National Republican., 1883-10-31

place, and Greenland, Palmetto, and Har-
ouuCr brought Up the rear, and in that
order they passed the half mile post In tho
lover turn Arausa increased her lead to ono
aud half lengths at the thrco-quarterS post,
with Vintage second, head in front of Rica,
third and Greenland close UP. Down to the
finish Aranza came with hands down. ana
finished an easy winner by thrcc lenGths in
front of Rica second. halflength in front OF
Greenland, third, Vintage fourth, Parnell
fth. aud Palmetto and Harpooner away OIL
in tho rear. Time, 1A9i. French pools
paid $11.
The fifth race was selling race, II miles,
for y.ycar-olds and upward, entered to be
sold for s., ,000 70 carry 125 pounds; 3'year-
olds entered to be sold for $4,000 to carry ll1
pounds, with pounds sex allowances, and
an additional allowance of pounds for every
$500 down to $500, and then pound allow
ance for every 500 down to $1,000. Purse
$10O for the first horse, and 500 for the
second
Sovereign Pat, IN. Donohue), LOG; Heel
and-Toe, 8 (Meatonl, 9l; Wandering, tPur-
celD Oh Mark, (Fisher), 80; Col. Sprague, 6
(Maynard), 10i; Gonfalon, 3 (Onley), 50, and
Farewell, 4 (Brennan), 101, were the starters.
Col. Sprague was favorite at $40 against $50
for Heel-and-Toe, $1S for Wandering, and the
field s21. The betting was to 8 against
Col. Spraguo, 2 to l against Heel-and-Toe, 3
to against Wandering, g to l against Sov-
erclgn lAt, I 10 against Farewell, . 10 i
against Gonfalon, and 10 to l against Mark.
After good deal of difficulty the horses
were sent of to good start, Wandering first
away, with Heel-and-Toe second, Gonfalon
third, Col. Spraguc fourth, Mark fifth, Sow
ereign Pat sixth, and Farewell last. Before
reaching the stand Gonfalon went TO second
place. and Heel -and-Toc fell back to third
except which there was no change. In the
upper turn and to the quarter post Wander
ing held her lead by u length, with Gonfalon
second, Col Sprague third, Hcol-and-ToC
fourth, and Sovereign Pat Farewell, and
Mark following in the order in which they
are named. There was no change in the
backstretch, nor at the half milo post
nor in the lower turn. At the three-quarters
post Heel-and-Toe began TO make her run
and the struggle for the finish was very fine
Wandering held the lead until after the
seven furlong post was passed. and though
his jockey pressed him to the utmost, Heel
and-Toe ran to the front and finished winner
by half length, with Wandering second
two lengths in front of Col. Sprague third
Gonfalon fourth, Sovereign Patt fifth Fare
we'll sixth, and Mark last. Time. 200l
French pools paid S26.10.
The sixth was q steeplechase sweepstakes
for gentlemen riders at $25 subscription, pay
or play, with $500 added. The added money tC
the winner and rs per cent. of the stakes to
the second horse, and 25 per cent. to the third
Thoroughbreds to carry 1875 pounds, and half
breeds 145 10 pounds extra for the winner OF
a regular stceplechase race at Saratoga, Mon.
mouth Park, jerome Park, Coney Island
Baltimore, or Washington; for two or more
such races, 10 pounds extra, over tine short
course about one and half miles. The
starters were Abraham, (B. Won Zeidlitz)
40; Wooster (r. S. Latrobe), 1885, Gath, 4
(E. G.. Merriman), 165; Catseye, (H. j
Horris), 1856; Ranger, 4 IL. G. O'Donnell)
40, and Joe Alston, aged (Thomas Swann),
loo.
There was very good start, with Wooster
first off, followed by Abraham, Gath, Ranger
Catseye, and Joe Aston last. All cleared the
first eathwork except Joe Aston, who went
down and out of the race. All the other
jumps were made without incident until the
fourth when Ranger went wrong and fell
behind. At the sixth jump Catseye went
wrong, and the race was left to Wooster
Gath, aud Abraham. After making the
jump near the club house in the short
turn Abraham went to the front,
but Wooster overlook and passed
him before the last wall was reached. They
then ran for tho track, Wooster holding the
first place, and he finished winner by one and
a hair lengths in front of Gath second, a half
length in front of Abraham third and Cats.
eye fourth. Ranger came in 200 yards be-
hind, and threw his rider opposite the club
house without, however, doing him any in
jury. >Tme, BIG. French pools paid $20.05.
There will be an extra meeting of three
days beginning Tomorrow. On the first day
there will be four races, as follows: Three
quarters of u mile, for 2-ysar-olds, in which
Flyaway and Old Liz will start. In the one
md one-quarter miles handicap, for all ages
Aella and Col. Sprague. In the mile heats
spun, and Nettle, and the seven-eighth Of q
mile, selling race, for all ages, Burch, Green.
land, and Tolu will start. There was no poo
selling tonight.