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The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], The great race at New Orleans — defeat of Planet. (search)
The great race at New Orleans — defeat of Planet. The New Orleans papers of Sunday give the particulars of the four mile race over the Metaire course, Saturday, on which it is stated $300,000 changed hands. The entries were Doswell's Planet, Foley's Lightning. and Kenner's Panic. The storm Friday had reduced the track to a terribly mucky condition, and destroyed the possibility of quick time. The betting was chiefly between the friends of Planet and Lightning, though the fact that Panic h omnibus and the railroad cars, were in lively demand, and soon all the avenues to the track were covered with them. The race of the day was four mile heats for the Club Purse of $1,500. The entries were Kenner's Panic, Doswell's Planet, and Foley's Lightning. The pool betting the previous evening placed them in the above order, out of $26,905 pooled Panic having $11,160, Planet $8,580, and Lightning $7,165. But it should be borne in mind that this placing was predicated upon the state of