New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-31
THE TURF.

THE TURF.
CEsAREWIrCH RACE WON BY PROGRESS.
Il will. of course, have been observed by our read
era nth .sts.sctior, - il was hailed with gener,u.
cheers BY tue crowd of English spectators thu. one of
the American racers which Mr.. Ten Brock carried
9Th him 10 Epglssd has at las off victorious 10
orr At race, the Cesare vi.ch which not only sres.
race, but great prize, ssd, 10 some Sort, srsI VIC
tory air CO in English sporting phrase the Cesare sch
/. one of the srsat svenss il tho rscug year. and al
vsys bripgs together number Of the best aad most
pruir emit hons In oil England. This race vas csv-
e,v NC b, Proresa under circumstances which eati.
lie her to be considered good stout, and honest
mare. she having rum frst dead heat with two oher
borses out ofthty -four starters, the three Pores,,
Ell Haiim and Queen Bees, coming out 20 exactly
even that the Judge was urabe to decide on the
winner. In the second rsce-for il CANNOT properly
be called q best-Prioress won clevsrly by clssr
length and half; Ell HAkim beating Queen Bees, for
the second place, BY head only. A loud and pro-
"lorged cheer greeted the triumph Of the American
"colors," says The London Times, and Mr.. Ten
"Brosc was warmly congratulated upon the frst
"victory achieved by him in England" This
IL we'll and as Il should be; and We wish
ve could state our positive belief that
in the event of q simlsr victory of the
Epgish coors-more particularly where the color,
were those Of the national standard-on Long Island,
the trump would be hailed generously by the pro-
u iscuous crowd which frequeuts our race courses.
Leaving that however to speculation, we have few
words to our Ieaders-why in their satisfaction at the
lac succets of one Of our horses they should not
away with the false idea that We have beaten oil
England into eternal smash;" achieved victory
for our horse Hesh, smilar TO that achieved for our
Marie BY the victory of the America At the Cowes
Regatta; or even redeeued all that we have lost 10 self
s.eem by the repeated de5ests Of our horses on the
Eng.h turf for it is nothing Of the kind. Proress
has shown herself TO be, when herself and well RIDDEN,
q good stout, honest mare and nothing more. And il
this rupnirg Of the Cesarewtch has shown anything
besde, it is tnis that, supposing Proress-Which by
the way, We do not beieve-to be fair specimen of
our very best American racehorses, our beet horses
carrot run with the best English horses at anything
ike exn, but require odds TO give them chance Of
Win,icg.
The Cesarewtch is species Of race much used 10
Ell gland but 70 little known here that few people are
acquainted with the meaning Of the term or with tao
conditions under which II is run. II isa handicap
race. That Is to say, person is appointed 10 whom
all parties have confidence, both as to bis judgment
ard lis inpsrtiality, who shall decide what weight
every horse .ha carry in order to bring them oil 10
perfect dead level of equslty-t being well estsb-
lished by the result Of lorg experiment that the best
horse living can be 80 weighted down. beyond his
powers to csny that he sball be easily beaten BY
jade. The haDdicspper has to look at everything
the age the blood the eze the strength, and above
ALL the performances of every horse 10 the add
in accordance with his opinion of tiese TO conssute
ated ansla ~ allow ancea of veiobk which
every horse from the best to the worst but one must
give to each other. and to the worst
II should DO aided tho: a year difference in age 10
estimated by the rules Of the Americaa Fashion
course at fr three to four IA pounds; fon four 10
five, 10 pounds; from FIVE to six pounds, and from
Elk upward, pounds. We take our own rules In
preference to the English rules in this nttance, in
der that our readers may exactly what advantage,
according 10 the ADMITTED opinion Of our Oea lest txr
men, Priorees had in this over the best English
horses The old rule Of racing H. that bet ~eea equal
horses, In four mile race seven pounds imposedupon
ehher would Lose him the race BY distance Of 260
yards; and, although this estimate has been recently
questioned We have the authority of the late John c.
Stevsns, than whom there were few better lodges Of
such nsteGs, for saying that be had mare 20 closely
equal to Black Maria, for q single dash Of four mics,
that be never kew which would win, - the lsas.
shade Of difference in condition would win or lose the
da.h TO ether AID that in order to prove the truth Of
the old dogma to his own satisfaction he had tried
the two mares many times, intsschsngng the weights,
whsa he invariably found that the carrier Of the extra
seven pounds rae beaten By the other distance,
more or less, the variation bang very small. Ii 10
only to be added that handicap races are always an
dertood 10 be unsvorabe 10 the very best horses as
they are oftsner ovemsrked in weight than the 70.
vene. So Il proved in this instance. for all the bsst
horses were nowhere. We now come to the weights.
Fishsrmsn, the best horse In the race ssne 80
Phoress, ths< 10 years. pounas
Hetie, years. esfrfsd. poun9A
Poodle, year, carried. ~ pounes
Mary 5yesrs carried is pounos
Melissa, yeaIs, carried. Pouhcs
esnbteer, yeas, carried. pounoa
Thcss are the horses which may be set down % the
cracks ard fsvoritss Of the year, by running To
look little further, We End that the lowest weight
imposed on sry horses in the race which are Of course
held to be the worst in the hsndcappes estimation
.i,ty siI Younds-canied by Queen Bss and Wild
Honey. Next We Gtd-the intermediate weigh vAry.
Ing everywhere between 100 pourds, The highest and
&c pounds, the lovest-!hst Ell Hahim, . very good
horse, indeed, whs has exceedingly well, especially
ct York. but who Il only three years old, carried 80