National Republican., 1881-11-18
AT THE RACE TRACK.
A GOOD DAY AND VERY FINE SPORT.
Flower OF kildare, Frankie b., Checkmste, Sweet
Home, and Lord George the Winners
Big Money In the Pool. Boxes
Six Races for To-Day.

A better day than yesterday for run
ming rOces could hardly have been looked for by
the ost ustidous patron OF the turf and lighter,
SIN oother track than that at the fair grounds could
not have been had. The results of good weather,
a good track, and good field of horses were seen
in some of the best racing events that have been
witnessed this season, contributing largely 10 the
success Of the present meeting. The character OF
the sport furnished on the first two days Of the |
meeting and the balmy weather Of yesterday |
drew out an increased attendance made up not |
only from sporting men and professional horse
men, but from the best people OF the city, among |
them
LARGE NUMBER OF LADIES.
The course taken by the association yesterday |
in refusing admission to the stand to females of
notorouSly loose character, though too late to |
allectthe attendance ut this meeting, will have
good effect In securing the patronage Of respect |
able people, ladies especially at future meetings
The exciting nature Of the contests yesterday, ns
m light have been expected, brought about differ
cnce Of opinion between the judges and parties
interested In the poOl.boSes, but the rulings were
strictly impartial throughout although Mt one time
popular Clamor was against the Judges and feeling
ran high. OF the days events it may be said
there was not tame race among them.
winner have anything approaching walk over,
u was decidedly against the fuyoritcs all day. nnd
klDNllg OltS came NOME plutkttl, llOl nOTSe
on which odds had been laid having won during
the day.
TIE FIRST EvENT
was three. quarter mile dash for all ages for
purse ofS50 For this there were eight entries, as
follows:
G; II. Pgungin's lhrecyear.old Big Tonawanda, by
a. shechans Ihree-y ycarold b. h. Combat, by Lever,
IT, shoas three .ycar,oid b. h. Duke of Kent by Bon.
ME scotland dam Fanny Barrow
T. NJ; LAYS thrcc.year.od b. h. Pilgrim age by Pill
L. ]. Toncii's three ycar.old b. f. Flower of Kildare
n; II. DuTy's three ycnrold b. g. Jim Vandervier
by, iBuck9cn, dam Ascension, ,,..,.,... -.
II Mcllan'cl,s hve.ycnr.old b. h. Honduras, by
s. /. Longs 6yeyear.old b. m. Utto, by Pmllco,
| dam Young Uta.
Tonawanda was withdrawn few minutes be.
fore the start, having gone lame. lie had sold
pretty high in the pools and the announcement of
Withdrawal caused some disappointment among
| his hackers. sample pool taken II few moments
before the start give the following sales; Pil-
| grimagc, 500; Duke of Kent, 500; Nandervicr,
| $40; Flower of Kildare, $40; field, $40.
| TIE RACE WAS RATTLING ONE.
There some delay at the start, the horses scor
ing several times before they got away, which they
| did with Pilgrimage in the lead and the others
punched at his heels. was n0bOdy's race until
stretch The entire field came with a rush like
| whrlwind, every rider but KildaTes flying whip
and spur, and when ffty, yards from the stand
| winning the race by neck In l:2l. summary
Dash three. .quartersofa mile for oil ages; welter
| weights; purse, Sl50-
Flower of Kildare
Pilgilmgge.
| Time, l:2l.
| On this race Paris mutuals paid Sl0s70.
THE SECOND RACE
was dash Of three quarters of mile for all ages,
being In fact the same race us the preceding the
number Of entries requiring the race to be divided
| The entries were:
u. ColaEzis threc-year-old gr. Spark, by Leaning
ii. Wcichs two yoar.old ch g. Gladstone, by Glen
x. Burnnlm 4 SONS twoycar.od b. &. Frankie h.
| by Monarchist, dam Alala
| NJ. j. Ddys Ihrec-year-Old oh. Barnadne, BY Bop-
W, sonigrvlics tlrec-year old ch. Mrs. Chubb, by
Fellowcraft, dam Nellie DOwe
$. l.. Longs iveyear.od ch. 6. Auburne, by Alroy,
| Ii. McDanel's two.year- old b. E. Lettlna by Harry
Bassett, dam Lefty.
on this race Burnham's stable sold even with
Spark at sjO Mrs Chubbs selling for s26, Lettina
Sl2 and field Sl3. Betting was not so lively as on
| the preceding event, the defeat of the iavorie
having put damper on those who thought they
had pointers" A good start was had, frankie B.
getting oil IN the lead and maintaining 1t around
the first turn, with Mrs. Chubbs pressing closely
upon her aud the field well up. There was a fine
burst of speed down TO the alfmile when 1t was
yet an even race. From there all came In under
whip and spur, frankie B. leading. The race was
| too much for Mrs. Chuhb and she dropped out
Spark jumping forward and making n gallant
struggle for the race, comin under the string with
her nose at Frankie's girth.slrap: Time, l;ls%
Summary Dash three-quarters Of mile, for all
ages; welter weights; purse, SljO-
fTahkle B"'''''''''''''
| Time, ilD's.
On this race Paris mutuals paid Sl345.
THE THIRD RACE,
three miles for all ages, was the event of the day
| The entries were
W;s. Grec,s Iourysor,olds eh. m. Mary Anderson,
T@ T. Wams '' sXyeaTod gS, E iY' b. g. Checmac, by
| Glen Athol, nan Fni Cry -, , ,,,, e,.,,,,.. =.
Wnverly, dam Ada CheathRm,
Checkmatc sold a hot ayorite In the pools up to
the start at $50 to So on Mary Anderson and 81
start nna gave the pace for the first mile Check.
mates rider held him well in hand, rs did Stan,
hopes, the latter keeping well IN the rear and
saving the hlly, but losing no ground. As they
passed the judges stand fol the first time the mare
was going for all She was worth, though neither
CheCkmutc nor SlanhOpc showed signs of being
pushed. At the second halt mile ChccLmate was
let out and caught up with the mare, Stanhope
the friends of the iavOritc began to
get the impression that the fly would
The lead, but II could be seen the pace was telling
on her aud that sho was practically out of the
race. Under the string the second time the mare
and CheeGmnte passed neck and neck. Then
CheckmRte was lei out and shot tRhcad of the mare
like dart. At the third hal f. mile post Stanhope
passed the mare, 0,d putting on tremendous
burst Creut up on CheCkmAte, Around the turn
both came like the wind, leaving the mare several
lengths, and on the stretch home u was neck and
whip and his rider without question iOulcd STAN
hope, who was coming along without a touch of
whip or spur The excitement was intense, and
| THUSDERs OF APPLAUSE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
greeted both rs they came under the string, with
| CheCkmatc leading by half head. So close was
| the Tuce thnt many thought StunhOpc had won
| and the majority thought II a dead heat. The eX-
cited crowd poured down from the stand about
the judges stand and ont on the course, some
| claiming dead heat some that SiHnhOpe had
won, and some that the race was ChCCRmOtc'S.
Popular feeling seemed to he for StanhOpe and
when her Jockey rode up and claimed foul he
was loudly ClCCrcd, There was good deal Of
clamOring about the judges stand aud much dis
| satisfaction when they finally gave the race to
| ChcCkmute, summary: Yorktown Centennial
handicap for all ages, three miles; $50 entrance
half forfeit; only SO If declared ont on or before
600 to the second horse the third TO save hisstaRe
Lidn slanhol
| Time, 53d
| ON this race Paris mutuas paid $685..
| FOR THE FOURTH RACE,
mile heats the following were the entries all OF
whom started:
W. r. Burch's four.year.oldb b. z. Colonel Sprague
| by Calvin, dam Pauline Sprggue
II. Shcas three ycar-old Ch. x, Potomac by Dickens
| or NarTugunsCW, dam Elizabeth.
| II. MCDanicl's thTee.year'Old blk. c, Black Prince
| by Tom Bowling, dam Colleen BNwn
w. Somervc's thrcey ycar.old b. E. sweet Home, by
| knight of ~, Patrick, dam BittcTn.
j. T. Williams iOur'yeaT'oldb b. 4, Amazon, by Aster
| Old dam Miss Morgan, -
q: W. Evans fqIryCar'old b, g. Buster, by Chilli
cothc, dam KlnniCSlick,
Black Prince sold prime hyOrlte In the pools
before the first heat at 500 10 $40 on Colonel
Sprague s3j on Sweet Home, s25 on Buster and
s2l ON tho field, Black Prince got the lead, but
lost It, Buster jumping to the front and giving the
pace TO the hHlf'mlle. II was good race around