Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

we have been accustomed to read of that un- governable race, the Bashi Bazouks The un- precedented occurrence of dead heat for the Cesarewtch, and with three animals, besides rehecting crowniug triumph upon the gallant handicapper, engrossed almost the sole atten- ton and consideration of the spectators. until time for the decision of the deciding heat ar- rived. That it would be run off, was pretty generally understood; and, according to the usage at Newmarket, the time appointed was, after the last race on the card. With the issue of the great event still in the balance, there lore, little attention was paid to any of the re- malnlng items, except the Clearwell, which brought out ten runners, and resulted in the unexpected victory of Eclipse, who, owing to the disappointment the horse caused him in the Champagne, was not supported by his owner to-day for guinea. His two performances are of so widely different a character, that it would be absurd, after the clever style the horse won to-day, to deny Eclipse the posses sion of racing capabilities; although, as we re- marked at Doncaster, he is by no means pre- possessing Derby horse to the eye, there Is no knowing what time, which he sadly requires, may do for him. Mentmore and Jordan, like wise, are not unlikely to see better day, espe. cially the Baron's colt, upon whom his party were rather "sweet." Wood Nymph the fa- vorite, never showed in the race, which was succeeded by paitry Smelling Sweepstakes, won by Lady Conyngham tat the top" and then the dead heat was brought upon the tapis In the meantime, Fordham had been engaged for Pnoress ln the place of the American boy who rode her before, and Bray, being a jockey ot greater experience than Little, was put upon El Haklm, whilst Grmshaw again "tooed' Queen Bess. These changes in the jockeys in- creased the confidence of the supporters of the Richmond horse, and although giving away hls wear to the American mare (who ought to have won the first time, although, in justice to Tanksley, he rode very creditably, considering It was his first essay in England,) Fl Hakim
 left off with the decided call in the betting. owlng to most of the bookmakers, for whom he was, of course. by far the worst of the three, embracing the opportunity of "getting out"- ne maJ1rlty of the public backed Proress, against whom the Ring, of course, had plenty of money to bet, from the circumstance of ve- ry few having laid previous to the race. The horses did not reach the post till after five o'clock, by which time it was so dusk that it was impossible to distinguish their colors in running until within half a mile of home, when PrloreSs was observed to hang to the Jeff as be- lore, and on Fordham using the whip with his
 
 ultaneous shout of the Amercan's beatenn' At the top of the Bushes Hil it looked like match between the two young ones; but in the olp they were fairly pumped out and Ford nam, following the instructions given him by Mir. Ten Broeck to the letter, by keeping a hard pu' upon hs mare to the last, she strug- gled With lndominabIe gameness, and running the longest, landed the "stars and stripes' vc- toHous by length and haIi-a tremenduous struggle between the other two for the second money, resulted in favor of Fl lIakm by head. In rising the Abingdon mile bottom, El tIaklm began to hang for distress, and swerv- ing against Queen BesS, carried her with him across the course, which led to a claim for the second money by Mir. Saxon; but the latter af- terwards withdrew the objection, as it was ap- parent that however serious the disappoint- ment to h'S mares chance, the "rannon' was purely the result of accident The time was hve secondS faster that last years race. The success ot P1Oress was the si anal for a tremen- dous "utburst of cheering, which lasted sever- al seconds, and en route from the Heath and in the town, subsequently, Mr. Ten Broeck was overwhelmed With congratulations upon his great triumph, which, curious enough, vas ac- compshed under what may be termed the American system of "heats!r That Prioress might have won the first time, but for the se- nous disappointment she met with in the race, Is not at all improbable, even in the hand, of her native jockey; but without intending the slightest Injustice to the boy, his want of skill at the hniSh was So apable that Mr. Ten Broeck determined to throw no chanre away; and find Ing that hls opponents were going tD adopt the same course, acted upon the advice of some of our clevereat judges, and obtained the best ta- lent that could be procured for the deciding heat-the resnlt of which will DO doubt create intense eradication throughout the whole of the American continent. In estimating the triumph, however-aud we by no means wish to detract from it--it must be borne in mind that PnoresS, though a year older, ran Fl lla- klm at even weightS nor must it be supposed by our Yankee friends, on the other side of the Atlantic, that Mr. Ten Broeck has run his horses to be beaten for the purpose of getting "wel' in this race. He has blcked each oi them for large amount on every occasion they have started; and owing to the wretched man. her m which PrOress ran the previous week. at Chester, hls opinion of her chauce of the CesareWitch Was 50 comp etely" knocked in the head," that he had little encouragement to back her; consequently his winnings do not cover one nall the expenses which his stud has hith- eIto ehtalIed, to say nothing of the recent loss Ot pc, WuOul IL was MT. l ell DrOeck'S intention to have sent to America as a stallion. The hopes oi the stable were centered in Pryor for Ce>arcwitch, and in two bets of SlOOODO to Sl0O each, which Mr. Ten BroecIl took about winning the double event Pryor was selected in both for the Cesarewitch, coupled with Babylon and Prloress for the Cambrldge- shire, Pryor, however, as already noticed, was placed hofs de conabat on the eve of the meet nlS by illness, and not as many supposed from having been beaten by Proress in trial In justice 10 Brown (who has had charge of Mr. Ten Broeck's horses since Gooawooa) we ought to state that the condition in which he brought Proress to the post reflected great ere dit upon his skill as trainer, for to get through under such extraordinary circumstances, the mare must have undergone an undeniabe pre- parauon. Leaving further discussion of this memorable race te abler hands, 1t only remains for Us to record the disastrous effects the result occasioned amongst the gentlemen and packers of horses generally, whilst the Ring wins al- most to man, and many book makers are re- ported to have landed great stakes. Mr. Da- vles, who had large double event book, and lad l, GOO to 10 to a considerable amount against naming the winners of both Cesarewitch and Cambr brldgpshire, won every bet he had upon the race--if Fl flakim or Queen Bess had pulled od the deciding heat, he would not have been inqute So pleasant aposition. subsequently heard of one book maker having laid thou sand pounds to a sovereign against Prioress and Rosa Bonheur, and Prioress and Dunboyne for the double event.
 There was little betting in the town before dinner upon the Cambria geshire, and Prioress had the call of point over Queen Bess and Fl tlakim, who were backed at 12 to l each; Fright had several supporters at Is to l, and 90 to l was taken about Saunterer. At the rooms in the evening, where it was by no means difficult to distinguish winners from losers, the American mare was backed at 10 to 1, in the early part, but gradually declined to IA to l, which price otierered against either the dead heaters'' at the close, when our note book exhibited the following quotations: Ii to 1 agst Pr.oress, 14 to l agst Fl Hakim, 14 to 1 1 Eri,r 1