Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-22
SPORTING NOTES.
Conclusion Of Four Days Races
at Lincoln.

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Lincoln Journal
The jig Is up, the ball Is broke, the
turfmen and their horses have gone
and the four days sport at the fair
grounds has come, like all other good
Kings, to an end. Yesterday vas by
far the best day Of the meeting III
every respect, The races were more
Interesting than on previous days; the
attendance was much larger aud the
races gave general satisfaction. All
things considered, the spring meeting
was u grand success 30 far OF sport is
concerned; but ss q financial speculs.
ton 1t was an ignominious failure,
which falls rather heavily upon the
broad shoulders of j. w. Jacobs, who
certainly deserves better treatment at
the hands of this people. The gate
receipts for the four days amounted
to the paltry sum OF $500, while the
old veteran turfman hung up purses
amounting to nearly So. 600. As q
matter of course, he got q large slice
Of the money back again, for the rea-
son that he had horses that could win
1t.
THE AFTERNOON SPORT
began about three o'clock, with the
half mile running race, best two In
three, for q purse of $1,000. The
entries were Willie O, Brown Dick,
Pat Comedy and Brown Eagle. AT.
ter considerable scoring the horses
were sent away with q pretty fair
start, Willie G u length behind, but
on the back stretch all the horses
might have been coveted with q blan.
ket, If the blanket was large enough.
On the home stretch Willie O was in
the van, with Brown Dick pressing
him closely, and Comedy and Eagle a
length behind and side by side. Viii.
lie passed under the wire In 53!, win.
ming the heat, with Brown at his side
and the others struggling behind.
The second a was q repetition OF
first, only Brown Dick stole the pole
and kept II until the back stretch was
reached, when Willie @ Tapped and
passed him. Willie also won this heat
In Ssh, with Dick very close second,
and Comedy and Eagle dlstanced. The
race was awarded to Willie @.
H TEN NILE RUNNING RACE.
The browning effort of the day and
week was then called. The purse
was $1,000 and 1t was plain to be
seen that the owner OF the thorough
bredu were very uneasy as to how the
race would terminate. 1t was rumored
abont that the stable of horses belong.
ing to DR.. Reynolds were brought
from O long distance especially to win
the race. Mr.. Jacobs was very cool,
bat the continual biting of his
moustache indicated at least
ness. Before tho horses started one
of his friends asked him II he thought
he could win the race. He calmly re.
piled, "Barring accidents, l will win
the race or run the life out of every
horse In the stable"
TIL MOUNT.
After warming two horses mp,
rponging their mouths, scrsping the
ls,her off them, the blankets we're re-
n we'd, the straps frightened, and the
r,~,tive animals held until the lady
r .ers could mount. The ladies' came
Oh to the track and were greeted with
a hearty cheer. After they had
meanted and before being called to
the judges stand, MI. George P,
Tucker, one of the judges Of the race,
introduced them to the assembling,
and stated that Miss Oliver, the lady
who would ride Mr.. Jacobs horses,
was dressed In green; Miss Tennyson
who would ride DR.. Reynolds horses
q red plume in her hat, and Mr.
Wall, who would ride Mr.. Clancy
horses, gold fringe about dress ant
arm sleeves.
i THE EVART.
Miss Oliver was mounted on "Re
sumptiou;" Miss Tsnnyson on "Slicer,
, and Mrs. Wall on "Corbin." "Cor
bin" drew FIRST position, Resumption
second and "Slicer" third. TIL
horses got a pretty fair fair start, witt
"Slicer" q little the advantage. !
was a beautiful sight, Miss Oliver sit
ting erect in her saddle, Miss Tenny
, son slightly bent forward and Mrs
Wall riding inclined slightly sideways
, Onward the gallant horses went at
tremendous rate of speed, side b,
side, with Slicer slightly In tn
lead, Resumption at his throat latch
> and Corbin not far behind. 1t vas
, steady run, the two first named horse
running together to the quarter pole
. back and home stretches nose to nose
l As they passed under the wire In tn
, first mile 1t was hard to decide VIII
went under first. The second mil
was run the same way, neither hors
= apparently gaining an Inch on tn
other.
: At the close of the first mile tn
horse rode by Mrs. Wall for som
i. reason stopped near the distance fla
on the home stretch, and before b
/ could be started again, too much tim
t was lost and Mrs. Wall retired fror
I the rae
: In starting on the third mile, Mls
8 Tennyson fell from her horEe on tn
? back stretch, near where Mr.. jacob
and his men were with their relay c
fresh horses. The animal she wa
, riding supposed 1t was the changin
place and came to a sudden stop, Mia
: Tennyson struck him with her Will
and he jumped from under her. Sh
8 fell quite heavily to the ground, an
, we understand sustained some bruiss
o about the body and face; but 1
Q an instant she was grabbed by MI
Jacobs and mounting q fresh hors
continued the race; she made a gal