Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-24
MORE RACING IN THE RAIN
Another Big Crowd Braves the
Bad Weather.
MORE BETTING FACILITIES
Railroad DaveV' ION Special Race by 'Steen
s Lengths.
NEW 3 JKlES GET INTO THE GAME
NewS 00kS Opened to Accommodate Bir-
Il, ngham's Enterprising Talent sto-
ry of Yesterdays Events-En-
tries for Today.
:W 8 JKlES GET INTO THE GAME

The seventh day of the Birmingham
Jockey clubs inaugural races was suc-
| cess, despite the lowering weather in the
| forenoon and rain in the afternoon. The
crowd, though the smallest of the meet
| ing, was nearly as large as that of the
first day.
The feature of the day was the pony
race (speciaD, although it did not prove
as successful as was hoped for, there be-
| ing only four starters.
The bookmakng force was largely in
| creased, there being eight local and one
foreign books opened, all of them doing
| good business
The Results.
The first race, four and half furlongs,
| was captured by Muskalonge with New
| com up. The bay colt opened up at to
| /, closing a little better than this, with
| even money for the place. Gamers price
| was the same at the opening, but was
| forced to even money at post time and
| to for the place. Many thought Sound
| Sense was the good thing and plunged
| heavily on the geldlng at 3 to 1, forcing
| the price down little at post time.
The horses got off at the first break,
with Bartender and Warwickshire heads
| apart and Muskalonge third by a small
| margin, the others punched. Sound
| Sense forged to the front at the three
| quarter pOle, TWO lenBtnS aneuQ OF Od1n-
| er, with Muskalonge in fifth place. Sound
| Sense led in the stretch, with Muska-
| longe two lengths away in fourth place,
| but Newcom began to ride and brought
| the colt under the wire three-quarters of
| a length to the good of Sound Sense, win
ming handily.
Miss Perkins, with r. Murphy up, pull
| ed down the purse in the second event,
| winning easily from I. G. w. by two
| lengths. Adam johnson and Albert Sid.
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| this race and money poured into the
| bookies Golfers freely on them, though
| Miss Perkins had any number of admir-
| ers. Good odds were offered on I. G. w.
| for the place and, because of his neat
King MichaeI got Of OF first with Miss
| Perkins second and Albert Sidney third.
| At the quarter Albert Sidney led Miss
| Perkins by neck, but fell back at the
half, finishing in third place, Miss Per-
kins winning easily by two lengths from
| I. c. W., with Albert Sidney showing,
| The rain began falling as the horses were
| rung to the post, and but for this Albert
Sidney would have gotten at least Sec
ond place.
The third race, special for Alabama
raised colts, gentlemen riders, had only
| four entries, Railroad Dave, Little Dick,
| Stonework and Police, with Messrs.
| Jones, Boyce, Burke and Watson re-
| spectively in the saddles. Stonework led
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! lice led at the three-quarter pole by two
| lengths from Railroad Dave, with Little
| Dick third, six lengths away from Stone
work. They turned into the stretch in
| the same manner and finished with Rail-
| road Dave fifteen lengths ahead of Police.
| who in turn led Little Dick by twenty
| lengths, with Stonework fifty lengths
away.
| The fourth event was a favorite's race,
| Leonard b. winning handily with Pap
| Barrett HIS nricp at the Onanipo uua
| to and closed little down, with no
| offer for the place.
Masonic Home, the second choice, with
| II. Murphy up, was offered at better
| figure and at to for the place Rattle
| Boy was favorite with some of the tai,
| ent at 8 to l and to l, and to for tha
| pl5,e
| ne horses got away at the first break,
| Springboard leading, with Leonard b.
second by head from Masonic Home.
| At the quarter Springboard fell back to
| fourth place, and there remained, Ma
sonic Home going to the front, with Raf-
| fle Boy good second by length. Ma
| sonic Home led to the stretch, giving
| way to Leonard b., and Rattle Boy show
| ing in third place. They finished in the
| above order
| The fifth race. five furlongs, found Lulu
| T. the favorite at to 5, closing at 4 to s.
| closing at 2 to / and to for the place,
with Barney Aaron, Jr., at to to win
| and to for the place.
| The horses got away on the first break.
with Lady Maud leading from Barney
Aaron, Jr. by head At the half post
| Barney reversed the order, leading Lady
| Maud by a. length and half, with Lulu
| T. third They came into the stretch In
| the same positions, Barney widening the
breach every instant, winning easily by
| four lengths.
| The last event was a cinch for Albert
| S., he being considered a pipe, and was
! really a / to 10 shot, though the books
| laid the odds at l to 2 and to for the
| place. Bertrand was laid out as second
| choice, but finished fourth.
| AT the drop of the flag, after four min
| utes' delay at the post, the horses got
| away almost in a bunch, Fritze leading
Rosalind III by a head, with Albert s.
! third by q neck. Rosalind came up at
| the half, and led from Albert S. by half
| length. They kept in this position until
well down the stretch, when Matthews
rode the brown colt to the front. winning
easily by two lengths.
Turf Topics
doc" Tuberville, the well known
| jockey, left for New Orleans Sunday,
| where he is under contract to ride during
| the present meeting.
| Wednesday will be Primrose & West
day. These popular Ministries will be the
| special guests of the birmingham Jockey
| club on that day and their entire COM
| pany, with one of their bands in full
uniform, will attend The band will dis
| course sweetNmusic during the after
! noon.
| Pap Barrett and T. Murphy have the
! lead on the Jockeys at the race track.
| each having won eight races.
| The ladies seem to like the races. They
| not only attend, but some of them invest
| in bits of pasteboard occasionally, and
| in the event of lucky hit never fail to
tell their gentlemen friends. But If they
are unlucky they are like the boy the calf
| ran over. -
George Withers, who In former days
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