Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-15
Reception Committees.

The following are the reception COM
mittees for the week, appointed to take care
of the lady visitore:
FIRST DAY.
ChickasatO Gtards' Ddy.-W. L. Clapp,
chairman: S. J. Hays, E II. Dorion, s. j.
Phillips, r. W. Harris and Branch Martin.
Second DAY.
Ladies' Day.. J. Shoemaker, chairman;
J. F. Walker, Levi Joy, Jos. H. Scaife, J. w.
Fulmer and Stoney Montgomery.
THIRD DAY.
Free-to the Field Day.. T. Petit, chair
man; A. G. TreadwelI, 2. N. Estes W. B.
Gslbreath, w. J. Crawford and John K.
Speed.
FOURTH DAY.
Merchants Day-T. J. Hunt, charm an;
Robert jones, Charles Msyhoff, George Fl.
Latham, james P. Day and I. Maury Gal
breath.
FIFTH DAY.
Tennessee Cub DGy.-C. N. Grosvenor,
chairman; Sam Tate, jr, ]. J. McComb,
Leon Hunt, Ben B9wdre and Thomas
Graham.
SIXTH DAY.
Last Doy-W. H. Rhes, chairman; G. III.
Latham, R. s. Bowles, Jeptha Folkes Harry
Robinson and Chsrles Mayhoff.
Chairmen of committees are requested to
call on the secretary for their badges ct or
before 10 o'clock of the Day for which they
are appointed.
TURF NOTES.
THERE are 125 horses at the race-track.
Boz CATHcART sold the pools last night
FELLowPLAY is the favorite in the first
race.
THEY say Joe Murray is too feshy 10 run
fast race.
JOE MURRAY is said to be little back
ward in his work.
FLORENCE D. and Eva A sold even fer
first choice in the steeple-chase.
AZTEC is hot favorite for the Chickasaw
Guards Stake, one mile and quarter.
TENNESSEE GIRL represents the Memphis
Stables in the steeple-chsse tomorrow.
AVALON, who won two races here last fall,
is at the track, but not in condition to run.
DRAKE CARTER, the crack three-year-o old,
will run Wednesday, and contest with Aztec.
TIE unknown" Foster FLY is the favor.
lite in the half. mile dash for tuo-year old
fillies.
SUBSCRIBERS to stakes and purses can OBJ.
tain their season badges" Oh application to
the secretary.
BRIAN BoRU, owing to the injuries he re.
ceived Thursday, will not run in the steeple-
chase tomorrow.
ADA BANS ankle prevents her competing
with Aztec for the honor of winning the
ChickssaW Guards Stake.
TIE hu-dles erected for tue sterpiv.uhase
tomorrow ara substantial, and il will require
a horse that can Jump to win.
EIGHT 10 one we're the odds laid against
the fsvorites-Fellowplay, Aztec, Unknown
aud Florence D., by the book-makers last
night.
THE entry of Samuel L. Jones Of a bay
colt by Enquirer, dam Nevada, is fraudu-
lent, there being no such losl. Nevada was
barren in 1881.
TIVE Commonwealth, which arrived last
night from Vicksburg, brought several sta
bles of horses that were in attendance at the
Greenvile, Miss,, races.
BRAZIL will not be sble to run at this
meeting. He tried to kick the roof off of
the freight-car that brought him from New
Orleans and got the worst of it.
F. SIEBER recently bought Nsnkin, a
hurdler, for Ia, S00f, and Pani9ue formerly
OF Count de Lagrsuge's stable) for 10 ,000f,
both OF them having that day woa races at
Auteuil, France.
MAGGIE B. B., the dam of Iroquois, drop
ped on the 9th of March chestnut colt, by
Alarm. This is the same month and Say of
the month on which the illustrious Iroquois
was foaled, and as condolences are striking
the career Of this colt will be watched with
considerable interest.
CREosoTE died recently at New Orleans.
He was FIVE years old, by Creedmoor, cut of
Kate Mattingly, and at one time was con-
sidered the most promising steed- of his age
in the country. Last year he won the Dis
tillers' Stakes at the Lexington spring meet
ing, in 2.09}, and at Louisville, May 18th,
ran . mile and sixteenth in 1:4Sa, being the
fastest recorded time. He was subsequently,
purchased by Morris q Patton, for whom he
won the Turf Stakes at the Louisville fall
meeting. Taken all through, he was quite
successful ia his four year-old form, and at
the close of last season bis owners had high
hopes of future brilliant achievements bJ
him. During the winter, however, he was
taken i'll, and On March 12.h became the
property of 6. s. Caldwell, who took him
and $500 in cash in exchange for Ballast
Afterward Caldwell disposed of him to W.
B. Felard, taking the two-year-oIds Lenore
and 81. Assph in exchange. He died before
his last owner could find purchaser for a
horsa whose racing days he must have dis.
covered were over.