The daily gazette., 1881-09-23
THIRD DAY AT mIDDLETowN
A Large Good Tr0t.
ting, but the People Fooled Again
by Useless Delays.

1
To days attendance probably reach
ed five thousand. The grand stand
was full, the quarter stretch lined with
carriages, while every available point
of observation along the track was
crowded with eager admirers of the
sports of the turf. HUI dreds oi
handsomely dressed ladies on the
grand stand and in the carriages added
tone an / beauty to the attractive, ami
mated scene.
| The afternoon was one oil excite
ment. The crowd res,lessly awaited
the track c0ls1Hescb and the miserable
side shows-which the management,
for the sake of few dollars, license to
drive sensible patrons almost crazy
and delude the foolish into wasting
their money-were run with redoubled
energy, their cracked hand-organs
grinding out doleful strains with al
most paralyEing effect. The only sen
sible amusement admitted as side
show was "maul swing test" an ar
rangement which showed the force Of
blows struck with heavy maui. Ne
| gro farm hands, in particular. we're
| delighted with this amusement, and
got up numerous contests, the results
of which were watched with deep in
terest by dusky audiences. sr.
THE RACES.
| The races commenced few minutes
after one o'clock, but were character
ICED by the same miserable mismane
agement and careless delay that mark
ed the racing contests of yesterday
| Too much time was allowed between
heats, and drivers were allowed entire
| ly too much latitude in scoring, SO that
| at times nearly half an hour elapsed
after the horses app ared upon the
track before a heat was started. These
sensoless delays were not only annoy
ing to the audience, who paid seventy
live cents apiece ier the privilege Of
coming upon the grounds and wit
Messing the races from the grand stand
but they killed SO much time that
two of the three races comprising the
afternoons programme were unfinished
by reason Of the approach of darkness
and will have to be finished in the
morning.
The first race of the afternoon was
| for Peninsula horses, three minute
class, and there being but four start.
ers. Ripton, neat little brown geld
ing owned by W. ]. Marshall, of Eas-
ton, Nd, took the fret heat IN good
style but was unable to hold his lead
in succeeding heats. Gamble Maid,
James L. Earle's (Centreville) bay
mare took the next three heats straight
and won the race easily. Rpton took
second money, Davy Copperfeld third
| and Mollie F., of Canterbury, DEL,
the only Delaware horse in the race,
fourth. Good time was made and the
heats wei fairly exciting. 5-
There were eight starters In the
2:45 race, but VIM. X. Stockley's q
Wilmington mare Keystone Maid was
being evident she could do no more
than save her distance.
The FIRST heat was TAX ,n by the Balti-
more mare Myrtle, but in the second
Adel Gould, owned and driven by Col
Il. w. Conover, of Mlddletown, N. j.,
dashed down the home stretch in advance
| II the Others and took the heat in hand
some style. The Colopeps little mare
made good start for the third heat, but
| at The first turn he was run into by Budd
Doble, who was driving his roam geldine
Socrates. The Colonel's sulky spokes
ratified so that he stopped, thinking he
was badly broken, aud when be started
again the other horses were more than
/ an eighth of mile ahead. However, be
made strong effort, rapidly closed the
| gap, passed Socrates aud ElwOod X on
the home stretch, and passed under the
| wire the fiith In line. Idlewild, the
FELTON, horse, took this heat, but the
sympathizing audience gave the major
part of their applause to Col. Conover
and his plucky little mare.
Adel Gould took the fourth heat with
ease, but in the ffln, which every ybody
supposed she would also win, she Jagged
a little and the FELTON, horse, ldlewiId
again came to the front. The race down
the home stretch was very exciting, al
most dead heat, in fact, but Idlewild',
nose passed under the wire first and the
Judges awarded him the heat, ...I
This left the race unfinished, Idlewlld
and Adel Gould having two heats apiece
but when the time for the next heat ar
rived IL was too dark for trotting and tn,
race was postponed until morning.
The same result, unfortunately, atten
ded the 2 90 race. The starters wer.
Sherman Morgan, Lady Cro,sin, Budc
Doble's Membrino Charter, "old man
Stetson's II. r., and Col. Oouover's bsy
lmare Kate Taylor. Doble won tn,
pole, but Sherman Morgan, the favOritt
Delaware trotter, showed them all /
clean pair of heals, aud though Kate
Taylor once bad the lead of him, an1
came down the home stretch ahe ad
shaking his little head and snorting will
delight al his victory. Sherman Is al
most human in his appreciation of race
and his driver, "Buck, Gillespie, declare,
that he enjoys 1t fully as much rs the
spectators do. Kate Taylor was second
in this heat, Membrino Charter third
Lady Crossin fourth aud Il. p. distances
LII the second heat Sherman took the
lead and kept 1t until the last quarter
was started upon, when, by an unfor
tunate break, he allowed Nembrino
Charter to get slightly ahead. But he
instantly settled down to his work again,
and the two horses came down the home
stretch fairly neck and neck, and SC
close together that nearly everybody on
the grand stand felt certain that eIlher
Sherman was the winner or the heat q
draw. The judges, however, thought
differently, and awarded the heat te
Membrino Charter. Lady Crossin third
Kate Taylor fourth.