Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-02
SPRING RACES.
Excellent Racing opens the Weeks Pro
gramme.

The first meet of the Capital Turf Ciui
opened at Agricultural Park yesterday. TIE
Club is new organization out of the mate
rails, mainly. of the Sacramento Jockey Ciut
and its predecessor. The Club has made
very careful. preparations FOR the entire five
days racing.
The attendance yesterday waa not so large as
was anticipated and cannot certainly be taken
as encouraging to the Club. The racing de-
served far better recognition from the public
and the effort to maintain the racing sport
here was worthy greater encouragement.
There would probably have been larger
attendance Of ladies had it been generally
known that they are admitted free of charge.
The first race was q trot for the three
minute class, limited to Sacramento county
horses, for a purse OF $500. The horses
starting were 5. b. ST. Mark, b. b. Roden,
b. G. Clairmont, b. IN. Siskiyou Gil, and b..
e. Captain Jiuks. They had positions as
follows ST. Mark first, Siskiyou Girl second,
Roden third, Clairrnont fourth, Jinks out
side. Jinks was the fayorite in the pools, but
the betting was light The horses had good
start, Jinks -leading and keeping that place
al Inc way Ipufu. Nv .1SNCip1
Roden third, St Mark fourth, Siskiyou Girl
last. Time, 2:39. Clairmont's time, 2:42.
The half was made in this heat in LIZ.
The trottine was very good throughout.
In the second heat after four trials send
off was had Jinks and Clairmont went well
together and for time the latter led, but at
the quarter-pole Jinks had the front place
and kept it, Clairmont and Roden good as
second and third. The half was passed in
1:19. At the half and from there to the
three-quarter pole Roden pushed close up to
,Jinks and the contest was very pretty one.
Roden broke soon after and lost badly, gallop-
ing some distance. st. Mark tell on very
badly also. They came to the score Jinks
first, Clairmont second, Siskiyou Girl third,
and Roden and ST. Clair distanced. Time
2:37 second horse, 2:40. In the next heat,
Jinks led from the one-eighth mile mark and
kept it. The three horses trotted very evenly
to the half-lnile POST in 1:22. Siskiyou Girl,
who had been making the heat warm for the
leaders. broke below the three-quarter post.
Jinks also broke but almost instantly recov-
cred his gait. They came to the score Jinks
first. and taking first money, Clairmont sec
ond, and second money, Siskiyou Girl third,
and third money Time-2:41 2:44.
sUxMARy-Captal Turf Club Meeting, Agrieul-
tural Park, Sacramento, June j, 1SS0.-Trotting;
threem class for Sacramento county horses.
Purse $500, in sl2o, $50 and $50 moneys.
Ben Timmons names Capt links, ........-.1 /
NJ. II. Meagher names S. h. ST. Mark $3.50. 4 dist.
j. W. Wilson names b. h. Roden.. .........3 dist
W. F. Smith names b: g. Clairmont. .......2 2
C D Coward names b. IN. Siskiyou Girl. 5 5 s
Time: 239-23T-241
Judges-Messrs. Beals Drew and Rhoads.
Timers-Messrs. Hanson, Murray and Valentine.
The next race was trot of the 2:35 class
for purse of $500, and the horses starting
l. hIo.ty |, Eroulr hllr
Dick Turpin, blk. m. Gentle Annie, b. h.
Jimmy In the pools Turpin sold as high as
SIS so against So, and held constantly as the
favorite. Jimmy, an exceedingly small horse,
had the pole. and in exercise showed speed as
PAGER, Mack won second place, Turpin
third. Frank fourth, and Annie last. The
first heat was a lively one and was of decided
interest. Jimmy led but almost Immediately
broke, and falling of, paced and ran far to the
rear throughout the heat. Turpin barely led
at the eighth. but Mack at the quarter
took the front place and kept it to the end,
though not without the position being holly
contested. At the half mile post Mack and
Turpin, close together, both broke momenta
rily. They went around the first turn and to
the second neck and neck, when Mack again
led, with Annie coming up finely. just be-
low the three-Quarter pest the two leaders
broke and ran, and Annie it seemed would
come to the first place. But the breakers
Quoted down and Mack came hrst, Turpin
second. Annie third, Frank fourth and Jimmy
distanced. Time, 2:313.
In the next heat Mack led, with Gentle
Annie second and Turpin third. On the
second turn Mack broke and ran. At the
quarter pole Mack and Annie went neck and
neck. At the half-nlile Annie led finely,
Mack second, Turpin third. Around the two
Il n ,-a,-,- cloca ba4lyaau the
three leaders. As they came into the stretch
it was difficult to tell which led, so closely
were they grouped. Coming home Mack and
Turpin both broke near the draw gate. by
which the former gained and came In first,
bat because Of Aacks runs on the first quar-
ter the Judges declared the heat to be Tur-
pins, Annie second Mack third and Frank
last. Time, 1882. The next heat was very
pretty one, though not very fast. The con
test was warm and genuine. Annie led from
the score, Mack and Tarpin justat her wheel.
At the quarter Mack was close second and
Turpin closer third. From there to the up
per turns it was a close trot for the lead. On
the second upper turn Mack came alongside
of Annie, and down the stretch it was close
push for the front. Annie, however,
broke before the score, and Mack,
already on the eve Of passing her, took the
heat in 2:343, Annie second, Turpin third,
Frank last The next heat was the last, and
was won by Mack in 2:3444, Annie second,
Turpin third and Frank distanced, he hay
ing started on a run, lost badly, and gener-
ally behaved shamefully. Mack took first,
Turpin second, and Annie third money.
suuMARY-Capltal Turf CLUB, Agricultural Park,
Sacramento, June Ist. Trot for the 2;35 class ];
purse $500, in $50, $50 and $50 moneys.
d. McCarty names b. N. Ca sic Mack Il ! l
%. Denuison names b. =. Frank. .--......4 dis
W. f. Smith names blk. 5. Dick TuTpin..2 / 3
G. F. HartweI names blk. II. GentleAunie.5 >
William Sickals names b. h. Jimmy. 80. dist
Time, -2;32-2;34l asa.
Judges and timers as before
To-DAY's RACES RUNNING.
\ meeting of the Capital Turf Club was
held last evening, j. W. Wilson, NicePresi-
dent, presiding. Entries to the mile and re-
peat running race for to-day were opened, as
follows r. J. Baldwin names 8. m. Jennie
b, p. NJ. Chatterton names g. m. Sallie
Black, Colonel Gift names b. N. Twilight
W L. Pritchard names 3. 5. Richard ILL.,
On motion, the race was declared filed and
the purse was fixed at S2i0. The time for
receiving entries in the two mile and repeat
running race for Friday was. Oh motion, post
poned until Thursday evening, June Sd, at
5 o'clock. Entries for the two mile and repeat
trottirg race to be held Saturday, June 9Th,
were opened as follows: Ben Tinmons
names b. e. Captain Jin&s, Dan McCarty
names b. z. Puzzle, ". II. Cade names b. g.
Star. James Mcintosh names br. m. Bessie
Wilber Z. Smith names blk. S. Berlin. The
race was declared filed. This afternoon there
viii also be a half-mile dash for two-year-
ods. for which there are four entries, none of
them having yet been christened. The races
to-day begin at pm, and the promise is for
good sport.
NEARLY a FfRE-About o'clocl, yester-
day afternoon an alarm Of fire was turned in
from box q, at Twelfth and G streets,
caused by vigorous smoke and fire Issuing
from the old building on the northwest cor
ner of Twelfth and G, known in former years
as the Carpenter House, and at present the
property of Mary a. Carpenter. Although
the fire department responded very promptly,
the flames had got well under Roadway in all
parts of the building, but it was extinguished
in remarkably small space of time by the
application of several streams of water, and
exhibiting mos. creditable efficiency on the
part Of the fire department. The lot where
the house stood had been sold, and the house
was to have been moved off to day to make
room for a new building. There was $500 in
surance in the lFtna Insurance Company of
Hartford, which will cover all loss. How
the building caught FIRE is one OF those mys.
| teries which resolves itself into being ac-
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