, 1881-09-16
A lslg Bundle Of Knccs nj pittsburg-
The TIlorougIsbrcds Mt
Lexington.
Buffalo Beaten by Worcester, and Detroit
by Providence-A Tie Game
at Troy.

presgntall.c+ Tho only other starter wAs
Wcdgewuutl, ,wlm disappointed his friends ty
al' indifferent performance. 1lannis and
Vo1tatre were M thu card to sturt, hut were
drawn IN the morning. Alexander. who had
shown ,nark.sl improvement 0f late, pulled
up la,nu III his right hind lcg on
Tlestlny jnorntnT. aNdt although Wilson
wished to takc tne wort! with him, Mr. France
would not CONSENT to his duincso Thu battle
was conceded to be between Piedmont and
Santa Claus, will, tho general public favor.
ing tile f0rtller. both were fanelca by their
Immediate friends. Mr.. Morgan said he
liked Ills horse, whu appeared 10 bc III every
way lit tn trot good race. Owing to tho
weather lle liatl not been worked ont III
eight days, but wlien Inst tried lie was iii TX
ccl'ent form. 1t was lulc, however, to assert
with any degree Of positIyc1,css that lie
would win. nrSanta Cln,ls tntt rounded, tno,
md WAS not aniy formidable, but greatly tn
bo feared. PETE .'ohnson's expressions were.
quite slni'ar to those Of lilo owner. lie
liked Piedmont, md lad confidence In HIN,
but still would hot attenpt to cnnccat n fear
Of Snnta C,al's. whom hc knew to be very
fast. lfickok alid Ills frfonds we're entilust-
astic over the liMe condition TINT Santa Claus
was In. saying they mover bgf0re liked lin
su Nellf A'u nElo ntAo III huAIH Hhc
gond account Of himself. Nl0rc-
over they quietly nnd steadily
backctl him, takiuE hin BlnEly III the pools
rs often MS they could get money OIL him III
that wny without materially advancing Ills
price, AMI fit like manner procuring q Dig
bundle Of tickets On tho field against Pied
mont 1ifcIok was certain that IFS horse
would outtrot the chestnut whenever 1.e got
alongside Of him, md did not hesitate to say
SO. The outcome proved tllat his Views were
correct, for Santa Claus l,:tl a wortl OF
speed, and may trnthfully be said
TO i,aye won each heat that
ll0 secured rs soon US he
nntbrrsil Pie.nlosll at aliy point, aut dis
played ability to speed fully US fast as MIC
Grtgor. H.. ono quarter he struck n n:il
sip s ow IA f1r nx.na s Sond saf81 70 ttrrs rS
isot respond 10 his telling sn,,rts. antl thers-
fore was ,lrablo to hold hin, ut high press
Mre Tor 1rer Z fnrlong., In scoring Santa
GlM'S exhibited s!.s!t 'ip IN h ls sft tore
and finished IN vlKaroRs style. lie 'aat9a
one break on the first quarter In tho sec-
oal lteat nld way la'A W dirnnE the
rest Of tl'at mile. ln the !lrst and third heats
fur and captured the lend on tie third quarter,
ai.t won by two md SIX lengths respectively.
In thu first nitlB lia swept by his rival with
unaztnG ease, but IN the SECOND hts ci1allcnge
It s @as o',iy Sftsr suvsrS cotiiess fgr 9 TO
yards tliat 10 passed. to tic front. Tle fourth
l,cat WIS tleyold Of exciting featurgs, as Sauta
Claus lott from ~, start to the finish. and 1l
ppi'ea pss wisewooa S Wis Wiz la1 asp as In ths fs rst
l,ent, forcp.l lledn,ent alpng in tAo srcuMtl.
being Uyen with hin, ut the thrre-iuarter
pole, and in the third md fourth heats fought
for second place tor ti!iee.qIarters u of ile,
l'ou!s at tho start sold: Piedmont, 800:
Snl,ta Claus, ISL: Wclgawood. s45.
T'Ile time by quarters WIS Us fellows;
y... ss.. e."|fz ii i|s&I '$;:;'!'' ;;:' IA; Hs;i
Secon4 heat.... l:l9!i l:4S :::Da
Ests FssSts sfss assi: :@ }:1s l:1sx i l ::s s
About 900 rsrsons were present, and. as
tickets of admission cost $l,sU, Tickets fur
seats III the grand statld 81 more, nlll eyory.
h1dy but nlen,bers of tho press all1 those
wcre citarFci fuli fare; tic Protectors Or ths
racc must have made u huge prutit out of It:
Ti,o ttay was tiear hut cold, Il rtw east wind
for wh[cl, huston il ,!0tel ,nakll'g tl'o
crowd II very chilIy, and blue-looktng; lot.
suon as .tts surfuce was ,brukcis dark aud
heavy soil WIZ exposeu. Its clinraeter may
te Judged BY tito fnct that irlnket, who
trotlcd II mile In 2:l' Ut Hartford aud had
anl 2:la1I5. md tired perceptib!y: Sl,e was
lr0tt!nE aGniilst tter record Of 9:11]l for a
pttrsa OF $500, In tl1e ilrst trial Tartfer ,sas
short Of weight, but III the seco1d carried the
hlftIboy and {S'ontiii,, driven to rsad.wassr,,
by James t;ariel,, trntted two leaats III !,s3lSf,
2::aH. l}iDn!!M brokn pn The Inst quarter lll
both heats. llal s.a held ll0r stride III tlla
ilrst i.ent uls tt.ne would certainly have been
Tho other ayUnt OIL tic cartl was tho free
f9r-nll pAcots, whlcl! was won BY 6tatt!e
Hunter III liyn lteats Lucy taktnK the secu,,d
aad tir i,ay !!o a md owly fy aso Ike
second heat, aid iIay niiile WIS .iistance.t @
thn fourth. Time, 3:l0}S, 2:ls, a:l9}s, 9:i8,
The crowd wa the most atsoraerIly vt any
brake town thn fel,ees aud rushed or Tho
with tMp'sntty; htn9tlted ,policel4ell were
nu!gnerons. but inc1t!clsnt. .rhe judges were re-
s9seyas Is soiIis " iiaifor Il SsM a B. folDS wStea5
Yesterday William Sargent was detected
pulling, Tariff IN. tha a:'G race, aud Dustin
10 10 to the front or expect to, be punished.
Dustin won one heat last night, aud a ae-
Gliding one this mnr1llng, and Sargent was
expelled troln NIL National Association
The pacing horse my BILLY was sold yes
terday by W s, Mct.angtltt1l for Don Hunter,
q o1E Mpsls ;Ss Il 19 S to William wleks' Of Now
LEXINGTON. ,
Gysetal r1pas+h 70 Tat CAleaao 1tttuns.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept 15.-A cold drtz'
cling rain ai&d q very heavy track s,iarrod the
fourth days sport nyes tfla Kentucky Asso.
clation Course. Tho attendance, huwevcr,
was above tic average under such circum-
stances, and the pooling continues to bo
heavy. The first race Oh taa card wa8 q
handicap purse, n,ile heats, In which Roches-