, 1880-07-24
Charlie Ford, tho Local Fnvortt,
Beaten by unnjlis In Six
ucnts,
Four OF them Better Than 2:ao-
Ford's Record Lowered
to 2:16 3-4.
viii Cody the Winner OF tho ]. II. uay.
erly Stake In Three Straight
Heats.
Chicago, Providence, Cleveland, and Boa-
ton thu Baseball Viotors
Yesterday.
THE TURF.


TIE TURF.
A o,.rAr l.AoH: .....<,,,
ING most sensatlohai an'l plttall, "m. ...n ,,,it
rnce that las been trutted lor years was w
messed BY tlosu who visited the Jockey CLUB
track Yesterday and saw ore tbs mer'!TdG'e T6r n s,d
neat s.1uEso oe,mt',. .,t ,,,,i %a rofarrad IN in
AAhhis'-a t''ce tli"s WI t,,,u..o.s..., ~ T., s,o,
years to come when ~ iilus!tatson ., ~ III c. sea
nasIs ssu sas Is Mss ta eseat day. at Hartford a T In s
s seen s,e1 mt,.,. .u 1 Xiii I'm md smugrjer trotteI
"hGM t uoos'n. sn,.,or ." ~ @ hao,s ti,s snw"st ~
Similar number u heats, 1ne o1oMest VI
dny was III many respects sInitar 10 tho one
haf,yeni, tha fnstcst trutl1ug stnllt0u In the
,yor1J nn1 The grand old mira that wns t1,e uot
and pride Of the p9pl1S for 80 many yeafs.
It Has stngsc-hahaetl 1'e!lt between tWo OF
tho fnstust horses OIL tho turf, md Iictory1ell
to tlio one tint lasted longest. It was not a
nopuIar Victory III any senss Of tho word,
sl'Iee tord Is ci,eayo notse, anu +. Is no. asa
1iatlfal iof a.tS aAa!e!'ce 10 lahe 1lhaay 10 n,o
drfeat of Its fnvorit; hut tho crowd aplrccl-
atvl tho merits Of tho little stallion. and g1vo
nnm n nrnS @ ,yI,nt e soono1 @ ~ tnavi,nhe I ,ateat
ila'l tufhed What seenlea Ill iheVltaoie uelea1
into tho most brilliant Of VICTORIES; ltwas
especially l!ar t on Eora, however, INT alter ,'
a ChIcavo horse. md placing a record Of
",Sa@ -, h,s nra,,;t ra e,,n"l,l la ohlisaI ~
~ ~ us ,a. sIeas' ~ " ,t, W opat'1 ot ,,so "
'nwsf 'nr nsp MS spoPs eso N no 5Gw e ar e cn n nKs
full. and tho sting Of defeat was not eyci,
nI,ax;ntod hx. thn tno,vnt,rc that In so,rht
"mt t,,o l,n+tio ,1,,'al., INV ,,., had ,saao
the first heat dcud with 1lnnnls III s:1s}z,
THE CONFIDENCE or J,ts FIuENDs WAS I'M
s1fAKEN,
for thew knew tha limit of 1,is snoed ,,nd not
-. 's.4'sn a.s ,'1 .J ,1.a., .x's',
peeh te"cheo' "uu Wi'on he stfeao elNhaly
along In tile second heat aud passed under
tho wire without having made skip or
wobblc during tho entire mile IN 2:le7{,
wv .a,, a,,ot, sao ua.onso az" .',
ho bolhds nfld sl'cf cheerihg arose as ma
never before been heard III Chicago. After
H 0se .n,aa na s1yea a e thn people sns 1aGk
.nr +h .rr.,o, ,ors,,r,,ot,na os,d o,a,, ~ fo,v
"et uie Bie..1 pc'Ao1h'",,te' sato oSc' taate"
VINO init bet money on Aannis were satlssied
: To lose 1t to such competitor. After tho
cray md TAKEN t1ls heat the there was aeso, SO
to SO b.fore tho start, md utter tho dead
Ssst Ia hro,,uhf sas,, - ssa 5or TN to,d % re
ill.,, hont ,..es H., III ~ ,.na,. ra",. ~
tHlra leat WAS, ike Il!e othelS, u HecK-nnu-
ieck contest from wire to wire, but when
ths INV 's fclIo~ III @ spn a ,vsth p'o ons" utt ~
a:lp. There seemed ~ to be- ,,othlng
r. XIX mu1u a,,a S3 .S3 s Lay ss ta
rcot ~ ~ PS tGeir %n ,vcs Tcrs' s1c o III .v,
s,,s,v that ti,e hrto1, ,n,,,fn ~ Iinunfs syus
not due to his firing or to tin nuc.. hit ~
down and wns struck by jiis oil fore foot.
Viii was s s 1s 4ace 'n 5 wei Were ~ veil IT, aware