Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-24
COUNCIL BLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS
FLYING DUST.
The Second Day Of the Council
Bluffs Meeting.
Matte K. Wins the Bluffs City
Cup Stake.
The Hotel Purse Taken by startle
Some Speedy Sport.

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the driving park was far from . pleas
ant one. The sky was reasonably
clear, but the wind blew strong and
the track and grounds were SO dry
that the dust whirled In clouds, blind.
Ing people ana horses, and the stiff
breeze spoiled the usual spurts of
speed on the home stretch, the wind
being square against the horses.
The attendance was tome larger
than on the previous day, bot still not
what 1t should have been and not
what the attractions offered and
the meeting merited. There were
more present from out of the city, and
the proportion of v~isitors to those of
our home people was rather to the
discredit Of the city.
The Juvenile baud as on the pre-
vlous day, ~enlivened the crowd with
music between heats and races, and
the m~elodious voices OF the wheel of
fortune man and the pool.seller were
heard as usual. The wind furnished
enough power to run the wheel itself,
and it drew almost as large a Gro wd as
the track.
The first event was
H HALF MILE DASH,
for the Bluff City cup stake and 5000,
for two y%esr.olds, The starters, in
the positions assigned, were: Matte
K, Josie, Dora Dillon, Sampson, Lors
Mitchell and Liggins. The start was
a neat one ard the race fairly run
The horses punched closely along the
whole distance, and a lively struggle
was made as they approached the
wire. Matte K, though having a
broken bride, and no bit in her mouth,
crowded to the front and won the
race by q half neck, higgins taxing
second, all the others In a close bunch.
Time, 543,
THE HOTEL PURSE.
The next was the running race for
the Hotel purse, $400, all ages, a mile
and repeat. The starters were placed
as follows: Flanders, VIM. Mulkey,
Kansas City; Startle, o. K LsFevre,
Denver; Find Out, P. II. Butler,
Silver City, Kss.; Governor Garce-
lon, Jesse o. Crowell, Atchison, Kas.
EAie Il, G. F. Armstrong, Mobile,
Ala.
There was much delay in getting 9
send-of, but not 30 much monotony Of
usual. Find Out kept up his antics,
refusing to do much Of any thing ex-
oept kicking, E6ie Il was free
for bad starting, and when
at last they go. off Find Out refused
to come up, and was taken to the sta
BILE. Flanders led off and kept to tn,
front, with Startle bringing up thu
rear, but by the fnish of the mile, a
Flanders passed under the wire first
Startle was q good second, while Eff,
a, who took third, was closely followe'
by Governor Gorcelon. Time, 1:46
which was far better than was ex
peoted, In view of the strong wind ant
cloud of dust.
The second mile was very prettil,
run, and caused really the first out
burst of enthusiasm and excitemen
on the part of the crowd. FIander
and Startle kept neck to neck, but Oh
the homestretch Startle pushed enough
ahead to pass under the wire winner
Flanders second, Efis 81 third, AM
Governor Garcelon fourth. Time
1:463.
The third mile proved an exciting
contest between Stsrtle and FLINDERS
and was finely run, 1t bsing neck ans
neck until the third quarter whel
Startle got q length the start, and TO
the first time daylight showed between
them. On the finish Startle came nm
der the wire about the same distanc
ahead, without the touch of whip o
spur, winning the heat and race
Time, LAT. Startle showed himsel
by far the best horse, having no mon
, key shines or capers but getting RICH
down to business and staying there.
THE 2:40 RACE.
: In the 2:40 class there were five en-
tries, but A. Roberts, of Omaha, DIRE,
1ar