, 1880-06-20
THE TURF.
Successful Inauguration OF the
Summer Running Meet.
ing Here.
One Dime, Dodette, Kinkead, and
Frank Short the Winners.
Four Interesting Contests Be-
tween First-Class Horses.

Four Interesting Contests Be-
tween First-Class Horses.
A Sad Accident in lhe Hurdle-Race-Turt
Events Elsewhere Yesterday.
Those who attended the running meeting here
last June-chiety to be remembered on ac-
count of the ubominable weather with which !
this section Of the country was afflicted ABOUT
that time-wcrc agreeably surprised yesterday
morning to find the skies clear, the ground dry !
and everything propitious for n ffst~clasa day |
of sport at the Jockey Club track. where Was to
be celebrated tho inaugural day OF the summer |
running meeting. Forweeks 1t had been known |
TINT nothing but fair weather WAS necessary 10
make the affair SUCCESS, since all the other ac-
cessories that 60 to make up frst-class mect-
ing were assured. The numerous r1cn
stakes had filled to an extent never
before known in this country, Bubscr1b-
ers to them from nearly every State In the
Union helping to swell the lists, and, with the
finest track and buildings Of any association 10
the country, the weather was the only quarter
from which evil things were feared AS oc1ore
stated, it was all that could be desired. The sun
of the past few days had dried the course IN the
most thorough manner, and, although the har~
row had Oeen 1pplleQ IatAtl 1oo lieeAJ 1A1 P'sse'
THE TRACK WAS FAST,
and of the kind that will improve with each
days racing.
AS early as o'clock people began coming OUT
from the city, and soon the beautiful driveway
through Ceutrnl Park, and from there 10 tne
entrance of the Jockey Club grounds, WAS nAeo
with vehicles from the sattnlined carriage OF the
millionaire to tho humble express wagon nlteo
with shiny tcethed colorcd citizens, whose in-
ahnfpH.
more favored ones left their carriages
upon reaching the Club-House, and
distributed themselves through that epactous
structure, the Indies ascending to the upper
balcony, which they soon completely Tiled, "hlle
the men either sat and smoked Oh the lower one,
or wandered around among the stables, the bet
ttpg-stands, or the cooling grounds by :
o'clock there could not have been less than 6rooo
people within the Enclosure, and the numoer"as
probably added to by 500 before the afternoon
was over, Itwas an assemblage of which the
Club might well feel proud, and showed concll-
siyely that, when properly conducted, racing ls
popular in Chicago.
There were four events on.the program, the
| first being
! a dash of one and quarter miles for all ages
| the purse being $780, OF which $50 went to the
second horse. The entries IN this race we're an
exceptionally fine lot, both as to aaaty aa1{nan ana
numbers, the starters 1s being .btea6 BeatoHo, it
Maione stotsns0 fs: Saacroft. a. Macedenicus. Ke-
account Of his having sustained not Single @ - de
| was made fayorit by the betting men: and tne
t pools we're scid ut n. lively rate with MT. MOTIFS
horse first choice One Dime seeo4o; t ad Tn fha
9n|ra, fiuI apo pools the same state Of adars pre-
! vailed. Long Taw being the choice OF q aIHe
| majority of those who purchased tickets. "nhe
| INT tt,o hrolxS hn the one 1KulQSL WQOu1 LAo
| shortest odds were obtainable. The balance OF
the starters ami their merits were more or iGss SIS
| known to horsemen, with the exception or tne
4-ycar- old colt Rcnown, by West Roxbury, out
| Of Nora Worth, and consequently tull orotner
tss TmR co5 Ras ane m the
| Derby and up to within three weeks OF the race
remained first favorit, in spite OF the fact M
s-year-old farm. Late last year he took part IN
u few uDiInportant races at the smaller meet
hf offpy Of ysgbt fsnry to 9 Of
bind legs, which, however, did not anecs n'n'
permanently, ..s,,,a, ,,,,,,,,t.
! ness. the Judges sent the eleven starters TO the
three-uuartrr pole, and, after u tew inehectual
attempts the part of some Ct t1e r1aeTs ~ sain
| IN advantage by tockeytng, the nag 1el1 ~
VERY GOOD START.
| Renown at once jumped into the lead, and,
| taking the track, came down the nomeStre1cn
and past the stand clear length anead OF al1 1
the rest, they being about as closely punched as M
WIS possible bancroft was slightly IN front OF
One Dime and Long Taw, Florence Payne, Lfah-
tunnh, and Jim Malone being 1nst oensnu - .nd s
they thus to the Quarter pole, WET @ ns1c nn1'
! croft began moving up on Renown, One lnme IN ne
by neck from the Others At the three quar-.
ter pole one mile having been run. bancrol'
gave up the chase, his place oelne uulch .aaG ~
t 1Re lot able to compete with the Illinois colt
Coming down the homcstfetch he gnined on thf
leader slowly pnt surely Rd a. s tbe nnt homt
exciting one, but, by dint of hard riding on the
IN i trout by not more than six inches, the Grove
chccrng Justify Is the Pa1 tS aeeend 5no od
Quarter Of the best time on record, tue 3-ye:f
old colt Mcndelssohn having run tne 6a Et
the Lexington meeting last spEing ~ Ss, oeat "a;
k Mss Hardaway in the order named In vow =
1he present state OF the track hero ut being OIL!
two feet to water the 1ace tn Kat - nm b
!, | Meudclssohn. Headlight finished good tniro
: : | about two lengths behind keuown-
THE SUMMARY:
caG9 e 3@The 9oCF6 Inaugural @ Rush: purse ss0l
t | for oil ages; $50 Of which to second horse-
q ". Roveu t. Co.'S ch. C. One Dime, years,
! By Wanderer, dam by imp scythM,an; ;rhr i1o
, " by West Ro1bury, dam Nora Worth; 11o
wiIsy 1Rs buckles t. c. Headlight, years, By
Ril}ett. dam Lizzie Vic; l10 lbs. :kiley.
+ heatttuae, years. y dTas Bonate
seotand % dam n at1pose FoFcnee p, Payne years By
narneystonc. n on ID dam Florence; III lbs o. NeIll.
~ ]. x. Gricsteads b. +. Lahtunah. years, By
: John Morgan dam Lantana' ~. iPi Hixhtower.
j: Hill co.'s q: E 5im Malone $eeFs by
2 Hiawat1a. dam Mollle *,y1nns0A, ~. RSoa
sGqtnne Wntneys 9a eh. r. Macedonicus, years, By