Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-15

The GOODwOOD CuP RAcE-The following
meager particulars of the great race for the Good
wood Cup. are gathered from the I.iverpool pa
PeGs- None OF the accounts at hand give the time
of any Of the horses
The French horse Monarque won the race. the
English ho sc Riseber is placed second, and Fish
Ggnboat slipped and fell, and Kestrel and Gema
oil Vergy also fell heavily. Monaraue won by a
lengths. '"'''
Anton was placed fourth and was tfree Ieng,bs
behind Fisherman. The American horses Prior
ana fnOTess Were placed fifth and sixth All thu.
others pulled up. The finish is said 10 have been
thr most exciting ever witnessed
The English papers remark but without assion
ing any reason: that the American horses would
LiT% naxe Injured more prominently had they been
The Philadelphia Press says:
~ IN the absence ol an account of the running at
Lockwood, we will venture on speculation as TO
the causes of the defeat Our racine gronnd I'm
this country Is Il well beaten track In Enyisnd
the horses run on a sward or turf (hence the an
psllation OF "The Turf" as applied 10 racinJl
anu , thls Is carefully trained, moved, leveled,
and kept compact by heavy iron rollers freouent-
ly used, at intervals throughout the wear. and
constantly applied for a month previous 10 the
races The general result is that smooth firm
YET hlSEly elastic ground is prepared on which
the competing horses run. but this course IA II
Is called, Ia liable to be affected by the weather
In very hot season II is sprinkled with water TO
preserve Its elasticity, and keep IL from becom
ing harder than EngliS horses are accustomed
to In wet weather II absOrbs the rain like a
)onge, and the horses they run on II kInidlv
convert the turf into mud slush, or an atro..ious
mixture Of both In such cases il is not speed but
strength that wins the race.
There was an eminent instance Of this at Dom
caster, in 1880, when the Great ST Leger stakes
were ran for. One OF the horses, called Birming
ham, by Filho de Puta "a remarkably strong
horse,) was entered TO run, but with 80 little
chance OF success, that the night before the race
Mr. BeardswO:th, his owner, had determined TO
withdraw him. But il rdined heavily and Boards
worth allowed his horse 10 start. The couTse on
which several heats had previously been run that
Gay; Was as much cut up AZ IL IL were a plough
neIu' Ihe swift racers could not make head
~dy--tht great strength of Birmingham brought
nun lh hfst, and upwards OF iiO.JHU were lost
and won ON the event Of that race
Inc soll OF GOOdwoOd, like that of the greater
pIni VI ousseh' - chalky, with mixture of mari
w hen u rains the mari becaInes moi sof, bnt
slippery, and horses and jocX moi accustomed
10 II nave strong Chance of being yictimised
We do not know what weather there ,,,,s a, a. ooJ
wood during the races, out IL IL rajned ON or e.,
mediateiy before the 3th OF July the conrse mnst
have been slippery and soapy-altoyether ditf.I'
rnt, In fact, from the Arm, solid had ,o.t =,
which our American horses were accustomed
| The race was won, we preceive by Nonaroua
J a French horse. All we know Of this IA oer &,
that he has great strength II the day was yvet q,
| the course out of order, (as would appear from
the fact that the English favorite and two other
horses slipped and fell we suspect that strength
| not speed, won the Cup.