, 1881-12-18
THE TURF.

THE TURF.
The Dr1ving-Park Directors Adopt r.
Program for u Seven Days. Running
1Teeting Next Summer.
The Board Of Directors Of the Chicago
Driving-Park met at O'Clock yesterday aft
! ern0on at the rooms on Monroe street.
The COMMITTEES Oh Program reported that
| they had arranged for seven days racing.
The total amount offered in stakes aud
| purses is S15,950. L scale Of weights had
been adopted which was nearly. identical
! with that recently put forth by the Louisville
TRIBUNE. The program provides for
u meeting beginning Saturday, June p.
trst day, the events viii be the inaugural
Rush, all ages, one mile; the Ladies' Stakes,
Tor 2year-o!d iillies, three7luarters ofa mile.
| closed with thirty nominations; Board Of
Trade Handicap. all ages, mie and a half.
closes Jan. l5, hurdle purse, mile heats, over
| four hurdles. Second day-Flash Stakes.
2-year old colts, five furIongs, closes Jan: Is;
selling purse, all ages, mile and al elsi::A; !;
quarter. clos's Jan. Is; club purse, all ages,
| tive-eignths OF mile heats. Third day
/ Purse race, for all asas, mile aud furloug;;
the Illinois Oaks, ,%year-old h1iles, mile and
half, closed with thirty-tWo nominations;
| Merchants Stakes, all ages, mile and 4
| quarter. closes Jan. Il; steepleckase. mile
and three-tluarters. Fourth day-Criterior
Stakes s-year-old colts. three-quarters OF j.
mile, clused with forty'-one nominations; SELL
ing purse, mile and quarters. handicap
| purse, mile and threc-quarteIs; club purse,
mile heats. Fifth day-Chicaso Stakes. =
ycar-old colts, mile and half, closed with
tllirty-six nominations; Garden City Cup, I'LL
ages, two miles and q quarter. closes Jan.
( Il: club purse. for all ages, mile and III,
| eighth hcats; hantlicap-hurdle purse, all
| ages, two miles. Sixth t!ay--N nrsery Stakes,
2ryear.old colts and tillies, one mile, closed
with fort,-six nominations; selling purse.
all ages, mile and Il half; club purse, all
ages, two-mile heats: club purse. gil ages,
| three-f0urthS Of a mile. Seventh day-lili-
nois Derby, ;;-year- old colts and til!ies, two
club purse. all ages, two miles,. club purse,
all ages, mile heats, three in live, steeple-
chase handicap, two and a half miles,
The weights were given rs follows: For two
five pounds In purse races. Three-year-ottis,
115 pounds i'll stakes, and lG;pounds in purse
races. Four-year-oitls, 115 pounds. Five
yearolds and upwards, 10 pounds in nil
fillics, and three pounds for gettinss, in all
races, unless otherwise specified.
The report and program were adopted.
Secretary Hall reported that Il lease Of the
clubhouse and refrcshmenr privileges for
1853 had been made for 81, 000 per year, and
the board Instructed the President and Sec
retary to sign the lease.
The matter Of having superintendent. of
the track was left to the President, Secre-
retary, and Treasurer. with power to act.
4 committee consisting Of the officers Of
the club and Mr. Carter was appointed to Tx
the price Of season and admission tickets and
to revise the bylaws governing the club
house. The committee was Instructed to re-
port ut the next meeting Of the board. The
sentiment seemed TO be in favor Of charging
So for season tickets and assigning etcll
,hflr. ri, ,14F hi
The idea of raising the price Of single atlinis-
si1ns to 81, including the grand stand priyi-
legeS, seemed to meet with favor, and from
what was said it would appear that the Di-
house more exclusive than it was last sea
son.
II Collection Of Intercsttn. Items Con-
cern1Ils the Runners and Trotters ut
Nome and Abroad.
The celebrated English race-horse Robert !
the Devil has been sold for $4,000, aud will
hereafter bo at the head of the Bcenham |
stnl.
The old-time trotting mare Nettle Morris, |
at one time owned BY Commodore Vunder- |
s:t: ~; recently 30''Sa colt 0' nef00' record
The Dwyer Brothers have claimed. the
.ralue Red and Blue for the chestnut tilly |
foalcd 1850, bJ Alarm, out OF Maggie b. =.
(the dam Of lroQuols).
Mr. Lorllard's S-year-oM colt Saunterer, |
that rose respectfully III several Important
races last year. has been Eeldcd. lie Is by |
bennington. dam Lemonade.
Some Mexican sports recently visited Ken |
tuclly and purchased the 3-ycat-ditf colt !
Maretzck. by King Alfonso, out Of Metella, |
by Australian. Tie colt has been shipped to
Mexico.
Mr. c. ". Bathsate, who has had control
OF 3fr. keene's horses III England during the
past season, reached New York from Liver
known turf1nan Mr. Richard Ten Brock.
Sfr.John Lester-Kaye, the English Faro
net who was married last week in New York
To Miss Yznaga, is well known On the Eli
giisL turf. and at the recent sale OF thor
oughbreds belonging to Mr.. r. Lorillard was
liberal purchaser.
Grafton, 4 horse that Robert Bonner pur-
chased six years ago, after l.e had shown Il
mile III 2:15, Is now beng driven daily OIL
the road with Rarns by JOHN Murphy, and
it is not improbable that an effort will De
made next season to beat the best double
team time with them.
The trottlng mares $3.50 and Fanny !
passed through Chicago last Thursday en-
route for st. Paul, Afnn., where they will be |
put to breeding by Commodore kittson. So-
sos 5 ,a,1 record cor is 2;i7, Fanny Witherspoon's
~ ~AV/3f d4AA NGA& ~.@A[3s
At the Woodburn Farm sale of yearlings
In 1850. full sister to FuSliall was sold to
r. n. Cameron, Ut New York, for Sl95.
Since the wonderful performances OF her
brother 10 England this tilly has been in de
Iuand, and was recently sold to gentleman
residing in Australia, to which country she
will be Shipped at once. -
In England great many people follow the
system Vf backing the mounts Ut some par
ticutar jockey in whose Skill they have con-
fitlence while others make it rule To nl1E. Il i.