Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-15
The Goodwood Cup Race.
BY AN EYEWITNESS.

To THE EDITORS OF PoRTER's SPIRIT
 Gentlemen: I arrived at Goodwood a few days prior to the race, and went to see the horses, and also saw Mir. Ten Broeck, the trai ner and the jockeys. I understood that Pryol was in bad fix and out of condition, but that Prioress would, in all probability, run wel and make very respectable race. 1 went over tc England for the express purpose of seeing the race run, and of backing the American horses 1 attended the race track each day of the meet ing, and discovered, from the remarks of En- glish sporting men, that Pryor was regarded as quite out of the question, and that Proress was thought but little of. l had already backed the two coupled, for a little money, and pre-. viously to going any further, consulted with friend whose judgment have the highes, opinion of-he regarded the Stock brid se, trial o Prloress as quite good enough to win, and fully equal to that of any English horse in the race from what he had heard of previous trials over the same course. Upon this, and seeing Mir. Ter Broeck and other American gentlemen back the horses, 1 followed suit
 On the morning of the race, saw Gilpatrck and Littlefied, the former seemed very solid and sober, as if impressed with the importance Of the task aSsi gned him. 1 saw the horses stripped-PryQy loaned at the mouth, and lathered considerably, and all the Eng sport ing men at once said he was in no |" form,'' or condition, to run. Prioress, on the contrary looked thoroughly in racing trim, and excited much attention and admiration.
 At the start, some difficulty occurred, owing to the fretulness of Pryor; when at last they got of, they ran at a bad pace, until Pri press came out, and took the lead, and seemed to me bent upon forcing the running, which, as heard, was against Mir. Ten Broeck's orders Going round the turn, by the clump of trees Gilpatrck was on the opposite side of the course to the others. All at once he shot sud denly across the track, as if he had mistaken the course (which was the opinion of several on the stand); by doing this he lost considera. ble ground, and instead of having the lead, he was thrown behind the rest He again started to run, ran the mare all the way up the hill and once more got ahead.
 When the horses got into the straight TUT home, Prioress began to show symgtoms of dis. tress, from having been forced to make strong running all the way up the hill, whilst the others, who had been waiting on her, passed her in succession. A moment previously, the people in the stand had been shouting: "Tht Americans win' and 1 still hoped Priores. would come again; but on nearing the stand the French horse and Riseber were the only | two really left in the race-the chance of Pri press was completely gone, and Gllpatrick ap | peared to ease her, he saw he could not vii he might perhaps have been little nearer at the finish, if he had persevered, but tha would not have availed him anything.
 My own opinion Is, that if Gilpatrick haC kept with the others, rode waiting race, anC only made his running at the quarter stretch that he would have won the race easily; anc the same opinion was expressed by all the jock eys and sporting men, both English and Ame rcan, with whom 1 conversed after the race instead of which, he had taken all the brusf out of her, by forcing the running at first, los ing ground at the turn, having to make it ul afterwards, and then bursting her up the hill t( the turn for the home stretch, which left noth | ing in her to finish with.
 Pryor and Prioress were sent to their stables at Stockbridge next day. Unless Pryor i'm proves considerably, he is not likely to TUT again this fall. The mare may, and probably will; and hope that the next time she will bt better handled. Lecomte, l understood, haC broken down badly, and was not likely ever to run again.
 As an American, regret most deeply tn, unfortunate result of our first appearance ol the English Turf. The prize was within ou grasp and we only lost it by what Gin common with all others who saw the race) cannot bu call bad management.
 ' ours, very truly, JAS SANFORD.