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===1839===
[[File:Spring 1839 Race Announcement Metairie Jockey Club Metairie Race Course New Orleans The Times Picayune Fri Mar 8 1839.jpg|thumb|Spring 1839 Race Announcement Metairie Jockey Club Metairie Race Course New Orleans ''The Times Picayune'' March 8, 1839]]
The Spring Meeting of [[The Metairie Jockey Club]] for 1839 over the Metairie Course commenced on Tuesday, March 26, and lasted for six days. The First Day of racing Sweepstakes for 3-year olds, 2 Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $1,000, Forfeit Fee $250, Nine Subscribers: Montfort Wells' ''Beeswing'', C.C.S. Farrar, D. Stephenson's ''Dublin'', [[Henry Augustine Tayloe|H.A. Tayloe]], Minor Kenner's ''Greydoc'', Ira Smith's ''Maria'', James S. Garrison's ''Altorf'', William R. Barrow's ''Picayune'', James Shy's ''Curculia''. Same Day, A match between the noted trotting horses ''Bird'' and ''Confidence'', 2-mile heats in harnesses for $6,000. Second Day, Wednesday, March 27, Jockey Club Purse $800, 2 Mile Heats. Same Day Sweepstakes for Gentlemen Riders, 2 Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $50, the proprietors to add a silver cup, value $300. Third Day, Jockey Club Purse $1,200, 3 Mile Heats. Fourth Day, Jockey Club Purse $2,000, 4 Mile Heats. Fifth Day, Jockey Club Purse $600, Mile Heats, best 3 in 5. Same Day, Sweepstakes for 2 Year Olds, Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $500, Forfeit Fee $150, seven subscribers:Montfort Wells, [[Adam Lewis Bingaman|A.L. Bingaman]], C.C.S. Farrar, W.J. Minor, Minor Kenner, W.R. Barrow, James Shy. Sixth Day, Proprietors Purse, $1,000, 3 Mile Heats. Same Day, Match between the celebrated trotting hosrse ''Pompeii'' and ''Rolla'', best 3 in 5, in harness for $1,000. P CENAS Secretary.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/25544437/</ref>
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