Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-18
SOME GOOD RACING.
Fine Weather and a Fast Track Favor
the Crowd at Gravesend.
FAVORITES HAVE THE BEST OF 1T.
Balgowan Wins the Merchants Stakes Quite
Easily at Louisville.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

GRAvESEND, May 17.-There was COM
fort and pleasure in witnessing the races
this afternoon. A large number of those
who helped to make matters dangerous and
uncomfortable yesterday had resumed their
daily avocations and left the grounds free
to the regular attendants. The weather
was perfect, the programme excellent, and
the track fast.
First race, one-half mile-Ajax, lis pounds,
Bergen, to 2, won cleverly by four
lengths from Comanche u.s. Garrison Is to
| l, who finished q head IN front of Procida
ll2, Narvice TO- to l. Time :49L Courtshlp
liz, Spartan lis, Mendacity 1l2. Isabelle lis,
Electric Colt 1l5, Raindrop liz Perchance
us. Royalty Colt 1l9, Florence Bell H.. also
| ran.
Second race one and done-sixteenth miles
| Willie l. liz pounds, Hamilton, Is to 2 won by
a neck in a driving finish from Osric H.
Iarel, 6 to ], who wrenched the place from
| Beau Brummel 81, Graham, 20 to l. Time.
Sexer s hewiS S Hing m Crap 1s ot
100, Lord of the Harem 1l6, Merry Monarch
| III also ran.
Third race, three-quarters of a mile-Gold
gallop by " lengths from Onward, Ill, Taral,
20 to !, who In turn defeated Doncaster, ITO,
a. Covington, 10 to !. Time Ills. Walcott,
l24; Frank Kinney. liz; st. Carolus, ITO; My
Fellow, ll6; Westchester, ia: warpath. 116:
Crochet. 1io Count, lO6, and Brown Beauty,
100, also ran.
Fourth race, one mile and sixteenth
| Diablo. l15 pounds, Taral, even, won after u
nara ride and a hot whip from Lowlander,
l07, Mccarthy, 20 to !, who took the place
easily from Milt Young, 1O4, Bergen, 25 to L
| Time, EisL. Eric, 49, Tea Tray, 1l6; Ben
kingsbury, IL; Cynosure, l06; Bismarck, go:
Prathel, ll3 st. James, los; Larchmont, Ito.
| also ran.
Fifth race one mile and asi1teenth-Pick-
| pocket, 1l2 pounds, Taral, 2 to ], ran out
| under the whip from Barefoot ll2, F. Little
| field, to 1.who got the place too easily from
l:49AI Shenandoah, ITO: DR.. Wilcox. 81; Fagot,
| 81: Emperor Otho. l07; Sorting 107, also ran.
| Sixth race, fve-eights OF a mile-Nell Colt
| ITO pounds. Mccarthy, to !, won from Iron
master, ITO, Littlefleld, 8 to 8, who lost place
| from st. Hubert, 11O Taral, to l. Time,
| 1:021S
Entries for to-morrow's races:
First race. five and one-hal furlongs-Tormentor
l:5 pounds. Cracksman 135. Correction 124, Trinity
Sonora formerly Refraction flly) los.
second race. one and one-siXteenth miles
Reckon III, Recare 116, Celia H. Harlem 81, Mad
rid 90.
Third race, one mile-St. Florian 100. Temple
Il5 Airshaft no. St. Mark no. Knick Knack flly
l1' llI1 Seet io5 Sprlnglike geldng los. Sir Arthur
Fourth race, Brookdale Handicap, one and one
eighth miles-Longstreet. rs: Raceland lis; Rus
sell. III: Clarendon. il2 Major Domo. 112: Long
ford los Portehester, los; Charade, los; Fidelio,
Fifth race, iye-eighths mile-LawIess, 11s; Per-
rier Jouett, 1ls: Pearl Tor l1s; Ethic Colt. 1l5;
Florence Bell, ITO; Warsaw. 113
nsrsnc stm rane , Selag three,i1urthS Of me1E1
SYRIAN lo9; kingspride. lol: Foreigner lC5: Con-
zales, 1OS; Tammany Hall. s5; Flavilla, 1O6.