The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-18
CLUBBED AT THE RACES.
PINKERToN'S TOUGHs BOB UP AT
GRAVESEND.

A Nan Arrested for L.bsrating g Car
rier Pigeon Sham sfully Ill Treated.
The Chief Hessian Then Wants to
Whip the Crowd-A Summary of the
Running on the TWO Tracks.
GRAvEsEND, N. Y, Sept. 17.-Upward
of Z 900 persons visited this course to-day,
and besides witnessing some good racing
saw a number of things that do not usually
happen on race tracks The fight between
the association and the pool rooms was
carried on with renewed vigor, and the lat
ter had far the best of it, Carrier pigeons
were dispatched from the grounds
at regular intervals until the Pinkerton
men were nearly wild. At last they
caught one man liberating bird and es-
corted him to club house. There half a
dozen burly policemen fell upon and beat
him shamefully. Afterward Bob Pinker-
ton denied this aud offered to thrash any Que
who doubted his word.
THE RACING.
The weather was first class, the track
was in magnificent shape, and the racing
was fully up to the average, but when the
last race was over It was n dissatisfied crowd
that left the grounds Not dissatisfied be-
fair share Of the races, as four
OF them were successful. but they
| had been pushed and hauled about all day,
and had not had sufficient time In which TO
| study tho entries for tho different events.
The feature of the card was the Fulton
stakes for 3-year-olds, which resulted in an
easy victory for the favorite, Pessara.
A SUMMARY.
The events we're as follows:
ID n.
upward, 81 900 added, six furlongs. Maj Domo
won, with Tormentor second and Rosa II third.
Time l:l5A
SECOND Handicap sweepstakes. Al. 900
added, one and ons sixteenth miles. Kildeer
won, with Picknlcker second aud Homer third.
Time 1:4s9
TaIHD RACE Algeria stakes for 2-yoar-olds,
$500 added. six furlongs. curt Gum won
handlly by half length from Mimi colt who
beat Lamplighter the same distance. Time 1916.
FoiWrn RACE Fulton stakes for 3-year-
olds, $4,000 added one milo and a quarter.
PeSsara Jumped away la front and with Reckon
led the way to the stand, followed by Rey del
Rey and Portchester This order prevailed to
the far turn. where Pessara shot out and took
two lengths lead from Reckon and Rey del Rey.
Pessara won easily by two lengths, and Reckon
was length and half before Rey del Rey.
FIFTH RAcE-sweepstakes for maiden 2year-
olds 81, 900 added, five furlongs. Holmdel colt
won, with Hoey second and Pan Way third.
longs. Bnsteed won, with Sirocco second and
Contribution third. Time l.l516
FAIR SPORT AT LAToNIA.
CINCINNATI, o., SEPT 17-Thero was
fair crowd at Latonia to-day and moder-
! atey good sport. The track was IN fair
condition. though rather dusty. The finish
| OF the second race was very close, and many
| thought that Tarduin had won. Three
races were won by favoritej. The events
we're as follows:
FIRST RACE Purse for maiden s.year-
olds. one mile Annie won, with London
Smoke second and Brutus third. Time, f:43.
SECOND RACE-Selling for Syear. olds and
upward. one mile and twenty yards. Bob
Forsyth won, with Tsrqnin second and Little
Scissors third. Time 1:4l4.
THIRD RACE-Free handicap sweepstakes for
3-year-olds aud upward, one mile and seventy
yards. Uncle Bob won. with Joe Blackburn
second aud Eli third. Time :48
FOURTH RAcE-Clifton stakes for 3-year- -olds,
one and one-eixteenth miles. Whitney won
by three parts Of length, with Yale 81
second and Yorka third Time l49
FIFTH RAcE~Purse. for 2.year-olds five and
one half furloDgs. The Hero won, with Falero
second aud Ragner third. Time 1:09l6
SIXTH RACE--Purso. for 2-year-ods, five and
onehaf furlongs. w. b. won, with Mrs. Beck
second and Judge Jewell third. Time 1:OstS.