Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-19


watch. the robberies have continued with
little interruption. The total OF the rob
berries makes large sum.
The American Turf.
LOUISVILLE. September 1SJh.-At the fall
meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club, the
track was stiff TODAY. and the attendance
fair. The first race was for purse of 500,
selling allowances, mile heats. In the first
heat. at the lower turn, Sovereign Pat took
the lead and Won easily, Lizzie 5. second,
John Sullivan third. Time, 1:4S4. In the
second heat. Lizzie S. was not headed
throughout, and won by a length, Sovereign
Pat second, Artist third. Time, lis. Neo-
phvte ran away and was drawn. In the
third heat Lizzie S. was never headed, win
ming easily by four lengths Time 1:493
| The winner was not sold. The second race
was for the Edgewater stakes for three
vear-olds, winning penalties and allow
ances, mile and quarter. The starters
We're Binnette Burr Oak, FOyager Billy
| Gilmore. Strickland TambOrine. Strickland
took the lead by three lengths, the others
punched behind Voyager, having b0lted
was never in the race AT the lower turn
| Binnette moved up, and at head of the
stretch was even with Strickland. From
here home Binnctte had it all her own
way. and won easily by five lengths Billy
| Gilmore second, Strickland third. Time,
| 2l4I. The third race was for purse OF
$3.50, mile and an eighth. Alice won, Bob
! Miles second. Doubt third. Time 2:03.
The fourth race, for a purse of $500, three
quarters OF mile, Bootblack won, Diamond
second Grit third Time, 1:203. In the
| fifth race for a purse of $3.50, five furlongs,
! Lizzie Lee was never headed throughout,
and won in gallop by six lengths, Es-
meralda second Early Rose poor third.
! Time, LOCI
Then followed. Che great Eastern handi-
| cap for twO-year-olds, three-quarterS of q
mile. The following were the starters
Baldwin's Trio, Volante, Verona and Mis-
sion Bell; Clipsiana stables pair, Goano
and East Lynne; Kelly's pair, Natilie and
| Hcliouope Colt; SCOTS pair, Florio and
Radha; Carrigans pair Vigilance and
| Lizzie: George L. Lorillord's pair, st. Au-
gustne and Hopeful; Jackade, Rocket,
! barefoot. Adolph, a Julietta colt, Tenstone,
| Eachus Pardee Elizabeth, Saltpetre, Liz
zie Dwyer. Daileen and Skoohum. After
several false starts good one was effected
and TenstOne shot 10 the front. At the
turn for home TenstOne still led, with the
entire field in q close bunch. In the stretch
Pardee came out with a rush, but too late,
and Tenstone won, half length ahead.
! L
dee. Time, 1:16l.
In the handicap sweepStake for all ages,
one mile and five furlongs, General Mon
roe Won Fosteral twelve lengths ahead OF
Euclid Time, 2:53E.
In the Welter handicap sweepstakes, one
mile and three-sixteenths after a terrific
! finish, Checkmate won, Matte Rapture
second, Referee third Time zoo
In the purse race for $500, for three-year-
olds and upwards, selling allowances, one
mile, Glcngarine won cleverly by a neck,
Markland second, Lutestring third. Time
1:42 The winner was entered to be sold
for 81 500, and was bought in for s., 105.
In the handicap sweepstakes for horses
that had beaten during the meeting one
mile and quarter, Ferg Kyle won, Econ
| ony, after q strong rush in the stretch
coming in second and Chanticleer third
| Time 210l.
In the handicap steeplechase over the
short course, Bourke Cochrane won by two
| lengths. Quebec second. RebOk third, bO-
nero fell, and in the disturbance threw his
rider Time, al.
At sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
New YORK. September 1Sth.-Twenty
thousand people went to Sheepshead Bay
to-day, owing generally to the interesting
programme OF racing prepared but more
| particularly to see the race between Dwyer
| Brothers Miss Woodford and Pierre Lorii-
! lard'S Drake Carter. Sporting men from
all over the country were present. Louis
| Vile, Ky, sent a large contingent. This
contest was known on the programme as
! the third race. 1t was a match race for
| S.. 900 a side, with > 900 added by the As
| ISOLATION The distance was two miles and
| a half Drake Carter was ridden by Hay
ward, 1l5 pounds, and Miss Noodford
! bv Mclaughlin, rs pounds. In the pools
| Miss Woodford sold at 800 and Drake
| Carter at 500. Betting WAS 100 to
90 on Miss Woodford, and 5 TO 5
against Drake Carter When the race was
| called there was not a vacant spot IN The
grand stand, even the aisles being packed.
| In front Of the stand was q jammed mass
! of humanity. and in the field there was be
! hind the rail a mass Of spectators twenty
| deep Miss Woodtord was the first to APP
| pear Her name was plated, and she was
! ornamented with red and blue ribbons
! Cheer after cheer went up rs she came on
the track She appeared to be in wonder
! fully good form. \ few minutes after Drake
! Carter gall0ped by He wore q hood and
| sheet. although Hayward wore LOriliard' s
cherry and black colOrs. lie aroused but 4
few faint cheers. The horses were slow to
come to the post, but when the jockeys
were once mounted they were sent away to
a capital start. The race needs really but
little description Drake Carter got of in
front, and coming by the stand led by a
/ length and a half, with Miss WoOdf0rd
under dead pull At the end Of a mile
and three filrlongs Miss WoodfOrd went
half q length nearer TO Carter, and there
remained to the quarter pole, which is at
the head of the stretch Here Mclaughlin
let the fiily out to Carriers head, and Hay
ward at once drew his whip. 1t was Of no
use, for Miss Woodford only seemed TO take
longer and quicker strides, quickly opening
DAYLIGHT between herself and her COM
petitor She appeared for a moment 10
have run away. but was brought under the
wire in Il canter, and where she WAS pulled
almost to q standstill coming to halt with
her mouth wide open and winning by 10
lengths. Time, 4:25I.
MAUD 5. STILL At WORK.
Hartford, September 1Sth.-MaUd s.
was given three practice miles at Charter
Oak Park this afternoon, in the presence Of
Robert Bonner her owner, and others. She
was sent the first mile in 90, the second IN
2I62, and the third in 2;ll8. The condi-
lions were not the best for fast work, and
the mare was not urged.
SECOND BEST PACING RECORD.
MILWAUKEE (Wis.), September 18Th
At the Cold Spring Driving Park, this after
noon, large crowd witnessed Minnie r.
pace a mile with running mate in 206,
lowering her own best record Of 2:G7, and
making the second best record known.
There was q high wind and chilly atmos-
phere, detrimental to speed. The first
quarter was made in - the half mile in
l:024 and the third quarter was paced in
1:33. Johnston failed to lower ms record,
making the mile in 211t. The last quar-
ter was paced in :30}-a 201 gait. RichbaU
paced a mile in 216l. The trotting race
between Fanny WhiterSpoon and Fritz was
won by the former il two straight heats
2:2l and 2:I9.
Status of the Country's Crops.
WAsH1NGToS, September 1Sth.-The re-
suits of inquiries made by the Department
of Agriculture concerning the present
status of crops, show that the corn crop is
in a better condition than III any Scptem-
Der since 1880. The general average is 81.