Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-26
TUE LAST OF THE RACES.
The Wind Up of the Spring Meeting
for 1881.

/ The w ina Up VI tnt CpAAhr NANNSA"S
for 1888.
The final races Of the Savannah Jockey
Club for 1888 were attended yesterday by
a mere handful of spectators. The day
opened warm.and bright, and there.was a
promise for a fair crowd but the promise
didn't fill. There was a lonesome look
| about the sheds at Tenbroeck track
| and a lonesomer look about the
| faces of the management. At the hour
| the bugler stood up In the judges stand
/ and blew a blast that echoed from the
empty buildings. The few spectators that
were taking in the bengal tiger" in the
| basement Of the grand stand crawled out
| the broken windows and braced up against
| the fence to see the race, a mile and
| quarter dash, weight for age; purse of
| $50. Of which second horse to receive $50.
There were two entries and starters.
| !. c. H. Pettengill, b. g. Fair Count. by
Dudley, - Adele. COlOrs, cherry and
orange.
,. ". p. Burch, b. g. Col. sprague, by
| Calvin, - Pauline Sprague. Colors,
blue and orange.
The start was made from the three
quarter mile stand. with the faVOrite geld
| ing in the lead. There was little excite
ment and the pools were at heavy
odds on Burch's Sprague. The en-
| tries passed the judges stand and
began the mile pull with wide gap.
There was little change in position till
| the last of the back stretch, when Fair
| Count made desperate push and Tapped
on to the bay, making an even neck and
neck race TO the last quarter. On the
home stretch he got away with the slash
| ing gelding and went ahead by length,
and came in at a licking pace an easy
| winner by three lengths. Owing to a
misunderstanding between the starters
and timers the wrong flag was dropped
at the starting pole, and no time was re-
corded. This closed the first race.
| There was a buzz around the pool stand
| before the next dash and betting was brisk.
| The second race was the Consolation
purse; mile dash; for horses which have
| run and not won during the meeting;
| purse 5000, of which $50 to second; $50 to
| third.
1. c. H. Pettengill, b. m. Constantine,
| by Abdel-Kader, - Sunbeam.
| &C. w. Medinger, bT. 2. Bonnie Castle,
| bv Bonnie Scotland, - Bette Martin.
| 3. r. b. Fillmore, b. m. Palmetto, by
| Pimlico. - Trinket.
The first pool started at 500 to $40 on
| Constantine against the field.
| The chestnut FLY, Belle of Charleston,
| was posted on the boards, but owing to
misunderstanding on the part of her
| owner she was not entered Iof lne race,
! and was ruled off.
At 10 minutes past 3 the track was
cleared, and the riders mounted for the
| final race. In the choice for positions
| Constantine drew the inside, Bonnie Cas-
| tie second and Palmetto third.
There was n good deal of difficulty in
| getting off, owing to the cussedness OF the
| jockeys or the Obstinacy of the horses.
| The mare Palmetto was nervous, and
| backed her rider into the fence before a
| start was made. A send off was finally
accomplished, and the racers got away in
| splendid shape. On the first half
mile it was pretty sight, the
horses running in a perfect line.
At the beginning of the last half COnstan-
tina left the bunch and led cut length to
the front. Palmetto fell back, and the
string passed the three-quarter stand and
| begun the home-stretch with Constantine
i'm the lead a good two lengths. 1t was
fine dash. Bonnie Castle made a despe-
rate brush, but the fayorite held the pole
and went under the string hard pushed
in :5ll, with Bonnie Castle second and
| Palmetto third, and was declared winner
of the race. This closed the day.