Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-27
THE RACE FOR THE GooDwooD CUP.
GILLPATRIoK's OWN STATEMENT.

The Reasons srhy the American Horses sDers Beaten
Their Condition. Where the Blame Rssts-Eitha
could haze Won under Proper Management.
New YORK, Aug II, 1857.
To the Editor of PorteT's Spirit of the Times
MI DEAR SIR: As l am met here by great desire
| to know the particulars ofthe GoodWood Cup Race
and as find there is inclination evinced by some
parties to censure me therein shall beg the favor
ofyour columns, as general and final answer t.
them all. ....
Ileft New York June goth, engaged by Mr.. Ten
Brock to ride either other of his horses in
the Goodwood Cup. I arrived at Southampton on
the Both of June, and Immediately departed for our
training stable at StOckbridge which l reached the
following day. saw the horses Pryor and Prioress
The former had just recovered from o lung fever
and had been galloped, Mr.. Palmer told me- if
recoect right, but three times previous to my ar
rival Prioress had also been ailing but seemed in
better condition than Pryor, who, though he looked
pretty enough. to the eye of ordinary spectator
was in no racing trim whatever. / Immediately set
to work, exercising Pryor, whom l found incapable
of extending himself in fact, the horse seemed tied
up which facts l forthwith communicated TO Mr.
Ten Brock: he did not seem to listen to my COM
ments and made me no satisfactory reply. Matters
remained in this state until about the 10Th of July
when our trial took place; the distance one mile
and half l rode PriOress alone for the first half
mile, when Pryor. ridden by Littlefeld, joined in
he beat the mare to the stand, she string badly,
and showing signs of leg WEAKNESS. Things went
on in the same way to the next trial, which took
place on the 25th Of July, over the same track. |
again rode the mare; the trial was two miles; Pryor
running the entire distance, and Prioress joining in
for the last mile and half The mare beat Pryor
about two lengths in this trial, but exhibited the
same symptoms of leg WEAKNESS as on the previous
occasion.
On the following Sunday we left for Goodwood-
Mr. Ten Brock stopped with the horses; there was
much talk among ourselves about the prospects of
the horses but nothing transpred of interest to the
public. On Monday morning we commenced gal
Looping on the GoodWood course, which gallops we
repeated every morning until that of the race. Mr.
Ten Brock walked round the Cup course with us,
and some conversation took place as to the best
ground for to run on, especially the mare she
was such long strider, that we wanted to obtain
the smoothest possible place for her to run on.
Mr. Ten Brock pointed out to me the portions of
the track he thought best suited to the mare as the
smoothest and most free from undulations, which
might throw her ont of her Stride and accordingly
on the day of the race in obedience to his direc-
tions swung out of the beaten path followed by the
other horses in order to obtain ground more suita
BILE to the mares popularity of stride
On the morning of the race, my orders pere, to
make slctv chat English jockies call ''G 0aing
race" of n-further, not to take the lead, force
the running. if could help it with Prioress.
The sta took place; we ali went at bad pace for
the first half mile Prioress, unlike ordinary horses
VIII put to gallop, from her length Of stride,
not 20 slow and the pace so bad with the others
that in spite of myself / was forced to take the
lead which 1 maintained to the second turn going
out, up to which tine had kept the inside Of the