The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-21

| uSIos Counsr, L. l., FRIDAY, MAY lS-FocR MIR
| DAr-The passion of New Workers. for horse racing
seems to revive as the Of gratifying it semi
annually and although nothing in the racing
line may oftener calculated to awaken the sport
ing sensibities Of our citizens generally, yet the
eagerness and an xiety manifested when such occasions
offered proof that their propenstics for genu
inc turf amusement but temporarily dormant, and
very easily aroused. But four mile day. with crack
nags in the field the event which most excites them
and such occasion transpired on Friday last.
Early in the forenoon of that day the approaches to
the different ferries from this city to Brooklyn South
Brooklyn, and Williamsburg, were crowded with Pc
destrans men on horseback and dense masses of We
hcles Of every description Extreme impotence excl
ted every to endeavor to be first upon the boat,
at the expense Of personal bruises and the male
dctions of their fellow travellers The railroad depot
at South Brooklyn also presented throughout tho morn
ing motley and bustling Of human beings Of all
castles, coor md descriptions In fact, could
have witnessed the scenes at the different conveyan-
from this city to the Union Course, that
sion without being sensibly impressed with the notion
that huryng, worrying, bustling, impulsive
race of moras than the New Workers. could rarely be
| found.
The roads to the in excellent condition,
and afforded throughout the day gay and lively spec
tacc Every description of vehicle seemed to have been
put in reQusition The rich and costly establish
there as well as the numbering omnibus the comfors
BILE carriage, the dashng rockaway, the oldfashioned
gig, the unsociable sulky, and the slow and easy GO
seemed to relish the nightly, notwithstanding
clouds of impertinent dust would occasionally salute
| their fair cheeks.
| A brighter day could not have been wished The
country never looked more beautiful Nature seemed
to have assumed her arest garb her bandest smiles
and to have permitted her veest songsters to utter
their merry notes, for the occasion Is 1t to be
dered then, that so many were out to enjoy it!
| About seven thousand persons were assembled on
| the at O'Clock. 1t a curious to
behold; all grades were mingled in heterogeneous con-
fusion-but none evinced chagrn or dsappoint me mt
| 1t was a day devoted to sport-and why should the
strict conventonaes of life interrupt its fulflment!
But the buge has sounded and the horses sadded
and mounted FOR
TmE Observation-Disclosures being arranged, the nags
led up; and at the tap of the drum they started,
finely together Bostona leading round the upper turn
to the quarter pole in 2S seconds but in going down
the back stretch Fashion went up and when the
half mile pole passed her. and took the track. All who
were aware of the condition of Bostona-she having
heavy cold, and apparently choking-considered the
| race rs decided and the gray mares chances
| out. As they came on to the home stretch, Fa-
| shon discovered to be twenty yards ahead.
| running with great vigor under hard pull, and
in beautiful style and passed the stand in 1885, widen.
ing the gap at every jump Bostona up laboring
very hard and evidently suffering much The race to
the end can now be told in word. Fashion was held
al the strength saas 1s Lara running
mile was in 204 Leaving the stand on the third
mile Fashion dashed round the turn at the top of her
speed which certainly at fast rate she
ran. She more than distance ahead of Bos.
tona and still did not relax her speed The third mile
was run in 2:O6 and the fourth in 2:09-making the
heat S:l7 The result was that Bostona beaten II
| quarter of mile. Thus ended the four mile
The two mile race that followed immcd ately after
of the finest and most closely contested races
throughout that has been witnessed for many years
| There were three entries viz:
| Jas. Taleys b. &. Ben Franklin, by Bandit, dam
| by GOliah, B years old. i >
S. Iards b. m Whisper, by Mariner, dam by Hem
O. = Hsrs's h. Traveller, BY Mercer dam by
~ Time, a:5ii-a:5e-a:5ejs;
| First Heat-Ben Franklin the favoritc against
| the field at 100 to co. The start was even-WhispeI
inside, Traveller second and Ben Franklin the out
side They dashed round the turn all in heap-frst
leading and then the other until they got into
straight running down the back stretch, when Travel
| Ter took the lead Ben Franklin next and Whisper well
up. In this way they came rafting up the home
stretch-Traveer. at the score, being only neck in
advance of Ben Franklin, Whisper length behind in
1857 Ben Franklin made desperate effort for the lead
to the next quarters but the Mercer not be taken
yet On the back stretch the struggle fierce and
1T all race. At the half mile pole Ira
weller a length clear Of Ben Franklin; but
burst for a lead. and took it. whisper, in the
mean while, had not beer idle she made her for
the heat at the h, and closed up with the others but
The contest between the horse and the gedng to the
stand spirited and close to the drawgate but al
place Franklin got clear Of Traveller crossed him
and took the inside (Which by-the-by not noticed
by the Judges at the tmeJ and led home length, in
| 354-Whisper close up.
the previous Ben Franklin being greater ia
vorite than They all started fairly together
| Mt tremendous pace. making the running from the
At the first quarter. Traveller neck in ad
Of Ben Franklin and Whisper lay with her head
up to the saddle of the geding In this way they
all the way round and to the stand the leader hard
ly clear of the last The mile run in So
Round the upper turn. both Traveller and Whisper
made burst and in going down the back stretch
Ben Franklin fell off Traveller leading, Whisper
cond but Traveller being too feet Of foot for Whs
per, opened large gap the lower turn Up the home
stretch the mare gave way and Ben Franklin made
winner by three lengths ahead in $780, Whisper last
The result of this heat made great change in the bet
ting and Traveller became the favorite against the
field. The gelding badly ridden during the heat
back stretch Of the last mile His rider changed
for the heat Glparick being substituted for the boy
Third Heat.-The trio at the summons dashed from
the ssore-Whsper leading Traveller second Franklin
close up. Near the quarter POLE Traveller dashed past
the followed by Ben Franklin Gilpatrick deter
mined to keep the others busy. He managed hi
charge W tn great skill Down the back stretch rount
the lower turn, and up to the stand-whch pas
in /: 55s, the two horses side and side-the
brilliant They struggled for mastery round the upper
turn and down the back stretch to the half
where the Southern gelding began to yield. and Ira
weller length clear of hm-the mare
having resigned the contest and taking it leisure
ly. From there to the stand, Traveller mainta
the lead without much exertion. although Ben Frank
lin was brought finely up the stretch Traveller won
by length, in 1861 Whisper dstanced.
The racing being over the I'd hastily left the
course-some to the for home, the others to thu
Centreve, to witness the trotting And here leave
them till another day.
SABBATH RowDIEs IN NEw YoRK.-Thc impunit,
with which drunken rowdics and oafers insult females