, 1881-06-29
SPORTING EVENTS.
Some Fine Sport at the Chicago
Driving Park Track
Yesterday.
Patti, Lucy May, Windrush, and
Guy Winners. Of the
Races.
A Tw0-N1ilo Dash That Punished
:. All tile pnrtictpnnts-T0-
. - Days 1'rogrht1i. - - ~,

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Races ut Columbus, Hartford, oeHSy
'' Island, and Elsewhere.q ID, !" =
The Troy Team Successful .jat Detroit,
So. b.to.2.S u. ~: :: v,
- THE CHICAGO RACES. =
Thoro wns nno racing at tho Driving ,rnrk yes
tcrday; and the four evtass OF tho program
eyory ono of which wah hotty contested from
start to tlnish and WON on its smerits-wcro'wit-
i messed by m hudlenco Of nheut four thousand
people, whose Iotc fos tho sport overcauoa nil
surh' minor considerations rs hot wtnthcr. a
mhrleed IMPROVEMENT wins also noticeable IN
tho njnt,nor Of running tho raccs. ptomptness In
calling up tho horses mid riders Rbtn9 tho orylor
OF th6. dny, ana cohbe9ucntiy thoro wore nono
Of the provoking delays too often sccn at rum
no sum tho matter up briefly, It may bo said
that thrro out OF tho four races wnse son by sho
favorlts, although In every tnstnnce, ,sholu 'woro
other hossos that sold well I'll, with thom in tho
pools. and every. raco Wttntssed "a strng-
rio Of tho hottest description. Especially
Is this tr.lo Of tho Oaks. In which those speedy
hlItos, Lucy May nld Llzzin' g., wcro the con-
teiidins horsos:' Thu fofhtt hdd ulroady beaten
tho latter two races rths sseason at milo and
. half, but LtzzLe 4. hnd improved sonewhAt siuoo
reaching this city. nnd won tho milo dash TOR all
ages In such iino Style from largo tscld Saturday
that 1t wis thought pDsstbln for her to givo tho
( iloet, ,1aughtDr OF Duckden q hartl aRht for tho
mastery. ,She fulfilled, thosu expectations COM
tpicte1y, ind, though dcfoated, tho ruco was a
credit to her. Coming ms this race did aftor rho
; comparatively easy yiotoryuf tho smart I'LL.
: nols-brcd titIy patti In tho milo and furlong
dash. IL whettcd tho appettcs Of tho poppio for
! tho two-mlo dash which was to follow, mud IN
= which i've tirst-claes racers Hcrc to start. Tho
betting on this raco was OF the flerccst drscrfp-
ton. @Tho followers Of Milton Younga stabo
kacw that Getaway WIS capable Of running two
miles botter than 3:3j, aud considered tho raco
Euro thing for :that COLI The result was that
thdy backetl him in tho llyoltcst kind Of stylo,
and, as Wtndrush and Cnllao had not, d fow
friends. speculation was uyoly. Tho result
showed that those threo horses waro all In nuo
fcttlc, aud.etory uno Of them went tho distance
IN good sbapo, tho ,tlmc 1nado by Wlndtush be-
!; jpn extremely crodltnhio.s :, ,:2,5.,
-:!,S''.s, THE FIRST 1ltct: :
wns ttnsh Of milo and furIong, tor all ages,
thdto being m cvon tlozon startcrs. With ratt!
as fayorIt. Tho start was dcayod suulo, tLme on
account Of tho; righteousness Of Frank Good
rich, and tinntly they wura aont nway. with thnt
&: colt headed .thD wrong way Of tho track.
storcy;at once jumped into tho lead, running
Tapped With Pattl for the first half mile, On the
bdokatrotch Patti :drow away perccptiby, md
wis lopRth IN front ut tho tbroo.quartcr potc.
Btorey falling buck md giving way to Pilgrims
ago. who camo nlong With Il rush. Patti I'M
tfoVod hut ndyhhtaEo so1ntHhat coming down
tho hnincatrotoh, and won without being cx-
i1peq y a ftes sGsGy nScc sa g f5@%sEe y &C.
tnnco stand tho latter WIS buntcn.s Storey iln-
ishink length n front ot hn: the ,est Hing
ouartcrA Of second Of tto hrst in rccnr11,