The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-22

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PETEsssrRa, Aug. 2isf.
The weather to-day has been most propitioas for
all sorts ofitems but strange to say. Chance, the
goddess Of accident and incident. has failed to ap-
preciate ii. The air was unpieasanty chill this
morning Thermometer coo. A slight frost Is said
to have fallen In Chesterfield. The rest Of the day
has been cool. clear and pleasant, the fashionable
world In full swing, and business spirited and
cheerful. $se
The Board of Public Works have appointed as
proxy for the State In the election Of President Of
the Southside Railroad Company, which takes
place in November, Messrs Thos. Wallace, Thas
n. Hamblin, aud Bev :. Scott Directors for the
State, Thos. Branch, W. q. Burchett, and Robert j.
Davis.
pic mic occurred at the Fair Grounds this even
Ing, given to the pupils Of the City Free School
There were between a hundred and fifty and two
hundred children on the ground and large num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen. The day was spent
happily amid various innocent amusements.
The Mayor WAS occupied this morning wholly
with civil business Nothing interesting there
| There Is no topic aioat bat the almighty dollar,
ethese rich brocadea" and the Chinese Sugar Cane.
/ This latter seems to have become al enthusiasm,
likely to emulate the glories of the morris mutficdu-
lis of 1910. Numbers Of our citizens have expert
LIented upon its culture, and spout in the sweet
/ est terms Of praise Of its valuable properties.
| A man going by the name of j. L. Smith, probes
sionally (professedly) an optician, amped from
! this city few days ago, after doing some tail
swindling in various unsuspectIng quarters lie
came to the city to practice "only for few days,
advertising to do up sore eyes on short notice
cheap He leaves patients and creditors IN the VOC
. alive. t-- T. Ahll-
TaE Go0Dwoop CUP RscEs.-Mr. Fitzpatrick, the
rider of Proress in the Goodwood Cup race in Eng
land, has arrived in New York, and given a state
ment of his opinion of the reasons why the Aneri-
can horses beaten. He believes that the
horses were not in good condition, aud denies
that the lost by his bad riding. or that he
was discharged by Mr.. Ten Brock. He says:
On Monday morning we commenced galloping on
the Goodwood course, which gsllops we repeated
every morning until that of the Mr.. Ten
Brock walked round the Cup course with u.s. and
some conversation took place to the best ground
for us to run on. especially the mare, o. she was
such long strider, that wanted to obtain the
smoothtst possible ground for her to run on
Mr. Ten Brock pointed out TO me those portions
of the track he thought best suited to the mare,
the smoothest and most free from undulations
which might throw her out of her stride, and ac-
cordingly the day of the race l. in obedience to
his directions. swung out of the beaten path. fol-
lowed by the other horses in order to obtain
ground more suitable to the mares peculiarly of
| stride.
On the morning of the race, my orders uere, 10
make sloso ,oIat English jockeys call acoitino
race" Of i-further, not to take the lead or force
the running, if could help it, with Prioress.
The start took place; we all went al bad pace
for the first half mile Prioress, unlike ordinary
horses, when put to a gallop, from her length of
stride. cannot go slow, and the pace was bad with
the Others that, in despite of myself was forced
to take the lead, which maintained to the second
turn going out. up to which time had kept the in
side OF the track. the others taking the outside.
then gradually bent across the track as had been
agreed upon, which brought me little outside of
the Others who retained their original position
We in this way. at bad pace. to the top of the
hill; when we arrived here the mare appeared to
be very fresh, and thought would make a good
run home The pace now began to increase. kept
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when still greater improvement in speed took
place. At the half distance they began to quit me
and when within a hundred and fifty yards of the
stand. found the mare give way, and in a few
strides more she was ''gOne all to pieces" which
imagine everybody present perceived Here was an
end to the race-the mare being physically incapa
BILE, from want of condition. of doing any better
As to Prior, with neither speed nor bottom he had
not the ghost of a chance in any part of the race
The simple fact is, the horses were worn ont
with long and useless kind of work. During near
Iva twelve-month previously, they had never even
had sweat so the boys told mel from the time
they landed, until arrived in England The con-
sequences may be imagined, namely: want of con-
lition and absolute need of rest-they were full of
Iat--burnt up inside-les weary-and had No
vitality in them.
In conclusion. have no hesitation in asserting
that. had our horses been properly taken care OF
from the commencement-carefnlly trained and
brought to the post in anything like the condition
we have seen them exhibit at home-that either of
them could and would have won the Goodwood
Cup easily.
At the time of my leaving there was no proba
! bilty Of either of the horses-Pryor Prioress or
/ Lecompte-running at Brighton Lewes. Indeed
think it doubtful if the American horses will ap-
pear again prior to the four mile over the Bea
I con course, at the Newmarket Houghton, meeting
in October.
Advices received 10y the Arabia state that neither
Prioress nor Lecompte started for the Champagne
stakes at Brighton. run on the 9th inst, and for
which they both entered As the distance
only one mile, and the stake only of secondary
value, Mr.. Ten Brock probably thought the dis
lance too short, and the prize too insignificant to
run them for that event. Both Locompte and Pr
DRESS entered for the Sussex county cup, which
was run at Lewcs, near Brighton on the 10th in
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