Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16
THE SOUTH VICTORIOUS !!

ed the glory she LOST in the race between Eclipse
and Henry, ana on many other occasions
What makes The triumph 50 much the more bril-
liant is the fact that The knowing ones have
been so terribly taken in. The result OF The con-
test on Tuesday, forciby reminds us of our feel
ings Of delight at the issue OF the great Presiden'
!ial race in November. "Who Is James X.
Pok?" asked the vaunng friends Of the "popu-
lar lavoIile and mvincbe" Harry Clay. "Who
is Peylona?" resoundcd from the lips Of The over
confident hackers Of Fashion, who had never
humbled her proud head The astounding result
in each case has produced 4 similar effect upon
the public mind Pey.ona now ranks first OF her
race, and she will be tie fashion" Of the day.
The following will give all desirable nlorma-
lion 10 our readers who are perhaps as anxious
10 hear the news as we were:
From he ~ y. SIN, Ert,a, of Tuesday AR7aoon.
THE GREAT MATCH RACE-FASHION
BEATEN.
The great contest between Fashion and Pev-
tona has created an unprotected excitement, and
at least one hundred thousand people have as
sembled on the ground 10 witness the perform
ance.
The number Of sporting men from The South is
incredible, ard the greatest animation prevails
among the hackers oil each horse, betting freely.
In addition 10 the pnIse of so, 600, at least IRE
lnnd,ed thousand doii0rs depend on the result Of
| this contest.
The weather is all that could be desired, The
thunder shower Of last evening having laid the
dust and cooled the atmosphere
The sun is partially concealed by light
haze and 4 refreshing y. l.. breeze passes over
the course.
The horses are in excellent condition.
Fashion is the iavoIile with the North oi course:
and some Of her hackers, 10 show their confidence,
offered , 10 on the result, which was freely Ia
ken by The hackers OF Peytona.
Result Of the First Hat-Peytona came in
ahead, time minutes 80! seconds.
! After tie first heat The betting was , 10 > 10 >,
and 10 10 on Peytona which was freely taken.
ahead, winning The heat and purse in minutes
A.! seconds.
Ftom tie Mr. Ymk TriJnne.
The excitement was great when The horses APP
peared al the tap OF the drum, and betting be-
| came still more favorable 10 the Southern horse
when she was stripped The North had been
backing Fashion heavily, but there was now 4
disposition 10 hedge, and odds could be had on
Peytona. Both horses appeared 10 be perfectly
right, although Peytona had rather The most live
Is and gamely look. Both horses have been de-
scriled in several OF the city papers, and we think
il useless 10 repeat The description.
The horses GOT of well together at the first start
Peylona having the inside, which she kept, as
well as the lead, and won the first heat by three
lengths, amid The shouts Of The excited crowd
The betting was now 100 to so, and even occa-
Sionay larger odds, on The Southern horse, and
few takers.
When The horses came up for The second heat,
they did not appear 10 have cooled oil well, Fash.
ion being apparently The most distressed. After
one false slaH they went of al slashing pace,
Fashion getting the inside. During the first three
miles the horses ran together with scarcely 4 per-
ceItble difference between them, and he interest
N the race became intense Wien they passed
the Judges stand on The fourth mile Peylona was
scarcely the breadth of an ear behind. Both
Jockeys were plying spurs and crowding The
horses 10 their utmost speed. On the last quarter
Peylona made n brush, and il was evident that
her immense stride was doing the business
Coming down the straight Turn 10 The Judges
stand, She gained slightly al every jump, and
came in Fashion under whip and spur winning
the heat and race by half length. The shout
that rent the wclkin was the signal for the trans
fer OF al least one hundred thousand dollars
(some say half a mHion) from The pockets OF the
Norlii,o The pockets OF The South.
The time, Il y III h" seen. was not very good,
the first heat being !. seconds longer Than
Fashions first heat with Boston. The first heat
was run in 7 39i, and the second in ! l5.
Pevtona has now won Tor her owners SG2 GOO
in purses in six years, neverhaving been beaten.
She has probably won much more for them in side
bets. Having conquered the victor Of twenty
three fields she may be considered the paramount
horse on the Turf in this country.
This has been one of the most exciting races
the North has ever known, and as Fashion was
freely backed, until within few days, by our
sporting circles, We suppose Park Row and We
sey street are nearly cleaned out
From the Nc7r York Sun.
The lay was warm. The Empire Club and
Captain RyndeIs were upon The ground, number
Ing fifty or sixty in all. The Captain received
$500 10 clearthe course which he did in short or
der One ofhis men was struck with a club and
severely injured Fights and rows occurred in
The vicinity OF The course during the day; one
, man is said 10 have been killed by being run over
by The railroad train; thimble riggers and gam
blers were unusually numerous, and large sums
OF money were extracted by pick pockets
} There were about five hundred 'vehcles on the
ground The Long Island Railroad despatched
four trains OF twelve cars and two locomotives
each, having about len thousand passengers.
There was some excitement against captain
! hNDueTS, nut we are dSSuICI ~ stHISihSH, ~
whom we place entire confidence, that his con-
duct Throughout; was most praisewonhy: and the
race would have been seriously interrupted had
not his excellent police regulations been enforced
with energy and decision.
Even after the result Of the first hear, such was
The confidence of Norherners in their favorlte,
Fashion, that they continued to bet largely upon
her success. They have lost immense sums.
The New York Tribune says: "A gentleman
from Virginia had his pochet-book stolen, while
he was crossing The river last evening, returning
{ from The race. II contained nine one hundred
dollar notes on The Bank OF Virginia"
The following, from The New York Sun, will
explain who Peylona is
The GREAT RACE TnIs DAY.-Generallr
speaking, we are not much Of 4 racing commune
", excepting when an extraordinary match IS 10
come OFF, and then an interest is taken IN these
trials OF speed The city is filling with strangers;
and white hats, 30 proverha as The Summer wear
at The South showIhat we have some OF the prac-
teal spor,smen amongst us, and large sums oil
money will change hands this day--the purse OF
100000 alone being an enormous one 10 be deer
ded by Two horses-being the great attraction
high betting implying great speed ana blood
Another important fact is, that II IS the nun con
test OF the North against the South. The great
!. struggle occurred in 1923 between Eclipse and
Henry succeeded by similar contests of speed
! between Flirlilla and Ariel, Basoombe and Post
Boy, Fashion and Boston, but these contests only
whetled the edge OF insulated appetite, and these
sports OF the turf have continued 10 be enthuslas-
tic Fashion is said 10 have rich satin surface
OF bright chestnut color, some 10. hands high She
comes from what would he called high and sue
cessul ancestry in this country and Europe, and
in her family she boasts Of Bonnels OF Blue, Char.
lev, Realty, Sir Archy, Trustee, and Spanker
She was born in 1897, at Madison, Morris coun.
: ", n. J., and bred By VIM. Gibhins, Esq. Fash
ion, in various races, has won for her owner up
wards OF $40 000.
Ptyionn is 4 native OF Florence, Alabama, with
any quantity Of high blood in her veins, and on,
OF her ancestors was the famous Arabian Godol
phin. She is light sorrel and OF immense pro
horizons being sixteen hands hioh OF The deli