The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-21
FLYING HORSES
He RACE PROGRAMME
FIXED FOR OCTOBER.
THREE DATs OF GOOD RACING. !
Events ON The cards~-3s, SEQ
In Purses to be Diyided--Vhe
stables and. Grand stand TO be
Erected mt Once.

The directors of the Melrose Dirty
ing Park Association met yesterday
morning at the Office of President ".
F.Winch and accepted the programme
arranged for the fall meeting By the
executive committee. Messrs. B. IL
Greider, c. O'Leary, Henry Stoil, j..
r. Christian, J. H. Wingate and w.
f. Winch were present.
There will be three days Of racing,
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
the 18th, 10th and 18th Of October, and
the arrangements already made in
sure all lovers Of good racing that the
occasion will be something to be
looked forward to. There will be four
races each day, except the last, when
there will be five Two thousand six
hundred dollars in money will be dis
tributed, and as this city is on the
direct route from the Northern race
courses to Nashville, it is expected
that number of the crack stables
now running at Saratoga, Brighton
and Monmouth will start over. Both
Pimico and Ivy City have been
abandoned and Roanoke will be the
only stop for the horses between the
North and the South.
Below is given the complete pre-
gramme of the three daysisineeting.
- I 41ss..sG DAY.
L;rc+ rooa -,p,;no. Tod:oc 6 g., y-,e- s,
one and one-half mile heats, purse
$50, 500 to the winner, $50 to second,
Second race-Trotting; for horses
owned in Southwest Virginia thirty
days before the meeting; purse of
5000, $120 to winner, $50 to second,
and $50 to third.
Third race = Running; one mile
dash, purse of 5000, $50 to first and
$50 to second.
Fourth race-Running; gentlemen
riders, weller weights, three quarter
mile dash for purse OF 500, So to the
first, and s25 to second; half.breed
horses are allowed ten pounds.
SECOND DAY.
First race Running; three quarter
mile heats, purse $3.50, 800 TO first
and $50 to second. rHS
Second race.-Trotting; 2H Glass;
for purse of $3.50, $50 to fin s75 to
second and $25 to third.
Third race-Running; 2s Ant
Stakes, one and one-quarterg 70. ASH,
for purse of $500, $3.50 toto. ard
fifty to second. h "A
Fourth race-Runnin&HI ,feltg&
weight hurdle, one and onHC, milf
over six hurdles. for pup. W.
500 to first and $50 to seM
THIRD DAY.
First race Running; w
Stakes, one mile. DASH t3f purse OF
$3.50, $25 TO horse at quarter post first,
$50 to one at one-half post first. $75
to one at three. quarter post first, and
500 to winner; it is possible for first
horse to win the entire purse.
Second race-Running; five eighths
Of mile heats, purse of $3.50, $50 to
first, SO to second.
Third race-Running; Virginia
Stakes one and a half mile dash, for
purse of $3.50, $175 to first, and $75 to
second.
Fourth race-Trotting and pacing;
free for all; purse OF $400, $3.50 to FIRST,
&lG0 to second. and $40 to third.
Fifth rs.ce-Running three quarter
mile dash, for purse Of $40, 500 to
first, and 500 TO third; for horses
only that have run second and not
win during the meeting.
The association intend to make e1-
tensive improvements at the park.
A new stable will be erected in addi-
ton to the present one. This one ac-
commodities but twenty horses. and
the new structure will have stalls for
at least fifty.
A grand stand will also be erected.
and the architecr. j. r. Schink. is
now at work on the PLANS Twill be-
a neat structure with seating ca
pacity of fifteen hundred. AS soon
as the plans are completed, work will
be at once begun Already NUM-
Der of the finest flyers in the South
west section have been entered, and
all the horses running at Lynchburg
will be here. The meeting promises
20 open new era in the history of
the driving park. The track is con-
sidered the finest and fastest haif-mile
track in the South.
Yesterdays Races.
SARATOGA.
First race, three-quarter mile-Fore-
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