The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-09
Graphic Tales Of How They Tree To
Turf.
Lay Of the Losers and q whoop for ths
Winners.
Other Events that are Calcllated y
Excite Iuierest.
The True Tale OF Tarranvs Capital
RIghtfuliy Written.
The Smaller Spray Of stu small
CITY.
Fort Worth Facts Faithfully Fielded..

FORT WORTH, ApTll o,-l Speciei.-I-Iho
spring meeting opened to-o.y " th sn At
tendance OF about 100 people. A sim north
wiud was bloging, which made IL iome--
what distgneable, but Other wise the day
vas tine one. The rack IL IN hne con-
dition, and II the Horther ceases, the other
d-ys OF the meeting will be enjoy able. TkIe
programme Tor to-day Was iour raoet, -
follows:
Fret Racs-Trotilng, 2,?5 class: purse.
$3.50; best three Ia five. j. ". Russell en-
trrs viii B.rbgm, b. r.; @. l.. Cause oDltHs
r,Iss Bill, x. e.; Whcy Jones cnters Execu-
tor. b. =.
Second P,ce-saloon st,kes-For two
year olds: pliise, $3.50. Il. IL Maddox on
itrs hlackhliow, hlk. q; William Sanford
.n'.r. Eva Britou, b: III IL. Askey enters
@, IL Rust, On. T., J. u. Barley en'ers
Cora d., b. m.; q. II. Jones enters Folly
Y sies, b IN.
Third rscs-Trot-Thre minute class:
purse, 500. g. q Brownlee eLters Maud
Il h. M; Luke Hayn enters Lolly b., b.
IN r. Sherwood enters Speedwell, b. s;J.
n Ru,syll enters Belle O, br. IN.
Fourth cs-RunDiDg-One mile daahs
all ages; purse, $50. J. I. Csmpbtll tnteru
V'rgie Hsarne, b. m; II. Bald ein enters
Frank Harper. BIS; y. Pike onters Signoras
b. H.; q. Porter entsrs Glendower; 81. 4.
Walden enters Shady.
The Ii rst rscs mad but little interest for the
sps ctators, Will BsnLGm winning easily In
three straight heats; Texas Bill, second.
The second rae, the one,nalf mile daehs
~ss quite exciting. Polly Yaes sold tho
iavoriie In tn. pools, with Blsckt.lIow. sec-
ond, but the race showed Polly TO have
been misjudgsd. Back'ellow won hv 4
neck. beatine Eva Bnton, with Cod Rust
third and Polly Yates fourth.
Third race Lofty b. won IN three straighe
heats, time-2:i., 2:iS IL, 2:5O 2; Speed
hA trlh rRNn
vas the great event OF the day.
Shady was = strong iayorite In the pools.
with Gl,ndower secoud choice. In tho
start the invorte waa rocke.ed aud Glen
dover took the lead which he hsld oil the
way around coming under The wsra ,noso
in front ei Shsdy. When the jocE yHeomo
70 the stand 10 osnsows.s ee Ts,ssed ,iSp:: Sp:
was three and naif pounds short,
having lost the weight from under his sad
die during the race aud Shady was declared
the winter Vugie Hesrne tecond and Sig
morn third. Time--l.T. 81.
The our.horsp chtiio. race was won by
Miss Nol.io BurFe, beating Profttsor
Bsstdsley. Tim, lao 1-2.
A ID Smith WIS bion ut before judge
Beck ham to- lay on nco N plsint OF nih BROTH
er, who said A. ID. Was of uusound' ptnd
and needed restraint. Smith lie n ws1i-to-d0
farmer, who Ives near Bedford, in this
county. Afier hearing the testimony ofn
number OF the neighbors, SqiLh was pue
ON the stand and said he didn't know Why
they had brought him there unless L. was
because he had permitted his bard
to grow. He sad he, was troubled
in mind because he was In
tris,n, having slept too long. aud he
W. MED to kill q man named Hutch'ps, be-
cause he was not lylng right, aud u he
killed ia; ne would SEQ the error OF his
ways Smith also sal the 'fu-eton no 'r''Af
to give his brothers baby away TO Ars.
Brown was that she needed something to
play with. He was Cumberland Presby-
teriun, and abused his brethren because
they did not follow him out OF the Uniied
States. The Jury found him OF unsound
mind and suggested he be tsk. n TO Austin
when the asylum hss room. In the monu-
time he will be sent tn Jail.
The case Of Harvey Sesrns has occupieo
all OF to day aud the jury are now out. IL
was shown that Woods had gene to SEQ
Stesrns 1T the cane mil with threats on
his lips. Quo witness swore he had .
pistol on ut the time and was not
s,ruck by Searns until he made .
movement as II t. ret his pistol The tes-
timony Is s. conflicting that the jury will
probably scqnit the d~irnd4nt
The census takers are still at work, and
now say they will enroll ct least 22,0O0
names.
Mayor Smith went to Galveston this
morning, and it IL eaid 10 TO
have conference with the management OF
the Gull, Colorado Il Santa Fe t. assure
them that the Browuwood ROAD will
be bu 1t and to offer right OF way i5r their
northern extensions. IL 10 almost impoS-
sib!e TO ii I'd out what the railroad commit
tee has done, but your correspon'.nt has
IL from good authority, thai the Sl5J,0ooD
now 4 raised.
John cav was arrested to-day for robbing
q ptain G. ii Day, at tue op'ia hOus' nct
longsgo. warrant is out Tor his "pAis
Frank Catk.
An italian with the unnronounoeablo
name Of Lonisrisra Monoriacslip, was Gr-
rest-d here to day tor tbtt
The q oIestion OF est, ,ol'snig nosro o.
trade Is being discvssed 'or ink oi iutetees
Tho .,F,rt bss .slled twice before. hut new
n ,od ,s sngseed Ia the preseI I Sttempt,
Ths nsSfoes are greatly disturbed ana
.nr,sssEt the desecration of their oeme-
terv aud have enlisted number
whites ON their side. They
have had the ground lor thirty
ye.rs but have never lance II, ne CO the
desecration. IL t.ey vii not remove thsir
dead a stone fence will b. bull around the
grounds on top OF the nigh hi
The Gaze Il g illDway, who Is implicated
in the robbery of the lprisn'au, Cs'houus
Who was iruggsl sn1 d,spJil a of 81 Sd,
has bsen continued un'il me u x, term..
The result of the election in Df 40 10
watched tor with interest. Rats arr even
N pade that two o1loied men will b. elscsed
aldermen. which would he reg-e,sed mere.
Mai VI Sheridan, an old nevtpsp,r man.
goe. u Hoi Springs to uisnt tor the bene-
tit OF his health. The nejor was par'iei'y
paraliz ed years ago while working here ON
the old Standard.
Rev. Harrey Stesins was acquitted