Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-02
RACES.
A Very Small Crowd and Some Indifferent
Sport

sport
Yesterday afternoon about two hun
drcd persons assembled at the track tc
witness some races got up by Messrs:
Kramer and johnson, who procured
The truck from the association for the
purpose. IL was expected that some
good sport would be had, as the entries
of the night before pointed that way.
In this expectation, however, the
crowd was disappointed, rs there was
nothing OF even ordinary, interest be-
yond the bareback ride.
The first race was dash OF @iO
wards. stake, $3.50 each. in which
three horses came to the posi-,
! though one never got PAST IL. These
were Capt. Reeds Bill Fleming,
Newt. Ozee's Nan Ozee and Tomlin's
Sam Bass. After two or three at
tempts to start, Bill Fleming and Nan
OZee were seen to dash down the home
stretch. neck and neck, while sam
Bass quietly stood at the post with
Tomliu's hand on the bride. No par
tioular attention was paid TO the
horses 10y anyone until they had gone
80 yards because tap OF the bell
was generally expected. Then it was
seen that the boys on the
two horses were pushing them
for all they were worth.
They kept pretty well abreast, Flem-
ipg gaining gradually. He went un-
der the string with Ozee at his saddle.
They did not let up their speed and
went on to the turn. Nearly every one
thought they were simply making n
squirt for practice, and there was some
surprise when the two horses were let
through the gate and ridden up to the
Judges stand. Cries of as IL a race"
went up from different parts of the
crowd, and bets were made on that
point The starter Harry Bachelor,
went into the judges stand, and they
decided that Fleming had won the
race, Ozee second, no time. Consider
able dissatisfaction was expressed
in the crowd where there were
many hackers of the field
against Fleming at s. to $40,
dependence being placed in sam
Bass to beat the favorite, the pools on
Fleming being held by very limited
number. The decision had not been
announced yet and Tomlin, the own
er of Sam Bass, came up and made Il
statement. He said that his horse
proved n little unruly, and tina the
had to hold him. He was mean, and
was worrying him. He was listening
for the tap, but never heard ii
or any word TO go, and
turned his horse around for another
start. He did not think he ought to
lose his money, for he hadn't had any
start for it, bat he left the matter to
the judges for their decision. The
statement of Harry Bachelor, the
starter, was to the effect that when he
gave the tap and cried "go,h Tom !
lin held his horse and jerked him |
back, The horse did not get past the
post. The judges, Messrs. Swami and |
lisle, saw no reason TO change their |
decision, and all three of the parties |
having horses in the race, expressing |
at The decision, Mr.. j. Z. |
Woods, the stakeholder, turned the |
whole amount over to Capt. Reed. |
Parties who had bet that |
sam Bass would not be
last contendcd that as he never got
past the post the bet was off, and some
money is held subject TO the decision
If the editor of the Spirit of the Times.
Betting was now killed for the rest |
If the day. The match race oetween
SOrrcl Dan and Glendower failed TO |
'ome of, and Miss Myrtle Peek and
'laiame Maranteite rode out onto the
rack, the former on bay that seemed
o have the rheumatism, and the latter
n sprightly sorrel. Madame took
ash up the track to the quarter.
men seemed to take some of the
pirits out of her animal She
eerself was looking very much
ispiriied, while Myrtle formed great
ohtrast to her horse in her freshness
appearances. a dash together to the
ntrance OF the home stretch, and they
anne back again TO II start. The bay
aenled to have worked all his rheu-
latics out, while the sorrel was lit
e tagged. Myrtle started past
ne wire slightly leading, and kept her
osltion almost throughout, allowing
Ell, rival to forge slightly ahead on the
lck stretch. They came onto the
ONE stretch almost together, but
.yrtle's horse out-ranked that
the madame's, in point of
ldurance, and she came To the
trlng an easy winner by several
myths in ] Al, quite good time for
orseback ride.
ne neAt event was II trOt, best two
three, that had rs starters Turner's
aldy Turnerl (Lee,j McCart's Joe
Ioriis, (Gause,) aud McDonald's
rincess (McDonald.) There
as little betting on the event
Z the start Princess led, followed by
.orris and Turner. Past the half
rincess was slowed up until Morris
'me alongside. Then Morris as ;
imed the lead slightly. Down the
ONE stretch Morris and Princess
ere about even. Morris
as pushed. while the driver of Prin-
ess came In with his whip in his
Youth. Msrris won Inv
NO lengths, Princess about fifteen
myths ahead of Turner. Time. 81.
rms heat caused considerable amuse- '
tent, and the second was looked for
ith reasonable degree of curiosity.
Iorris slightly led all the way in the
rst heat, and Turner protected the far
ar. Morris finished fifteen lengths
head OF Princess and thirty lengths
read of Turner Time, 2.47.
Everybody now spurrial bnnnvvnrl