National Republican., 1883-07-20
THE RACING RECORDS,
Fair Days Sport Mt Chicago and Mon
mouth Park--A Rider Thrown and Se-
riousiY Injured.

A Fair Days Sport NJ Chicago and Nom
riousiy injured.
CHICAGO July 19.-The fifth day of the
Chicago Driving park, summer trotting meet
ing, furnished rare sport. All the conditions
were most favorable. The weather was warm,
with very little wind blowing. and the track
was unusally fast. The contests were close
and exciting, and the average time made was
never before equaled for any one day at any
place. Exclusive of one jog around the track
alone, eight heats were trotted and paced
at an average of little less than
trotting heats being better than 2lS4,
and the average of the four pacing
heats better than 2:13a. Tho sensational
event of the day was the meeting between
the famous New York gelding Majolica and
the great Wisconsin stallion Phallas in which
the latter was victorious, reversing the YER
dict of the Gentlemens Driving park, New
York, few weeks ago.
The first race was for purse of 50 800, for
the 3 minute class $500 extra to beat 2:27.
Majolica was strong favorite against the
field, on the strength of having trotted in 2:17
in his first race Majolica won the first heat
without urging at any point While
scoring for tho second heat the starting Judge
gave the word go" and by mistake sounded
the recall ball at the same time. All came
back except Majolica, who was logged around
and given the heat under the rules, the Others
being allowed to start again. The third heat
was trotted at once. Majolica went away
| first, and was seven lengths ahead of Phallas
at the half mile post. Then Phallas began
to trot very fast, overhauling the leader al
the three'quarter post, trotting him
to break and winning the heat
in 2:l6l, making stallion record
equaled by only one other horse, Jerome
Edy. The next two heats were repetition
of the third, except that Majolica did not se-
cure an inch Of commanding lead in the first
half mile.
Summary of first race; Phallas, 2, 9, /, /, 1
Majolica, 1, l, 9, 3, q Felix, 3, 3, 3, 9, 81 In
dex, 4, 4, 4, A, A. Time, 2;l7, BAL, 2;l6l, 2;2O
| 221f.
The second race was for PAGERS of the 5;2C
class, purse $1,000, $500 extra to beat PIT
Richball, the favorite won in straight heats
Bessie M. being the contending horse at the
finish in each heat. Rchball, / Bessie
M, 2; Westmont A 3; Lone Jack,
distanced. Time, 2133, 2;16t, 2l3.
Johnston, the phenomenal PAGER, came out
between the heats of the trOtting race, and
went q mile for purse OF $1,000 to beat the
best time, 2:ll3, made by Little Brown jug
at Hartford in 1881. Johnston went TO the
quarter 33l seconds, to the half in l05l, tC
the three-quarter in 1885, and covered the
| full mile in 2;1l2, just equal to the best time
| The mile was made without q skip st
Julien also appeared between heats, and was
logged slowly around tho track in a walk
over for the stakes in his match of $1,000
aside against Clingstone No time.
Richball, the winner of to-day's pacing race
was bought before the race by Frank Sher'
wood, secretary of the GAINESVILLE TEX,
Driving association, and one or two Other
persons for $4,000.
W. B, Fasig secretary of the Cleveland
Driving Park association, has been here fol
some days, and to-day he arranged free fol
all race for $1,000 between ST. julien, Edwin
Thorne, Trinket, and Fanny Witherspoon, t.
be trotted during the meeting at Cleveland in
August He had also nearly concluded d
match race of $1,000 aside, with s., 900 added
by the association, between Maiolica and Jay
| Eye See but IL is said the former is showing