Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-15
Charter Oak Park.

About 2, 800 People Witness Yesterday,s l Races 2s2O and 2;38 CIasses-Excitfng TrOttfng.
 1 HARTFORD, June 14 The attendance at | the Charter Oak Park races this afternoon was the largest of the meeting thus far. about 2,500 people being present. The weather was superb, the track in first class condition and the sport very interesting. The an- announcement made by the Hartford Times l yesterday that Amelia O. the bay mare which won the 2:28 class on Tuesday. had been sold to O. D. Palmer, of Stonington, for $l5. .oOO was incorrect. No such sale had been made er contemplated. The judges of the | races this afternoon were the same as yester- I day. The trots were in the 2:20 and 2:32 classes. Fine fields started in each and both were vigorously contended. In both classes the favorites were beaten. Blanch- ard won the 2:32 after gallant struggle, and 1 so evenly matched were the entries in the 2:2O that seven heats were trotted before Forest Patehen proved himself the superior. The races in detail were as follows:
 | THE 2:20 RACE.
 Captain Emmons, who acquired 8 reputa- tlon as the plough horse" in the circuit last year, Romero, the fast Californian stallion, Brandy Boy, Driver, Forest Patchen and Josephus answered the judges bell in this class Pool selling was very active, Rome l TO being the favorite at $1OO, the field bring | ing $75. After several scores the word was 1 given to very bad start, Forest Patchen, the pole horse, breaking just before reaching l the wire and Driver being two lengths in the | rear. Brandy Boy went to the front at the turn, and had length the best of Romero at 1 the quarter. The leader was not headed during the heat and won handiIy Romero broke on the back stretchIand finish ed fourth, Emmons getting second and Jo- sephus third place. Time 2:204. Mutuals l paid $8 on the heat. Romero still sold the fa- Vorite at $50. Brandy Boy $45, field $25. Bran I dy Boy was length ahead of RomeroEat the 1 quarter and was not troubled during the heat, which he took by length from the pool favorite. Time, 2:21. Mutuals paid I SIS. Brandy Boy sold steady in the pools at $60, Romero $20 and the field SIP. The third head was very finely contested. Driver by 8 sudden burst of speed led Brandy Boy at the quarter by an open length and held his advantage to the lower 1turn where he broke and Brandy went into first place. In the stretch the entire party punched, but Forest Patchen came eut of the buneh and finished first by length. Captain En- mons was driven by Murphy in this heat and finished second; time 2:19 1-2. Mutual tick cts paid $8 60. Brandy Boy sold even
 with the field in the pools after this heat.
 Driver again led to the half, Romero length
 behind, Emmons tapping and Patchen two
 lengths in the rear. In this order the horses ! swung into the stretch, up which the race was grand one. The three leaders were
 abreast at the distance but at that point
 Patchen, by superb burst, went past the
 others and finished first in 2:22. Mutuals
 paid $3O.4O. Patchen became the fa-
 vorite at $50, the field bring
 ing $25. Patchen, driven by Dan
 Mace, had it all hls own way in the fifth
 heat. He led Brandy Boy around into the
 stretch by two lengths and then Brandy fell
 back and Captain Emmons made play for the
 heat. He was not fast enough, however,
 and Dan sent his gelding under the wire in a jog in 223 1-4. Mutuals paid $1O.SO. In
 their joy the "fielders'' threw up their hats
 For the sixth heat only Josephus, Brandy
 Boy and Forest Patchen started, the rest be-
 ing ruled out for not having taken 8 heat in
 five. Patehen 1925, the field SIS. Josephus
 led Patchen three lengths at the half and won easily. Time, 2:25 If. Josephus sold for
 1925, Patchen SIP, Brandy Boy $5. Josephus
 led Patchen to the three-quarter post, but up
 the stretch Patchen passed him and won the
 race. Time, 2:29. The summary:
 ! Charter Oak Park. Hartford June A. Purse s1o,OOO fdivided for the 2:20 class.
 1 D Marsh Boston, Mass, br
 | Eorest Patchen 3 l G Nelson, New York, ch g Jose-