The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-11
Sp0n ting Intelli gonce.

| The LATE RACES BETWEEN FASHION AND PEYroNA
We have received from correspondent the follow
ing communication
Permit me, through your valuable paper, to give
| publicity to few remarks upon an article In last
weeks SPIRIT Of the Times under the caption OF the
| late races on Long Island and at Camden. The ma
nfest desire of the Editor to cast an odium upon
| the Southern stable, is too apparent.
In the article above alluded to- which is review,
chiefly, OF the two races between Peytona and
Fashion, the editor is particular in reiteratlng the
opinion he expressed his account Of the first race,
that condition won the race" and then nslnuates
that Fashions victory in subsequent race proves
most concusiyely that he was right in the opinion
mission Of Peytonas claim to superiority for defeat
ing Fashion on Long Island, because Fashions sub
sequent race proved her defeat was owing to her
want Of condition Let the "dispassionate reader"
Judge from the following facts how far condition
won the match" On the morning Of the match
| race, the horses were admitted by their respective
trainers Certainly the most capable persons OF udg-
TO- Dc IN most Eas excellent $ MT
the superior order OF his mare cher trial runs having
proved better than those which preceded her race
with Boston) that upon her success he "staked" a
considerable sum- This circumstance, when IT is
known that Mr.. L. is not betting man, goes far TO
establish the fact Of her good condition The proof,
however, IS stamped lndelbly upon the face OF the
race ITSELF Every one at all familiar with Fashion s
previous performances, acknowledges il to be the
fastest one she ever made, with due allowance for
the heavlness of the track. Why the race al Cam
den should make the Editor of the Spirit SO tena-
cous Of his first opinion, is an enigma which the
writer is not capable of solving unless it was the
superior condition Peytona then manifested by her
quick running. The Camden track was at least five
seconds faster than the Union and Peytona beat the
time she made In her match-race lover the lefD
about 30 seconds.
1t is not the wish of the writer to detract in the
least from the we-eaned reputation of Fashion
in his opinion, her first race with Peytona, although
n1n l.c~ ~ III &c.
But to put before the public in proper light the ar
cle first alluded TOTO show its vindctveness, we
will quote passage referring to match proposed
BY the friends of the Colonel" The friends OF
in Mr. sstable, but even this was Rushed up at once
by the reflection hatit ungenerous TO challenge
beaten party. What magnanimity! almost equal to
that displayed by Messrs Laird, Johnson and Van
Mater for not stigmatizlng the characters. OF Mr.
Kirkman's horses by dstancing them in their re-
spective races.
The facts connected with this proposed match, are
these T That the ends Of the 0o Sas offered
kirkman's stable EXCEPT. Peytona; It was not sat
once hushed," but Immediately accepted by MIR. X,
who at once despatched gentleman with $1,000, as
forfeit money! to /" the friends Of the Colonel that
after the prellminaries were agreed upon, these
Dragging gentlemen, 9 the friends OF the Colonel"
backed out. CAMDEN.
["The tall son of York;" (tall son of hum
bug) and others connected with the. paper
their bread is buttered. There are other pas
sages in the same article as falacous those above
mentioned, but their preposterousness carry with
them their own contradiction. Only think of the
sense of the dignity, propreties, and courtesles
among gentlemen, preventing them dstancing every
horse, in Mr.. Kirkman's stable, including Peytona
herself"
ST. GEORGES CRICKET CLuB.-The first grand
to-day in the true a spirit Of cricket as It Should
be-for the love of the amusement by eleven of the
members of the St Georges Club, from the north
Of England and eleven from the south, the ground
belonging to the Club, on the Boomingdale road,
near 9th street The members will muster at nine
O'clock and the wckets will be pitched precisely at
ten. From the well known ability of the players,
there is doubt but that it will be very interest
ing and well contested match The following names