The Washington times., 1894-05-18
SPORT SPOILED BY DELAYS
The Racing at Gravesend Yesterday
Had Its DisagreeabIe Features.
STARTER ROWE IN POOR FORM
But Three Of the sprinters in the Opening
Dash Had Chance Owing to the Wretched
d-ofF-Preakness Stake Proved an Easy
Thing for Assignee.

NEW YORK, May 17.-In spite of tho threaten
ing weather the attendance at the Grayesend
track to-day fully as large as that of yester-
day, at least 5000 people being present when the
bugle called the horses to the post in tho first
race Before the fifth race was run heavy
drizzle set in, and OWN, to the almost intermina-
BILE delay between the races, it was hard to dis
tingush the horses in the sixth race until they
got into the stretch. The usual concoinitant OF
racing thus far was absent, for but one arrest
was made, and that was simply on an old war
rant, truce between DeLacy and the club hav-
ing been declared until Monday.
In the first race the horses were sent away to
wretched start Kentigerna, Miss Maude, and
Derfargilla were the only ones who were seri-
ously considered, and the first named led to the
last furlong, when Hamilton came with n rush on
Miss Maude and wore Kentigerna's lead down
inch by inch finally winning by a head in a fine
contest, the only one Of the day.
,Comanche was the favorite in the second and
won with u good bit TO spare.
In the 1!ly race Ridicule, at eyens, wor with
out effort, and from a bad start She showed n
dash of speed which will make the colts run
their fastest 10 beat her.
The Preakness stake was easy work for As
signee, as he won without trouble from the
favorite, Potentate. In the fifth race Counter
Tenor, the stable companion to Gotham, made
ner from an ordinary lot A lot of selling platers
ran in the last Summary:
FIRST RACE -one mile and a sixteenth. Miss
Maude, ll5 (Hamilton), 3 to !, won by head;
kentigerna, los Sims, 3 TO /, second by half u
length; Derfargilla ll5 CfaraD, to /, third.
Time-l:5OA. Annie Bishop, Enchantress, lola,
Clementina, Melody and Mary stone also ran.
SECOND R,cE-One mile and furlong Conan
che, llG SIMS, to s. won by q length; Bitten,
105 (H. Jones', to /, second by five lengths; Sell
enad, gS HIrooks), 6 to /, third Time-I:56 Low
lnu1ar. IizZa and Jordan also
THIRD RAcE-AmaZ0n stakes. One-half mile
Ridicule, ll5 (4ittlefield), TO D. won by length
High Point Belle, ll5 Sims, 6 TO !, third Time
0igI Castenet, sister to Jim Douginss' filly,
Little Ella; Golden Rod, Donna Mia, Rosebud,
Charming, California, Ella Reed and Miss Laura
also ran.
FOURTH RAcE-Preakness stakes. One and one
sixteenth miles. Assignee, 12s CraraD, to !.
won by three lengths; Potentate, III (Martin), 3
TO ., second by one length; Ed. kearney, III (Mc-
Dcrmott), - 10 !, third. Time-i:I9t.. Odd Socks.
sleight OF Hand, Song and Dance, Curacao, Asol,
Sir knight, Fusilier Presto, Fiirt, Enfield, and
Peter the Great also ran
FIFTH Receive furlongs Counter Tenor
liz Qamley), 10 3. won by three lengths: Mr-
age, liz q.ittlefeld), 10 to l, second by one
length; Harris, liz H. Jones), 10 TO I, third
Time-i:Gs,l. Doric, Kailihoe, Golden Gate,
Frolic, La Mcrveille, and Holly Wood also ran.
SIXTH RAcE-Sx furlongs. Selling. Rosa H.,
Cox. 10 TO l, second by half length; Hoey, ia
(TaraD, l TO /, third. Time-l:l5. Runyon,
Speculation, Sivcrado, Little Prate, Cactus.
ArmitaGe, Tom Tough, Lou Rhctt. Chattanooga,
Gold Dollar, Lord Harry, Leigh, and Nagabond
also ran.
ro-morrows entries Mt Gravesend:
FIRST RACE-Four and half furlongs. For
2-year-olds. Herkimer, Sir james, Southside,
slydance colt, Rossmore, Monotony, Bemese, lis
each.
SECOND RAcE-one mile Despot. Dutch
Skate, Leonville, Ironsides- Walter Riggs, liz
each; star Actress, Sappho, Jersey Belle, Lady
Adams, 101 each.
THIRD RACE-Three-quarters of a mile
Sirocco, lee; Hammie, Nick. 40 each: Appomai-
toN, l09; weinberg, l01; Factotum, Torchbearer,
100 each
FOURTH RACE-PGrkway handicap. One mile
and sixteenth. DR.. Rice. Clifford, 122 each;
Banquet. III; Bitten, 100: Herald. ~.
FIFTH RAcE-Five-eighths OF n mile. Selling.
Canterbury, 1Io; The Coon, Nanki Pooh formerly
Yumyum coltl, los each; Herkimer, l0s; Tanner
lano Second attempt, Asia, DIR. France, l03
each; Fantine, 100; Potash, Captain Jack, Flash,
Condo, Grelan. Is each; Reclamation gcldng,
Lady Frances gj each; Navahoe, g'.
SIXTH RACE-0ne and one-sixteenth mile.
Selling Long Beach. 40; Hammie, 1O7: Blue
Blood, Young Arion. lc6 each; Captain T, 105;
Chief Justice, l0l; George Beck, 81; Conrors, SS
Wilmer, So.