Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-23
THE RACES.

1
! The Park was a scene of great animation
and brilliancy yesterday as the bell sounded
for the first race. The grand and specia
stands, enriched and glowing with the varie
gated colors of the costumes of the ladiel
and children, made a brilliant picture, Will,
in the inclosure there were a dense mass O
equipages, with horsemen following tn,
steeds or scudding across the sward to catch
them on the homestretch. The programme
was not q very lengthy one, but comprised
two races, in which were entered some first.
class trotters, on the merits of which the
sporting community were greatly at variance,
and as such a state of affairs leads to specula-
tion, the pooling was very heavy during the
day.
The first race was for the 2:25 class, for a
purse Of 81, 600. in which there were nine en-
tries, of which only four made their appear
ance at the start, namely, Elaine. Gibraltar,
Reliance and Echora. Elaine, on the strength
of her Eastern reputation, she having made
o heat in her 6ve-year old form in 2:24f, then
the fastest time on record, was made a favorite
at S120 against $50 for Echora, SIS for
Gibraltar and SO for the two others, and the
pools would probably have been seld with
Elaine left out, had not the very knowing
ones had an inkling that she might be worsted
through a strained tendon on her off hind leg,
that is said to show feverish symptoms after
hard heat or two. OF real race there was
really no appearance, Marvin holding his
pretty mare well in hand. and acting on Tai
leyrand's maxim, Especially no zeal,p he
let her trot with her splendid gait, and was
never headed throughout the race. In the
first heat Reliance was only length behind
har OF tho holf. rniIa hut GihraIfar
who had made poor break at the
first turn, came up very fast in the home,
stretch and secured second honors Echors
being last. The time, 2:211, was received with
q great deal of enthusiasm. The betting was
noweven, except with those lunatics who take
losing odds in the chance of the favorite being
overtaken with fit or with the thumps, as
was the case with Clay on Tuesday, and
Elaine was again in jog, Gibraltar being a
poor second and Echora third in 2:2211, and
then in the final heat she sailed to the
front, and this time it was Echora
that secured second honors, Gibraltar
occupying the third position. Time, 2:A.
This victory of the Palo Alto stable elected
much enthusiasm, and its owner, Ex-Governor
Stanford, when he was presented with the
gold cup by the Association, was received
with rounds of applause.
SUMMARY.
AaRIcuLrrRAL PARK CoURsE, SACRAMENTO, Septem-
ber 90, 1880 Trotting-2:25 class Purse. 81, 200.
First horse, two thirds; second, two-thirds re.
mainder; third, the balance.
II. r Covey names l.. StanfOrds b. m
Elaine by Messenger, dam Green Noun
tain Maid by Henry Clay. / !
n. Salisbury namesb. $. Gibraltar by Echo,
dam unknown ....................2 3
L. H Titus names br. m. Echora by Echo,
dam the Young Mare ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
James NJ. Learned names b. h. Reliance by
Alexander, dam Maud by Mambrino Rat
Time-2:2ll, 2:22s. 2:s4.
Then Occident-that celebrity of California
was speeded to buggy, and hearing the
cheers that greeted him, the old war-horse
shook his name and showed by his splendid
gait that, although well laden with years, he
had lost none of that courage that had gained
him well-earned laurels on the same track.
The next race was for year-olds and
under, in which, of the thirteen entries, there
were Annie Laurie, Button, Honesty, Belle
Echo, Len Rose and Glencora, of which the
two first were equal favorites in the
in the field at $40. Now it was well known
that Annie had beaten Button last week in
Oakland, but there were many who backed
the latter on his really stanch qualities against
the well-known fieetness of the mare, and as
it turned out, their faith was rewarded by q
handsome running. The gong was sounded
to bad start, Annie Laurie being in a
full gallop and it was full hundred yards
before she could be brought to her gait, But
ton in the mean time taking the lead and hold
ing it to the finish, with Annie second
through injudicious driving, and the others
pulling up. Time. 2:344. In the second
the others combined. The driver Of Button,
this time, was caught mapping, and although
he had an advantage of nearly eighty yards,
through bad break made by Annie at the
back stretch, she beat him out in splendid
style in 2:30, by neck, with Belle Echo q
good third. All the betting was now re-
versed, and Annie was looked on as certain
winner at two to one against all the Others,
no one thinking how terribly the previous ex-
ertion must have told upon her, and she
getting badly off her feet. Button had all
the honors to himself in the fast time
of 2:29, with Belle Echo poor second. Now
it was all Buttons, but the mare would not
relinquish the race without gallant strug-
gle, and making again two bad breaks and q
skip, in which she was not so speedily held In
hand as the rules require, she came up with
rush and beat Button out by length, and
in consequence it was declared dead heat
in 2:305, the time of the second horse, Belle
Echo being good third. The decision was re-
we'd mot with mlrmurS OF 0lScOnrent only,
brt u,;th sI;ghting remarks az tn the animus of
~ :.I.s. ,,,o,-a,,,a,,t tb,t ,yas a. once
ehe Juuse'' W D:SI w
instantly squeicned py tne Tres,oeht,
Mr.. Larue, calling on the gentlemen
in front of the stand to point out the offend
ors on that thev shouid he at once elected
from, the track This 6rmness was in eycaI.
49, - 80 ouo 'A 1-.--. III -. -SS.-.
ieht Iorh, anu OBSERVES an creois, tor ho gen,
tiemen can possibly De found TO act as Judges
il they are to be tainted by every man
who happens to have lost on the race The
pras;dent IN the Last heat calIed nm Dona thar
-. - e -: - ~ e - = -"t
sho uilser oi <Ainio r1u.ie, VIM was sinarS v
Ing under nus quasi oeieat IN the previous neat,
and told him that he would distance
Annie Laurie If she INDUCED in such running
as in the previous heat. and on a disrespect.
full rejoinder, Jonathan was fined $40, and
then, darkness fast approaching, the horses
were dispatched to bad start, the outside
horse being lengths behind. Annie Laurie
went all to pieces with succession OF breaks,
and Sutton won as he liked IN 2:So, with
Len Rose second and Annie last-bsaten, but
not disgraced.
SUMMARY.
AenIcuLrURAL PARK, SACRAMENTO, September p,
lsso.-Frotting-Three years old or under class
@ 70 aEcopany t nat. a., ad ~ the f.;r II