Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-04
RACES.
what was Done mt the willows
The winning HOrses-Etc.. Etc..

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The Winning Horses-Etc.. Etc.
The expectations Of the management OF
the Three Days Races" were more than
realized in the success Of yesterdays pro-
gramme. At the lowest estimate. three
hundred were in attendance and the races
were conducted in such a ann as to give
universal satisfaction. Not a growl was
heard, il we except q remark or two as to
some scoring in the second race.
Those running accommodation hacks to
the track we're kept busy but the major
ity of those attending the races. went to
the Willows by private conveyance.
AT THE TRACK
1t was dusty, windy and stormy; very dis
agreeable, in fact, at the opening hour.
After a little delay the sun came out,
the wind went down, measurably-so that
the afternoon was not entirely unbearable.
George T. Terry selected as his assist
ants upon the stand M. d. Foley, and W..
o. Mills, Jr. The Judges were accepted
without q word.
Together with waiting for a lull in the
wind storm, and with scoring, 1t was about
2:30 before a start was made. In the mean
time pools we're sold, first bid being $50,
Sooner for first choice, Skaggs $40 and
$40, and Raphael as low down as $50 and
$50. This scale held about the same all
the way through.
At the word go, one heat was a repeti-
ton Of the other, and only two were run.
Pacific Coast rules governed. Sooner and
Emma Skaggs ran SO evenly that there was
no choice, even to the next to the last
Jump on the first heat. A double-blanket
would have covered the three horses all
the way on the home stretch. and Sooner
was pronounced winner by half a head.
In the second heat he won by half a
length; Skaggs second, and Raphael still
behind.
Best time, / minute 534 seconds; slow
est, 1881. First horse gets $3.50, second
500, and third $50.
SECOND RACE.
The second race followed quickly upon
the heels of the first. Jim Blaine, Horace
Greeley and Ell Captain we're the only
horses that took the track at the call OF
the judges.
Pools sold in the start: Jim Blaine
first, with from $50 to $40 for a starter;
FL Capttan second, at ABOUT SIO itse. nan
a dozen pools were sold at this rate, when
the sales chopped, and Ell Captain took the
lead, in about the same ratio; he held 1t,
and there was much pool selling for a
time, the Jim Blaine men trying to
hedge"
At last they were called. After much
| scoring and considerable trouble the horses
we're sent off, PowelI's Ell Captain winning
by a clear daylight" in the two first heats.
The races were close, and were won on
merit only; everybody attending so de-
| c%lares, and are satisfied. If Skaggs was
tempered with. it was in the stable and
not on the track. Sooner carried lis
pounds, Skaggs Ill pounds and Raphael
still less.
''Frenchy." the rider of Sooner in the
first race, rode Jim Blaine in the second.
Arrangements have been made to avoid
trouble to day in scoring for a start. That
will be squelched Immediately il at
tempted.
The track, which was disagreeable yes
terday with 80 much dust, will be settled
to-day. A sprinkler will be upon the
ground. and that disagreeable feature will
be done away with.