The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-28
LOCAL MATTERS. /.

LOCAL 04ATT6H6ss
BRoAD Rock RAcEs.-The weather yes
terdsy was ~ clear a. bell and the sun a. bright
a. well could be, but since the day before the wind
had shifted lie quarters, and was then blowing .
stiff bres zs from the 81, and such cold one, too
thar summer forgery felt uncomfortable But 20
The Race.-When the hour arrived fer prepa-
ration, the notes of the trumpet called forth the
trio, oil of whom we're Immediately surrounded BY
their iriends to judge Of their condition At few
minutes past o'clock, the jockies appeared at the
stand, and after being weighed and receiving the
charge of the Judges, the trumpet sounded the
secoDd time, when they Immediately mounted their
horses and came up for the start Rubs being frf,
Cordelia Reed second, and Joe third.
First Heat.-After d m ,litlle mauouvering fer
good "send off" by the starters, the word was civ.
en- and the three went CT like covey OF scared
partridges, Corpelia Reed taking up tine running,
closely followed by Rube, while Joe, beiog well 10
hand. continued to trail at respectful distance,
and thus the FIRST mile was run in l:5s, without
changing positions Ia the second mile, more than
one halt Of il was run the first, but on reaching
the back stretch Rube gave back Q little, when Joe
came up, passed him, and approached bic LADY
leader t reaching the head the stretch, when he
ran at her, and having the heels laIped her at the
Judges stand In l:56 then passed her 10 the first
quarter took the track, and led around the turn,
down the back stretch Into the quarter, and BY
home 10 l:53 winning the heat by several lengths
10 SAB Cordelia being second and Rube third.
The race was now considered at an end, so far es
the purse concerned, but a. Rube had yet done
nothing, any amount was freely offered that be
would prove second best, and Ia some few instances
taken for small sums only.
In the meantime the horses were In the hands Of
their trainers, each doing finely, and after walking
sweating, cooling and rubbing for forty minutes,
the horn again sounded for the
Second Heat.-At the call of the Judges the trio"
came up received the word, and getting beaut'.
full start, commenced the race In earnest, Cordelia
taking the track, and holding il until reaching the
- D.L L1~~
after scufls, took the front position In the
fight while Joe rallied along at ease, well In hand,
abiding bis time for q grand brush. On reaching
the head of the stretch, Cordelis went up to Rube
and challenged him, but the old fellow refused to
submit and therefore led by the stand 10 IS, the
lady being at his launches and running very well.
In the first quarter of the second mile, Rube made
another effort, and drew clear of his companion,
but not feeling disposed to be rudely thrown of,
Cordelia joined hia, on the back stretch and side
by side, the two dashed along to the head of the
stretch when Joe made a brush and Joined their
company. 10 doing which, his rider broke stirrup
leather, lost his balance and failed to recover it
till the stand was reached in 155 RUDE being bali
q length ahead. But now came the tug of war
The last mile was being passed at telling lick and
Cordelia was bent mischief at the call of her
jockey, she challenged RUDE aud passed him, ia
king the lead but only to ind that Joe was speed
joining her, and that she too to be left In the
rear for on reaching the hall mile POLE Joe made
splendid "burst," took the front position closely
pressed by VINO tfaneQ MIN 10 the head OF
the stretch, and then down it at telling lick and
apparently gaining ON him, when he swerved TO the
right and then to the left, impeding her progress,
and preventing her passing, if she had had the
speed to do SO, reaching the stand 10 1.55, and
king the heat 10 5.45.
As coon the riders were weighed, foul riding
was claimed against Joe, and the stand was imme.
diatey cleared, when all the facts were considered
by the Judges, and Joe ruled off for foul riding
The Judges, however, decided that 1t was acci-
dental the part of Joe's jockey, who josled his
1rse for want Of his stirrup. He was not, there.
fore, prevented from riding again. The decision,
as matter of course, gave dissatisfaction with
many who bad bet on Joe, because they felt ass
sured that he was able to beat his competitors
easily; but those gentlemen seemed to have for.
gotten that persons who took the field against him.
took the chances for accidents also, and that 1t
would have been unjust to them to have decided the
race in any other way than according to the rules
of the club. If Joe crossed his adversary and i'm,
paded her, even by accident, the heat was hers
beyond doubt.
Third Heat.--The time for cooling having
elapsed, Cordelia and Rube came up to the
scratch and receiving the word, started off in close
company, but had not gone more than two hundred
yards, when Cordeiia drew In front, and continued
TO lead to the half mile POLE at which place Rube
passed her and led by the Judges stand in 2;O6.-
The second mile was mere repetition of the first
RUDE leading by the stretch In 1:57. In the third
mile, the mare took the lead at the half mile pole
but colared by Rube at the head of the stretch
from which place to the stand, the run was one
continual brush, the Two runniog side by side
Cod .lia showing only half neck in front as 81
passed the score In 1:5s making the heat in COL.
We annex summary:
Fourth Dds.-Jockey Club Purse $780, three mile
heats, S25 entrance; closed with the following sub
scrbers
John Belchers Oh. m. Cordelia Reed, BY Wagner
dam Eudora, by Priam, years old; 107 lbs
Dress Dlue ana oine: .;...:.................2 l
Minstrel, BY Medoc, aged; 12l lbs Dress
blue ana bun.... ........................ 2
James Taliy's gr. & One Eye Joe. by Prince
Georg', dam Registers dam. years old;
12l lbs. Dress sky blue and white... Iro
Tine: 5:48-5:45-60I.
The raceo to-day, with sweepstake for
which there are five entries, and as most of them
are good ones will no doubt attract large crowd to
witness the sport.