New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-28
OUTDOOR SPORTS.

A PROSPEROUS DAY AT COMFY ISLAND.
SUCCESS OF THE sIEEPsHEAD BAY
aACEs-LARGE ATTENDANCE AND KEEN INTER-
HsT-IIILARITY, COLONEL sPRAGUE, WOOD
FLOWER, cole, BLENHEM AND KITTY CLARK
THE WINNERS.
The June meeting of the Coney Island
Jockey Club and the recent meeting at jerome Park
show how much the interest in the turf is increasing IN
this country. Never In any year nave lhe
racing associations East and West been so sue
cessfu The numbers of spectators have been larger
than IN any other and the intelligent appreca-
ton of genuine sport has been marked Yesterday,
though there nothing OF sensational nature III he
at sheepshead Bay crowd present ran well
the thousands. 1t gathering OF good quality
and OF really remarkable dimensions And 1t Is fair to say
that ali those present Yesterday VIII wish To go agaiot
they saw contests with plenty OF interest and excitement
IN them Some Of the Starts were bad ana some OF Tue
delays annoying hut the faults OF the day were opscued
by the many attractive features. IAe betting was heaNy
especially the handicap OF y les winch Eoe Won
Edle cannot beat Hndoo' but IN long race WIN heayy
weights has few equals The surprising incidents OF
thai were the miserable failure OF Green
Iana ado since he did so well at Jerome Park
mas become object OF contempt NetiIe, lowest IN
the betting good second TO E0le. Harlty, long
waited for won last In the first race bu THIS IS not
startling for he was almost tne iaVote, MAineu anu
Colonel surague were about IN the betting ou the
second race, but Colonel Sprague was lar superior 10
Waried in the trial OF speed The fayOrite WoOdh0"er
just snatcned the prize by tue TP o. her
Ming second. Mr.. WALTON would have been
better pleased Beas nose mad had the place OF honor
'Thcn came Eoles victory. fhe weter weight selling
race iel to the previously unlncky bienhom the hVO
rite, Vampire, not getting place hlly Cik " Us ist
In The seepechase. 10 reported before tins race
tha there would be swindie mi The betting was pc
cuar 80 was some OF ne riding. fosl0y tnoIc MH a,
nothing wrong but frauds and seeplechdsts seem 10
have u natural affinity. Ii Is hard to prove . pulling
m jumping races, DuJ the general pubic mas well
founded III s,Tist vi these aHdIir., .,..-
Ii may be remarked mat the bOOkmakers made their
usual voluntary contribution" Il" Pldnser" Walton
First race-For three-year-ods handicap sweep
stakes $50 each, with $500 added 800 to second dis
lance one mile. Seven stdrters-'pe llah5 coz aI-
tv by Bonnie scOtland-Benlah QO2 pounds, ridden by
W. Donohuc); ". Waldens ged.L Jim Farrell BY Lia-
vcatna-Oueen OF Scots QOj, IloowayG Reber's lilly
WauculIa by IIurraL-Sunrise 49, Riley; q. l.. LOr
trd's lilly Mcmeno, by VHgl-ULca tl07, UralG Cald-
wells geding Barney Lyon, by Barney Niiiams-Naud
Lyon no Hodges) Pettengills geiGng Ionawanda, by
Reform-Munuane 400 LuaryJ; ana somerNIhes colt
Heck bv Reforn-SistcT OF Mercy 90, Brennan Pools
Jim Farrell $50 Hlarity $40 Wauculla $50, Memento
500 Heck $50 field So BoJks-Jim Farrell TO 2,
nary 3 to /, Wauculla to l, Memento TO l, Heck
TO l. Tonawanda 10 to l. Barney Lyon 10 to l. After
many breakaways and irritating delay the nag fell 10
strag Cling start which, however, dld not influence the
result Wauculla led Tor half mile with Jim Farrell
pressing her hard and Memento running third.
In the third quarter jim Farrell got in
front with Memento and Hilarity i'll close attendance.
But in the hOmestretch Hilanty ran away from the
others and won very easy race by four lengths IN
1:464 Jim Farrell second, three lengths before Heck
third Memento fourth two lengths behind Heck Barney
| Lyon fifth, WaucuIa sGth ana IOha"dhda asl'
| Mutual pools, $50 80
Second racial ages selling allowances, distance Ia
miles Seven startcrs-Dwyer Brothers geldng War
field by War Dance-flOrac aged, lob pounds McLaugh-
lin; Burcs gcldng Colonel Sprague, by Cayin-Pauine
sprague o. 1O3 W. Dononue); Nj. j. Daeys colt strath-
spey by Genelg-La Polka "a, 90, Haggerty) Madden's
oeding Valparaiso, by Virgil-Accidenta a. 30 Lewis
| ra's colt Henderson
g. &C. UraD Cadwelrs gelding Ballast by Bonnie Scot
and-Plauchette a. l02, Parker; and Ackermans hly
Clara A. a, 90, Riley. PoOis-Warheld $3.50, Colonel
sprague Sl75 Strathspey $780, Valparaiso 800 Clara
| A. $50 field $75. Books-War1eld 10 D, Colonel
sprague to s. strathspey 10 l, Clara A to l. Bal.
last 10 to l. Vanguard II l. Valparaiso Is to l. With
n good start Vanguard went 10 first place, but was
| passed by Ballast, and the latter led BY the
stand at the end of the first quarter with Vanguard
second and warneld Vanguard's neck. Ballast led
around the and along the backstretch but at tine
halr-rne post Warneld had outrun him. Colonel
Sprague daslung up from tine middle grOupand
entering the homestreten On the Ae ~ oec e
had Warfled beaten Sialhspey hni aIneu uisputod
the second place stouy, Strathspey getting II by q
III stTathsoey second "a neck befo Warheid third,
Clara A. fourth a dozen lengths behind Warheld Val
paradise fifth, Ballast sixth and Vanguard last Mutual
| pools, Sl4 20 Tie winner was not sold
Third race-For twOy earolds, handicap sweepstakes.
$50 each 800 added, 800 10 second; distance y mile
Six starteIs-BelIDOnts buy WOOdlOWer. by lilUsed-
Woodbine go pounds Brennan q. L. LOrillalds colt
1
| Doubtful BY RelOun-Emiiy Fuller QO3 W. DonOhucli
Kely's nily Bellby FiddlesLcks Berence Cs7 llggs
| Cs5 Cunningham and Armstrong; colt fonddu-Lac,
| by CilengArfy-Hop 49, j. DOnOhuo). PoOs-NOod
flower 500, Magnate 965. Doubtful 500, Bella 800,
field $40 Observation-Disclosures 10 D, leila 10 i, Hat
lie NJ 3 10 l. Doubtful To l. Magnate 10 !, Fond dIl-
Lac 10 l. There another long delay, the young
eters very fracuous especially Bella aud FOnudd-
| lac. The starter became much disguised as the
spectators, the signal finally To Wretchcd
| Start Woo0lower Was III front, and Magnate second
viii the others strung out aud fond-du-ac back
| IN he ont Df
Vas quickly in the lead with Hattie Al second ana Mag
| nate third, WOOdhOwcT going back 10 fourth place.
Bella was nrst by lengths AT the halilnie, ana at
tbe threeduarters bat then Brennan sent WoodhOwer
up Ii rattlng pace MoOdho"eI ana beila We're neck
| and neck Ia homes retch ana ran by
spectators were unable TO decide which
| won. The judges announced WoodhoWer as the
| winner. IL must been by little more than nOre.
Tue time l:l74. Magnate was third, half dozen
lengths behind Bella, Doubtful poor fourth, Hattie NJ
| NTH ana Fond-du-Lac last Mutual pools Sl7 70.
| Fourth racial ages, handicap sweepstakes, $50
each with 5000 added 500 10 second; distance, d
miles SX GeDhard's colt Zoe by LUins-N AZ
| song a year, III pounds, Hughesl g. j. Loriiarts
Ivy Leaf a. IO7 QuantrciD; McElmools colt General
Monroe, by Tom bowlinsIM,nnie y Morgan d. lO5
| UnuG Buy son horse Irish King, by Long
a saG bO1ie. t eeidns Settle BY psfsH.4
Nette g. So j. DonouHeJ. Pools-Eole 1919, Green
| land lsO, Brambaetta Sl6j, field Sl25 BOOks-kOlG
A 10 ), Greenland to = General Monroe 10 l. Bran
Laletta TO l. lrlsn King " !, Nellie l. to l.
led the way the rst three furlongs IN which Nett'
had a slight advantage. After running five furongi
they went by the sland IN this order General Monro,
first by quarter length, Greenland second, length DO
fore Nettle, a before BraInDaetta, she half
length before EOle Irish King last Greenland could no
Keep up the pace fell back 10 the aet place III
Is an extraordinary animal for getting Out Of form. Las
wear after aud good races, 700, but II
the autumn almost anything could ontrun him A