Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-28
THt aRfAF RACE fl ENGLAND FOR THE
GOoDwOoD cup.

The London Tines has an account Of this race.
frein which we extract the following:
The bettiog at starting was fifteen to one asainst
Monarque (who won the raee) and fourteen to one
against the American horses coupled After the
starter had paraded the horses in Indian file past the
grand stand, ne conducted them to the post and
deavored to draw them up in line, task Of some
little difficulty, owing to the righteousness of Pryor.
who caused several breakings away. When the flag
was dropped Viscount rushed TO the front, but on
reaching the grand stand, Riseber, who was pulling
hard, went up to him, Fiscount, Monarque Gunboat,
Fisherman and Melissa clustering we'll up the Amer
lean horses bringing up the rear. On turning out
of the straight however, Proress emerged from the
ruck and went away with q lead of half dozen
lengths, FlOrin, Gunboat, Monarque, Fisherman,
Yiscount and Arsenal running in body next. On
rounding the turn towards the clump Prioress ran
wide, and Gunboat was left in possession of the lead
which he carried on into the dip. On rising into
sight Riseber and Prioress were seen in close COM
pany with Gunboat, followed by Melissa, FIorin
Mo1arque, Fisherman and Arsenal. They ran thus
to the last turn, and descending the hill by the
half-me post Gunboat slipped and fell and Arsenal
jumped upon him. Fordham fortunately kept his
seat, bat Kestrel and Comma di Very both came to
the ground. After this accident Riseber was left
With slight lead, with Monarque at his quarters
and Prioress next, with Pryor welup, the American
horses going particularly strong and we'll AT the
half distance Monarque went up to Riseber and Pri
Dress gave way to Fisherman. The race from that
point was virtually reduced to a match between the
first two, Monarque winning by head, three lengths
between the second and third; Anton, who met with
q disappointment by the accident mentioned above,
ives beaten about three lengths from Fisherman,
Prorsss was bad fifth. Pryor and Melissa we're
sixth and seventh, the others we're pulled up.
The Americans regarded the success of one of
their horses with little confidence, and il must be
confessed that although Pryor and Prioress were de-
featsd they were not disgraeed The horse lathered
considerably on being stripped but he ran right up
in front to the distance where Proress too looked
so formidable that a shout Of "What against the
American :" was raised by many voices. It was re.
served for France, however 10 bear off the honors
of the day-MOnarque, who ran third for the cup
last year. winning it the present occasion after
one Of the most exciting finishes ever witnessed.
The English horses made no inglorious exhibition
and performed" sufficiently well TO sustain their
high reputation. 1t is impossible now to tell what
might have been the result Of the had no acct
dent happened. The general opinion was that the
American horses, which were ridden by native jock
eys in striped jackets and starred caps, might have
figured still more prominently had they been en-
trusted to men as experienced and accomplished in
their profession English jockeys. Indeed in turf
phraseology, Prioress looked "al over the winner"
at the distance.