Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-20


made, viz;
Jno. Minor Bolts bay horse Gobauna.
VIM Wynn's grey mare Ariel.
Henry Clays bay horse Mons cur Tonson.
James Ross's dark bay horse B,cnheim.
This was the great day-and great as
sembled to witness the exhibition. Much of the beau>
~ and fashion of the Metropolis and adjacent country
sanctioned the with their presence and the Piazza
appropriated the ladies', blazed with lustre atogc
Their Unprecedented on the Tree Hill Course. 1t was
obvious that racing, the old and favorte
Virginia had revived in all its former lustre-and the |
eGerly gentlemen the ground had their maginatons
carried back 10 the days of Brmmer Flageator Flo
rze and Peace Maker.
Notwithstanding the numbers and the general expec-
a'ion, the knotcing did not anticipate hard con-
test They had already assigned the victory to ARIEL
and IN The excess of confidence inspired by her
contest with Fhrtilla at New York. and her sweeping
all before her during the last and present seasons
ming treble the amount of her purchase offered odds
in her favor Ariel against the field, the universal
cry, and strongly did tide run in her favor tina,
thousands of bets of this character were probably Of
fered and rejected In naGy instances two TO one
five to three 100 to 10, proportional odds were bet
upon her, and from the Indications there is reason TO
believe, that large won and lost Her ap-
pearancc indeed seemed to Justify the confidence of her
backers--she looked more like bird than horse and
was supposed 10 be in tip top order. However, when
Clay's horse Monster Tonson appeared upon the field
there seemed some abatement in the Ariel fever Ifier
form aultless, was hisf she appeared au Eques
trian Venus de ATedci he matched her as the Apollo
Belvdere-if she seemed 10 walk upon springs, he ap-
peared to tread upon Indian rubber. All who saw him
pronounced his exterior figure unexceptionabIc and
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had any connexun, Mon. Tonson was the full match
of Ariel. This horse stranger of Pacole blood
and notwithstanding his promising appearance gained
from these circumstances, other confidence than
the belief that he stood toerabIe chance for the first
heat If there should be broken heals was thought
Johanna would prove the victor at last-for on him.
on his sister Phs great reliance placed for bot
tom, and his former performances had given him con
slderab-' reputation for speed. We heard little said
of Mr.. Ros,s horse Bleheim--and the common opin-
ion that he lived too high UP the country (Albe
marle) TO contend with the favorc race horse region
between the Atlantic and head of tide water The re-
suit proved the general expectation not altogether IN
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Ist IIeat.-At the appointed hour the signal was 81
ven and all four horses made apparently fair start
Gohanna early dropped behind, confirming the i'm
P'NS9'ON "a 'S uoiC, 'udt gong l. lOI Otf he was
willing 10 throw away the heat. small brush was
sustained between Mon. Tonson and Aricl-nei,ber
appearing disposed to rum permi. The other to go
much ahead. Blenhem also made some cxertion TO
win the heat, For the greater proportion of the -four
miles, Ariel kept ahead-whst The solcitude Of the
whole field was awakened, by observing that tie sad
DIE had slipt from its proper station fairly mp on her
shoulders. In the astbaf of the fourth mile, Mon
TOnsOn shot ahead. n ,h,t
rally ascribed to the position of Ariers sadde-and
kept the lead to the end of the heat whilst Gohanna.
to the surprze and chagrine of the whole field was
distnnccd, by about length 1t was apparent that
this heat was no decisive trial of speed between Aiel
and Mon. Tonson from the Time and their passing the
goal at every round, hand in hand BIenheim saved
his distance narrowly. Time, SIN. Is.
Johanna after the heat exhibited no sign OF fatigue
end Heat. Johanna being disaDced, and Blenheirn
withdrawn the competitors we're reduced TO Ariel and
Monsieur Tonson. Ariel continued the fayorjte il,
spite of her discontinue the first heat. That dis
comfure ascribed to the mischance of the saddle
and being famed for bottom as well as speed. great
confidence was generally felt upon her ,yinninr fine
two succeeding heats. Those who had bet the field
against Ariel seeing two horses withdrawn and their
sole reliance placed upon Monsieur Tonson. horse
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confidence Of their adyersaries considered their
as desperate Some few there were, however, who
manifested an opposite confidence by huzzaing for
Clay and Tonson.
According TO general opinion, this was the most
beautiful heat ever witnessed Until they entered on
the quarter stretch of the last me there was scarcely
length between them. For the whole of The way ex-
cept few hundred yards the third mile, Mons Ton
oJ ALL C-Co
might have been covered with blanket The result
doubtful to the last-for close behind was Ariel
so undiminished was confidence in her powers-and
so little had she been pushed in the first heat, or
in the first part of the second, that to the very
last moment when it remained possible, the gen
! eral expectation that she would take the heat
But the friends Of Ariel were disappointed, and Mon
ToDson came out ahead some fifteen twenty steps,
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