New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15
induction, not by loose defamation against the i'm
proprety or mpossibility Of depressing vice BY law.

The Goodwod race is over, and the American
steeds have been distancsd. Equinely speaking,
this great nation has been foored. Mr.. r. Ten
Brock has lost f2, OOO and we have lost several
millions worth Of honor, glory and all that sort Of
thing All our citizens who are profound IN
jockey lore, and particularly those who had bet
their Money on the coursers of Columbia, are IN
the lowest depths Of despair. They Are the We
tins of misplaced confidence. They patriot
Icay but perilousy took it for granted that as We
bad been triumphant in ses-6ghts, yachting, and
ship-buildiDe, so we must necessarily be triumph
ant in running horses Victory being considered
certain, We made it quite national affair, and had
the House Of Representatives been in session, the
Goodwsod cup would certainly have been men,
toned in Committee of the Whole, and something
said Of paying Mr.. Ten Broecks expenses. 1t is
pleasing to behold great nation the prosperity
Of which 10 supposed by many to be identified with
that Of the whole human race, thus throwing itself
into passion of anxiety about the PAGES Of acoupls
of horses, one Of which is a mare At this rate We
shall soon have American boxers and bulldogs sent
over, to say nothing Of American ROSTERS to con-
tend for American supremacy in the British prize
rings and pits For ourselves, being so def
cient in the science of the hippCdrome as
hardly to know the pastern from the foreshoulder,
aud too ignorant to discriminate between the riding
of carman out upon bis Rosinante for holiday
excursion and the noble and witchng horse
manship of Gilpstrck, the personal pangs expe-
rienced by us upon this occasion are Of the mdest
description. Not having even one of the new brass
pennies depending upon this notable scsmper We can
receive the result with equanimity. If We were,
indeed, at all interested, We might make some OBJ
lection to the pecuiarties of this hOrsetournament
If the United States Of America are to enter into
contest with Great Britain, France, and Ireland,
in the matter of horse velocity, insist upon pre-
lmnares little more formal. The struggle should
be authorized by acts of Congress and of Parlia-
ment treaties regulating the trial should be en-
tered into, and protocols about oats, hay, and corn
pass between the high contracting parties; Under
Secretaries Of State should have charge of the sta
bes and the bets be regulated by the great tinan-
cial officers of the two countries. 1t is certainly
asking too much of Mr.. Ten Brock or of any
OtucT W iCHuiiO w "oSunS "A 'As''
tremendous load of responsibility. And what are
two horses, We should like to ask, when it
it comes to the UNFOLDING of the honor
of this lattudnous and longitudinal continent
We should explore the whole land for rapid quad
rupeds, for the wild horse Of the praires for the
mustang of Mexico. We should sead over ship
loads. We should do the whole thing up gen.
teelly, 80 that even our donkeys need not DO
ashamed Of the result.
Whatever modification we may feel il much
aayed by the consideration that horse.racing is
not now considered one of the nobest of diversions.
The old plea for it was that it improved the breed
of horses; but in this age of railways we want
horses for draught and not for speed. Racing in
this country and in England is merely pretext for
betting, for making books, for hedging-in short,
for wholesale gambling. The race-course is crowd
ed with confidence men, cheyaers Ofindustry, and
swiDders. There is never any certainty that a
race has been fairly run. Under these circum-
stances, it is hardly possible to lament much over
our defeat. As Toots says "It's of no conse-
quence."