Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-06-28


i In our report of the recent match on Long Is.
Hand for the Championship Of tine American Turf
3'CoNDlTloN IRON fhe race" and this opinion we re-
steralcd>ln the columns Of this paper last week
we offended some and most likely 1''sel on few
abarren spectators to laush.'-by onr frankness
Sncverlheess, it is wonderful TO find since the Sc.
J s.ond race between the rival cracks. how many
\ nlerlaned precisely the same opinion! Curious,
sn', it
Z On the evening before the race very large
aamonnts were laid out AT the different hotels, etc.
lin PAiladephia. at the rate OF 10 TO 7. AT one
house 81 600 to 500 was offered and accepted
4halfa dozen times. Gentlemen who arrived by
1.-The evening train from Now York, however, ill.,
dformedti us that any amount could have been invest.
/ ed there "even,"on Fashion. Ga Tuesday we
saw both horses at their stable and examined them
5criticalIy. 1t appeared to us that Fashion was in
better spirits. and that her coat and general APP
2 pea rance has improved since the match PeyIonn
] 5.handled" well her coat was fine and her flesh
firm and elastic, and she appeared fit 10 run tor
3man's life, We, we thought her drawn very fine
indeed her friends generally deemed her too low
4 in flesh. Mr. Laird thought Fashion "rlgh,' as
1 did his friends generally. and they backed their
Opinions universally but the immediate friends
5of Pey,ona were not so sangulne. They knew
Swell enough that IN her match on the mon course
She could not have beaten Fashion three feet far.
| liner to have saved her life That terrible race
sic has not vet recovered from. As campa gner
I she is not a match for the Northern Champion.
I who started in the match off her foot as we re.
smarked at the time. but has since run herself INFO
scOnd aiun. and could have made as good, it not a
sbettcr. race on this occasion than she ever made
sin her life! 1t must be taken into consideration
son the other hand, that Pcytona is an animal of
such unusual size and spirit that she is very apt
Sto niure herself in her training. and that II re.
squres the las. d, gree of skill TO bring her to the
post on fven day in prime condition; mare OF
prodgous slzo requires proporonate amount OF
Eli sh. or she must weaken in long race. as she
did on this occasion. The "knowng ones" how
lever, almost all ''feIl' on hor They bet against
her on the Island and trusted to get their legs
tagaIn b, backing her now; of course they leapad
from the frying-pan into the fire! The " outsld
4 sors " won d" smartly" on both races, aud the
.taunch friends of Fashion, who have backed her
\ "a through" have ''gol hunk" aud good dea
over she having t,cenfg.fre out Of tnea'y seq
3en races! There is no doubt that Peytona was
Temporarily amiss on this occasion, for Fashion
could not only out run her over every foot OF the
ground, bu; could have near "posted y her IN Ell
! ther heat 1t is to be deeply reg et,cd by the
friends of both. that the race went ''hating uff'
las il did. Fashion cut out all the work aud wa.
never Tapped durrng the lsl heat; she run the Is
Slnree miles in 5:i3. at her Ease, and could have
run the 4th in l:50 or less, which would have
made the time of the heat 1888 or under Bu
sPeytona 'cavcd in" in each heat niter going three
SmIes. leaving Fashion to gaIlop through!
y Abou; twenty ininG;es before the start was Il
! have taken place most appalling accident occur
q red A section of the stand, 100 feet in length
(Which was thronged with spectators, came dowr
awith frghtful crash. owing to the number OF per
\ sons who had mounted on the roof 1t had beer
recently examined carefully, and strengthened
5rom one END to the oii,er, but the mbers were Sc