Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-28

RAcISe-DEscaIrTIvE REPoRrs.-Oar friend Por-
ter of the Spirit Of the Times in that paper Of the Sd
inst. has published BY way Of description along &C.
count Of the late races held during the New OH
Jockey Club Second Spring Meeting, on the Union
Course. The attempt to set the thing out in techncai
lingo is really amusing. 1t might however IN 'his re-
spect go off tolerably with those who can say win
Mungo in the play, "what signify me READ II me no
understand" were only correct but here IS the rub
To string together something like five vide columns
the reporter Of which might as well have been on the
top of the Allegheny, on the Union Course during
the running asaar description is concerned is GER
tanly mark of industry and attention to sporting
readers which they must duly appreciate; a little
further exertion in this way cannot fail to the
Spirit of the Times TO be quoted upon all OCCASIONS
authority.
"patter FASH" yet should like TO know how such
phrases "come to time" are applicable TO horse
while running answering the call of his rider to go
faster; Or "doton the outside and up the middle" to
the track of circular course ?-Nor have we time
or room to follow this writer through all the pas
sages of this amusing fiction, further than 10 note
one intended TO describe the most interesting part of
the last heat of thefcu mile race Let be understood
that Mingo and Mary Blunt had each won heat, the
former the first and the latter the second and that the
black colt African, and Post Boy finding that both
Minge and Mary had the heels Of them, were making
the running at killing pace In the hope to outlast
them The Spirit of the Times says, "the black led
the field frequently by halfa dozen lengths Post Boy
running good second, while Mary and Mngo wait
ed upon them keeping sharp eye to the movements
of each other. Up TO near the termination Of the
third mile African led at uaurderous stroke but as
they came inside Of The gate Mings caught him, chai-
lenged and headed him like the wind." The sentence
in Italics is altogether incorrect. The position of the
horses in the third mile and the running as fol-
lows AT the end of the second mile will be seen
by the account published in the Herald from short
hand notes taken the spot "here Post Boy crawl
ed up second, followed and watched closely by Mngo,
who third) They went on at telltale pace
the third mile) African the lead going along to
kill; at the back part of the course Mary Blunt was
fourth and Gipsey completely beat They kept it up
(hus) round the north bend at racing pace, to the
front stretch, in coming up which Mingo went up
second Mary Blunt third Post Boy falling back
fourth Gipsey long distance behind, African yet
in front"
The Spirit Of the Times goes on-"Jack Hartman,
Chat is Mary Blunts rder) could wait no longer, and
at the half mile post and caught Mingo at the hill"
"As Mary dre,c sut neck in trent, 500 to so she
wins the heat, some one offered, but it was unheeded.
Mingos terrible stroke soon brought him UP to her
like lightning, and as they swung round the turn and
dropped into the quarter stretch they head and
head They are both and the struggle is deadly"
"Mingo wins by length"
The reality is, that the horses kept in the position
e A :,,s A.
fourth and last mile they had got round the first
sweep or turn past the quarter POLE and had entered
nearly by 100 yards the stretch on the back part of
the course having Is 20 rods short of three ourths
of mile yet to go. Minge having lost the second
heat by trusting to brush when only about so yards
from home, determined to begin sooner He made the
movement Mary who was watching went with him.
The following is oar account:
"The fourth mile was now measuring off, They
around the first bend without change of position
until arrived at the back stretch. Here Minge and
Mary Blunt made play simultaneously -whistled past
African like twin bullets-kept on at murderous
rate down the straight refund the north turn the
struggle was dstressing-they swung into the quar-
ter stretch head and head-teok their line for heme
Mary outside Away they came like meeors, but the
long rating stroke Of Mingo told in straight work,
and he won cleverly by length. Post Boy, African
and Gpsey distanced."
Although il IL impossible to pen the description of
race which gives with accuracy every push and pash
made by five hsrses unless the writer takes notes on
the ground and has eyes such rs enable him to dstn
guish the horses at distance; he may commit some.
thing to paper after he gets home bur this is what
Nimrod would call tracing with his legs under the
mahogany" We hspe to see our contemporary, the
Spirit Of the Times, m future more accurate, and, as
the author Of John Gilpin says, trust
THAT when he rides another race.
We shall Ne there see"
II The party in power, and the party out Of power
are equally wicked They are stupd insufferabIv s,u