New-York tribune., 1880-06-27
kACING AND OTHER SPORTS.

RACING AND OTHER SPORTS.
EXCITING CONTESTS AT coNEY. ISLAND.
luxs SIAcKBuRN FALLS IN 4 RAcE-aLssAonA
DsyEXTs uNcAs AYrER SPLENDID sInoos. ,.s
an INCOMPETENT sTARTER--THE sTEEPLEcHAsE
NOV nv xATrR p--INTKRxsTISa RIyAIaY AT
roro AND LACR0seEs
The naeetinr Of the Coney Island Jockey
Club was closed yesterday with an atteno-
ance running we'll np in the thousands
frha areet crowd caused delay to transporta-
tioo e Bay Ridge, and hence many OF those
VINO went down did not see tne nise
race. much to their disgust. A singular incioen'
- tha aay was the fall Of the
notsd race-horse Luke Blackburn IN
!. raee ,u which much money had been waeered on
his success Gcnmore defeated Uncas after aspienoid
contest for the Strrup Cup The other winners weio
Spark, Milan and Katie r. Colonei srninons'
the starter, showed himself incompetent ior
the position, as he has done on pic'i'u.
days. The closing games OF the SEASON. @'
nolo md lacrosse were given on the poio
GROUNDS in this city. The playing was picturesque
and interesting, but the excessive heat made the
number OF spectators small.
RRIrI,IANT CLOSE OF A FINE MEETING.
couasE OF THE CoNEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB
--s,.oaT. DUKE OF MoNTRosE, MILAN. GLENhoRE
t AND KATIE p. THE WINNERS.
$ The brilliant opening meeting of the Coney
Island Jockey Club on Its new couiSo i"
sbeeushead Bay, closed brilliantly yeseeroay'
IL may wep be doubted II any RACING aSsooia
on on this side OF Atlantic ever had so large anu
fashionable attendance and 30 excens"' su'ns nns
at tnc starting OF new track. This ciuo mas
ca,rtea ant it's plans with so much energy
prompncss liberality and good Judgment that IL mas
commended Itself and it's work to al Glasses OF peoPe
IN and about New-York that ever go 10 face-oo"i'e
frou the fncn whose waking Thoughts ana dreams arc
nike full OF records and pediriees to the iadies
ray Hill who only think OF racing as an occasion
AHA dyersjou and don't son OF Lexington nob'a
carriage horse There has been only one oiot on Tue
fair first page of the Coney Island Jockey CuoS anna"
st sheepshead Boy. This mas oeen s"e
lrooppeteuce of the starter. Colonel Simmons Coone
s the president Of the Louisiana Jockey CLUB
: nud no doubt very estmable gentleman Mt home ana
"a rreat many people who have seen the starts
i he has made wish he w"nd go home' ms
intentions are good beyond question: but the race raeA
,,st he paved with them since they rarely result III
pood performance. The post oil starter us
h.rd end tbankless one, and due allow
spee should be made, but 10 allowance
exeuse such execrable starts Colonel Simmons has
re at Jerome Park and Coney Island in snort races
m which the start allimportsnt Yesterday one oi
The most glazing examples OF these "retcheu
peared In the drst run OF the day.
Banter had more hackers both In the auction anu
French poos than any other OF the six that
ran five fuIlongs for purse Oh @IVV ioi
two-year-oids, beaten horses having allowances
These hackers were Intensely dsgused at the niseFaoe
ptar given tile Batter being last by several engtns
T'be six with their RANK In the pools were as
s so,ows: Buruham's colt Banter uO5 poundsl.
B75, Pierre Loriifard's fly Spark lo2) 800
), August Belmonts ally FilIette t107 pounds) and the
ucid $40. Tue three In the field were u. L. AoSii-
.ardo Ally Topsy tI07 pounds)-his colt bases Dc
n,a withdrawn; Perry Belmout's hhy Ada QO7
couuds), and witherss Glenelg-La Polka colt 200
poundsl After few breakaways Colonel Sim
,,ons apparently lost all regard for fairness,
nd sent the six ON tber short swift Journey on the
nos. uneven terms, Fette bcngiu 'front.' Ada second.
shark third Topsy fourth, the Wthers colt poor nfth
and Banter tho rear Flette led up TO tne ias' quar-
ar with Ads second and Spark third Then came some
amid changes Spark gained fast and Fnette lost
vround il was soon plain that either Ada or Spark
would snatch the victory. Spark got 1t by head a'er
Nne run. IN 1:O3ia Ada second. The Withers colt
ian rooS Se aSrd wq Bses fourth lete hfh aud Banter
@ Banter never able 70 make up me noos nSs.
hoaeS second chSice 81 IN the auction pools and French
paid es 90 fSr S We're over the
st race they were really n the SECOND
ss sSrree Dsysr Brothers splendid colt Lake Blackburn
r assr San furIong and ali the money wagered him
Fails 10 mn sdss sS sSe
dent sge noted horse as Luke sSsS s 2ar
IN H ses fo} }RSps with
though lake Blaohburn was steady fayoTite ytSa1e
Duke he 81 s.a Nsne1Sse sno%s himself colt Of si!
BY the =, , %rs Of tne aa race Ss nnc witt
bsss sss SS 1Yns ao baEe
$a.rs WERE ss1ss ss in *ilS @ S ais
:: Ssr. very 1y dIrSa
gedins 105) and u9nters geldsng kngerait pno
@ %as van ,5,uS Lnse ,5n BacaS%5, a,Ss1
,SSs .sSSr ca. phil rst As time 'sss
,ass nSw haSns Mal eOm%snans cE9ashiD who VA
Who is:yy sSs sSt I. va.saf. vat: de-
apa fen asss yyIS as a s0pSI s OF a
seemed %sns A1i little strained by mis- fan, but n,
sS%s psry A. sa ia. oSSsS oSSslsn who
iouled him. but no action was taken BY tss Judges un
bass Hs ta' a MSafes 1SSSss'
10 any ns rest and kept o. long ssyors lsad r0S. Tt
sSs ssss. sssep psa sfs third AM
pslss psrss 500 Jane: Ksy horse Mso
s Isrds fy Annie Augusta "a years. e5 pSnnds) sl2t
mntey's horse VirSinius (agd, l0S pounds
Zoo Fstns's colt startle "a years. 81 poupdsl $685. or
the ncld, consisting Of Duffys geding n 7: Weekly
sesrs iI7 p0unds) and Chase's Oily Lillian "A years,
,ySnnds, S45. The running was fast and furious
ESarlcy Gorham. in his usual STYLE showed the way
r,"mniiy taking the first place. with Milan at hi
hseis' These two ran rst aud second for nearly mill
Sns from the half mile post Milan reduced Gorham n
bome.stre,ch sa with his head,in front of MisI iI
s ssa shin Il seemed then extremely, probable tina
ss~rSsfn would win, but Milan ran better under IN
who and Gorham soon showed that lie was tired. w
ui,,s made ane burst of speed and dashng up on Oh
ssnistde. passed Gorham, aud made hard rae
lin ftian Milan took the prlze Jy quarter length
vissti,us second, Gorham third, length behind VI
enius, tho rest strung along. Inc Time was eeI
rfaead N f,aa aatd fnr0