, 1879-06-29
THE. TURF.


| The af1 Kentucky saddle horses, mentioned II
yesterdays TRIBUNE, will pa sold at auction
Monday at the track between the races.
Hopeful arrived in the city yesterday, and will
be exhibited at the track tomorrow between
| the races: He will not trot, however, as Ger
tain paper announced yesterday morning.
| Mollie Mccarthy was entered in the two~mlle
| handicap to be run Tomorrow" but when the
| weights were announced and it was found that
! she was to carry l20 pounds, her name was
struck from, the list of sta, ters.
TheDetroit Jockey Club sent 3 dispatch to
| the Chicago Jockey Club last evening, stating
that tlley mad postponed their meeting till next
| Wednesday to accommodate the owners that
are here and have horses entered in to-morrow's IS
races here-
The track is drying fast, aud will be rough,
narrowed to-day, and Monday forenoon the
comb and rake harroWs will put it into good
shape for fast work, 50 that the races tomorrow
may be looked upon IS about the best that the
! meeting has yet given
Henry Schwartz leaves Chicago With his sta
bic Of runners. including Lottery, Raven, and
the rest, for Long Branch this evening. He
both Raven and Lottery, but for the fact that
they are entered ID the Fourth .JnlY races at
Long Branch. Reearding the meeting here,
MIR. Schwartz is in tlse best OF spirits, and says
II WIS suCCEaS Ill Tile My III IaC1uE7, anu VIII
make Chicago racing centre for the South,
East and West. He never witnessed series of
races where the favorites were SO welt beaten
and the races SO much "for blood " as they
we're here. :. il:
The races tomorrow will be well worth w.t.
Messing. The Criterion Stake has eight start
ers, and will bring out Wallenstein, Pierre Lor-
stake will have si1 starters, Buckncr being
among the lot. The Handicap mile-und-a-quar-
ter has five starters, Checkmate, winner at
this meeting, being among then, land the fourth
race, the Consolidation Handicap, for horses
that have not won at this meeting, will have six
starters, Experiment and Wah~ta-Wah being
two good Ones The distances being two miles,
some good work is anticipated, especially as the
track will be fast. -
Last evening the Southerners took holiday
and the poo1-rooms we're deserted, but the the
atres we're full. The loud OUTLAWS Of "Old
Theatre at the antics Of the Minstrels, and hav-
erlY's was we'll filled bY the men Who have
stood by open-mouthed at the track pool-stand
watching Jack bidding odd thousands on
what they tolt sure Wera losing
horses, but whose performances in the case
Of Mintzer, Buchner, and Gabriel proved him
to be correct. Aimee and her troupe seemed to
please them, though the language was little
too high Tor their dictionary. Only those from
New Orleans being familiar. with French. The
blondes at the MetrOp0lltAn cauEnL their lair
share Of the jockeys and trainers; SO did Ham
iin's. On the whole, the visitors all admit that
they are well pleased with this city, anu have
had far better time than anywhere since leav-
ing home. and all are ANXIOUS to come again
next season. They do not "tackle kindly" to
st: Louis, however.
Next Friday, July 4. is the special day at the
Jockey-Club track. There are on the card four
events of unusual interest to lovers OF turf
sports, especially fine trotting. The first event
will be the purse of S1,250 for 5-year-olds and
under. IN this race there are entered ten good
trorters from all parts Of the country, among
them Budd Doble's Donald, By Dictator, and
E. e. Broadhead's Kentucky Wilkes, bota fast
and steady. The second event is the 800 class,
purse $500, in which there arc eight entries
that arc hard to beat,-Bonesetter, Clcmentine,
Chicago Maid, Mazo-Manie, Lew Scott, and
Ethel, very good party to watch any day
doing mile heats. The event OF importance, how
ever; is the 81 600 special purse offered to HOPE
full to,beat 2:14 in harness, three trials allowed.
This will be the feature of the. day, and il the
little gray makes half as good showing as
was made the day he went to wagon, the cheer
fny mar be heard in the centre Of the CITY,
Another event will be the match for double
teams, in which owners drive. The entries are:
Charles o.. Avery's Annie Logan and mate;'
John Brennock's Billy Bashav and mate; Isaac
Waixel's Frank G. and mate.