National Republican., 1880-06-01
TR0TTERS AT IVY CITY.
First Day of the Races at the Ma
tional Fair Grounds.
Two line Races Won in Each Case by the
Fav'rites-UnolaIaH Has "a Hanlan walk
oNcr In the 2.d0 Race--A Sharp
Contest in tho 226 Race
Five Hca's sTrotted-The
Race Wonby Taylor.
opeung Day of the rrottlng Meeting.

openng Day of the Trotting Meeting.
The slring trotting meeting of the National |
Fair association was opened yesterday at tho |
track at Ivy City. The attendance, though |
not so layc as Oh any day during the recent
running Meeting, was large enough 10 Justify |
the belietthat the meeting will be very sue.
cessful. :. band was present and entertained
the spectators between heats. Another new
feature was game introduced on the quar-
ter stretch, The game Is sort of
n combination Of roulette hazard aud
the 'spinnng jenny" The fortunes of those
who invest their quarters or halves depend,
as in the case of the spinning jenny" upon
the turn of the WHEEL. The managers of the
institution called q 'chuck" wheel. The
monotonous and of.repeated cry of the man at
the wheel, Two OF the black" with the little
stacks of silver o1 the tables indicated that
business was prosperous. Tho crowds centred
about the "chuck' wheel, and business about
the poo-hoxes wis very dull indeed. There
were two events OF the card for the day. Tho
track was in the lbst condition. The judges
were Colonel Hay, II Philadelphia; Judge II.
H. Blackburn aud Mr. u. C. Cburclman, with
j. H. Morrow as distance judge.
THE HfRsr RACE,
which was the most hotly contested, was for
the 2:26 class The ,nries were: : Belle Oak
ley, Bay Fanny, Uailcs c. Stonewall, Phil
Dougherty, Lyman. May aud Taylor. Bay
Fanny, Charles G. and Stonewal did not
start TAYLOR was IA invorite by good odds.
The first heat was yry close aud pretty. May
took lead at the skrt, but broke badly at the
turn, throwing LJnun and Taylor to the
front. May having recovered her feet, caught
up TO the two horscA in front of her and down
the back stretch I'd the third quarter where
May broke again, Loving Lyman and Taylor
| to struggle for the fist place. Taylor won the
heat by q neck, With Lyman second, May
third, Phil DougherS fourth, and Belle Oak
Icy fifth. Time, 2;@&. Taylor tickets on the
heat paid Sl760
Tho second heat fas one of tho prettiest
ever trotted. After hucb time spent in scor.
| ing, u start was mad with Lyman aud May
in front. Lyman lt9t the lead around to the
half-mile pole, MayImeanwhie having lost
second place to Belle Oakley, with Taylor
fourth and Doughty last. at the third
quarter tho four fist horses were bunchud
with Doughcrty still far behind. The pretty
part of tie race tho came, down the home.
stretch. The four prses trotted at an even
pace with their uoss on line, which re-
mained unbrokcn uAtil they shot under the
wire, when May slowed up about q neck
ahead. May was sci back for running and
the horses were bulitined at the post as fol.
lows: Belle Oakley fist, Lyman second, May
third, Taylor fourth AID Phil Dougherty fifth.
Time, 2:25l. Mutual pool tickets on Belle
Oakley, who sold in to field, paid $2375.
The third heat appcNred to be Lyman's up
to the haf-milc, the cher horses struggling
behind. Before reacGng the third quarter
tho horses were all welbunched, except Belle
Oakley, who dropped og behind having cast \
shoe. Down the home stretch there was a
scramble for the lead, am May won it, cross.
ing the line n full length ahead of Lyman,
who was second, with Dougherty third and
Taylor fourth The time was 2:2S. The
judges set May back a.ain on account of rum
ming, and posted the lnrses in tho following
order: Lyman first, lay second, Dougherty
third, Taylor fourth md Belle Oakley fifth.
This decision was dislutsd by most of the
spectators, who held tlat May was unfairly
treated, having done 10 more running than
tho other horses. Lyman was in the field, and
paid $14.25.
Pool buyers were glea6y confused before
the horses were called fer dc fourth heat. The
first half of the heat was similar to its prede-
cessors, Lyman getting d fne lead. Belle
Oakley, however, drew gradually to the front,
but did not hold it lolg, us the horses were
punched at the third quarter, aud there was u
tight race down the hone stretch. The horses
came home in tho following order: Taylor,
Lyman, May, Phil DDusherty and Belle
Oakley. Time, 2:2Sl. lht winner paid $3.50
in the mutual pools.
Taylor secured good bad at the start for
the fifth heat and held Is al the way around
though 1T was hotly disputed at times by
Lyman and Belle. As in tie other heats the
horses were almost on an even line at tho
third quarter, though TaYlIr had slight ad.
vantage, and the most interesting part of the
heat was the home stretch, Taylor won the
heat and the race i'll 2:27I. Mutual pools FOL
the race paid $3.50.
At the close of the race tie judges fined the
owners OF Bay Fanny, Charles q. aud Stone
wall S. each for not havingigivng notice that
their horses would not start
THE SECOND RACE
was for the 2:4O class. TIN entries were Bay
Chieftain, Time Enough, LiZ, Neptune, Belle
of Montreal, Unolala, LadyUptou and Ieph
The starters were Lsra, Bell, of Montreal, Uu
olala aud Zeph. The Bellaof Montreal wa,
distanccd in tho first heat, much to the sur
prise of many. 1t was fOuId upon nvcstiga
iion that she was in very bad condition. Uno
lala was such tavortc, oa account of her re
cent performances in Philadelphia that few
persons were fOOlhardy enough to bet against
her.
/, The feature of the first HEAT was a pretty
race between UnOlala and Lar2, though Il
WAS evident that the GOidsit ith mare coull
oulfoot her adversary The Belle of Montrea
got The advantage ut the start, but went Of
her feet at the first turn, hllug far behind
where she remained during the rest Of tn,
heat Lurz took her place at tho front, Will
Zcph secoud aud Unolalu trottng loisurely in
tho third place. At the first quarter Unoluli
was trottng beside Zeph. before reaching
the half pole UuOlala overlook Larz, uut
Zeph was full six lengths behind, Lara aut
, Unolnla trotted side by side until within l0i
yards of the finish, when Unuala stepped gu
in front aud won tho heat by two lengths
Taiz breaking badly just befon going over th(
line. Zcph secured third place. aud the Bell,
was distanced. Tho time OF the heat wa
2:3sl. Tho pool tickets on Unoala for TIN
; heat against the field paid $500.
, When Uuolala Zoph and LaH came to tn,
scratch for the second heat II seemed to be
foregono conclusion that UnOlala was to win
and no ono could bo found to invest in til
pools on tho field against her, The heat wa
, almost "a repetition of the first, only Unolal
made shorter work of her sdyorsaries. Lar
got away first and held good lead almost al
, the way to the half mile, where UuOlala over
took him and gradually drew ahead. AT til
. third quarter UnOala led Larz by a length
with Zeph three lengths behind. Unolala I'M
proved her lead on the home stretch Lar
breaking badly, gave Heph third place, an
, In this order the horses passed under the wir,
i Unolala winning tho heat in 2;ll. The mutus
, pools paid $500
In the third and closing heat Larz took
good lead, but broke badly before the tint
falling behind, leaving the lead TO be dispute
Iby Uuoala and Zoph, Unolala, as expected
, soon took tho load and won tho heat and th
, race easly IN 2l7, with Zeph second and LaI
third. Unoala tickets paid $3.50 on the rae
Tho owners Of Bay ChieftOin, Time Enoug
and Lady Upton were fined for not giym