Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-19

| pHe5eut- Louisville, Kentucky. sent :
large contingent. This contest w.,
kho~n on tne program az toe third race
- was a match race for 5000 a side
T1n S4u added by the Association
Tue distance vas 81 miles. Drake
oasser vas ridden By Hayward. lis lbs,
ana Miss WoOdford by Mclaughlin
no los. In the pools Miss woodford
sofo Al slOo. and Drake Carter at $50
Ds'tlng was 800 to So on Miss Wood
Iord, and IS to s. against Drake Car.
yer. when the race WAS called there
vas hot a vacant spot on tbs grand
ssane- Even the aisles were packed.
ano IN irost OF the stand was i4mnn ed a
mass OF humanity. In the field there
! was behind the rails a mass of suActa
tors twenty deep. Miss Woodford was
the nrst to appear. Her name was
plated, and she was ornament4d with
req and blue ribbons. Cheer after
cheer went up as she came on
the track. She appeared TO be in won
dertuIly good form. A few minutes af
ter Drake Carter gaIloped by. He wore
a hood and sheet. Although HAYWARD
wore LorIllard's cherry and black, he
| aroused but few faint cheers. The
horses were slow to come to the post.
out when the jockeys were once mount
cd they were sent away to capital
start. The race needs really but little
description. Drake Carter got off in
front, and coming nv the stand led by a
length and half, MISS WoodfOrd being
under dead pull. At the end of a mile
| and three turlongs Miss Woadfori went
half length nearer to Carter. aud there
remain 70 the quarter pole. which WAS
~ the head of the stretch. Here Nc
Laughlin let the filly ont TO Carter's
mead. Hayward At once drew his whip,
but II was of no Use. Miss WoOdford
only seemed to take longer and quicksr
strides, and quickly opened daylight be
tween herself and her competitor. She
appeared for moment to have run
away, but was brought under the wire
IN a canter, where she was pulled almost
to standstill. coming to a halt with
her mouth wide open and Winning by 10
lengths. Time, 1884.
Great Eastern handicap for two wear
| olds, three-quarters of mile starters,
Baldvin's trio, Valiant, Verona and
Mission Belle; ClipsianIa stables pair,
Gnano and East Lynn; Kelly's pair,
Natilie and Heliotrope Colt: Scott's
pair, Florio and Rodha; Carrigan's
pair, Vigilance and Lizzie George l.
L0rillard's pair, st. Augustine and
Hopeful Jack Cade. Rocket, barefoot,
Adolph, Juliet, Coll Tenstone, Eachus,
Pardee, Elizabeth, Saltpetre, Lizzie
Dryer, Dayleen and Skookum. After
several false starts good one was
effected and Tenstone shot to the front.
At the turn for home Tenstone still led
with the eRtire field in close bunch.
In the stretch Pardee came cut with a
toA
by half length ahead of Guano and
some distance in front of Pardee.
Time, 1:l614.
Handicap sweepstake. all ages, mile
and five furlongs; Ferard Monroe won;
Fostoria I'd, twelve lengths ahead of
Euclid. Time 2:5316.
Weller handicap, sweepstake, mile and
three sixteenths. After a terrific finish
Checkmate won; Matte Rapture ID,
Referee Sd. Time 2.O6.
Purse 5000, three year ODDS and no.
wards, selling allowance, one mile.
GlenRarn won cleverly by 1 neck; Mart
land I'd, Lutestring 3D.. Time l:42. The
winner was entered to be- sold for $l9C0
and was bought in for S2l50.
Handicap sweepstakes for horses that
had been beaten during the meeting,
mile and quarter. Ferg Kyle won;
Economy, after a strong rush in the
stretch, coming in second, and Chanti-
oleer third. Time 2:016.
Handicap steepleohase over q short
course. Rourke Cockeran won by two
lengths; Quebec %, Robok Sd. Bonnois
fell aud Disturbance threw his rider.
Time All.
tie Accepts.
BosroN, Sept. lS.-Capt. w. Ellsworth
has accepted the nomination for presi-
dent of the United States, rendered by
the American Political Alliance, and will
stump Louisiana, Tennessee, MARYLAND
and Virginia. The headquarters of the
Alliance will be removed from Boston
to Philadelphia.
The Right Thing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The president
has appointed Harry kislingbury, a son
of Lieutenant Kislingbury, who lost his
life in the Greedy expedition, as a cadet
at large to the naval academy at An
napolis.
Judge Gresham and the Treasury
Portfolio.
Ii is now known beyond a doubt that
Gen. Gresham can have the treasury
portfolio IL he wishes it. His hesirancy
il caused by his desire to conclude in
vestiHations already begun and inaug-
urate further reforms in the postoffice
department. Ii is known that the pres.
ident would be gratified il Judge Ores
ham would accept the place, and some
Of his friends believe that he may yet
be induced to take the position.
Up In a Balloon.
BURLINGTON, sept. ls.-Twelve thou.
sand people witnessed the assoc nsion of
Professor Kings balloon. Eagle Eyrie,
at the County Fair grounds, this after
noon. The professor was accompanied
bv special representative of the
Ha,cksye. The balloon made in a
northeasterly direction. at a hight of
about ~ miles.
Call for Convention OF Llye stock
Breeders.
SPRINGFIELD Ull. }, Sept. lS.-The ILL
nois State Board of Agriculture today
issued call for National Convention
of those interested in the breeding and
management of various classes of live
stock, t. be held at Chicago, November
Ii, 1854. The prevention and extermi
nation of contagious diseases and leg
islation, National and State, on the
subject will be discussed. The proprie-
~ Of permanent organization of the
stock men of the country will also be
considered.
Maud .. Practietng.
Hartford, Sept. 1s.-Maud s. was
given three practice miles at Charter
Oak Park this afternoon in the presence
Of Robert Bonner. her owner, and 9th
ers. She Was sent the first mile in Do,
the second in 2:l6sl, and the third IN
2:ll4. Her condition Ia not the best
for fast work, and the mare was not
urged.
Death from yellow Fever.
BOSTON, Sept. lS.-Capt. Simpson. the
yellow fever patient at the quarantine
hospital, died.
PACIFIC COAST.