New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-08
CLOSING DAY AT JEROME PARK.
MANY rREsENT. But THE SPORT CNENC.IlNG-Ih-
DIVERS WIN TWO RACES.


DIVERS WIN TWO RACES.
I'm snite of the heat the dHst and the meaGre
.,o,t good number OF spectators assembled at Jerome
Park yesterday. Among welEknown faces ana h2u,eS
were those Of August Belmont, ID. D. Wltheis' Juuse
Manson Major boswell, J. y. Galway, the D"He:
Rro,hers Lord Vaudeville, John F. Purdy, Captain
Coster. skipwith Gordon, Charles Mitchell i"llh "hom
Iohn l. Sullivan will hold prize debate III Madison
souare in few weeks, j. G. k. Lawrence fIedeilcA
NAV Charles Wheatly, Howell Osborn T. j. Nooisey'
Leonard W Jerome Hamilton Cole william H. iraN'IE'
Edward Kearnoy, I. 4 Hardy and Roger A. Pryor
The coaches Of August Belmont j. v Parker T. d.
Morgan jr. and c. A. Baudouine were on the gfoohos'
II wa. true June day though the air had touch OF
my fire IN IT, Many Of the ladies present wore Whne
gowns and all looked dehciOusly cool ana serene III
fabrics fair and ra enough 10 grace the lawns oil New"
nort at its est and brightest When the radiant process
.on of danes and dcmoisees ripped across Inc track
heforc tho steepechase Decoration Day parade or
the long line of blue and gold on the occasion OF any
treat military display could present so nuch on "Dch
The eve was tempted TO dwell
The racing was not OF order that invites much re-
mark In the King Ernest Mimi colt the winner OF the
frat race and In Caesar second in the third race, MT
witbers pair OF colts likely ever to shine a. turf
stars of the first magnitude but useful animals mat ought
70 hiring I'm gain the stable The Dryers won Inc TWO
vearod race with Richmond and the Jockey CIup manu-
can with Hartford, but lost the hIst race
for which they furnished the favOrte in Ecuador
Lot Hartford win perfectly proper proceeding since the
ovners by putting Mclaughlin on Hartford announced
IN the p,anest way that they proposed 10 WIN WIN
him. .
ak favortes four and there were no startling
,urpr1ses MI wall had the bliss of seeing his Wahowcr
win q race and il made him bubble and beam Ike glass
q, chamnacne Its now said that if Watiower should
win the suburban at shcepshead Bay on Tuesday his
owner will be $4,000 richer. But tne owners OF the
other horses entered for that great handicap do not yet
show any alarm. The opinion Is grow
Inc that the winner Of the suburban
will be the best that the Dvyer Brothers or Pierre Lor
lard sends 10 the post though General Monroe will dous
lose make an emphatic claim II il Dosed abroad that
Iroouois is going like seanengne with the throttle
wide open Well ne will have 70 asen down the safety
valve also order to get away from George kinney OF
Miss Woodford
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.
The first race for three year-ods onemile special
weights. Two starters-Dwycr Brothers colt Ecuador
by ENQUIRER Nevada 1l3 pds., ridden by McLaugl-
un, and d. j. withers's unnamed colt by King Ernest
Mimi nO6 McKennyl. Bettng-5 to on Ecuador
II 10 10 against the Mimi colt. Ecuador was no match
for the Mimi colt, who won in q canter in l:464
The victory easy and the colt ran so well as 10
nrove that he is OF higher class than that in which he
has been generally ranked Ecuador was not ut to Tun
but al bis best he is poor enough Inc in DrOher 10
Luke Blackburn, Joe. Blackburn and Ecuador the h"l
brother 10 be pair OF deGces Win no ciahce OF
bettering the hand On the draw.
The second for twOyear ODDS special weights,
10 mile SIX starters-Dwyer Brothers colt Richmond
~ virgLAert 1l0, McLau2blnl; lAttenelds COLI le-
ir's diiy Petition by FalsettoPera uO7, Lewis G. l..
fiiiards y souci by Eolus souc (07, BrennanG
J. H. Kellys unnamed colt by KING Afonso-Lerna QlO,
Hughes ard L. i. Wan's colt Spectator by Billet
GooI.Bye Acknowledgement 10 2, TeeImseh TO 2,
Petition 10 l. the Lerna colt TO l. souc to l. Spec
ulator IL J. Richmond was fIst away s9Ic ran
into The lead second furong but Richmond passed
her at the head OF The mn' ana
Ssng;h p 80 seconds Tecumseh second length before
Petop third the Lerna colt fourth, souei nfth ana
'The Dwyer Brothers showed little confidence In Their
colt backing lin lightly. But he much superior to
I'm aud seems 10 COmp.rc wei WIN
their Detective aud ElmencOlI .o- , erono,aoa
Neyt came handicap Que mile $50 each, S3OO addeu'
isdon by King Lear RedOwa Ql9, McLaughlin)i ~
Iorilard colt Thsckeray by GTea: Tom Mehose o. 10
brennan, and d. ID. Witherss colt Caesar by
King ErnestJuetta q, l2O McK KENNY b hat
Lis and his friends were extremely confident ana
backed him freely. This with the fact that Mclaughlin
his back made him great fayorlte TWO 10 one on
him being bet before the flag FELL The nnal odds against
Thackeray three 10 one and against CgsarnVe To
one Caesar got under slowly and Haledon went OH
win long lead but the pace for tho first half mile was
font 10 the end though Caesar made good run IN the
omssreteh and finished at his flank, the time being
ila Thsekeray was last by dozen lengths. lie has
fallen of sadly from his form last year. ,..
ydnn.ra II 'D0F tire. s ' I'll e.. Issss
iiIely enough, for lie ran creditabiy IL must be
remembered at weight for age schedule Haiedon was
~ pounds better of than he .., h,,, o,,,, nm, ,,,
Alteration condtens 600 added, $500 to second,
ii miles had three starters. These were the Dwyer
raIr the colt George Kinney by Bonnie scotland-kah
Ian a. l2s E1ts7s:nos AID the guiding hsfioru Wy