Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-30
BLOOD.HORSE RACES.
Five Well-Contested Events Over a
Muddy Track.

Muddy Track.
At the Bay District tract, Saturday, a
drilling rain prevailed, and the track was
heavy. The first event on the card was a
selling purse mile heats, for which Duke
of Monday was in great request, he selling
for $50, against SIG for Ned Cook and 81 for
the field, in which were Constellation,
Rondo, Mamie T. and Daisy D. The talent
commenced with a good winning, as they
backed the Duke with vim both at the
pool box and in the books, and he won a
well-fought race from Ned Cook, with very
little to spare in each instance, the time be-
ing 150l and repeat.
The second race was the Finigan stake
for two-year- olds, a dash of mile, in
which the odds at first were largely in favor
of r. p Asne's two colts, Ed. Corrigan and
Ingleside, but later ON heavy commission
was sent in on Plato, and he sold with Fee
dora at $3.50, against $500 for the others. At
the drop of the flag Ingleside jumped off
with the lead, and making the running to
the half-mile, he gradually came back to
his horses, and Ed. Corrigan moved up to
Plato, who was then in the second position
The race home was quite exciting, ana it
seemed as if Patsy Duffy would pull off the
good thing, but when opposite the club
house Mike Kelly shook his horse to-
gether, and Ed. Corrigan came away and
won handily by half length from Plato
in 1:50l.
The third event was the railroad handi-
cap, 500 each, half forfeit, with $1,000
added, and as Beaconsfield had only three
pounds over his usual weight to carry, 121
pounds rs a four year-old he was in such
general demand that the odds were at the
last 500 to $50 in the pools, while in the
books $40 to 500 were penciled as to his
| chances. The others We're Binette, years,
10 pounds Ichi Ban, 3 years, with l07
pounds John A, years, lis pounds and
Jim Merritt, aged, 96 pounds. Merritt, with
! his light weight, cut out the running the
quarter being made in Is; the half in :56,
| and the three-quarters in 1:234, when the
! horses were in Indian file at a length dis
| lance with Merritt first, Binette second,
John A. third and Beaconsfield fourth,
while Ichi Ban, evidently in no condition,
| was already hOpelessly IN the rear. Thence
the horses gradually became punched, and
when they turned into the straight the
cherry colers of Binette were seen in the
| van, but Beaconsfield bettered his position
at every turn, and at the draw gate he had
them all safe, winning in q strong galop in
2:lS by three lengths from Binette the lat
ter beating John a. for second money by
scant half length.
The hackers of the favorites were iubi-
| liant, and it appeared as if they were to
make clean sweep for the day, when the
! following event gave turn to the fortunes
| of the helders and the bookmakers. This
was the Fame stake for three ear-olds 800
each, S25 forfeit, with $500 added in which
there were more than score of entries,
but Alta and Estill were the only colts that
| faced the starter. The odds opened at 800
to $40 on Mr.. Ashes fine colt, although the
stable had no confidence in Alta, as he had
shown elsewhere at the East that he was
not good mud horse. On his side w
/ Murray had but little belief that Estill
could beat Alta, even under the circum-
stances; 50 while those who had the best
means to judge of the relative merits of the
horses held aloof, the general public rushed
in on Alta, and he started at 500 to $50 on
his chances. The horses ran locked to
the half-mile in Loo, where Estill had
slight advantage, which he main
tanned to the wire in 1850; thence
| Appleby slightly increased his lead, when,
| to the disgust of his hackers, Kelly was
seen to be pushing Alta without any per
| ceptible response, and the fielders yelled as
Est!ll drew away at the half-mile post in
249@, and won finally, hands down, in
3:5l4. This was good turn of Fortunes
wheel to the bookmakers, who began to
think that under the glorious climate each
| tavorite was bound to win.
| The final event was a free handicap
heats of seven-eighths of mile, in which
| Moonlight and Marc DAILY were favored in
the weights, and were thus made first and
second choice at $50 and $50 respectively,
while the field, comprising Delaney, Jim
Merritt, Question and Lottie L., brought
S45. The event was won by Marc Daily in
two straight heats in 1:354 and 1:3S, Moon
light securing second honors in each in
| stance. ltwas almost dark when the pro-
gramme was brought to a conclusion, but
despite this fact the spectators had an ex-
celient afternoons sport