The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-14
LOCAL MATTERS.

BROAD Rock RACES.-lHIRD DAY.-hED
EYE ONCE MORE VICTORIOUS OVER N1NA.-We have
lust witnessed the fastest most closely contested
and most exciting that has ever taken place
over the Broad Rock Course; and we are strongly
inclined to the opinion, that the heavlness OF the
track considered, ltls the oesI race ever iun III o
RIGA.
time amounted for the meeting of Red Eye, Nina
and Lawson to contend for the Jockey Club Purse oil
$780, as four mile heats The announcement OF SUCH
contest induced hundreds and hundreds of persons
to Law business aside and hasten of to the Course
and the consequence was that Mayos bridge, leadlns
to Chesterfield was alive with pedestrians, horse
men and others, in vehicles who were bent on WIT
Messing the SPORT from early hour in the morning
On reaching Broad Rock we were astonished to
behold the living, moving mass there congreSated;
and the extent to which the excitement had reached
before the trio were brought forth.
Precisely at the APPOINTED nGur .He ReS re-
as he strobe along cheered by his friends while
Nina" the graceful, feet, enduring Nina, received
the warmest applause. Lawson, too, was not WITH
out admirers and many thought if the heats were
| broken, he would become the victor. .
| Soon after the riders were weighed, ana posiaons
drawn for the horn sounded and the three contest
ants appeared before the stand, ready Tor the word
Red Eye first, Lawson second, and Nina third BET,
ting was now at it's CHEST pitch, and the horse mad
| ttbe calln against the field, with any amount OF
| takers. In some cases the mare was the faVofNe,
while in others Lawson was taken against Inc ooas OF
re StartIAfter one or two Intellectual efforts to
start the word given, and the three bounded
forth almost at the top of their speed but tney 9aa
three lengths in his rear, and Nina yet behind him.
second mile the gait is decreased, positions
changed the three passing the stand IN l5s9. Inc
third mile is now entered, and on bouno the tr.o WIZ"
electric yelocity-now they on the back stretch
and Red Eve eases up, and with tremendous brush
passes Lawson-the stretch is reached the three
in close company and ke tG Anal 1a The fourth
mile is crowded from the start, and though the horse
shows in 'front.' his effort to shake on ms haii sister
proves of avail. To his skirts she ciinss win u
5vinq tenacity and the two come into the stretch
with every nerve strung, the mare continually brush
ing to lap and pass her anG oson 70 the
ead which he did by half length, making lns nile
| in ! 54i, and the heat in 49, re- It'll, -,
| Those who know the warmth OF feeling with Wn!ch
this horse is supported need not be told by us, tha
shout after shout his triumph and that the
masses seemed maddened with del ght at the sloious
| performance which he had just achieved. oucn
time over such track had not been anticipated ana
none were disposed to believe that ater tnaL
heat an effort would be made :" was that bets
went neg cling at one hundred TO twenty naming MIN
| the winner against the neld. go. l;ao aI.,sed
Second HeGt.-Forty-fve minutes naVlns e,iepsee
and the iockies being mounted, once more the mo
come to the score and this time, at the woras ,s
running is taken up by LAWSON VINO reaa ,h o bors
hold stride, the being second ana tns u3 S,
trailing in the rear On 60 the three, ioI .he Az -
mile Without change of position, wnlch Is run ~
LOO. her sneed laps Lawson on the back strstch
lees into The Quarter stretch by his side, and with
another brush eases by hIc, reacnIhs VI" az r6as
stand in 81 The third mile is now run, the llae
leading and Lawson well up, IN l2o5 anu VIC 49,
is gone over at almost equal speea, VIC nc boo+ 10
fret home making the mile t, ~ i of Lawson be-
| the almost unprecedented tiine oA W.
| ing second, and Red Eye third; , are has moved
Again the scene changes me hialo na+ Pand as
NOT onIv her speed but her ability 70 repea anu a
s nsnai in such cases. her friends raiy upon me-, "n
back her freely In the meantime me me- oot fresh
| admirably, and ere the horn mis- is soun'e'' -'OA
| and vigorous as before the start, .a,..,+. ore
THird Heat-For the last time the contestants aIe
called to the score and in POSITIONS they eone up
but the grooms show great an1s false starts are
made Finally the word is given, ana hea a y ta
ting some thirty feet advantage IA eoiS I'D sTesdy
tha laa3 takes the track aud with swirl aho seeuy
stride fairly flies along, Nina and Lawson ssei
r. him tbroug hout the mile, when Is run III
The second mile is rather raster commenced with
ont relaxation of speed, which p proves 10Y rare
far Lawson who drops off, But re NO. ,hsIo and
are yer 80 tho score for the third time in oot.
The fouTth mile is now begun-tne hoiSe ehb tbs
are both at the top OF their no furtber See
.aa ayy s thew swing into the quarter streleh anu
lar the RESPONSE of the multitude tnat INC h, :; eli
hsbsr He has drawn clear of her, pu. ; .Ia bnt
has heI. hs allies and reaches his withers, oo1
uncs - cast the goal IS won and Red Eye mas
| ed the score o length ahead. making VI 40
last mile ~ this we have already said was ne yer
in Virginia and never may oe zsa
That Red Eye has provsa hiinse hut that Nina has
her for onss her aft this
| Is equsuy at hesitate to meet anything ~ Ioui
hair aTs snS for miles 6
t, h harses as her competitors, sne mas pLo'sa
her gam game far beyond what she was 'housh' 70
Ths I.t.nsss Of the hour at which we wnte pre-
vents comparison between 1ns we shall not over
look the opportunity for doing so between TINS ana
our next issue, if possioie
| We place and time them
Csntain Jobn Belcher enters bay horse Red Eye,
by Boston, dam by Praul seven years o'd' ~ ,
Major Thomas boswell enters bay mare Nina, by
Boston, dam imported Lottery, years Old, los .
C. N. Green enters bay horse Lawson, BY We
goner, dam MinstIeps dam, nve years oia, q
Tfne-746 7.4el; TAO.
The inside bet between tho Messrs. Green and Mr.
Belcher was drawn before the race
To-day closes the Fall meeting over Broad Rock
Tor the entries, we refer TO the bills.