The New York herald., 1879-07-09
MONMOUTH PARK.
Third Day Of the Summer
Meeting.
SIX INTERESTING CONTESTS.
BuIwark. Sensation, Spendthnft Plot,
Jericho and Problem the Winners.

The racing at Monmouth Park yesterday was in in
terest far beyond what expected The rain storm
of the night before had kept the summer soourners
Long Branch within doors in almost winter attire,
and they could be induced to venture from their
until the afternoon. The bulk of the attend
ants at the came down from New York in the
late trains when the began to shine Before the
sport comme ced, however the grand stand and
the green sward in front of it presented
. lively appearance. About the poolssell-
ing department the crowd about equal
to the preceding days. The track was very heavy
from the rain, and. notwithstanding the sun
shone down brilliantly during the afternoon. there
were large spots OF water all the course when
the last At two O'Clock. sharp. the
bell sounded for the horses engaged iu the first race
and response to the call they came from the vari
entrances, and the jockeys cantered them
around the course to "open them before they went
to the post. The horses not long in
reaching the three-quarter pole. the place
Of starting. and when there "Old' Jersey,
rs the gentlemen generally good-humoredly call
Mr. D. j. Grouse took the eight in hand and sent
them their journey for reputation and the purse.
the result being that Bulwark. belonging to the con-
federacy of the Passaic. easy race. with the
favorite, Lancewood. q couple Of lengths behind
him. The second event of the day was the July
Stakes for two-year-olds and if any racing man in
the country except Mr.. George l.. Lorillard could
have supposed that he would finish first, second and
third with his entries. and speculate upon it, too.
it said that he did, the outside world of sport
ing men would have been inclined to think that such
Ri individual was laboring under hallucination.
Mr.. Lorillard however. had done the same thing
year ago on this course with Harold, Monitor
and Idler-two- year olds-and he thought he could
T,,< n
world OF racing has owner finished "one-two-
three with his stable in the stakes two years
In succession The third race. the Jersey Derby.
mad twenty-four nominations, and but ono dared to
1ace the champion yearold of the present day.
and he merely started to earn his OATS for the
season with second money, and not to make acompc
tition. Spendtnrft cantered the mile and half in
three seconds slower than it took hurdlers to do the
distance on Saturday last and at the finish he
applauded by those who had come hundreds of
miles to him, though they were disappointed in
the character of the contest. The colt not al
lowed to extend himself at any part OF the race and
probably he will be brought to full trial of
his speed ana the world will never know how great
. colt he is. He did not win the Withers Stakes at
Jerome Park. though his stable companion first
ct the hnish yet he captured the Belmont Stakes
easily that the public looking at him yesterday
doubtless felt did gentleman who exclaimed after
the race for the Jersey Derby I'D give thousand
to have horse able to make that colt extend himself
for he never has been opened in any of his races
There is not three-year-old here to beat him now
but whether he will have gentle galops during the
mainder of his three-year-old remains to be
seen. The fourth event had seven starters and the
race very interesting. 1t was won by Pilot, .
son of Planet, who beat the field that followed him
quite easily. The fifth race was a good one and
81, t>at<t Thara a;r
well known horses that to the port and all had
their hackers Danichef had hosts Of friends; then
the Western men backed the California horse Raven
while the horses of the brothers LorIard had sup
porters by the hundred. Crouse's Jericho well
thought of by ths measurers Of time. and this colt
had few friends; yet the Lorillard entries the
favorites the others. Mr.. Crouses colt won
the race, with close finish. and the result pleased
the that he teegraphed the fact to his family
In Chillicothe. The sixth handi-
cap steeplechase in which there three starters
but only two really did the running. These were
Problem and Derby. better steeplechase could not
be wished than these horses made. They jumped
with accuracy from beginning to end. and the run
ming was close throughout. Problem won the
by three lengths. The officers of the day were:-
JuDGEs.-Messrs Carroll Livingston. NJ. H. San
ford. d. ID. Withers and - Hildreth.
TIMERs.-Messrs. II. z. McGrath, J. G. Heckscher
aud J. q. X. Lawrence.
SEcRETARY.-C. Wheatly.
SgaRTERs.-Messrs. d. J. Grouse and +. NJ. Hall.
The following the details of the racing:-
FIRST
was for purse of $500. madens. four years DID,
allowed lbs: il ve over. II lbs One mile. There
we're eight for this race, comprising Mr. f.
Stearns, Jr Is gray colt Surprise by Alroy. dam Dew
Drop. years old. carrying lo2 lbs Mr.. Oden Bowie
rooo 1,v Iav, I,alta
Meade. years old. 81 lbs; Mr.. f. Norris bay colt
Avenger. by warminster, dam Remorseless. years
old 1O2 lbs; Mr. Ii. p. McGrath's chestnut fy Wis
sahickon, by bennington. dam Sarony, years old.
W lbs; Mr.. W. X. Babcock's bay flly Janet Murray.
by Panic. dam Ethel Sprague. years old, 10S lbs. ;
Messrs. J. q. Nelson X Co. brown colt Lancewood.
by bennington, dam Gatan. years old. 102 lbs; (;
Messrs. Thomas Puryear 4 Co.'s bay colt Bulwark,
by Bonnie Scotland, dam Evadne, years old, 10l
lDs., and Mr.. Greenvilles chestnut geding l.. L. by
haywood, dam kegau aged, lOJ lbs. Lancewood
q large favorite. Bulwark second choice. The best
pool sold iolows:-S375 for Lancewood. 500
for Bnlwark. $40 for W.ssahickon, $50 Tor Ten
nessee and sl40 for the field Avcnger had the best
Oh the send-oh. Wssahickon second surprise third,
Lancewood fourth, Bulwark fifth, Janet Murray
sixth. Tennessee seventh L. L. eighth. Going around
the upper turn wissahickon showed in 'front.' Bull
wark second. Janet Murray third, Lancewood
fourth. Surprise nth. Avenger sixth. Iennes-
seventh, l.. l.. eighth. Lancewood ran
70 the front on tho backstretch wssahickon second
Bulwark third, and as the horses passed the half
mile pole Lancewood was showing the way.
Wissahickon second, Bulwark third, Janet Murray
fourth. Surprise nfth Tennessee sixth, Aven-
ger seventh. Lancewood kept ia front around
the lower turn and To the thrce-quarter pole,
wissahickon second Bulwark third, Tennessee
fourth Janet Murray fifth, Avenger sixth. Surprise
seventh l.. l.. eighth--the two latter far behind.
Getting into the homestrctch Bulwark came away
and won the race easily by two lengths. LAncewood
second, two lengths ahead OF Avenger. Tennessee
fourth. Wss ahickon fifth, Janet Murray sixth,
prise seventh. l.. J.. eighth. Time, :52.
THE SECOND RACE
the July Stakes for two-year-ods, Of $50 each,
play pay with 5000 added the second horse to
receive $l25 out OF the stakes: the winner OF the
Hopeful Stakes to carry II We pounds extra; I've fur
longs. This stake closed with forty nomina-
tions of which number thirteen came to tho post.
These Mr.. g. L. Lorillards brown colt Sensa
ton, by bennington, dam Susan Bcrne; the same
gentleman's bay colt Grenada, by King Alphonso.
uain Matte Gross; the same genteman's bro wn fly
Rosalie, by bennington. dam La Rose; Mr.. H. r.
McCirath's chestnut hlly Duplicate, by Tom Bow
ling, dam Crescent; the same gentleman's black fy
Lucy George. by ripperary. dam Lucy Fowler; Mr.. A.