TO against Vera Cruz, Queechy, and Solic-
thrift; to against Monitor, rlevna, and
Harold, s to l against Dan Sparkling and King
Ernest colt: - to 50 to against others. Bel
mont stakes@ to against spenathrift; to
against Dan Sparkling and King Ernest colt; 12
to 20 to 1..aEGainst &c others.
A Ca!iforn1a:paper says: "1n place Of being
race III the afternoon as described, the horses
Brigadter and Volney!!yere exercised ip COM
pany in the morning, John 'sptan driving Brig
adler, John Killip Volney. As VIC were anxious
to see the Young Happy Medium, we oWaited,
and were much pleased with the performance.
The first trial be beat Volncy in 1927. After
Spian logged Rarus they were brought: out
again, in bo1h Instances Volney being on the in
side. The first quarter was made in 81 seconds,
!
Increased, Volncv making break before the
hatf-mile was reached, at which point Brigadier
showed a trifle III front III Ill: The mile was
made in 2:24. VolneY winning By length" !,
Cornelius Sullivan, of this city, has purchased
OF parties in Battle Creek. siieh.. the thorough
r. A. Alexander, Of Spring Station, KY, and is
BY imp, Scythian; first dam, Ducatoon,. BY
Wagnerii second dam, Picayunc, by Medoc;
third ddm, by William of Transport; fourth
dam, BY Robin Gray; fifth, BY Old Quicksilver;
sixth, by Celcr. Imp. scythian was py Orlando;
won premiums at three Michigan State Fairs; /
also won the first prize and gold medal in hfs t
class at the Northern Ohio Worlds Fair, in 1S13,
over twelve competitors, beating such good ones
shown enterprise in bringing Thoroughbred
stallion Of the most approved strains of blood
to Chicago, and will doubtless be rewarded.
FROM ABROAD.
Bas Bleu, the dam of Blue Gown, dropped q
bay colt By Scottish Chief, Feb. Z.
Stratford- d-upon-Avon steeple chases will bere-
vised this season, and will be held On Thursday,
May 1.
The Grand Prlx dn Jockey Club (the French
Derby will take place on May rs, and the Grand
Prix de Paris On June S.
Bay Wyndham, by Lord Clifden, out Of Vio-
lot, a 5year-old English horse, for whom Lord
Kosebery gave, as 2-year old, 2, 500 sovereigns,
was lateiy sold for 42 guineas.
The latest London betting is as follows:
Lincolnshire Handicap, 100 to 8 against La Mer-
rcile (tk); Liverpool Grand National, LOCO to 20
against: Bacchus, 1,0oo to 50 against Downpatrick
{tk); Two Thousand Guiueas, IL to 1 against
Peter Qtk); to l against Cadogan (tk).
Isonomy, Kaleidoscope, Ayontes, Mandarin,
Red Archer, Sut]er. Harbinger, Flash Man,
Hydromel, Grace, Drumhead, Grapeshot, Julius
CELSIUS: Cheyronei, Senator, Quickstep, Alchc-