Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-26

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The GREAT RACE BETWEEN LEx,No.
TON AND LEcoMPrE-Ths New Orleans
papers Of the 18Th ere ., hand containing
On sccoun, Of the gree, race between Lex.
and Lecomp,e. We clip The following from
the Della:
The number Of spectators, altogether,
could no, have been less then five or six
and the scene vas one Of the nj.
mos, eave,y and snima.ion. The day IVES
lovely, and the track wss in sd-
mireble condition. The sun shone brightly,
bu, q light breeze tempered the warm rsys,
and oil circumstances were o suspicious %
the wsrmes, devo,ee Of the turf could have
wiehed. During the two hours previous to
The start, tho betting varied 90 much ,hst i.
is impossible to fix upon . decided fss,ure.
We ssw odds pu. Up on Lecompse, and there
were numerous similsr perpeirs,ious, with
Lexington on the long eide. A very large
amount Of money had been s,sked in town,
and The betting was spirited upon the track
and in The public s,snds. All Red River
was down here, end feeling SO much con-
6dence in Lecomp.e, they piled up The dol.
lars freely on The general result.
On weighing The riders, the judges en-
nounced .ha, Gilpsstick L.xington's jock
Cyl was four pounds over weight, and this
circumstance was very justly considered .
point in favor Of Lecomp.e. il YVES no.
much spoken Of, however, end with opin-
ions ss much 0. vasisnce a. ever, the two
noble animals (Lecomp,e, apparently some.
wis, drooping.) came up for the s.sr.ine.
First Heat-I. needs not much elsbora-
zion 10 tell The entire etorv Of the rsce.-
lexington had the track, but the advantages
Of ,his were no, much, ss the s,sr, was On
even and beautiful one. They went round
The frs, turn on . Tsp, and - they passed
the quarter pos. end s~ane into the back
stretch, Lexin,on showed barely . half
length ahead, both Of them going ., IN 60.
~ snide, and appearance iodics'ine that L.
compile was waiting. They main,.:ned this
position with very lille vsris.ion through.
ou, the mile, the speed being slish;iy in.
creased down The home stretch, end 90 ,hey
passed the score Lrcomp,s was close up 10
Lez;ng,on's saddle skirts. On the turn
Lexing,on's pace increased, and % they
rounded he showed nearly . length in ID.
vance, which he held into the bsck stretch.
when L.comp,s rushed and again Tapped,
and he two rem Tho. way past the hell mile
poe.'o the upper turn. when Lexington sgsin
slid away in front. As they came into the
qusr,er, Lecomp,e sgsin gathered up, bu,
Lexington sppeared ready IN lei out ~ han
occasion required, and he led . length BY
the score On the back stretch. Lecomp,e
made another beautiful DISH end coIIsred his
antagonist; bu, Lexington soon shook him
Of, and rounded the upper turn two lengths
ahead. There was another gallant brush
on the home quarter, bu, it IVES unsvsiline,
md Lexington wen, into the fourth mile o,
less. FIVE lengths in advance, which he in
creased by rounding the tusn Of . rushing
pace to fifty or sixty yards. ], was spp.r-
enl .. this period the. Leeompts We done
up, and he did nothing to close up the esp
until they came into the las, quarter, when
his efforts failed to tell, end Lexington came
n under strong pull, winning the heat cas-
lily in 7:23 3-4.
The desire to look ., the horses was SO
grea, the. people now commenced Jumping
over the railing from oil points, end the
track was soon crowded, the small number
Of policemen which the track wss able to
afford, being unable I" resist ouch tide
The "Lexing,on men, were now very nu-
merous. and odds 10 con siderable extent
were offered on the winner Of the heat
After wsi.ing The usual time between hes.s,
i. was rumored the, Lecompse would no,
90 again, and when near the moment Of
ssddine up, this unweleome fact wss an
nounced from the stand. ], wss stated that
Gen. Wells did no. consider Lecompts 10
condition to 60 another heat wi,hou. in
jurug bis running qualities, end no would
consequently Withdraw him !; The purse end
stake being secondary considera,ion.-
Judge Cox announced that oil bets made be-
fore the race were good, bot ths' those
made after the heat were 10 be eonsidered
Al the time for starting, Lex
ing,on showed himself at The stsnd, GIL
patrick rode under and took the purse ST.
OOO) end thus ended The sports Of the day.
The journals 10 the Yves. are oil urging
the farmers 10 put in sbundsnt crops Of
spring wheat, potatoes, corn, and whssever
may serve as substitute for wheat. There
will be no supply from lee. years crop, end
the farmers need no. fear low prices. The
mex. year will fur nish sbundsn, demsnd for
oil .hs, the soil cen produce. Il 10, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, femme snd starvation
prices that we have 10 fear, End 90, glu..
ted market The dry fall prevented Them