, 1880-05-30
THE TURF.
The Fast.7rotting Mare Lucille
Retired.
General Turf News and Gossip-Loca1
Items.
LUCILLE RETIRED.

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y Items.
!. LUCILLE RETIRED.
!; Those who favor honesty and fair fea1,n
) in turf sports will be sorry to learn that N,
r. C. Pate, Of st. Louis, whose luck for tn
past year in matters pertaining to trottar
has been none Of the best, has been oblen,
to retire from active service the bay mar
Lucille, record 2:21, owned by him. Sh
came, out in 1877, during which wear sh
scored but one victory, her fastest record tha
season -3:229-being obtained in q rae.
at Columbus, O., Oct 12 and Is, which wa.
won by Deck Wright. and it was such q re-
lnarkablc contest i'll more ways than one tha
a brief reference to 1t at this time will not bf
uninteresting. The previous week had beer
marked by sensational race at Cleveland fo,
horses of the 2:35 class, which was very un.
expectedly won by the Chicago horse Shep-
pard Boy in 2::223131, 2:251@, 2:27, Deck Wright
having been made hot fayorit before the
start by the knowing ones. But "Nosey -
Brown-now dead-had driven the little gray
horse all the season, and knew that he pos
sessed Il reserve Of speed which had never
been called upon to exhibit, and, al
| though the first heat was q lit
tie faster than even his driver thought
the gray could 60, he was not
1 SURPRISED at a. ms slesoiy' ;o5:, Inc following
week nearly the same 1leld met ut Columbus.
the onlv addition to the lot Shennar5 % pou,s
G,o,.n,s w. 49, 49,. " d 49, ~ ooppalu noS's
Cle'eIaM cN, s!ctoly n1e nlm aaVof1t at
Columbus, his own party backing him freely
in :2e, and Deck Wright the second in 90 .ss
n. +,,;s two +ho n,,,,o1ars ~ shon,a.1 81.
,os e..s '11us s.o 4,'et - ~ nneppalu ooy
| oecame eon'11lceu t1lat tne otnefs were
get even bet their money on Deck Wright in
lively style. calculating that there was notb-
;,,or T., 40 rooa o.nah1a - hoa,,.at s 40, no1
Ins n.a - ule l.ue eapaDlo ~ oeatns nlm' In
me thlfd neat however DANIEL the Prophet,
colored man, cut loose and went by the rest
of the field as if they were tied, winning the
heat in $50. Then the Sheppard Boy folks
were worse second than before, especially as
ting better every heat, and was liable to
win: He took the fourth heat in
2:29>4. In the fifth heat Daniel the
Prophet again went 6o to the front, being first
decidedly mixed, but night kindly dS1' inter. ieE
following day. in the morning ali the horses saes
game out fresh and strong, all afforts to
"arr9ngem things during the night having
sixth heat Daniel the Prophet went away at
a terrific pace, and the hearts Of the Shep-
pard Boy and Deck Wright people Waxed
faint Both these horses took after the
leader, and Wright succeeded in making
dead heat with him in 2:27. This was some
consolation, but not much, as Daniel had
two heats to his credit, while the others had
but one apiece: Things looked better after
the next heat however, as Wright won it in |
3:229155; but In the eighth heat he ). sat down'
so badly that Sheppard Boy was forced to |
take up the battle against the Prophet, |
beating him out BY head only III |
tremendous excitement, and after much
work by Sheppard Boy in the way Of carry
ing the Prophet wide on the turns, Deck |
Wright tumbled under the wire !, neck
ahead in :S2115, :Ss2115f thus bringing to close one
After tits beginning, which % was se enough E to
have tested tie endurance Of the Oldest
campaigner, Lucille was retired for the VIM
ter but came ont brilliantly in 1878, the ever
memorable series Of rades between her and
Croxie through the Central Circuit being
contests to which those who witnessed them
land Lucille won. In straight heats, her time
being o:2, 2:2514, .y:25, but q. week