The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-19

reaching the distance pole. The race was slew
owing to the bad condition Of tho Thus was
proven the old adagc, that "nothing is moro unoer
tain than horse racing.
All were amazed at the result and it looked as il
the whole field had lost; for while not single
shout could be raised; the small minority that won
dared not to offend the majority But the latter be-
hayed nobly-they confessed that 'the best horse
in the field had won. and that only he had chance,
and that all the rest might go to grass. The poor
beaten jades looked so weak that all ptied them.
Not Of them dared raise his crest along side Of
Granicus. If one Darius had lost by the Granicus,
another had won the purple by his horse.
After while, general shout was raised by the
party, and all the grooms and the jockeys, stable
boys, GHibusfers and all, went into the stable of
Granicus to help in training him. saying that the
did not deserve to be named the same day with the
New Hampshire pet 1t was now discovered, too, that
Granicus is very high Bred ''of the noble blood of
the Percy's"-one Of whom had run well at Bunker
Hill, but on the British side!
Though Granicus has won, the spectators of his
achievement think he would have been unable to
have run, ''sngle handed" against three more in
the field. His success is to be ascribed to tho ad
mirable style he was jockeyed by wise tactician,
who had learned something when helping to groom
Harry Of the West, Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
Before the start it amusing to see the care taken
of his jockey-a little Virginia darkey pillowed and
cushioned, all lying dark so that his powers should
be preserved and kept secret until the very moment
when necessary to call upon Granicns to show all
ho knows. Some supposed 1T was merely the in
tention of his Virginia hackers to break down the
favorites with him, as confederate" to the Ca
Waller; and then to bring him forward to win the
purse. Whether this cannot now be as
certaincd. His hackers had not " declared to win"
with Granicus. If such was tho intention, the
secret was admirably kept and another 6 Napoleon
of the turf managed to win with him, rs the other
had formerly won with another s. Yankee" after
losing two heats, in which he was actually dis
tanced But they went for nothing, they
dead heats. But Graneus, by being kept out
sight, stole march on the whole field, and may
have won by Yankee trick, contrary to the in
tentions of the gallant Virginians. Leaving tn !,
In the second race the same day, to select cham
pon, for the smaller national stake, to be stabbed
with Granicus, the Alabama Colonel, fine high
bred Southern horse proved himself so superior to
large field the Kentucky warrior and others, dis
tancing them the second heat, that many believe tn
Colonel to be faster horse than Granicus and in
preference to the ether ought to be selected for tho
great national stake-reversing their positions.
But for Lancaster's entry the Colonel would have
bcenrun differently in the first He had not been
lot out single instance; but, like Cavalier, was
kept in reserve to take the chances of !" broken
heats
Another trial race is about to come off, on tho
same course, to select for the match the champion
OF the wing, democratic, industrial protection i'm
provement party to run against the champion of the
loco foco democratic intervention, free trade anti
improvement, vote yourself n farm party.
The unknown wing is the fay orite, especially
as Granicus is shy the rivers, canals and roads
that he is expected to have another fall before get
ting into harbor