The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14
WERE CLAD
When Trouble Was EasyWin-
ner in a Slow Race.
Index and Emin Had 1t All Their Own
Way In SteepIechase.

Fortune wss strictly impartial at Nara
Rouoett Park yesterday, or as strictly SO
= she could be with an odd number OF OPP
portunitios TO declare herself. There were
seven races. The talent got hold OF the
r1ght thing In three OF them while
{, ~ bookmakers reaped the benefit of the
crowds miscalculations on the results OF
/. the other four. Hot odds on favorites
Anishsd anywhere back OF the placed
horses, and the 8, 8 and 15 shots were
among the winners.
The crowd itself was game one, busi-
ness in the poolroom was never SO brisk
= yesterday, and the bookies all looked
happy on the way back TO the hotels.
The characteristic Of the crowd was the
presence OF the fashionables as IL had
been at the previous appearance OF the
Agawam Hunt Club.
attend with the compliments OF the
Country Club.
In the First Race.
In the very first race of the meet in
which Lillian l.. was entered she dis
graced herself by not leaving the pole at
All. Yesterday she more than redeemed
herself by beating Grellan in the
frst race of half a mile and breaking the
record of the Narragansett Park track.
lsscrd nss time, Sy ssA ss00nas sscond D'' Greian'
who had sold favorite at to 8,
was full length behind and Treasure
Colt third. The long shot, Robin Gray,
Wss out of the race from the start.
Tiger Won in Second.
Tiger, 4 to shot, easily won the second
race, while Hands Up, the hot favorite
selling at less than even money, failed to
secure place.
The colt Forest Belle, with Lendrum up,
was second, and Helena, gelding, third,
while Jim Corbett, a heavily backed
horse, was left at the post. Tigers time
was 1:04.
Enfield Went Under Wire First.
The third race resulted in another set
back to the talent, as their very warm
favorite, Void, went under the wire
with four horses ahead OF him. 1t
was q good race, and the horses came
down the quarter stretch in q bunch with
the exception of the long shots, Jakey,
Joseph and Jilt, who had dropped steadily
back from the start. Enfield had the rail
and the lead of half length to the wire
where she finished winner in :16A with
Kayan and Eclipse fighting hard for second
place. Kayan won 1t by nose.
Favorite Took the Fourth Race.
Lafayette, the favorite, won the fourth
xoce, one mile event, in 1:45. He led
from tho start, and the fight was between
Hopper and DIR. Chambers for second
P4oco. Inc Doctor, Win Lew up, Passou
HOppar at the three-quarters pole and
won the place. Don't Know, one OF the
new animals at the track, ran way behind
Chauncey Won the Fifth.
3 The fifth race, mile and half, was
long enough for all the favorites to take
turns In leading. Chauncey was favorite
nt Ato B, and Lou Rhett next in the SELL
ing ct too. The horses went under the
wire at the end of the first
half In q string, with Needmore
Sssd nsHDs ooHsys end the ssq
Chauncey, held his horse back for three
quarters Of . mile and then went
through the bunch to first
place. At the end of the mile the
horses were together and the race for the
finish was close ono. Chauncey retained
2:l3h with lansing 10 to shot and to
1 for . place second. Lou Rhett, the
second favorite, ran third.
Trouble Made Money for His Baclsers.
Andrew ID. and Tom Rogers were first
1avorites for the sixth, but neither won.
Rogers got place and Andrew ID. fin
lshod with the tailenders. Jumpaway, a
80 to shot, VINO had been backed
by several visionaries, created con-
uternation among the talent by taking the
lead and holding II for the first quarter,
but for the next three quarters he ran as
far behind everything else as he could
without going backward. Trouble, with
NcAuley, up won In 1:46.
Index With Emin for Place.
The seventh race was the event OF the
day, and the crowd became more en-
thusiastic when the steeplechasers of the
Agawam Club came to the pole. There
were ak entries, with Miss Harriet s.
Watson's Index as favorite. and
the club stables Emin as popular
second choice. 1t was the best
steeplechass of the meet, not a horse