The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-28
Sporting Intelligence.

TRorrrNo AND PAcNa MArcnEs OVER THE HAIR
LEM TRAcK.-There was very respectable muster
At the above beautiful track on Thursday witness
some matches thatwere looked to with considerable
interest by the admirers of good rotting and pacing
The first match was stakes Of $50, one mile ant
repeat, for which were entered
Colonel Bartine's CHI Frelinghuysen. Il
II. Jones' black poney, Black Joke. q 2
81 N T re,ey G ssya 50. ar
The above animals were driven by the parties in
whose names they were entered.
Tn, next match was for purse of $50, best three
in five, for which
Col Bartine ' blk m Miss Fortune. 3 saa
J. Spicer CHI Eph. Smooth. 2 3 3
Time 40-2 500 4l-2 3S.
This was most exciting match, and well con-
tested. The second heat was decided by the judge
TO be a dead one, between Newburgh and Ephraim
Smooth, but we believe that every one else on the
ground judged it to have been won by Newburgh by
halt neck Ct the least. Such dead heats viii DO
The next was a match of three miles for $50, be
tween Col Bartine's Oh. h. Frelinghuysen, and II
Jones's pony. Black Joke.
They kept well together for the first mile, but at
the end tine CoonePs superior tact told, and he went
In front, which position he maintained for the other
two miles, but not without every endeavor of II
Jones to come up with him, but alas, without sue
cess. The Colonel came home winner some five
GRAND CRICKET MArcu-The ST. Georges
Cricket Club OF this city has decided to challenge
any eleven players in Canada to afrlendly home and
home match, to come off in the month Of July. The
first match to come off over the Montreal ground, or
the ground of the ST. Georges Club, near this city,
as may be agreed upon.
CARoNDELEr RAcEs-DfAMoNp CoURsE-FTs
Day, June 1.-THE entries were for one mile heats
David Hefington's m Mirth years old. by Me-
Thos oc M Mon Eiaaseth Greathou:e syrs
old, by Massanicllo. dam by Waxey. ...:..
Scruggs Fannin's Georgia Leek 4years old,
by imp Glencoe, dam by imp. Leviathan. 3
This was an interesting race. All three horses
started oin fine style, Mlrth having drawn the in
side track, took the lead and maintained it until
the round on the back stretch, where Georgia Leek
passed her, but she soon recovered, and came in a
length and half winner, in 2 O5.
Second HcGt-Ihe three horses came up to the
stand in fine spirits, and started off in gallant style,
Mlrth taking the lead and maintaining the same,
winning the heat by about length and half, in
OF.
lNHUMAN MuRDER.-FIvE PERSONS BuTcHERED IN
ly Adcock in company with his wife. mother two small
children and and two negro boys moving from Pom
totoc Mississippi either to Missouri illinois, whore
brother Of Adcock resides person of the of A.
j. Met annon, from Columbus, Miss fell in company
with them and travelled with them some days. until the
18th inst, when the elder Of the negroes says, he
murdered Adcock, his wife, and mother. with axe.
while asleep He then drew his knife and deliberately
the threats of the two children boy and girl He
then took the two most valuable horses the negroes
money and other valuables Of the murdered family and
left, threatening to murder the negroes they divugcd
the secret Their bodies lay undiscovered until Tues.
day morning, and WREN found the bodies Of two Of the
individuals were considerably eaten and torn by the
Jackson, Tenn Immediately started in pursuit Before
overtaking him. however he had been apprehended by
some gentlemen of Spring Creek, in company with the
stage passengers about sixteen miles northeast Jack.
son. After he was apprehended, blood found upon
frequently attempted to wash off, but could not All the
circumstances, in fact strong that there is no
doubt left upon the mind Of community but that he
the guilty wretch His name is A. J. McCsnnon, and
halls from Columbus, Miss.