The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-08
ras Turf.
Union 00URsR. LI.-Tr0rTrN,

UNION V0UksB, lie I.-ThOTTiN6s
An immense ssnooarss assembled yesterday sfsrnsou
81 the Union Courss, to witness the race between e.
Gray Eddy, r. g rAcony, and br 6. Mac. The nunbsr
Of spectators was varousiy estimated at from ave to sx
thousand. For abont thr~e the nildle Of tho
day the ferries ranpiog Long Island crowded with
vehicles Of every description thor joyous occupants
specializing the poss ale Of the race and nearly
all inclined TO invss, trHs with friend The Issue Of
the event. The Lorg bland Railroad Company sent nm
train Of twenty cars, deosey died. and the gathering
ct the track from all parts probably large ~ svsr
copgIegaed to witness ot The roads from BrookIyu
and Williamsburg en,aoped in clouds Of sufocatne
DUST making the riding dsagreesole and dangerous IN
the extreme The oeggArs description; and yst,
considering all the dangers difficulties few accidents
occurred On the roads
The heats best three in i've, in harness.
for purse and ssaks o. 900.
OF the horses Eooy the favcrits: BE was offered
against the aed fret slight ODDS; but the time Of
current. Mao had the call oser Tacony Ths timd
betting marked far low-ali below thiy-snd all
of their hackers Tscosy for week past has bsen In
the hands Of veterinary surgeon and would not have
al S beta p, or y before ToSny
Mac II SAID had barL trained; and EDDY had
not folly from his late Dloess They all
wrong; and it lu Ky for Eddy that Highland Maid
The track was In IS fine order As 1t possible "a
deep dust on lis surface which cannot b packed
until rain fails Sheriff Boyd kept the track clear and
FS,.s Hsat-Hsc won The ,Ols, Eddy the second place.
Tacopy The outsios The b. were parallel whsu tha
word was syen ano ling at emcndous rate q speed
Mac drew ahead ABOUT length 10 front o.
Ecdy. and two lengths 10 advance of racony In this
way they passed the qusrtsr pale 3S seconds Soon
tie gay and fel IN the Pear Hiram then sssa ont 3
the driver Of rscony, Come along, Brother Bin and
Brother Bin strained every nerve 70 oysrals him NAG
pie Of lengths Ia front Of Tacony in 1l6h. On the
lower turn, Tacons, ced uuti his head reached the
way, and great sIctsmeat manifest among the
takers Of the Odds They ali supposed that Tcouy would
beat the gray up tina stretch Their bh. visions vsre,
however, soon dspell.d itw palpabls that EDDY
had great deal more foot than the ROAM and could
keep in front IL sp,e Of Brother e Eddy came hone
Second Redt-Tfe horses came up several times be-
fore they started for this heat yet almost ~
broke up. The lost but little, while Mac fen OF
thirty yards Edny vent to the quarter pole In thty
going vsry sna
his hackers He reached the wheel Of the aylat thu
half mile pole in las, and hung on him in that way
around the 10 turn and the homestretch, where
he made desperate struggle TO lead the gray BE had
not the spee however, and seemed to fall back at the
appeared afraid Of the crowd and Hiram had to resort
to the whip 10 bring him to the score. Time 2Sl. Mac
Third Heat-rhis The most exciting heat In tho
rsce Soon after eavi the score, Eddy broke up and
before he recovered Tacouy thirty yards or
from the hackers Of TscoDy could not be beaten cony
passed the quarter pole 10 tbirtyeight seconds Eddy
still thirty forty yards behind Hiram began closing
down tho backst pruden,ly and not too rapidly,
his great bsuth for the lower and home
stretch racol passed ibe half mile pole In III On
the lo~ turn the gray opene aud he caught to
the roam IS he came the homestretch carried him to
break ind beat him the nomestretch to the stand
| three or four lengths In 234H.
The following IL SUMMARY
THURSDAY Sept. and stake 81 500, mile heats,
best thrt IN ave- IN bsrness
II. Wood uf entered g. Gray Eddy.
W. Woodruff eDttTee tacony ................22
81 Jones entered br rsc...... ............3 dis.
Time Y:33-2:3l-2:34L.
Lady Jenkins and Tomb Thumb trot matoh this af-
ternoon, atthe Cenervis course for $500, mile heats
best three in hve in harness.