The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-19
THE RACES.
IN. .ratts sroRr Az TINE NEW Lor1.
..ArA 1oCKEY 0LuB YESTERDAY.

q -.AmA Jockey GLID YESTERDAY.
-. .krcwIns ones Ge " Grass stsd the
~ vnrtte~ Are rBeafen--sad Dsath ~
a rhr Gallant Macer, judge Hancock,
On the track.
n hat tickle mistress who presides over the
.vaathet ever won the admiration "a the peo-
.,IA IA our city. At was yesterday Alter the
in,U hot smell wa have been subjected t0 tnus
aariv in the spring, the cool and invigoraung
nnrthwaet wind came as draught OIL co'u
anrinv water 10 thirsty travellers. The SKY
.Irsa III blue that seemed to tempt the vision
snto razinr into where vision was lost.
h,lCht blue. that spoke Of immensely was
,ynrhaad. ,IutarnIshed by even d feathery
rla,,d The ajr had tinge OF crispness about
Y ANA made tho blood circulate with celebrity
fl.at was almost intoxicating, and the new
vrartlure added Its green beauties TO the Al
ready Neapoltan day The recent storm had
carried OH with 1t the surcharge Of electricity
with which the atmosphere was laden. and
everything was most propitious Tor q red let
Ter carnival I'm sporting circles. As Thur
DAYS races had been postponed to yesterday,
those who regretted such action expressed
Themselves as more than gratifled at the re-
sult. for few race meetings will see such
wnathef. both for the horses and tho visitors.
ri was easily seen that the public appre-
caated the Glories OF the day, for before
o'clock parties were meeting by appointment
III III out to the track Of the New LOUISE
ana Jockey Club to enjoy the three events of
the day.
Carriages were In demand and the street
Cara we'll patrpnized. Even the lines running
s,p from the Third District received their
share Of passengers bound out to the old Fair
Grounds.
when the representative Of the DEMOCRAT
arrived. was In better condition than could
be- expected. Il had been well narrowed, and
Che wind and the sun had dried II up consid-
ably. Il was lumpy, and on the back stretch
still damp. Il was not fast track, but what
might be called fair one.
THE ATTENDANCE
was very large both In the field and on the
stand, The number OF ladies present was not
IA large as could be desired, but they had 4
fair representation III that favorite corner.
The grand stand was crowded with BpeCta-
tors, and on the track there could not have
been less than two Thousand people.
THR FIRST RACE
was handicap for all ages for q purse Of
$500, the distans . being one milo and q quar-
\ tpr. the entries were Vrgilian, ~ Joe.
Egypt. Docilty, Jack Bachelor and Kings
land eene Richards, Jf., having been with
drawn. After the Jockeys had been weighed
there was ltsig delay before the start was
made and Till delay oGgAEiUned some COM
ment, but the cause of 1t soon became knuwn
In the pools Egypt was he favorite ut odds,
and Kingsland sold second VirRilian low
third. Pool after pool was sold Ia this order,
when suddenly Just before the appointed hour I,1
Tor starting II WAS noticed that Virgillan
stock was going up, and that he had taken
\ second place. This caused considerable sur.
prise, and when II WINS known 70 the president
of the Jockey Club, MT; 4, Simmons, a.
Immediately ordered that the Jockeys o.
Egypt and svirgilian be changed, and tina,
new riders be put In their stead. bepresi
dent feared that there had been foul play
somewhere, aud made this order to .protec
hetters and To insure fair race. This oc
IN hour, at the lapse Of which time the horsei
came out of the cooling ground, and trottet
down to the three-uuarter pole. from whenc'
they were to start
the week having rendered them much fine
ana more neat III form. When they arrived
~ the post Egypt got into the tantrums am
eulkily refused TO come to the scratch. i
yvna fully ten minutes befof he was persuaded
to get Into line, and after one false start tn
innf leading, Egypt second, Bachelor thirt
and Docility. Virsilian and Vt. Joe punched Y
Coming into the homestretch the pace was
hot and when they came Into full View i
was seen that Egypt was III the lead, hotly
chased by Virgiltan. at whose TANKS JACK
h Bachelor kept, with Kingsland good fourth
81. joe firth and DEBILITY last In this order
under volley Of cheering from the crowd
they passed the grand stand and entered
upon the mile. All were going well except
Ut. Joe, who appeared to be laborlng some
what At the first quarter Of the mile to bt
Virriliaf still pushing him. and Kingsand
who had passed Bachelor, third. It was I
beautiful exhibition OF speed to see the strng
Gle, on the upper turn into the baekstretch
between Egypt and virgiiian and hingsland
II the slightest fault would give the race t.
the other When the half-mile pole wa.
reached Kingsland had forged ahead, and let
the van, virgilian second, Egypt third. u
the third quarter Kingsland retained his 20
sition, and came home an easy winner IN II
Viruilian second, Egypt third, Docility fourth
Jack Bachelor ftth, and st. Joe nowhere.
There WAS considerable sauirming amongs
the knowing ones, for Egypt was booked t
THE SECOND RACE
was then rung for. This was handicap 70
all ages, for club purse Of $500, mite heats
The entries were Cannon, LArgentlne, Bill
Dillon and sam ECKER. IL ATNenLine Was TN
fayorite at heavy odds and Bill Dillon secon,
m the choice Alter false start they wer
sent Off for the first heat, Dillon having
slight lead, L'Argentine second, the others II
3 bunch. -,
sam Ecker. who had suddenly worked him
self towards the front, challenged him, with
ont success, however, for the front. Dow
the backstretch the Tun was exciting, Hffaen
earned. and Ecker still hanging on to him
On the turn LArgentine who had been unde
d null before, was now let so and came "
with the leaders promptly. At,every strid
the mare seemed to gain, and closed up tn
rap fast. Down the homestretch the battle
was a vigorous one and when they nearet
the stand, 1t was seen that L'Argentine'
Jockey had lost her he heat, for she had beel
held too long. Dillon, Notwithstanding tn
leader by good length in the good time, con
sidering the condition OF the track, OF 1 AS