The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-15
TURF TALK.
A Memorable Racing Day at
Louisville.
OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Glad
LIZ stone Withdraw lt-ChoIera
Ravages Etc.
On the Turf

On the Turf
BRIeHToS BEACH, May li.-An bet
tieg was stopped to-day by. police OFF,
GERS
First race, Five furIongs-Com-
mander won by four lengths; Frolic
second; Little Minch third. Time L OS.
Second race, y mile-General Price
won by half length; Irish Pat second;
Lord Beaconsfield third. Time l.49l<.
Fourth race, y mile-Keokeek won
by a head; Peekskill and Frolic ran a
dead heat for second place. Time
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LOUISVILLE. KY. May 14.-Derby day
has come and gone. and by all who saw
it, has been put down as a great turf
event, successful in every respect. The
weather was very warm. The track
was the largest seen at Louis
vile in many years. In the free field.
the crowd was simply immense They
were good natured, but it required
great exertion on the part Of the police
Betting was very good; il was confined
to auction and French mutual pools.
book-makers declining to pay the sum
required for the privilege by White &
Co., lessees.
First race, the Louisville Ladies'
stake, five-eighths of a mile-NellIe B.,
(l0D West; Blessed Q0TJ Withers; Jen-
ME T. (107) Fuller, Plaything (i07)
Kelly, Cora L. 900 Step, Lilith (lO7)
j. Crittenden, Varina 107) Ellis. Midair
Q00 Henderson, Ben Nail (1O7) Conk-
ling, Wary d07) StoYal, Violette (lO7)
Z. Harris. Valuable (10T) Tankersly.
Observation-Disclosures A. Betting on
~ = IL
and Valuable, SIS; field, $50.
Wary and Jennie T. were the first to
show in front, Jennie T. soon taking
lead followed by Wary. and was not
headed, Jennie T. winning rather
easily by one length, Wary second. Ben
Nail a very close third. Time, 1.01H.
Second race, -one and aone-quar ter
miles-Susie Forbes (67) j. Johnson;
Red Girl (97) 0'Brien; Aretino (122)
Withers; Hattie Carlisle (9O Fuiiori
Modesty (117) Fitzpatrick. BETTING
Modesiy $75, Aretino SIS. Hattie
Carlisle $40, field IS. Red girl took the
lead of three lengths, Susie Forbes
second, two lengths in front of
Modesty third. On the back stretch,
Modesty went to the front, Aretino
second, Hattie Carlisle third. on
the stretch Hattie Carlisle took the
second place, Modesty was not headed
and won easily by half a.length; Hat
tie Carlisle second, Aretino, third,
three lengths of. Tire, 2.1l1<.
Third race. the Kentucky Derby, one
and one-half miles-Free Knight (Fitz-
patrick). Masterpiece (West), Bluewing
(Garrlson). Lijero Murphy Ben All
duffy, Jim Gray (Wethers), Sir Joseph
(Conkling). Grimaldi q. Lewis), J4afette
(StovaD, Harrodsburg q. Riley). 1lS
each. Non-starters. Ban Fox, Silver
Cloud. Betting-Ben Ali, $500, Free
knight 1886. Bluewing 1915. Jim Gray
SIPS, Masterpiece SIS, field $50. An
excellent start without delay, Blue
wing. Grimaldi and Masterpiece, as
named, showing in the front. In a
short distance Masterpiece went to the
front, soon having q lead of three
lengths, Harrodsburg second, half
length ahead of Grimaldi, third. Girl
maldi dropped back at the stand. Jim
Gray moved up even with him. On the
back stretch, the leaders were coming
back. Jim Gray showing tritie in front
of the half pole. Harrodsburg, Master
piece and Free knight in a close
bunch. As they rounded into the
stretch, Free knight was in the front,
but the four were very close together;
In short time Ben Ali and Biuewing
had the race to themselves; they had
very hard and driving finish, both
horses were very tired, Ben Ali winning
by short three-quarters of a length,
Bluewing second, Free knight third.
Time. 2 36H. nI'r.I
Fourth race, heat Of one mile-Ker-
shaw (97) O'Brien; Big Three (92) ].
Johnson; IRISH Pat (1l3) Fitz Patrick;
Adrian (l01) w. Jones; Falls City (9T
Mccarthy. First heat, betting-Irish
Pat, $50; Adrian, $ss; Big Three s35;
field. S14, Adrian led, followed by
Falls City and Big Three. There was
no change all the way into the stretch,
where Irish Pat Joined Adrian. Itwas
a hard and close race to the end, AID
rian winning by one length, Irish Pat
second, Big Three third, Falls City
fourth, Kershaw fifth. Time LAX.
Mutuals paid, Field $3.50. Second
heat, betting-Irish Pat si75,. Adrian.
500; field. IS. Irish Pat and Adrian
ran close together as named
for three-quarters of a mile:
Irish Pat then drew clear and won
handy by one length, Adrian second,
Big Thru, q bad third, Falls City and
Kerchav disiarced. Time, i44K.
mutuals paid sl4. Third heat betting
Irish Pat 500, Adrian. S22. They run
Tapped into the stretch, where Adrian
drew away and won easily by four
lengths, Irish Pat second. Time LAT.
mutuais paid 1880.