Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
BONE AND ABROAD.
MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Great Storm-American Turf
Crocker's Condition Labor
Notes-Foreign Items.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The American Turf.

was stopped to-day by the police authori.
ties. The first race, five furlongs. Com
mander won by four lengths, Frolic second.
Little Minch third. Time, 1:05 The second
race, three-quarters of mile, General Price
won by half a length, Cratic second, Blue
Belle third. Time, LOO. The third race, one
mile, George Singerly won by half a length.
Irish Pat second Lord Beaconsfield third
Time, 1:491. The fourth race. three-ouar-
ters of mile, KOekuk won bv a head
PeekslNll and Frolic running a dead heat
for second place. Time, 1:202.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY a GREAT rUnF
EVENT
LOUISVILLE, May 14th.-Derby Dav has
come and gone, and by all who saw it has
been put down us a great turf event suc-
cessful IN every respect. The weather was
very warm, the track was good and fast.
and the attendance was the largest seen at
Louisville in many years. In the free field
the crowd was simply immense They
were good-natured, but it required great
eXertlon on the part of the police. The
betting was very good. 1t was confined to
auction and French mutual pools, the
bookmakers declining to pay the sum re-
quired for the privilege by White & Co..
the lessees.
The first race was for the Louisville
Ladies stakes, fiye-eighths of mile.
Starters, weights and jockeys: Nellie 3.
100, West; Blessed (l07), Twithers; Jennie
I. 400 Fuller; Plaything QO7i, Kelly ;
Cora l.: (107), Step; Lilith 400, j. Critten-
den Varina 900, Ellis: Midair 400,
Henderson Ben Nail 400, Conkling
Wary Q07), Stoval; Violette tI07), r. Har-
ris; Valuable 900, Tankersly. The bet
ting stood: Corrigans entry, Jennie T.,
Midair and Valuable, S25; field, $50. AT
the start which was excellent, Wary and
Jennie I. were the first to show in front.
Jennie I. soon taking the lead, followed by
Wary, and was not headed, Jennie T. win
ming rather easily by one length, Wary
second, Ben Nail, very close third.
Time, 10l4.
The second race was one and one-duarter
miles the starters being Susie Forbes t97),
J. Johnson; Red Girl (97), O'Brien; Are
tins (l22), Withers; Hattie Carlisle (97),
Fuller; Modesty 40, Fitzpatrick. Bet
ting Modesty, $75 Aretins, S15: Hattie
Carlisle, $40; field IS. Red Girl took a
lead of three lengths Susie Forbes second.
two lengths in front of Modesty, third. On
the backstretch Modesty went to the front.
Aretins second, Hattie Carlisle third. on
the homestretch Hattie Carlisle took sec
ond place. Modesty was not headed, and
won easily by half length, Hattie Carlisle
second, Aretins Sd, three lengths of. Time.
2:11t.
The third race was for the Kentucky
Derby, one and half miles. Starters and
jockeys: Free Knight Fitzpatrick, Master
piece Vest, Blue Wing (Garrison), Liiero
(Murphy), Ben Ali Duffy, Jim GRAY
tWithers), Sir Joseph (Conkiing), Grimaldi
u: Lewis, Lafitte tStoval), Harrodsburg q D..
Riley)-l1S eacn. The non-starters were
Ban Fox and Silver Cloud. Betting: Ben
Ali, $500; Free Knight, 1915 Blue Wing.
$40; jim Gray, SIPS; Masterpiece, $75 ;
held, $3.50. An excellent start was had
without delay, Blue Wing, Grimaldi and
Masterpiece, as named, showing in
front. In short distance Masterpiece
went to the front, soon having lead of
three lengths, Harrodsburg second, half a
length ahead of Grimaldi, third Grimaldi
dropped back at the stand and Jim GRAY
moved up even with him. On the back
stretch the leaders were coming back. Jim
Gray showing a tritle in front at the half
pole, Harrodsburg, Masterpiece and Free
Knight in close bunch. As they rounded
into the stretch Free knight was in front.
but the four were very close together In
short time Ben Ali and Blue Wing had
the race to themselves. They had very
hard and driving finish, and both horses
were very tired, Ben Ali winning bv a
short three-quarters of length. Blue Wing
second, Free Knight bad third. Time,
1851.
The fourth race~was heats of one mile.
Starters, weights and Jockeys: Kershaw
90, O'Brien; Big Three (92). J. johnson ;
Irish Pat ll13), Fitzpatrick; Adrian 10l),
w. Jones; Falls City (97), Mccarthy. on
the first heat the betting stood: Irish Pat,
$3.50; Adrian, $3S; Big Three, $50; field,
$l4. Adrian led. followed by Falls CITY
and Big Three. There was no change all
the way into the stretch, where Irish Pat
lOinp6 Adrian 4
close race to the end, Adrian win
ming by one length, Irish Pat second,
Big Three third, Falls City fourth,
Kershaw fifth. Time, 1:44l. The mutuals
paid (field) SIG 10. On the second heat the
betting stood: Irish Pat, S175; Adrian,
SlO0; field. $50. Irish Pat and Adrian ran
close together as named for three-quarters
of mile Irish Pat then drew clear, and
won handy by one length, Adrian second.
Big Three bad third. Falls City and Ker-
shaw distanced. Time, 1:444 The mutu-
ais paid Sl4. On the third heat the bet
ting stood: Irish Pat, $780, Adrian, S22.
They ran Tapped into the stretch, where
Adrian drew away and won easily by four
lengths, Irish Pat second. Time, la. The
mutuals paid $40 80
The Eastern storms.
ALBANY (O1 May I4th.-A tornado
passed through Columbia township. five
miles from this place Wednesday night.
carrying death and destruction with it.
Mrs. Margaret A. McComas, aged 60, and
her nephew, We're instantly killed. The
house IN which Mrs. McComas was killed
was entirely demolished. Mark McKnight's
house was entirely demolished and him
self and wife badly hurt. The Kentucky
and Ohio Railroad depot at Carpenter had
the warehouse entirely destroyed. MANY
other buildings were DESTROYED and persons
injured The storm was in the tornado
style, and by far the worst ever known in
this part of Ohio 1t was from one fourth
to one-half mile wide
THE STORY OF DAMAGES.
CINcrNHArI, May 14th-The news of the
damage by the storm Wednesday night
continues 40 come in. Madison county.
Ohio. suffered to an extent MOI than 5000.
600; The streams in that county are gem
orally low-saaked, and the unprecedented
flood caused nearly all the road bridges
to be carried off In Fayette county
the waterspout was so pronounced that
Hood of eight feet came TEARING
down Point creek yesterday afternoon
into Washington Courthouse. and in
creased until, in four hours, il had risen
eighteen feet the highest ever known. All
The lower part of the city was inundated
many people were driven from their hGmes.
Aau vi S}ilt-eS washed away In
Clinton county The chief damage done was
BY the wind. In Butler county also Hsere
was much damage by wind Fifty feet of
the &oodsdale bridge over the Miami river
Eas blown off, and the fne iron and wood
bridge on Elliott turnpike demolisheS.
Miles of trees were fattened and many
small bridges torn up. La the village Of
Seven Mile the streets were impossible
from fallen trees. The pubic school build
ing was badly damaged and tshe roof of the
Methodist Church lifted and hurled against
the parsonage. crushing in its walls. The
minister's family narrowly escaped death.
The river ST Middleton is mile wide and
is full Of wrecks of houses, barns and
fences. The mills are all stopped and
nearly all access TO the town is cut of AT
Sidney crest damage to the railroads is re-
ported. Between Sidney and Quincy sew
erai cIlverts are ont.
MORE OF THE SAME SORT
ST. LOUIS, May l4fh.-About o'clock |
tonight the heaviest rain and wind storm |
that has occurred here for a number of |
years passed over the city, and swept on to |
the eastward. The rain was almost a |
deluge. Ali depressions in the city were |
flooded, and cellars and easements were
partially filed, doing great damage