Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-01
|GRAVESEND WIND UP.
Some Good Sport for a GETAWAY
Day and Lots of Money Bet.
N. DWYER LOSES QUITE HEAVILY
Siddons and Smith Suspected Of Making a
Dishonest Battle.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

GRAvESEND RACE TRACK, Sept 3d.
The getaway day races were witnessed by q
throng of 1000 turf lovers The weather
and track were both perfect, and the sport
sensational. Favorites and felders divided
the honors and the money was about evenly
divided between bookmakers and specula-
tors. Crochet, 9 to 8. won the opening race
in clever style from the to chance, Major
Daily. Key West, second choice, was
pocketed all the way down the home stretch.
Michael f. Dwyer, owner Of Dagonet,
played his colt for thousands from even
money to tc TO- Dagonet should have
won, but Doggett, while watching the vain
efforts of Temples jockey, permitted Clay
ton to steal up on the inner rail with Dolly
McCone, to /. Before Doggett could get
Dagonet going the finish was reached with
Dolly McCone winner by q short head.
With Kingston out of the third race.
Strathmeath was made first choice at to 8.
Foxhall Keene's White Rose, 10 to l, got a
flying start, and running the first furlong in
70 seconds, the half mile in AN, five fur
longs in 1:01, and the six furlongs in 1:14H.
beat Strathmeath a short head. Candida
bra, a stable companion of White Rose.
galloped away from Leonawell, The Pep
7
wood handicap, and won by three lengths
at the post odds of 2 to 1. Maid Marion, 6
to 5, was galIoping in winner of the fifth
race, when Midgley brought Uncle Jim, Z
to /, up fast on the inner rail. Thorpe, the
Maids jockey, became ratified, and was
beaten a head in the run to the finish.
Walcott, 2 to 3, won the closing race of the
day and the meeting for Jockey Jimmy
Mclaughlin, and Father Bill Days Lallah,
80 to 1, took second place from Hoey and
Sirocco The last two gave an exciting ex-
hibition which looked like dead heat for
third place. The judges, however, gave it
to Hoey.
First race, one mile Crochet 81. Midgey; first:
10. Narvnez; third. Joe Carter. Roquef3rt;; key
Nsans croche asG KEY to s. re-
care. to :Joe Garter. to i: Major Daily; ito /:
.S ;,s SILVER lS Prince 80 tol Muuals
Second race. OF one en- mile lie and si1teenth-polly Nc
s hra Faeo Papay
and St. Anthony also ran. Time. l:4s.a. Betting
II xnssony ssns p1ss SS 6 sS
j. Mutuais paid sas IS sii S. s. As.
NJ Third of Rose
second; Tormentor lls. Lttleheld, third. AlGalde.
Ella Flaviiia and Van Bgren also ran. Time,
Tormentor to /: Van Buren, 10 to L: White Rose 10
%uusi Il Ella paid IL to IL; Eay ~ 9s s. to A'ade 50 to l.
Fourth race, and one-quarter miles
Candeanra los. Doggett first: Leonawell lilo. Sims.
second; T. Pepper ITO. Littleaeld. third. Fidelio
and Pickpocket also ran. Time 2:d01e. Betting:
Against Candeabra. 2 10 l; Pckpocket, to L: The
Pepper. 70 2: Fidelio. to l: LeonawelL 6to l.
Fifth race. five furlongs-Uncle Jim 1o3. MIdgley.
first; Maid Marion ITO. Thorpe, second: Chatta-
nooga 103, Bergen, third: Halcy0n, Courtship,
Doctor. Pansy and Muet also ran. Time. l:62.
Betting: Against Maid Marion. to 1: Halcyon,
to l.: Courtshp. to /. Uncle Jim. to ]: Chatta-
nooga, Is to 1: Doctor. Is to 1. Mulet, go to 1.
Mutuals paid 81 so, s23 40. $40.
Sixth race. three-quarters of mile-W alcost 1l2,
Doggett, first; Laliah ss, J. Lsmbley. second;
Hoey 96 Midgley; third: sirocco ana R3sedanee
against Hoey 13 TO 5; Sirocco Is to L; Rosedance,
20 to l; Lallah 30 to l. Mutuas paid, 81 55. s6 so.
fll 10.