The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-09-02

broke him for me; and we ere all as happy
as the day is long, uncle included; for un-
cleinsisted ON our living with him, and I
told him, atleast, would consent, "if on
ly to keep Poll Wilkes from cooking his
dinner" To which he answered, looking
at Harry. "Y on see what Q spit-6re it is,
and you may bless your stars if you don't
rue the day she went out to ride" aFa
L9H The Late Race at Goodwood. 5Ea
T We cut the following extract from q let
ter written by Giipatrick, the Jockey who
rode Prioress, to Porter's Spirit Of the
Times. We always thought that Gilpat-
rick had been most unjustly assailed it the
matter. It appears that Ten Brock and
his trainer are the persons in fault. sss
"I left New York June 90, engaged by
FMr. Ten Brock to ride either one or the
other of his horses in the Goodwood Cup
I arrived at Southampton on the 30th Of
June, and immediately departed for our
training stable at Stockbridge, which I
reached the following day. I saw the
horses Pryor and Prioress. The former
had just recovered fran lung fever, and
had been galloped, Mr.. Palmer told me, if
Irecollet I right but three times previous
to my arrival. al.-Prioress had been ailing,
but seemed in better condition than Pry-
or, who, thougt he looked pretty enough,
to the eye Of an ordinary spectator, was
in no racing trim whatever. Immediate.
ly set to work exercising Pryor, whom I
found incapable Of extending himself; in
fact, the horse seemed tied up, which facts
1 forthwith communicated to Mr.. Ten
Brock; he did not seem to listen to my
comments, and made me no satisfactory
reply. Matters remained in this state nm
til about the 18th of July, when our first
trial took place: the distance was one
mile and q half. I rode Prioress for the
first half mile, when Pryor, ridden by Lit
tle6eld, joined in-hei beat the mare to the
stand, she firing badly, and showing signs
of leg weariness. Things went on in the
same way mp to the next trial, which took
placegon the ,25th5o July over the same
track. j again rode the mare; the trial was
two miles; Pryor running the entire. dis
itance, and Prioress joining in for the, last
mile and half. The mare beat Pryor
about two lengths in this trial, but exhib-
tied the same symptoms of the leg weari-
ness as on. the previous occasion. se7go
| On the following Saturday 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 transpired of in
terest to the public. On Monday morn
ing we commenced galloping on the Good
wood course, which gallops were repeated
every morning until that Of the race. Mr..
Ten Brock walked around the Cup course
with us, and some conversation took place
as to the best ground for us to run } on,
especially the mare, as she was such q
long strider, that we wanted to obtain the
smootbest possible place for her to run
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Mr.. Ten Broeck pointed out tonne those
portions of the track he thought best suit.
ed to the mare, as the smoothest and
most free from undulations, which nigh,
throw her out of her slide and according
1 ly, on the way of the race, /, in obedience
Ito his directions, swung out of the beaten
pam .ts o.nel .n;.ah's n.ses 'fe. tha
mare's popularity of stride. ee fass8
/ On the morning Of the race. my orders
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