New-York tribune., 1881-08-17
SPORTS OF THE TURF.
ST. LEGER DAY AT LONG BRANCH

GUST STAKES TAKEN BY MIR. .WIrHERS-SPEC ULA-
TION's HURDLE RACE.
The second regular day of the August rae
ing meeting would have drawn larger number Mon
mouth Park yesterday but for the anxiety the
President the cloudy weatherof the morning and the
fact that Hndoo wound have practical wallover for
the Jersey Ieger 'Bntevenunder these
the attendance good All the Jerseymen graf
flied by Mr.. Whcrss in the August Stakes
twoyeaolds which his good colt by Stonehenge out of
.julietta easily. Only Bona Eide appeared to com
pete with Imdoo for the valuable Jersey Leger and
she could not make him all. The handicap
given away to G. L. Lorillards Monitor the weights
Wave Light beat the favorite Bernadine, in the selling
race Warfeld being withdrawn. The gentlemen's race
cevery by Belmont Purdy Ohio Boy. Spec
uation supplied the surprising incident day by
winning the hurdle
First raceAugust Stakes for woyearods 80 each,
half forfeit and only f20 declared by January l.
1881, and $50 declared out by June l. 1881 with 800
added, the second to receive 5000 winner of stake of
the value of 81 900 carry pounds of two such
stakes pounds of three - pounds threequarters OF
mile. Starters-G. i. Lorlard's hily Mcmento, by
VirgilUrica az pounds, ridden by Costco) and colt
Rambler by Pat Sialoy-Cora 10, UraD; Pierre Lor-
lards geldng Wyoming O7, Shauer; Wherss unnamed
/ colt by Stonehenge-Julietta Q15 DOnohue); Dwycr
Brothers colt OnOndsa, by Leamington-Snsan Beane
Q22, Mclau ghlm aud Belmont's colt Bandit by the Ill
Used-FeuccaN 0Evans) oddly enough, though George
Lorilards entries sold first in the auctiOn pools, Onon
daga the avore in the books and the Wthers colt
in te French pools. Almost every jersey MIN on the
grounds hal "A French pool ticket on the Stonchenge
colt. Mr. Withers's stable is dcservcdly pop
uar everywhere because is is managed advance the
best interests of the turf ana betting purposes
and is especially popular IN NewJersey. because his
farm is in that state. Iii the auction pools c. L. Lor
larls entries brought $25. Wyoming 800, the Whers
colt $50, Onondaga $50, aud Bandit $25 BooksOnon-
daga to =. Mcmcnto to Wyoming to l. the Withcrs
colt to =, Bandit to 1, and Rambler 10 to /. The
start quick and soo Memento led for few strides,
and then Wither, colt the inside. got "A slight
f~i
third. After running furong the Withers colt
almost length in front, Memento second.
! Wyoming third, and Onondaga fourth. In the
next furlOng Onondaga made burst OF speed.
and ut the halfmile post only hafa length behind
the Whcrs colt and neck before Memento with wyo-
ming fourth. All through the next quarter the wthcrs
colt held his lead of length with Onond second Me-
mento at his shoulders and Wyoming fourth.
In the homestr,tch Wyoming up hut
| could only get second place, the Withcrs colt win
ming by two lengths, Wyoming second, a neck
hcforc opondaga third. Mcmcnto fourth, length and a
half behind Ouondaga, Bandit ifth. and Rambler last
The htth and sixth had those places all the way ana
11o ti n!, LA or, =, , ~ @ np & 1ao t 40
Withcrs colt with 10 ponuds. lie had only three
times before heating Onoudaga after close finish III the
appearance likely to he heard of hereafter. The
pri5c was worth $500. Mutual pool tickets paid
second raeeersey s. Leger g or threeyearolds $50
e@iyt 366 winner Of ,hrceyc%d sES o' To- CO cary r
ao%% E"d roH65 % tw9 wSs T@gr ba ana m n&dr ons
be a vais-,,cr ior HinIoo but a few minutes be.
would stari. star,ers-Dwyer l'rohcrs' colt IIindoo
hy h4y,u,N ,NT6Gn- Florlne n23 bounds, McI@nshlin aud
nO7, shaucp There was nn betting. Mclaugh-
and ai"eed Bona Eide To lead up to thc ia.t quarter
ilmdoo rushed hy hrr IN the homesrct,h, si under u
of th pr3z VIZ , & 10 'ou ''s'"' III '' i' '''u'
Third l9ee-irrc sandlc"p sTespstakcss for all ages,
n h Mn6i:r %it; ssryrsTG' En- ~, T. @5d horards sS.
Norris colt PTiam q, o., ouleN); r Louuard's
rsns hihs ~ ma ar @ H nnanG LaDcGchs coi va
EugIuS' g nI ~ Trr"S2 nI1'fh % MAR Una" o. -,
OiiNu, IT. was ,i"a1lnt ana humorous handicap. II
Monitor nad. Poos-Monitor $500, Pnnm sl3o. siy
Dance $40, the "i'4orT colt Sl0u,Nentrioquia $40,
ana ana tLg 4y.d e1o 9o~scrAloniior g. to TO- rTGl~'
@qnst 20 t. /, Una 70 10 l. and Judge Murray 30 10 l.
yitHnr dit 5%n,{ ] i,t , oi s'ir1 w,7 lra; inc
m h 1,"n ~" % 'GnEl ~ t tue qn1rter ltnEth al tue
Monitor took first place wnont Serious o ,on. rd
won oJ thsth In = l. Frain wa, second bY quar-
ter engih before Sly Dance third, she length before
me Whgr: GoiL fourth Lna hL'h, ycntrIoguist sixth,
Fourth Hce-pue mi.e aud an eighth, '"r u purse of
5000, seiLns aliow"ncesi Warhcid was withdrawn.
foniSBcrmaInc Sl"o Wy '''n"'ing g; % Vnar)'
Bernadme To 10. wave % Ltght even The t,yo ran
closely up 10 the haliHe post, wave Light only Lead
aud Wave Light Kept 90 IL The end win biz lead,
winning IN canter 10y four lrugths III 2;O2a Oiiarit
V'iIara has been ruled of Brehto% Hcach ch' for
sence of any proof and the claim was not sustained
Giaker Bernatiine's owner, bought Wave . Light for
F'o1 ahd may now be congratulaj ed the possession
OF two OF hc worst thoroughbreds in the country Mi-
tua pools, 81 20.
Ffth race seaside Stakes, handicap sweepstakes for
sehfneh rid'rsS each play or pay, with $500 added,
SrteTSa sabes selns DaIa%are IgS @ q yenrs, ils
ia no P9SHnd'' SSa r Arthur Hupter Ackernans geld
81 James horSe odd BELOW lased l5o Mr. st. JSm. HS !,
WING %MihjetS mere 4nreole o. 40, Mr.. Nood, somcr-
yliifs my swce Home g. 1872 Mr. ClaremonD Crool'
thlero! but Withdrawn. POols-Dclawarc $500 Ohio
Boy $l50 Odd Fellow $50, Wakefield SO, neld SIS
to laureole to l, Wakefield 10 l. sweet Home 10
To luroole got away first with Delaware close sec.
lengths before Wakefield Toward the the second
quarter Delaware got lead OF II neck, with Laureo.e
ID the last quarter and Belmont Purly bfough no Eoy
up Win rush. winning the by three lengths in
sweet Home fonrtl lengths behind IrIrroie D"l
ware NTH ana odd Fellow last. Mr.. James got away
) lurdy rode with much patience aud skin. Mr. Hunter
rode well enough but Delaware could keep up The
Sxtn race-liandicap hurdle race for purse of $500
99nU, 10 IHe second; one ana hat miles, over ok
las pounds; Pleasantly, Sire" sbury stables mare Bertha
g., l53; lttel, Cattauach's gedlng uighlanI Fnmg tj
geng Frank Short 8, iso; MorrS, re'' Pools Pools
ed 500 ooksHBcrt6a to 8 srysnmns sysnii1op a. sio9
specnialion TO l, Highland Fling & to l. Frank
ing several starts and acting in Ills din6oca AZ
was eft at the post After time he forced To- run
anu iolloWed the others around furlong them
Speculation was first away Strychniuc second irt hs
rd. @ Bertha ana speculation contested III the
Speculation second, Srychpne third. the ne .t urr
a ser Dera % iaed 10 Keep u the pace, and Speculation
Increased his advantage to two lengths
@ Bertha was doing badl, and already getting i,
whip Stycbnine closed up Speculation i'm Il,r mir,
quarter OF the last me bur could get nearer than
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