The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-22

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pAY-The following the spsy Tered yesterday over
the above course-"A three hundEp dollar purse. two
mile heats for which were entered he celebrated ro
tina horse Moscow and that woudef Of the world the
pacing horse James K Polk Moscowto 90 az no pleas
ed-Polk TO 20 10 a wagon"
The day was truly one of the finest for sporting that
we have had this pleasant In the early
part Of the morning. however the sky was clouded and
there was every appearance Of coming rain put To-
wards noon the shone out beautifully making the
day all that could be desired Thsrs very hume.
rous attendance the and averaged the num-
Der of vehicles there be at least one hundred and fifty
probably there were eight nine hundred individuals on
the track all told We were informed that some Of the
livery stable keepers refused to let &er horses 60
the Island on account Of the epdemic which has been
raging there for time among horses, which, OF
course kept great many persons from being present
On the arrival of the railroad with the hundreds
who preferred that mode Of considerable bu
sness done in betting by those Who love to indulge in
such peculiaressnd two to one, and as much as one
hundred to forty. offered thatJ X. Polk would win
the purse. However il not long before sagnation
took place; and although the appearance Of Moscow,
when he the ground, ives acknowledged by all
TO lie finer than they before and in better
order TO make great time; still the reputation of Polk,
with his per ormances heretofore caused
a great many Of the sporting fraternity to button up
friends of Polk not wishing to 20 away unloaded
made more liberal offers than the former and three to
wsns wsTs chance at that
parently profitable venture.
light wagon Albert ConElin having him in charge It Is
seldom that have seen an animal so finely
mads-comhining ct once beenty strength and scion
country who has him can for moment doubt
his closely knit joints, high whers ample quarters fine
head and neck oblique shoulders and capacous chest
barreling behind the elbows giving great room for
contraction and expansion lungs, remind us forc
He was in most superb condson and his color that Of
sorel shons beautifully showing at one and the same
grooming and training he had received. His pace
the most beautiful witnessed as he swept grace
inc the ground We question much whether his equal
as PAGER exists in this or any other country The ve
terans Of the turf consider HIM an overmatch Tor Oneida
Chief who in his day never found an equal
There was any quantity Of speculatons to be heard
the relative merits of s animals and went so far
in one heat but cali from the judges stand for the
horses get in readino for the race, caused these
the SPORT and for time our ears were relieved from
listening the opinions Of those gifted individuals who,
from the supposed strength Of their optical PoWers spy
phecies Of coming events After little practice and
down the course to get the horses into proper action
instructions given to the gentlemen having them in
charge make every thing fair and honorable. They
were then ordered to take their places.
they both came up we'll to the stand Moscow about a
and away they dashed, Moscow ahead, Which he held
with little deviation to the quarter, the driver of Polk
holding him in with all his strength and when Moscow
in his MIR. Conkln now let Polk out little, and
nearly up with Moscow at the three quarter pole;
dashed with all his speed but they passed by
the stand, Polk was about three lengths ahead Of
made from the stand round the Of the to-
wards the FIRST quarter Moscow however still tried his
best abilities and his rider piled the whip to P h%
still increased tho space between them his driver strug
Cling to hold him back In this way the horses passed
three quarter poles and manifest to all
Moscow's chances for win out of the question
Polk passed the stand six eight lengths in advance OF
Moscow Folks appearance, when brought up to be IN
harnesed beautiful not the slightest evidence OF
distress being visible, and it seemed to all that during
the heat Moscow had not hurried him the slightest The
time OF this heat was-First mile 2,39; second, AN
Srconp HEAr-The owner of Moscow now put him in
a sulkey, not we should Judge, with any hope of win.
ming but probably to give the lockers little variety
P. Hunt taking him in hand After one draw up; they
started well for the second heat Polk being the in
sde Moscow again having length the advantage
as at the previous start appearing that Folks driver
kept in this position to the quarter when Polk went up
little nearer to him. and as they passed tho hail. Il re-
aured all the ply steal force of his driver to keep him in
the On leaving the three quarters he dashed by
Moscow, and two three lengths ahead OF him as
Of the next mile, Polk led Moscow from fifty to one hun
dred yards, and in this way he continued all tho way
round-Moscow breaking from trot and gailopng for
tme-un he passed the three quarter pole where
evidently held up giving Moscow opportunity
of nearing him tribe but at the draw gate he started
of again and Moscow pulled up before he reached
the stand Polk winning the heat and purse che time Of
this heat was-First mile, 232 second 40 total Sal
After the above match, there another purse to be
consnded for which was mile heats best three in i've
in harness. Two mares, Of some little notoriety were
entered-Petsey Baker and Lady Moscow This race
did not to interest the sporting men much, and very
little betting done Besey being the favorite the
Lady having few friends 1t was however, tolerably
we'll contested trot as will be seen below
FRsr HEAr-At the start, Betsey took the lead, and
held to the quarter the Lady close up with hers
of one hundred yards this made the Ladys chances
for the heat doubtful but she quickly got into excellent
speed and gained very rapidly on ss'sy the GUAR
to put her best foot foremost to VIM but IN throwing
out she seemed to tread on her own toes and broke up
favor the Lady availsd herself and led home length in
advance, in 247.
sscorp HrAr-Betsey again had the advantage at the
start after overtaken by the Lady and they
continued very close together to the half when Besey
broke up which gave the lead the Lady hut she did
keep the advantage long for at the three quarter
they again side and sde the drivers making every
effort pass each other and they up towards the
stand beautifully together until they through the
gate then Betsey broke up and Lady Moscow led home
winning the heat in 2 4Ih
Besey Baker fast leaving her deemed prudent
to change her guardians consequently another one was
the unfortunate Betsey her lost reputation; but the
suit proved that the latter guide called upon too
Iate for she was found TO be hey ond redemption Lady
Moscow this heat in very similar manner to the
previous one, in 2.45
Thus ended the sporting over the Centrevle course
Yesterday; but there all of racing from that
place the city Fortunately there accidents,
notwithstanding the many narrow escapes we witnessed
while vending our way home.
Movements of Travellers.
The following is criterion Of the number Of arr
walls the principal hotels yesterday. They appear less
than usual but the fact is many Of the hotels
already crowded TO admit Of farther accession
AMnRIcAN.-H. Crittenden, u 8. A; Burnside West
Point; Col Toten, Washington; Watson Cooke, Ten.
nessee A. Black do w. Steele, Georgia; s. Richard
N>x Nork