The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-07
THE GREAT TROT BETWEEN LANTERN AND BUz,
OVER THE UNION COURSE, LII
sTAKE TEN TaOUsAID DOLLARS.
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LANTERN THE WINNER,
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Yesterday, the opening dsS Of tn trottins season
ws> cssofsed by one Of the fness trott> races tns
svsr te0k place The race between b,s' Lantern
and Buz, mile heats best three in ave. Ia hA ness
for ten thousand doars-being ths largest stake SVss
trosted fos in any oountry-and was won BY Lantern
owned By COL JOS Hail. In capital style Buz is owned
by gentleman OF Philadelphia and matched in shis
race BY Horace jones' Lantern was driven BY Georss
spicer, Bug by Hiram Woodruff.
Great as WAS the eoncourss OF people at the Union
Course 1t would have been much larger had 1t not been
generally Known tina. Lantern was lame. It appears
that Friday last while exercising on s,ippsry trscs
he fell lame in one or both Of his oreeg was feared
that this misf,rtune would prevent his trottinx alto
gsher and his hackers felt anxious about the thsy
bad already invested On Saturday he was very lame
on Snnday s.ill lame; Monday somewhat improved;
aud Mr. Hail expressed himself determined to start If
there was shadow Of chance of his running Yes.
terdaY morEgg he driven sharply and sssnaed to
warm out Of his lamsnsss, and his owner concluded
to take the ehsnces-a fortunate determination on his
part.
The present match waa made several months ago, and
gave rise to much speculation. Bets to Large amounts
we're repeatedly laid during the winter and up to this
tms OF the accident tbs tstal of which must havs
reached high figure. The match very near being
an sorisn however, during the winter, from the follow
pg circumstances The Of Lantern wishing leave
New York and desrou relnluishing his interest In
the TUT, oered told the hackers OF BM - 900
70 permit him to Lantern. This refused they
claiming the whole forfeiture, s2,60O Tbs owner of
Lantern would not consent opay the additional $780,
resolved to abide the issue OF the raoe confident Of
ability Of his horse to win should he be compelled ap
pear ca the turf.
After the above match had been made last summer,
match for $1,000 = side wss made between these
hortee, aud illustrates the precAyious chances
>: winning wasn horses are pretty nearly
matched. l. VIII be remembered that on that as,on
Lantern the 6Ia heat in 2:s2 and the se,ond ALSO
but the shird heat having made bad break az the
halt mile poie hs beaten 10 the score and lost the
heat collision which the second heat had caused
break In both horses had contributed to excite Ian
tern, and make him unsteady On the fourth heat,
whilst Isaeing, and going .. rapid rate dog
unluciiy chanced to at Lantern, frightened
rim, aud he lost that hea. ALDO. By this time
ee bad become unsteady that mmSdA tey after start
ing on the th heat he broke up and os the and
money. His defeat in tAis being looked upon
purely accidental by hs friends did no! lower him in
thsr estimation, and hence their willingness to back
him in tbiA great racs.
When the horses appeared ca the track, they i'm
nediately surrounded BY their asrAixers. Lanterns
friends crowded around him. and many the eager
ts lAms-shey saw it themselves aud they
wanted 10 ssceitain how far 1t Affected hin, ani
whs.hsr he WIS capsule Of oontsnding in greet
shugg's o-fsct, except bstng lame, b. vs~e~
sppeaisd to srsa,sr advantage. Hs tread WAS
remarkably elastic, and hs coat shons beautifully
bright whie h!s esss eye, as glanced around sesmea
TO inspire hs hackers with renewed conf dsnce S,me
Of his friends sapguins t. say that barring hs
ameress he at .hS. moment tha very best ge!ding
IN hvT Ia III
al seemed to have nvigoratsd him Wonderfully, ami t,
have greatly incrsased his speed. Previous to bsing
withdrawn frcm the turf last autumn he eesmei to have
5sen tct!ed out" tho phrass ia, AMI it became
rather difficult 70 induce him to exert himself bsysnd
certain rate Of speed Hs wanted rest. necessary to
reeupsrss ths vital energies depressed by constant
srt;cu.
OF thu history CT Buz little is known. He is claimed
Morgan-taksn from Vermont to Ohio thence to Phiia
deph where he went through au the phases Of tbs fast
life OF fashionable horse and showed much spesd on
the read that his concluded to devote him excu
svey to the turf He brought to ths city in search
Of a match, found Largo one and Was beaten BE has
speed, but not bottom. Hs handled with
judgment il the race yesterday than
probsbly ever before, and his defeat Is owing
to 70 fault the par. Of h!s driver 3uz IL very
stylish horse in appearance, with quick and vigorous
sep bu. when ndlry vita such horse Lantern
the defects Of lask Of blood evident Lantern is
well bred horse being sired by the famous Black BA-
shaw, haa long Stride and q remarkably eAy gait
there to be tire about hins-his fastes gal.
seems to be meIelJ exercise to him.
In point of time this may bs looked upoa - the
quickest that ever took place early in tho
2:32t4, 232h, 1851.
The betting tbs ground, owing to Lanterns lame
ness was ons hundred to City against him. and 1t con-
.iruei after hs hai won heat. After the second
heat the betting to stop her, and ons
appeared TO have dollar to invest on either Mds The
track was in capital order, and the was properly
conducted throughout. Tie following is an account OF
the as IL occurred;-
fVa o5nsdsrAbe scoring they 90. of veil
oEsefer Bug on hs Inside Lantern took the lead as
sdey vert round the upper turn, and got about q
itrg ahead On reaching the half mile poe Buz made
S ss "as ns aSss
pursued the tsnor of his way aud reached the
,so.t & tTo M lengths ahead in ESQ; 80 :,,. a.
word theT went away Ike the pace being quicker
than the precedirg heat Lantern led to the quarter
him He retained his advantage un,l they entered
the home stretch vhsn Lantern increased his pace lap
ped him. and they came 70 the stand tosssher, in 232-
7hird n--This ~aa spirited and ven contested
hest, end vas 6oubtal almost up to the lsst moment
Lantern led CT ard at the ausrter pole vas about
tp2,h ahead They CONTINUED in this position, notwih
ss, drg tho repeated and vigorous brushes OF Bug 70
cnsnee pAceS, suo cals "ouo, hanseiu ~ HoAs -
2:32L.
f6tvta Heat Lantern had already two heats out
of three snd eeemed fresh and vigorous After the te
meudous struggle the last heat as If he jus.
terirg the contest His lamsness did not appear TO
sec apy than at hrst, and appearances we're
altogether in his favor They got of at the word well TO-
gehsr but as they rounded the upper Lantern ap
pesrsd in front Hs increased his ostancs couple OF
lengths, and there remained during the greater part OF
the Buz made severa rutless efforts to get up to
him. bat II much he could do to hs dis
tsnce. Lantern came homs easy winner OF the heat
and mt ney in 2:3J,
The follow ing Ia . summary
TUESDAY, May 6-Trothng match, $40, 030 mile heats
best three in five, In hsfuess.
G.. Spicer named b. g, Lanern............. l l
Il. Woodruff named b. 6. .Bus...............2 2
Time, 2SS5 -2:32A A-2:s2k-2:37