, 1879-06-26
A Pot Of Money Changed Hands,
and tho Kentucky Crowd
Got Left.
the Favorlte- -Backers Badly Punished
in Thres Out Of tho-
Four Races.
Chicago, Providence, Dufra1o, md Troy
Successful Ia tic LeaEno
= t,amcs.
0Lsary and Grassland Started on Their
Tramp Of eoventy-avo Hours.

TIE TURF.
anEAT RACE.
OYer 1000 ncople, bv iar t!,u larHcst crowd
that ever Witnessed Il runniug-racc II, tl!a clty,
risitcd tho Jockey Club cul,rss yesterday uftcr-
noon, autt were treated to as fino short in the
way Of racing as was over seen In this or any
otller country. This Is not tl,e verdict Ut 1'uK
TRtguSH alone, but also Tint Of NUMEROUS gen.
tlcuen who lIayo followed thu turf all their
llSca, a1'd know whereof they speak.
Tho crowd begnh coming at an carly hour, q
steady stream Of veIc'cs md pedestrians pour-
ing through tho cntu from 1880 uutll 1880
o'clock, anu when The first racu wus
called tlr scene Wos brilliant
one tho Clubhouse balconies poing Respondent
With brilliant toilets, and tile gr.ld-stand filed
With n mass IF humanity whcl, swayrd n1,l
sufged h, vain cndcayor to find seating room.
1T WAS niu Cnown,
anil no nllstako, md MS Col. Canlcy, 10 whom
the Success Of tic mtetins ii dur, surveyed it,
As SMILED sctcncly and sccmeA hdpoy.
0f course the great event Of thc DAY was tic
Garlcn City Cup, md IT proved to be what turf
ucu Ind predicted. tho mnst brt1llant oYent in
Western turf history. The starters were twelyo
Ia number, and overy ono Of them had q brilliant
record, obtained lu 1lard.fou1ht contests In aii
parts Of tho lanl. Caifornia's pride, Molllc
Mccarthy. was to measure strides with the pick
of Kentucky, seven OF eight In number. OF
these,
JANET WAS CoNBInrnED TIE NEST,
anil so we'll did thu kegsusk!ans .ttlinx uf ]lor
ptowess il.at they bet tctr motley likd tho brt.
Trrbial aailor In q state Of iutoxfcatiou. Tt was
"$5Oo fur frat choice, autt JRnet soltl,n ak tho
pool'sooms tho night before, and the cry was re-
~ .t4n,su YESTERDAY ~ tho tfaeR' somo idea of
tIlb l'cttfnE n,ay bo gained from tic statement
of man wei posted In s,1c!l n,attors, who satd
last night t|ut mt }csa tl,on sam nm
changed hands IN tbe race, Tim KentucLi.n.
fell aud fell heavily. Tllcy could not bcscyc
ttat the marc they had seen make such poor
showing at Louisville last ycnr had It in her to
dtfeat any OF thu numerous craeks from tic
Blue.Urass Btnto lint war; In *,art ,on,nst tar
yesterday "see sr Id nd rss wohSls hn,' y .nt net
nze enthusiastic oaekcr % Of Janet as tbe c" @
lorna ,are VA. tnkinr or nro1,m,narx VIZ contar n
.lyle for which sbo il noted. Yc, ~ .hsy 'r. wa1,.
bled snro enourI' h,s nt.a. H., 4sa ra., "sy @ "ap
Il va. tue Other party. lers 1at Int ysrs tu snay
coinr hesa t hsszn e&,t fs Gaps Wr Wn
Mccarthy ras likely to bo stroos iarorite 1v IN
had I rSsu 1sun a's NV ~0aa 9.a not ao 1 esoro ss
storics afloat regarding the u,1sonf,nrs. of hor
!egt, tho cramns t,,at hwl ~ at,acss5 nen ~ an, "u
yaroa oth"r ai''nsnt. ~ %ua n..asSsa ner, anu
somewhat from her merits NJ rscchors.. An
gouscnt1rnco sl,e mi, for l,t,,o ~ ,,,,,,,. -,
,noIs Moua. 49, ..ta." r,'' y. n,' ~ t.ao
ts..',. '"s5 "as "aseseu tseely' Inc Cali
sha ssa ne!u 'a. I'll Inc l!ekeIs OIL Mccarthy and