The New York Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1876, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 ‘. , THE JOCKEY CLUB. JEROME PARK. YISTERDAY'S RACES. t mane ee | What It. Has Done for Horse Racing in America HISTORY OF JEROME PARK. — =. How the Turf Was Rerecued from Neglect and Obloquy. 1 SKETCH OF THE GROUNDS. For as century importing, breeding and training of the thoroughbred horse for racing purposes has been Indulged in as a pastime by tho wealthy men of this sountry. Before the Revolution Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas indulged in the sport of borse racing. Dn Long Island, in New Jersey and on the island of Manhattan racecourses were established at various Mmes; but 1t was not until 1822, when Cadwallader Colden, once Mayor of the city of New York, designed, laid out and built the stands of the old Union Vourse, en Long Island, was there an organized jockey ‘slub formed in this section of the country. This fockey club was composed of the brothers Stevens, the Coleses, the Joneses, the Livingstons, Gibbous, Btocktons, Van Rantzs, Batbgates and other gentiomen who owned and bred thoroughbred stock. In the sbove-named year (1822) Robert H. and John C. stey- yos, and other gentlomen, members of the Long Island Yockey Club, took tha celebrated horse Eclipse to Washington city to run the equally famous racehorse of that time, Sir Charles, a four-milo heat race at the tapital, But Sir Charies going wrong in one of his fore- legs a tew days before the day of race his owners paid forfeit to the Northerners, Not to disappoint those who bad followed tho fortunes of Eclipre to Washing- ton, however, the owners of Sir Charles let the horse run a four-mile dash against Eclipse, but the Southern champion broke down in the race ahd Eclipse was an easy winner, On the night after the race, at the dinner table, a post-stake imatch was made by Jobn ©. Stevens, on tho part of the North, and Colonel Johnston, of Virginia, ‘‘the Napoleon of the Turf,” as he was at that time called, to run Eclipse against any horse that the South could produce, on the ‘Th of May following, on the Union Course, Long Island, for $10,000 a side. The memorable race botweon Echipse and Henry was the one that followed, and borseracing received an impetus from that contest ‘that pervaded the entire country, and regular race meot- ings came off for about twenty-five years afterward on Long Island. Then tho Stevenses and other gentlemen ‘with racing proclivities became old, retired and ceased to breed racers, and, there being no young ones to take their places, the various racing points in the North tell inte disuse. In 1854 three enterprising gentlomen frdm Tennessee ame on here and built the National Course, pear Flush- ing, Long Island; but, after losing above $100,000, in ® few yours abandoned the place, and it, like the Union Cou ae, was used for trotting races. During the late civil wara number of enterprising gentlemen in this section of country determined, if possible, to Prevent racing falling entirely into neglect, and with energy aud courage, hecdless of expense and general megligence, came to the front, and, in spite of the su- pineness and indifference of many, founded the Paterson and Saratoga meetings. fheir success at first was not nearly commensurate with thoir deserts, but they per- Bovered, and that perseverance was slowly but steadily rewarded, particularly in the latter case. At this stage Mr. Jerome came to the front, and this gentloman’s igh reputation soon attracted recruits of the highest Social position to His standard, and thus formed the mucieus of ‘THR AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB, 1n 1865 Leonard W. Jerome, P. 8. Forbes; W. R. Travis, W. Butler Duncan, August Belmont and Jobn F. Purdy, having declared their intention to form an incorporation or company for the purpose of raising, Improving and breeding horses, acharter was obtained, the name of the incorporation being the American Joékey Club; “tne incorporation’ to be located in the town of West Farms, county of Westchester and State of New York; the object for which said incorporation ie formed is, and the general nature of its business shall be the improvement of the brood of horses; and the mode and manner in which ils corporate powers are to be exercised is by raistng, importing, purcnas- ing, keepfng, breeding and selling the same; also by holdiag public exhibitions of horses, and, also, offering certificates of form, speed and endurance.” JEROME PARK. The race track is located cn the old Bathgate Farm, near Fordham, which was at that time in Westchester Map Giving a Bird’s-eye View of the American Jockey Club’s Race Course, Grand Stand, Stables and Club House and the Grounds of the Westchester Polo Club. Interesting Events and Gn- expected Results. . Limited Attendance and Un- pleasant Weatker. VIGIL WINS THE GRAND NATIONAL, peas Sates Galway, Rhadamanthus and Higgins. Capture Valuable Purses. No postponement, rain or shine, was the order sent abroad yesterday morning respecting the third day of the fall meeting at Jerome Purk. As it chanced there were both kinds of weather, rain at the beginning and some littie suashino before the close of the day’s sport, The mornipg hours were cortainly dreary enough tor this season, a chill, drizzling rain falling ntermittently from an overcast and sombre sky-to conjure up ua welcome visions of a heavy track and slim attendanea the policy of the Jockey Club 1s commendably rse to postponemeuts whenever avoidable and ex pectant visitors prepared to combat the threatened di comforta of a rainy day. A postponed day, racing men say, 18 scarcely ever a success in bringing out # good attendance und arousing the enthusiasm that belongs to big crowds. But in the matter of attend. co no postponed aay, ifat all fine, would be likely te show a much more appreciable diminution than was observable yesterday. Naturally enough tho number that drove out was comparatively very small A drive through tbo rain, how slight socver the shower be, is exceedingly distastetul to the majority of visitors, who profer this way of going to ‘he races. And as most of the ladies choose this way ‘they were unnsually conspicuous by their absence, ‘There was only just a selvage of venicles on the bill to the right of the grand stand, and but very few were to ,be seen in the angle to the left. Viewed from the grand stand the club house appeared quite deserted, The balcony was but thinly tenanted, and on tho lawn two or three burly coachmen, buttoned to the chin, usurped the place of fashion, As seen from the club house the grand stand presented a view but little more animated. Whole lines of empty benches yawned desolately, and the small number of visitors prosent seemed still further diminished by contrast with the space unoccupied. A solitary drag drove into the lawn fronting the club house about half-past one, its passen- gers niuiled in ulaters and wrapped in rogs, The ringing notes of the guard’s horn asthe coach ap- proached sounded weirdly tn the gloom. The bluff outeide the Park was very sparsely covered. ‘Tho pool buyers stood: around the stands in little puddles of water, whose chilling effect, combined with the raw air of tho place, inducod a subsequent famiharity with “ponies” of brandy. Later in the afternoon a better condition of affairs prevailed. The rain ceased and the face of tho heavens brightened somewhat once more. For'a time it seemed a struggle between old Sol’s rays ard the dim veid of vapor th: blunted them then and later on served to make mellow his shining beams. At last, however, there was just a mild suggestion of sunshine on the surrounding bill- tope, and tho day closed, as already suggested, quite pleasantly. : ‘Tho racing was, doubtless, thoroughly enjoyed by those who attended, and, doservedly, for it was good, A mishap to Sunburst in the Grand National Handicap left him three-quarters of a mile behind at the finish, When led in aftor the race hmping sadly on the left hind leg ho was followed by a sympathizing procession of grooms and stableattendants. In the heat race the oxcitement ran quite high. Preston had run so well in the first beat that skilful observers conceded to bim the ability to win the second easily and probably the race. He did win the second as anticipated and be. came a hot favorite tor the deciding heat, Ouring the progress of tho race Preston's rider was changed, howev In the first two heats Mathews, an English jockey, was mounted, and Swim rodo him in the last heat, When he had gone about a quarter of a wile from the starting point on the final heat Preston bolted, and, becoming wholly unmanageable, was puilod up before reaching ths half-mile pole, The faces of some of big backers were astudy as Rhadamanthus, hié adversary, cantored off unaisturbed to a certain victory. One hears agood deal of talk on the subject of riding after such an event, and the tenor of it goos to show that the style and judgment of the English riders generally are considered superior to those of the American jockeys. Somo of the speculators were sadly a county, but is now in the city of New York, and com. prises 230 acres, which wero purchased by,Leonard w. Jerome. The land is of somewhat peculiar formation, a a ice ‘ : taken in by Preston's boiting. They had bought START. FOR If Lit prod ee > a 2 = ap several of the pool tickets on him at a very cone : a im oe ell The valley through which the Croton Aqueduct is brought into the city of Now York runs through the cent: of the grounds, and is bounded on all /sides by hills of some fifty feet “ym height, with a bluff jutting out in about the centre, on which bluff the old homestead was situ- ate!, This formation made it necessary to have a wack of somewhat novel shape, with a straight stretch and two curves skirting the foot of the bluff, aud by placiog the grand stand on the straight stretch the whole course is brought under immediato view, as the track at the foot of the biuff is only about sixty feet distant from the homestretch. Ground was broke NO Ler, wun al “4 a} salty sidérable figure just before the last heat was started, expecting to see him come it an easy winner, “The sport closed with a dash of five furlongs, which was closely contested and brought tho day’s enjoyment to aclosea fow minutes before five o’clock. So small was the crowd out yesterday that only one speciad train was started back from the track. EVENTS ON THE CARD, ptton- Norms Withers, Purdy, Lawrence and Babe col ‘Distance Judges—Mossrs, Constal Timers Messrs Cottrill and Dos Clerk of Course—C. Wheatly. Starter—William M, Conner. The management did not secure the good office of the weather, for it was dull, cold and rainy; yet the decision that the racing should go on was made in the i» 1865 and in one year the racecourso was com- pleted, ‘ = early morning after duo deliberation, Perhaps thu . ‘The grand stand 1s on the east side of the course, | been muny large: f people at many | Bel beating Glenelg and six others, in 8:04; | first appearance in 1874, and won the Nursery Stake in | batumer, patont top snap action, solid double bolt, 12- | decided tonovation of the Jockey Club wag ave a ‘ge concourses of people at many | Belmont, beating Glenelg and six others, in $:044; | first appearance in 1874, and won the Nursery Stake a pa 0 , 2. and i 460 feet im lengid by 45 mm width, with | times; butit wasestimated that on tho opening day | Tarmania. tho “Ladies,” in S:0T%, beating Inver: | 1:0, beating Chosapeakie aad’ ort othern, ced Saxon inch, 73 pounds, was kmuckod down at $52 | to show those who argue that’ turf res ) ‘wo tiers of galleries of scats, and will accommodate | 30,000’ people were within the enclosure, among the | cauld und twe others; Glenelg, the Jerome, in | won the Belmont Stak ance having been re- A 20-inch, 12-bore, 7!¢ po xtra fine Damascos | unions should proceed whatever the weather, 8,000 persons, ‘The stand is divided into three sec- | number General Grant and Ristori, the actress, Be- | 14844, 1:49, beating Inverness and four others, includ- | duced toa mile and a half, Ho beat Grinstead and | stec! brecch-loading gun, with 4-pin bridle locks, r- | tow their plan would work. It was tions, the centre ono of which ‘is exclusively for the sides the four-mile-heat race on the opening day there | ing Vespucius, who won the first hoat, in 1:43\, | seven others in Bonaventura won the Li bounding bar and top snap action, brought 265. was a dash of a mite and a qoarter for three-year-olds, | and was distunced in the second heat. Vespucius won | Stake and Acrobat the Jerome Stake. ‘Another gun, by same maker, same description, | tully demonstrated that clear skies and sunshine are imembers of the club and their familes, the other | with six starters. The inaugural race was won by | the Annual Stakes, beating Glenelg and tour others, in | § raised to two miles and am ocighth this | with aadition of curled English walnut stock and buck | necessary to entice the crowd out of town in-this seae sections for the public. The front facing the track | Koutucky im two straizht heats, Fleetwood second, 54, and Abd-el-Kader walked over for the Maturity Vandalito won horn hee! plato, brought $69. son of crispy, cool mornings. Whatever the day, Onward third, Idlewild distanced. ' Time, 7:35—7:41 46. Plantagenct won the Jockey Club Handicap, in and two others A Moore breech-louder, pistol ‘grip, 10-bore, 80-inch, | there was no poverty of sport, the card was comlort- . Prevents au open Colonnade, two stories bigh, sup- | There have been grand races on this course nearly | 3:42, after huving mado adoad heat with abd-el-Kader, | Maturity, Stake was won by” Catesbs - | 10 pounds, fine finish, wold at $37. ably filled with: four events, the Orst of which was @ , Ported by ornainental iron columns, surmounted by # | every meeting since the opening day; for on the sec- . four others being ix the raco at the start. Tho | ing Wildidle in 6:36; the Jockey Ciub Handi- A muzzle-joader, same maker o % st gun, barlocks, | seliing race, with weight allowances for prices weteey cornice and pediments in the centre, aud euch ond | ond day (October 1, the races baving been postponed on | Banshee won the Westchester Cup this year, beating | cap by Preakness, with 120 Ibs. up, dy deteating | inlaid inountings, 12-bore, 30-inch, was booked for $29 | dash of one mile anda half, Thero hav ett aleyend unieue The | Scecuut of rain) the Nursery Stakes tor two-year-olds | Pleasureville and three others, in 4:1944, the track be- | Springbok and six others; Shylock won the Wast- Sixteen tine muzzie-loadors, decarbonized steel bar- | Jots face the starter Drosenting @ very airy and unique appearance, The | was won by F. Morris’ flying two-year-old filly Ruth. | ing very heavy. Tho Manbattan Handicap was won | chester Cup, b ing Wanderer and four others im | relx, back-uction lock<, 13-bore, 29-inch, 714 pounds, | seven that responded eutrance to the stands are on the east iront, and ac. | jess, she doing the mile in 1:49, beuting a fleld of five. | by General Duke, in 2:14%;, beating Nemesis and nine | 3:42, and Mate won tho Manhattan Handicap in 2:11%, | were distributed at $lieach. an ont cess 1s obtained to the galleries by wide, easy and | Jobo Hunter's bay horse Arcola won two mile Leats on | others; good a rtaining exhibition, The reputed nd La Polka the Grand Natio: and also the Grand National Handicap, where he beat Forty-cight doliars bought a fine Blissard breech- of tchcock’s Gulway, coupled = wi Spacious stairways On the iirst oor are the | the same day, Delaware winning tho secoud heat, | with 100 lbs. up, in 4:18, beating Nem Shylock and four others in 4:13\%. Last yer loader, laminated steel barr 2-bore, 30-inch, with | the easy burden he was to carry, made him promin Nicket oitices, refreshment saloons and witu- | Following camo aselling race and also a post race of | others. The year 1870 brought some wero some very fine youngsters at Jerome Park, barlocks, sido sui ip action, percussion fence breech, 8 | jn the wuction sales. As the track was far trom heavy , drawing rooms, coutuining water and every | three iniles, which Aldebaran won, beating Idlewild, post, among them Harry Bi others the two-yeur-vlds Patience, Virginius an: - | pounds weight. and holding, it was also argued wasto the detriment convenience for tne comfort of visitors. | Fleetwing, Climax and stone, At this tine there r-old, nd =6Kingfisher and lexs. The latter won tho Juvenile, Virginius the A 12-bore, 30-inch, 754-pound Dexter breech-loader, | of others, und consequently in favor of the Kao oF tight fitted up with comiortable seats, from | were ouiy colors from seventeen gentlemen recorded r old: Helmbold as a four-year-old. | Champagne, and Patience the Nursery. Aristides won | with laminated steel barrols, barlocks, rebounding | He proved as good as hoped for, and won a é ull of which a pertect view of tbe course and surround- | with ine secretary; now there are lil, From the | Harry Bassett’ won the Nursery, in 1:49%%, beat- | the Wither’s Stakes, beating Rhbadamanthus and lence breech snap on edge of guard, and | finished contest by a short balf length, ing grounds 1% obtained. Immediately opposite tho | inauguration of Jerome Park there sprang a new | ing Mary Louise and thirteen others; ‘Kingtisher | eleven others. Calvin won the Belmont, Olitipa the | mountings finely engraved, was taken for $45 50. ratiling sel stand, on the bluif, are the club grounds, on which ure | era in the history of the American turf, and to Leonard | ihe Belmont. in 2 ‘59 4;, beating Foster and five others; | Ladies’, Aristides the Jeron the club house and other buildiugs tor the exclusive | W. Jerome the World in a great measure is indebted | Annette the Ladies’ Stakes, in 3:02, beating Midday and | Annual’ Aaron Penningts use of the members of tho club, ipeluaing an observa- | for the beautiful purk that bears bis name. ive oth Helmbold, the Joexey Clab Handicap, in | others for the Woodburn Sti to with GL. Lorillard’ d Tom Ochiltree the | A formidable, awlal looking German instrument, 12- | Jock. — Hi defeated associat beside the t Reform and two | bore, 80-inch, brought only $1z, notwithstanding | Jatter, w Longstafl’s Partuership, whose Countess captured the | that’ the catalogue annoanced as an inducement the | form since his victory at Jorome Park last spring {0 = 5 tory sone fifty feet in height, trom which a charming Face meeting at Jerome Park closed with the | 3:44, beating Sanford and another, andthe Westchester | Maturity, Wildidle tho Fordham Handicap and the | fact that the cocks had tho ‘Letauchoux action.” dash of the same distance as the Prep event, has and extensive view of the country for many miles | Grand Nationa! Raco,a dash of two miles and three-quar- Cap, in 4:11, beating Vespu and three others. | Jockey Club Handicap, Ballankeel tho Westchester A.muzzie-loader, Greener, brought $24 50, not beon emipently reassuring; bcock’s Oxmore, Fi ground is obtained, including the city with 1s lofty | ters, wl was won by Kentucky, one of the best race- | Kingfisher also won the Jerome Stakes, in 1:49, 1:49, | Cup, Picolo the Manbattan Handicap, and Aaron Pen- A Webley & Son's: breech-luader, 12-bore, 30-inch, | Donahue'’s New York, MeUormack’s Arcturus and if spires, its gorgeous pulaces, the Harlem River, the | horses that this country ever produced, beating Alde- and four others, and the Annual he | nington the Grand National Handicay Palisades, the waters of the Sound on the One side and | barai 7 pounds, was bid in at $48. Pierre Loritt for, The Manhattan Handicap was woo Beside the above ru were sevoral W. & C. Scott & Son’: Courier, a colt yet to win the frst dollar this season. The auctioneer did not find a bid- Mamie Butler, Orfward and Luther with the tor stak the noble Hudson on the other, majestically taking | greatest ease. by Corsican and the Grand National Handicap by Ni- | capital races for purses and match omg others Ken- | rebounding barlocks, wide snap der whon be attemped to sell the ola horse who thus heir course to the ocean. T'be stunds fur judges, time- Alter tho first meeting was over new stakes wero | agara, in 4:094%, beati rs, tacky’s great race st time, which took p' on | graved mountings, 12-bora, 30-luch, 73 pounds, | chronicles his second victory of the year, ¢ keepers, starters and for the uccommodation aud con- | made for 1867, such as the Jockey Ciub Handicap, a In 1871 Joe Damels came ou! r-old apd | October 7, 1867. The race, it will be remembered, was | brought $71, highest price of the lot. Speculators of evory degree anxiously looked fore Ventence of the gentlemen of tho press, wre in Keeping | dash of amile and three-quarters; ihe Westchester | won the Nursery Sua with the style of the grand stand. Up the vallgy tv | Cup, a dash of two miles and aquarter; a mile and a | tive others; Gray the north and west, and in view of the | quarter handicap, which was atierward named the M. , stand, are locuted the si for the accommo- | battan Handicap; the Champagne stakes, f of 200 horses, wo: re built im detached | olds; the Annual ; also kitchens for the accommodation of trait dash of two mile: m1 Alarm and | for $5,000 a side, Kentucky to run four miles with 120 The bidding throughout was very feeble, and the sale | ward to the second event on the card, tho Grand Na+ Planet, the Champagne, threo-quar- He ran tho first and second miles | was one of the suberest ever held in an auction room. | tional Handicap Sweepstakes, dash of two miles and @ ters of a mile, beating Meteor and five others. in 1:20, bus on the for Bids of fifty cents wero numerous, but came slowly, | quarter, Since ite Inauguration tuis haodicap bad Harry Bassett won tho Belmont, beating Stockwood we by eleven and were tho result of sober aud mature deliberation. | shown one three-year-old, the famous Monarchist; ix and Dine others. He also won the Jorome, beating quarters, time being 7:31%. It te only ji to Mr. Johuson to state that in inducing | four-year-olds, two five-year and oue six-yoar olds a@ Monurchist and four others, in 3:55%, two miles. Nel- four-mile race with Aldebaran, Onward, | many o! these bids be wasted mauy dollars’ worth of | the successful competitors. Precedent, then, was {favor- ” ers and others. The course ts surrounded by year-olds, a dash of a mile and five-eights, the lati won the Ladies’ Stake this year, veating Mary | Fieetwing and Local, Privateer winning ia 7:43 on a | vital force. ablo to the four-year-olds, and as among them stantial open picket fence ten feet high, Th it being one of the most popular races run at this id four others, in 3:03 The Hunter's Stake | very heavy track, was a very good race, It took ne was @ creditable perfurmor of this age, many inclined offices ure situated at convenient $ on the main | place. zs y Elsie, boxting The Dipper, in Mon- | place on the 17th of June, 1868. PIGEON SHOOTING, to lim. This was Pierre Lorillard’s James A,, and the d lording due facilities to the public. | " New stakes were made during the-year 1867, n the Annual Stake, beating By the Seaand | The racing at the spring meoting, and also the pres- handicapper having treated him lenieutly in giving club beuse and viables is.by a road | next year the Ladies’ Stakes Jor thre another, in 3:53:44, turity Stake, for four-year. | ent one, show clearly that there if no deterioration | crAMPION BADGE CONTEST OF THE FOUNTAIN | him 108 ibs., just ten less than his proper woight, he Irom Central avenue, on the south, and another by the | augurated, the distance being a mil olds, was won by Preakn beating susen Ann and | in the quality of our horses, notwithstanding the GUN CLUB. was considered dangeruus, There was nothifig want- old road leading to Kingsbridge road, on the orth. | and the Fordham Handicap for all aj five others; Chillicothe, the Fordham Handicap, beating | cidents and vreak-downs that have occurred since the z 6 jing in his case on the score of condition, so he had Two yours ago the homestretch was extend quarter During the spring and fall meetings of 1867 | Climax and eieven others, in 2:1344; Judge Durell, the | early spring meetings bega! The fifth regular monthly contest at pigoon shoot- | many constant friend¥ at the pool box, buying ‘of » mile turther to the svuth, which now gives nearly a Were run—among others the Bel» | Jockey Club Handicap, beating Hamburg and three atirnnremenesneniecreecoe irene ing for the champion badge of the Fountain Guo Club, | im as the second = eheice, The wget run home for ball-mile races. Avjoiming | mont stakes, which was won by Ruthless, beating De | others in 3:47, nod Preaknoss the Westchester Cup, SPORTING FIREARMS, 1 ik bh . | honor in the quotationg was hold hy truck on the horthwest is the commodious house | Courcey aud two others, im 3:05; tne Jerome Stakes, | beating Glenelg 4 Helmbold, in 4:15%. fy vation ot Brooklyn, took place yesterday at Brown's on the | jyaniels . Vigil, o treo, year-old, fail of — bealt! and charming grounds of the Westchester Polo Club, | won by Metairie, who beat Funny Cheatham and throo | the Handicap Ortoian beat Finesse , Ocean boulevard. There were fourteen contestants | and vigor, and vast; improve under the care tho majority of the gentlemen being members ef the | others, in 146%, 1:45'4; the Annual Stakes, won by | and w * 1h 2:20, and Monarchist won | TRSTERDAY'S GALR AT JOHNSOW’'S AUCTION | anda large number of xpectators proseat, Ateach of | of the voleran Colonel. . Vigil's penalty had been ro- , » Atuerican Jockey Cluo, A ballroom wus atisebed to | Jumes A. Counolly, beating Morrissey and two others, | the Grand Nattonal Handicap, beating —_Tele- ROOMS—DESCUIPTION OF THE PIECKS AND | the first threo contests Mr. J. I. Siane carried off the | duced 3 lbs from bis weight tor a as he went to the U the club house in 1867. | two miles, in 843%; the Jockey Ciub Handicap, by | gram and seven others in 4:09. In 1872 Wildidlo coveted prize, but. at the fourth it was wrested from | post with 100 Ibs. on his buck. ‘ w tease of the Jockey Club authorized tho oMders | Earring, beating Climax and six others, three quar- red and won the Nuri ry) beating Long Branch LIST OF PRICES, bim by Mr. Kearney, and Mgr 4 it was won, after | appeared to make a fight, Sh; to cal! upon the stockholders tor 4 large amount of | ters of a mile, im 3:11; Loadsione winning dozen others tn 1:48% ; Joe Daniels won the Bel- Yosterday at noon Mr. Tunis Johnson continued the | #oto excellent shooting, by Mr. McLaughlin. The birds | Iba taken from his burd money ($15,000) to expenses and pay purses; but | the Westenesier’ Cup, with 131 , | mont; Victoria, the Ladies’;’ Joe Dantels, the Jerome; . provided wero generally of a suportor quality, quick | both speed there bas been suilicient spirit im the club to put up | péating Onward and Woodbine, the Hunter and Annual Stakes. In the | 84l¢ of guns at his roome, No, 37 Nassau street, risers and hard drivers. Tho following is the score:— | and thus ly to puy josses, should any occur, Such | and Local the G Maturity there was a great race between Monarchist The lot remaining over trom tho last sale comprised Fouxtaiy Ges Ciun, Broowiyx, Sept. 5, 1874— | Judged through his public form, under the n the success uf the venture, hewever, that | three. and Harry Bassett, the three miles being run tm 5:34. | sixty-five guna, many of them {rom tho mostcelebrated | Filth monthly contest tor ciub chainpion budge, to be | conditions stated, perhaps there was tale sense have been regularly declared, aud the ciud | The best races in 1868 were Bonuie Lass’ winning of the | Harry Bagsett beat Lyttleton, in the Westchester Cup, oe shot for at 7 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 yards bound- | thus evinced ; but he and all tho rest were beaten tas beet w paying institution instead of a losing one | Nursery Stakes, tw 1:47 4 boating Mortis’ Eclipse dily | in 4:18\, which Was rather slow gong lor such cele- artificers in Europe, ary, 13 oa shot. Long Isiand rales. ly by the hight three-year-old, Vigil, who from the Hning. The club at this writiug Bambers | and six others; General Duke the Belmont, in 3:02, | brated colts, The Grand National Handicap was won A Hollis muzzio-loader, twist barrels, barlocks, 10- Killed, Missed, Killed, Missed, | will desorve especial attention in the future. haa over 1,200 metnvers, with 111 recorded colors. boating Northumberland and four others; Bonnio | by Tubman beating Preaknoss and two others.in 4:10%. | pore 86-inch, 13 pounday started at $15 and | MeLaughlin.. 6 ¥ | now a good certificate to recor 4 THE INAUGUNATION MERTING OF THR AMERICAN JOCKEY | Braes winuing Uo Lauies’ Stakes, in $2064, beating | Li 1873 some good two-year-olds came out, These wero ie rs 3 | James A. TJbs. X cuun | Australia wd three others; Bayonet wiuning the | Rutherturd and Grinstead, the frst beating Reform | *B0cked down at $17, tho advance to this price boing 4 | Picolo, MeDamel 2 took place et 26th at a end Bags teeta ned Jerome Stakes, in 14544, 12403, beating Australia and | and sevon a the Nursery, Footlong latter Dublin | mado by cautious fifty cent bids. 4 | Sunburst ‘ day»! racing, the Mauguration race of the tirst day being | threo others; the Anooal Stakes, ran that yearasn wile | and eight in thé Champagne Stakes. Springbok a 4 | seriously , four-milo heats, in whieh Kentucky, Asterord, Idlewild, | and iiree-quarter race, won by Nellie MeDoould | won tho Lelmout aud Kato Pease’ the? Ladies: | 480 brecch-loader, back action locks, side snap 6 1, Onward and Fieetwing were eutered. But the great | in 3:164{, beating Viiey and another, The Fordham | Stakes. Tom Bowling and Springbok ran | S¢tion, 10-bore, 30-inch, 84 pounds, by Moore & Co., 4 omg Asterord broke down a few days be- | Handicap was won this yeur by Stonewall Jack- {| for the Jerome Stake, and Tom won. The | was startod at $20 and advanced slowly to $31 60, and re tie race wis to tke place, to the great | son, in 2:16'%, with 110 ibs. up, boating Geveral | latter aiso won the Aunuai Stakes in a canter then went off. juency of their investi Topret of every racing man in the country, as the con- | McMahon and tive others. The Jockey Club Handicap, | from Mart Jordan, Mate beat Victoria and two others emanate i@ it, and among therm ; Awoen te id Kentyeky was looked forwara to | two miles, was won by J. A. Counolly in 3:48%, with | for the Maturity and Preakness for the Fordham An xtra fino Hollis muzzle-lo.der, laminated steel RACES POSTPONED, jed. jamuathas jo yreates — ot the the time. Thousands of | 103 iba, up, beating RB. Connolly and two others. | Handicap; Preaknoss the Jockey Club Handicap, and barrois, threo-pin bridle barlocks, 12-vore, 30-inch, 7 ‘angers had come trom ali parts of the country to | Local won tho Westchester Cup this year, with 114 | Wanderer the Wostohester Cup, beating True Biue and | pounds, was pat up at $1 24 bd old ‘su a Povank eerie, Oct, 6, 1876. Belmont's ‘iddlesticks followed Witness the groat race betworn. these champions of the | los, up, macap'tul race with James A, Connolly and | three others in 4:04, Preakuess won the Munhattan A Groover muzzlo-loader, of a storm the Hudson River times; bis trendy stieking #0 persistentiy that turf, and on the opening day.at irk there was | three others, tho time being 4:034%, two miles und Handioap; beating Mildew and seven others, and also roughout Saturday, To-day’ eae vy Lo might reverse his form & greater crowd of people brought togetwer than there | quarter. In 1469 Remorseless won the Nursery, in | the Gravd National Lege in which were Harry - 58. put over till to-morrow, to-morro\ i thown ia Blakes ou day of the present bas beou since oh any occason, although there erties Deating Finesse and eight others; Fenian. tho 4 Bassett and two others, in 4:08%, Olitipa made her Breech-loader, same maker, barlocka, rebounding | ted on Saturday. meeting, ia thie wore mistaken, as he wag mado