The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-09
DALLAS BLOOD STOCK AssoCIA-
TON,


The third day of the spring meeting came
off yesterday at the fair grounds course.
Fsirer and better weather never blessed an
occasion the kind. The day was hot, it is
true, but refreshing breeze tempered the
suns wrath on the course, and the grand
stand was delightfully."- pleasant. There was
much better attendance than on the day
before, the stand being tolersoly well filed,
whiles good sprinkling of carriages and
buggies were on the grounds.
The first race on the card was the mile
heat running race, but owing to the fact that
Golden Rule was entered in both, the. trottiDg
contests, it was placed second,and
THE FIRST EVENT
Was q trot,ing contest for gentlemea's road
sters in which there were threa starters,
Campbelps Golden Rule, Cooks Clarence H.
and Mills Flag of Truce. The start wa. as
good AS is generally the case in trotting con.
tests. The first heat, it bsing best three in
five, was close and calamity bstiled for be,
tween Golden Rule and Clarence H. result
ing in dead heat, Flag of Truce third. The
second and third heats were both won BY
Golden Rule, with Clarence Il close second
in each, and the dead heat being trotted off
between these two resulted in victory and
the race for Golden Rule. Ia tho pools
Golden Rule was the favorite, selling at the
rate OF 500 to $50 on the fleld, Clarence Ii.
and Flag Of Truce.
SUMMARY.
FIRST CONTEST, Trotting, Gentlemen's
Roadsleis, Purse Sl25, Second horse $50,
A. W. Campbell's b. m. Golden Rule. I'LL.
W. S. Cooks Clarence h.....,......, 2-2-2.
G. h. Mills Flag of Truce, .........t. .3-3-3
No time given.
The event of the day, the elimination OF
the excitement and sport next took place.
the running race, mile heats Gin 8. There
were but two starters Bachelors Wild Moor
and Llly's Bob Ridley, formerly Tripoli)
This was decidedly
A SLIP UP
for the favorite, Bob Ridley. He had sold
in the pools at the rate of $500 to 500 on
Wild Moor, and the ''slck ones" ,hought
they had dead thing sure, but Moor's
friends stuc!; to him close at the odds against
him, and there were plenty of them who
would have given odds in his favor, but they
were content 10 accommodate those who
were so enthusiastic for Ridley, by taking all
their odds. II was but natural, however,
that Ridley should be the favori!e, for
ne was III splendid form, as hard
as whalebone and rs lively IS could be,
while the Moor showed that he had not been
worked, and that te had deal of surplus
flesh to carry.
The start 10 the first hes! was TO the ad-
vantage of Ridley by half neck 4nd de-
cided bulge on the Msor, but the Moor soon
got his stride and began entertaining Mr..
Robert Ridley, who led him by half neck
all around the track into the home stretch.
1t was an exciting scene to see these two
royal bloods ceavng the air 10 their fierce
speed for the whole mile, their jockeys SO
close together that their colors were blended
and looked like but tangled mass of blue
and white, while the chestnut hue of Ridley
and the dark brown of the Moor made
dtting setting. After they were we'll into
the home.stietch, the Moor was given bis
head, and gently persuaded by Stubblefeld,
instantly answering the call, by moving
further up toward the front. He could not
make it though, and Ridley passed under
the string winner of the heat bv
half neck, just the distance he got the
start, amid the widest cheering of the look
ers on. So intense was the excitement that
the very welkin rang with the shouts of the
people. The friends of Ridley we're still
hopeful Of him, but they were not over con-
fdent after this heat, as they had been,
while the Moor's hackers were elated with his
splendid peri FINANCE and full of faith for
the next two heats.
After the usual interval the mount was
called for the second heat and soon the horses
were in position for the start. Clark, Kid
ley's Jockey, esssyed bit of generalship
here which showed him ssillful and we'll up
to the msneuvres of the scientific Jockey.
lie played shire vdly for advantage 10 the
start, and had 1t lot been that he had q tao.
ticisn worthy of bis steel in Slubblefeld. the
'Moor's Jockey, he would have gotten it,
He seerued to have an especial fondness
for close proximity 10 the string and
even Rugged itso close as to turn i'm
medistely upder it Two or three
Tins, but Stubbleiied remained some TWEEN
" PAGES to the rear watching his chances,
whie the Moor remained MS stationary as
though he had been carved of marble, watch
ing bis sdverssry's every motion with keen
glance of intelligence and seeming expires,
sion of contemp. for such futile efforts.
Finally Clark rnoved Ridley some five PAGES
10 the rear of the string, the Moor having
moved up some ten PAGES, and just as Ridley
was gathering himself for the Jump the
Moor at tho signal from his ckey, bound, d
forward. passed under the string nose and
nose with Ridley, and before the latter could
catch his stride, had taken the pole from him,
inside Of ffty yards and was leading him by
half length, leading thus 10 the half mile
post when he began to increa Q his lead, and
at the three quarter post he was a full length
ahead, and entered the home stretch with all
Of two lengths to bis advantage. Here
Ridley's Jockey thought of that same
old tune, Robert Ridley, and gave
II TO him lively with his whip. 1t inspired
him of course, but the Moor, with just
weight enough on his bit 10 steady him, went
on to tho goal, passing under the string
without a blow, a winner of the heat BY
three lengths. This ran the excitement up 10
fever heat and the stand wasn't big enough
for the people. Riiley's friends looked
solemn. They didn't know exactly whether
they had feast or famine, whether they
were going TO q funeral o "a merry making.
They had been buling the market on
Ridley in the pool, before, but now they
thought little agricultural work In the
shape Of hedging would pay, and they s.rove
10 bull tho Moor some. 'hfew people were,
However, still willing 10 take the odds Of the
bulling on the Moor and stuck TO Ridley, but
the pooling was weak.