The record-union., 1897-05-28
FIVE GOOD RUNNING RACES.
And a Big Attendance at Agricultural
Park.
A Trotting, Pacing and Running
Race Scheduled for
To-Day.

There must have been more than
5000 people at Agricultural Park yes
terday to witness the five good running
races on the programme. 1t was ladles
day, to be sure, and they were out IN
goodly numbers, but independent OF
the fair sex the attendance was large.
The betting ring was thronged win
men, and the bookmen were kept busy
as bees taking in money and handlng
out tickets. And the betting was not
of the "chipping' order, either, Tor
some very good sized ones We're made.
1t is not easy to see how the bookles
could have handled many more bets
than they did, and they certainly can
have no fault to find.
Neither could those who went out to
see the races have any kick coming,
for the association put up good pro-
gramme and all that was demanded
In the way of an admission fee was -
cents The races were quite up to the
order of those at Ingleside to see which
people paid 81.
There We're a few long and tireSome
delays at the post, but the starts We're
generally good, and in some instances
the horses We're got off with very little
delay In one race only-the last one
was a horse left at the post, and APP
parently that was no fault of the start
er. The field was a big one, and the
Jockeys persisted in acting in a stub
born manner
Eight tWo-year-olds went to the post
for the first race, four and one-half
furlongs. The bookmen gave odds of
6 to / against Miss Dividend, 100 Des-
demona, 20 st. Cataline, 5 Milesio, sc
San Carlos, 10 Castake,. 3 to 2 May
Boy, and 3 to > Cassandra II.
In one of the breakaways Miss Divi-
dend refused to return to the post and
her jockey dismounted While leading
her back she broke away from him and
ran back to the saddling paddock
where she was caught and galloped
back to the post.
After several attempts to get away
the flag fell to a fair start. Miss Divi-
dend went to the front and was fol-
lowed around the turn by Castake and
Cassandra, all the others being well
punched. st. Cataline, 10 to 1, won out,
however, in 0:5615 by a length and a
half from Castake, the latter a head
in front of Milesio.
The five and one-half furlongs. sell
ing. had as starters O'Fleeta to 1,
Kitty Brady to /, Blue Bell ) to l,
Red Bird = to 1. Pansy s to l, Ko Ko
20 to l, Lo Lo % to 1, and Flora S. %
to l.
There was long delay at the post,
as usual, and the spectators were good
and tired waiting before the flag was
dipped. Red Bird was first to show,
but Kitty Brady went to the front be-
fore the stretch was reached, with
Lo Lo and Pansy close up. On the
way in O'Fleeta, at , to l, shot in
and beat Kitty out by two lengths in
1:0S14, Lo Lo third.
The third race three-quarters of a
mile, for three-year- -olds, brought out
Jerilderio 10 to l, Dunboy 1 to ., Ri
enzi 3 to 1, Cogent 90 to /, and Lost
Girl 31a to l.
Jerilderio led until half the turn was
made, Rienzi second Dunboy trailing.
There Dunboy showed his speed by
going TO the front, but he had no cinch
on the race, for Lost Girl came up and
drove him out in 1:14& by less than
length, neck ahead of Jerilderio.
Next came the one mile, selling race,
in which the starters We're Hermanita
3 to ), Billy McCloskey . to l, William
OBJ. - to /, Miss Ruth 20 to l, Walter
j. 3 to j, and Two Cheers 10 to l.
This was splendid race At no
time, from start to finish, could day
light be seen anywhere through the
bunch of horess. They We're given a
splendid send-off. and Starter Leggett
and Whipper-in Patten were generous
ly applauded therefor. William OBJ.
cut out the work from the start, and
there We're few changes in position all
the way to the wire. The jockeys all
rode as if for their lives, and whips
were flying merrily as the horses sped
down the stretch. William OBJ. held
his place, finishing in 1:42H a half
length ahead of Hermanita, she a half
ahead of McCloskey.
Last on the programme was a five
and one-half furlong race selling, in
which the starters were Cheridah 6