The daily gazette., 1882-07-20
RACING AT DOVER.
A Small Attendance It the FairvIew Park
Summer Meeting Yesterday.
Especial correspondence Of the Gazette.

Especial correspondence OF the Gazette
DOVER, July 19.-The first days racing
at the Fairview Park, Summer meeting
to-day was very poorly attended.
In the $50 race, six horses started, Mollie
at the pole. Jennie Lee took the pole,
arrived the first turn and led until ON the
back stretch, when Maud X came up and
took the lead which she held all the way
around MOllie second, Joker and Matte
d distanced. Time 2.371S.
Four horses started on the second heat,
Maud at the pole, and Molle + second,
broke badly on the first turn, when Kate
went to the front, followed by Jennie L.
Jennie L took the lead on the back stretch,
which she held all the way around, winning
the heat in 2 40 Kate second.
The third heat was lively one. Jennie
L took the lead, but breaking on the back
stretch, Maud X went to the front, which
position she held until on the back stretch
In the second round when Jennie l. passed
her as though she had been tied to the
fence, and held this position, winning the
heat in 2.391S Maud X second Mollle L
distanced.
The fourth heat was very interesting
one. Jennie l., the pole horse, took the
lead which she held until on the back stretch
when Maud Y. went to the front, which
position she held until the end of the heat
although hard pushed by both the Others
A blanket would have covered the other
horses as they went under the wire.
This race was now very interesting. Each
horse having won two heats. Jennie !. took
the pole, but breaking badly on the back
stretch Maud X took the lead which she held
until the last quarter, when Jennie L
passed her on the curve and landed winner
of the heat and race by about two lengths
in 2.401S.
II ~ o o1 5000 ea,,. ha.an. s4a.toa
Harry attthe pole, which he held all around
the first time, but breaking on the turn,
jim Harp took the lead which he kept, and
could have given some of them the flag, had
he not been pulled. He walked under the
wire in 2.40 Harry second.
The second heat was q very good one.
jim Harp took the lead on the start and
was pushed alternately by each of the other
horses, the whole lot going down the back
stretch wheel to wheel, but on the second
turn bad breaks by the other three horses
gave Jim Harp the lead, which he held all
around, winning the heat In 2,40'; Lady
Richmond second.
The third and last heat was a brisk one.
Although Jim Harp led all around the
other horses pushed him so steadily as to
make 1t very interesting. The time of the
heat was 2.38.
The 2.29 race was the race of the day
Five horses started. Yellow Dog, the pole
horse took the lead, which he held until on
the second turn when Sherman Morgan
came to the front, which position he held
until ON the home stretch, when he broke,
and Colonel Dlckey went TO the front, which
position he held until the end OF the heat,
which he won in 2.3lL; Sherman Morgan
Second. Leviathan and Yellow Dog both
| behaved very badly and were distanced
| Leviathan afterwards paced a quarter in SO
or 2.24 gait.
The second heat of the eco race was a
cracker. The horses started wheel Ia
wheel and in this manner they went around
the first half with scarcely a skip or jump
and almost the same way the balance Of the
mile, Sherman, Morgan and Colonel Dickey
| trOtting like q double team. At no timt
during the heat was there daylight between
Colonel Dicllcy and Sherman Morgan. Tint
2.34.
The third heat was almost a repetition oi
the second, the horses trotting very closely
Colonel Dickey just keeping far enough
ahead to win. Time 2.331I.