The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-01
NEW ORLE A N S:
c.TrRDAY MORNING, APRIL /, 1913.
Bingannan Course, Algiers-Fo Day.

The purse yesterday was icoCJ-iHc e1IrdICe
..ansv added-three mile heats Rarely has a race
haan seen to equal today's contest at this Course.
Tlsre were four entries-A. Leccompte & CO. s
i colt Gallatin, by Wagner, dam by Leviathan.
.,,ae.vear old r. Ten Broecks bay horse Mons.
pc,tmnd. by Mons. Tonson dam by Bertrand,
.aed Harrison IL Henry's oh. filly Mss Forte,
H. Glencoe. out of Fanny Strong, four-year old !;
and D. F. Kenner's or. colt Eolus, by Grey Medoc.
dam by Leviathan, four-year old; all OF them fine
animals, of tried speed and bottom. The day was
Goe perhaps little too warm, and the track IN as
e0s condition as man could wish for.
The stand was graced by large assembage OF
i,jias. while the gentlemen-lovers of turf sports
numbered thousands
Miss Forte was the favorite versus the field up To
be start and although such bets were taken as soon
asoFsred, the elders chung to their first choice.
On strinning. Mss Forte did not show as well a.
m,nv had hoped for, while the grey colt exhibited
,s highest perfection Of condition Gdltatin and old
Refrand seemed to be right, but so little had they
been spoken of by the Masses that even IRE did not
Darticnarly notice their condition then.
In The mind Of most every one, the race lay be.
tween the Medoc and the Glencoe get.
At the start the grey got in front, close followed
br Gallqtin for two mles-MiSs Forte running third
and the old horse trailing. On entering the third
mile Mss Forte took up the running-slipped by
f,allqtia and colIared the colt, flying through the
mile at a frightiul rate of speed, neck and neck
with her gallant adversary, leaving GaHatsn far
behind. and the old horse out of his disance-who.
however let ont a link or two, and lessened the
nan lust in time to save himself; for the Glencoe
a.
that no one anticipated, the Medoc winning the
heat. amid shouts of triumph from the ieId-takers
in &45s-Gallatn being third, and the old bay last.
:The thing lUds out'-foks thought so did We
There 5 nothing like honest confessions. The con-
diton of the horses now began to show. Mss
Forte had made her best 81 how, and was at once
abandoned by her frends~ Her chances were in
evitaby gone, and the betting took "A great change
mostly between old Bertrand and GallaGn. We
saw land elt) two offered on Galiatin against
the old 'un, and rarely taken. The grey still had
the call for the purse. On coming to the scratch.
for the second heat, Mss Forte seemed dead off
while Bertrand looked as if he had Just left his
rack for trainng-luiet and strong.
They got off well together the gray leading as
before, with Galiatin well up,-evidently running
lance and Mss Forte behind, where she staid
For two miles the gray and the Wagner ran almost
neck and neck at at a killing pace, but they grs-
dually came back y the old horse, who on entering
the third quarter of the last mile, lessened the
opening between himself and leaders, and on enter
ing the last quarter strobe by Galiafin, necked the
gray at the draw gate, and came home winner
under press of silk and steel, in 5:4S4. throwing
the favorite Of her distance at least one-eighth
of a mile
This was crisis that none looked for, and conse-
qently another great excitement prevailed in the
stock market. Those who had held up Goilatin
against the old horse, now looked about for chance
to hedge, but none was to be found. On examina-
iM after this heat, the Medoc colt was found to be
very tired and men of cool discernment and some
Judgment in horse flesh began to think the contest
was reduced to gallop between the two previously
nmentioned bloods, for the way in which the old
horse won the second heat from his young compe-
itOE, promised the most unlocked for result
Al the call, TO the surprise Of many the gray APP
peared in the feet, and at the tap of the drum he
actually took the lead and held it for two miles and
aquarer; but on entering the second quarter Gal
latin and Bertrand both made dash at the 60 gal-
liant gray" collared him, and before they entered
the last quarter, had. both given him the go-bv,
when most desperate effort was made by Gallatin
and Bertrand for the heat. Both came rushing up
the stretch under the influence of most exquisite
persuasion, and the old horse had the heat until
after they passed the drawgate, when GaUat,n
forced himself ahead, winning the heat amid the |
widest shouts of admiration, in $685. - the gray |
just dropping within his distance. The time of
this heat, the coseness of the contest and the heat
the day, proved the race to be of the best
three mile heats run in the country, while the
foot and bottom Of all the noble competitors elected
the most lively admiration and applause.
The gray was now evidently done, and few |
thought he would start again. Gallatia had the
call,-or men of judgment entertained the most
Just fear that the thirty pounds of weight carried by
The cid horse above the weight that Gallatin car
nedwould fetch him in the next heat and so it did
At The trumpet call up they came, the gallant Me- |
doc in the crowd. Away they went, all in a heap, |
The gamed three we ever saw upon a track. And |
10 the surprise of all, the ndomitable EoluS had the
ead and held it for time, but it was evident that
halat'R and Bertrand Were playing with their
noble, but defeated competitor.
In the last half mile all the interest of the race
was kept alive by the desperate efforts of the Wag
her colt and the old veteran, for the heat. On
lfnlng, IN the last quarter the run was most beau
ulai; every fibre seemed stretched to the utmost
NISlon, while the widely distended nostril piercing
eye and quiverng frames of the gallant steeds told
'nat nature was at the highest point of power and
endurance The race was won, GaAatun, the no.
oeSt OF all the noble creatures on the course, won
lie heatan 6:lS3. His chatacter as racer is for
ever liked. He run for each heat, and succeeded in
pacing the laurels on his name, which could only
ne Torn from one of the best contested races ever
run IN America, by winning the third and fourth
meats We annex summary
a. dde er, G & Co sch c. GGilati", by Wagner
D rrram py imp. Leyiatllan " o..........-.3 4
n len Broecks b. h. Mons. Bertrand by Mons
n 0nson, dam by Bertrand ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
y henners gr, c. EoiHS, by Grey Medoc dam
H. ny mp Levlathan y; o:....;.-............b -
harrison lienry'S ch. f. MISS Forte. by imp
"eneoe out OF Fanny Strong; y. GA d.
lime, 4S'4-556l 4-6lS24.