New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15
OPEN-AIR SPORTS.
RACING AND RTFLE-SHOOTING.

| turf Both at Long Branch ana saratoga Tacfs
| of high class took place. and at each
pace racer who had been thought to be
invincible was defeated. Hlndoo was beaten by
| Crickmore at Saratoga and Spnaway by
Barrett at Long Branch. In the latter race
the time was officially announced as lila.
| the fastest on record for three-quarters of mile.
| but there was undoubtedly mistake in the timing.
Ferncliffe won the jersey ST. Leger.
Five out of six favOrites failed at
Long Branch The winners Fern
cliff. Barrett One Dime. Belle of the West the
Virgrl-Bunder filly, and Ventilator. At Saratoga,
| Crickmore, Turfman, Oriole and Waller won
| At Creedmoor yesterday a team of American rifle
men beat one from Canada
ABAD DAY FOR GEORGE l.. LORILLARD.
| HIS sPINAwAY. GRENADA. FER:DA, ANNIE AUGUSTA
AND ToPsY ALL BEATEN-BRuLIANT RACING
AT LONG BRANCH.
The second summer racing meeting at Non
| mouth Park Loag Brancn. opened yesterday With
excellent contests and with attendance that was ooi in
Numbers aud fine IN qualify The Long Branch hotels
and cottages represented by their iairest occu
pants. and he summer toilets were dazzling spinawny
was beaten. That the great racing event OF
the day. as il has been tue general impression
that nothing Of her age tho East could
run witn her, even when she carried do@en more
noun than ans Of her rivals. She had 10 yield yesfr-
day cot tlat had not been thought much " O"t
was only after desperate struggle. the time was
! given officially A. 1:lI-the best on record ~
| a second-but there universal suspicion
! that something WAS the matter with the
| timers Watches Spectators with stopwatchcs
made The time over a second slower. Long Branch has
ALWAYS been considered track, bur II The records
OF Yesterday are when Is wholly incredibly 10
must bcuccforrh rank Tho fastest IN the
/ United states. Al rat. it VIII be
! very lard to hud course on WHEN Barrett
can cover thrcequarcrs mi.c in Ill or even l:l5
again with 10 pounds his hack There j. evidently
desire 20 give the place great reputation TOR speed
singular feature OF the day was The unbroken series o
| reverscs 10 G.. J.. Inriilard's stable Ii was
| represented i've out OF six races, ana dd
| NOT secure single victory-something un-
nrecedentcd in its history. Up to yesterday tue stable
had always been con ,iered the lucke,t and
ces--nl IN me country. ono swallow does not make
summer aud days defeats VIII not rul- the repdta
ton Of IVES brook. FIVE OF fyorltes were un
.uccesslu and racing experts generally returned home
| with suinbre faces and slender purses,
Tue jersey - Leger % miles for three years-olis.
was reduced to "a matcH between two famous colts. c.
l. Iorillaca's Grenada, by King AfonsoMatuc Gross,
and Babco-k's Fernclifr By Leanmgton-Nelie Ransom
ont of fortvtwO entries ~ $50 each play or pay with
81 200 added 5000 going 10 the second, only these To
ran; there WAS great interest IN tie contest
! because the question of superiority was
| "A one GlrNddh nat nralcH ftIhc INC li tn'
Belmont Lorard and Trayers stakes and been beaten
bv HIM ~ the hers and Jersey Derby. Grenada was
the favorite AT 500 500 Eacn carried 1913 pounds
! including five pounds Beuaty for previous victories
! The two were never length apart until the very end.
| and most OF tue time the distance between
| them was not more than quarter length.
Consequently the attention was most eager and the
excitement great throughout the run. Grenada made
the mace and kcpta very slight lead OF the time,
not more than Il neck up 10 the last quarter. There
Fcrncre was up even. and for furlong they fought
every siude, neither gaining. Then Hughes
| lasncd Grenada the stablcboys yelled, aud
the race was over Then touched by the whip Fernclhe
strobe III at length and half before Grenada
I'm 300 This seemed prove that at least me
Long Branch track Frrncfe is better colt than Gren
ada for latter appeared to be IN good condition
| Mutual tickets paid $40 So.
The second race remarkable for two things. The
bcst time on record beaten, and G.. L. Lorilards
splendid fly spnaway suffered defeat for the first Time
Five ran out OF thirty entered for the August
Stakes three-quarter OF mile for twOyearolds $50
each play pay, with 200 added the second % get
$3.50 There allowances and penalties, and Spin
away carried 10 pounds. her stable companion the
colt Is azes having 10. Pierre LOuard's colt Barrett
| 10. WIthrrs's KING Alfonso Lily Duke colt lO7, and
Bemonts colt Adebert lO4 Ia the pools O.. l.. Lorll-
lard entries brought $3.50 Barrett SjO,and the others
in the field $50 Barrett long delayed the start by bad
| TEMPER When the flag fell, however, he was already
running at full speed and at once took commanding
cad. with Blaz.s second and spinaway last. so
| they ran for two furongs. when Bazes lost
Ground and spinaway up catch the flying Bar
rett. Barrett showed unexpected speed and kept
bis Lead BY great effort Spnaway overlook MN haf
a fnrlong from the line, hut the crushing difference IN
weight told. Evans Barrett and Hughes on spino-
| WAY were both Whipping. and the result was doubt
| ful No 10 the last few strides. Favored by
| the weight Barrett made splendid rally
lust at the finsh and by neck In what the official
timers (bu nobody else SAID was IL Ihat Tue fastest
time on record for threequarters OF mIe -houId De
| Observation-Disclosures the Long branch track, Sncn Is
and and rat Gr III" III should be made-oricaIIy-
colt like Barrett, that mad had n,s before ore
most surprising racing events OF the season spnaway
| was beaten, but not disgraced The weight was too
much for her the pace which Barrett went although
sne twice won IN July with number OF pounds
n ner back Barrett all at leaps into PROMISE as
aet % sTc wreck e@r OF him a. eTen WEIGHTS
She looked finer and filter in her fe and though
sne was CONQUERED running Barrett To neck ll4
With II IDS. the the weights was really mag
nineent performance Mutual pool tcEet' On Brest
| Ieaoard w J.rome's colt One Dime "A years. 116
ponndsjwas an cay victor the hIrd race, handicap
sweep-ske OF $50 eachwitn 5000 added, the second TO
yet $3.50. distance liz miles. Mr. Jerome's success
wa, received cordially. IL was his nrst
victory his recent return to the turi and the
in Xaierica as Mr.. Jerome has done will always 6e
popular One Dime 6ro1ght 500 ~ me pools TO soo
| riss colt @. l.. Lombard. formerly siartle a, 100.
| one D!me waited ana Won" He lay back "hle
| Ferjda and G. L. LIrillard raced for mile and then
gradually gained In the nnal furlODg he had matters
| all his own way ana won ny three lengths
| in 90 Ferida second and g. l.. Lorillard
| third A weil-known h0tslkeeper IN New-fork, who
Is Reported TO have great at Saratoga p1rtei
I'M some Of his gains IN this he backed c. L.
Lorril ard freely. Mutual pool tickets paid $40 80
| There were tour The selling race OF one mile for
pursr of $500: G.. L. Lori lard's illy Annie Augusta
"a wears 100 pounds Mulkey's FLY Belle OF the West
| "a years pI pounds), Cottrills ge.ding Mammonist
q years 100 pounds), and TaylOrs colt Patrican %
years go pounds Annie Augusta was the favorite but
/ I'm
| of the West winning in the last time or l43i2.
Msmnonist third aud Patrican last Patrcian. IN
Sact Was never i'm the race II. was ridden by "A ouby
locker named Brennan who mad not the slightest con
| troll OF HIN. Mutual pool tickets paid S3o 40 The win
| Der not sold.
| On the fourth race the betting was lively Il was
Of a mile for twO-yenr-ods with allow
| anc.s l. InIilIarda entries. the geld ng cir Hugh