Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-27

track, the others taking the outside. then gradu-
ally bent the track had been agreed upor,
which brought me little outside Of the others, who
retained their original position. We ran in this way
at bad pace, to the top Of the hill; when we ar
rived here the appeared to be very fresh, and
1 thought would make good run home The pace
now began to increase. kept with them to the turn
into the stragh run in when still greater improve
ment in speed took place. At the half distance they
began to quit me- and when within hundred and
fifty yards of the stand found the mare give way,
and in W~strides more she was gone all to
pieces" which 1 imagine every body present per-
eeiFed. Here was an end to the race-the mare be-
ing physically incapable, from want of condition,
of doing any better As to Pryor, with neither speed
nor bottem he had notthe ghost Of chance in any
part of the race.
Nothing was saidto me by Mr.. Ten Brock or any
other person connected Wththe stable after the
was over; but learned that while we were running
Mr.. Morris observed when he saw me leading, as
was forced to do for snort time) that l was disc
beying orders in taking the lead, and that he would
settle up with me in the morning and send me home.
Nothing was said to me then, but my mind was pre-
yiouely made up. to come home anyhow, whether
won or lost. Next morning Mr.. Ten Brock sent
Pryor and Prioress back TO the training stable at
Stoekbridge. After they had gone. he said to me,
"Why, Ithoughtyou had gone with the horses ?" IRE
pIied, ''No, l wish to 90 home,' on which he re-
marked he thought perhaps it was best, the hor-
ses were not fit to run, and he did not know if he
should run them again this Fall He then settled
up with me and left England, and here am.
1 have been accused of losing ground in the race
If did so it was in compliance with Mr.. Ten Bro
ecks directions to those portions of the track to
be taken to suit the mare, and whatever ground
may have lost in this way, l more than made up
subsequently. The fact is, the horses were worn
out with long and useless kind of work During
nearly twelve month previous, they had nsver eUe
had Sreat( $50 the boys told me) from the time then
E1Rdsd lntii aTriOed an England The conseeuen-
ces may be overwhelmingly, want of all condi-
ton and absolute rest-they were full of fat-burnt
up inside-leg- weary-and had no vitality in them
In conclusion, have no hesitation in asserting
that had horses been properly taken care of from
the commencement, carefully trained, and brought
TO the post in anything like the condition we have
saen them exhibit at home-that either of them
could and would have won the Goodwood Cup easilys
At the time of my leaving there was no probable
iy of either of the horses-Pryor, Prioress or Lee
compile, running at Brighton or Lewes Indeed I
think it doubtful if the American horses will appear
again prior to the four mile race over the Beacon
course, at the Newmarket Houghton meeting in Oc-
tober.
make the foregoing statement in justice to NY
SELF and in order to be freed from the blame which
has unjustly been cast upon me. l have faults
enough Of my own, without being burdened with
those of other people. Had had my own way, l
would have returned Immediately after seeing the
horses it was, Istopped, and did IT, best could
under the most adverse circumstances. Hence | do
not choose 10 incur the odium merited by others
Yours, respectfully,
GILLPATRICK.