Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
FfVm beII Llfe, Uct IS. The Triumph of Prioress! Victory of MT. Ten Broeck's Filly, Belle! Official Account


 The Triumph of Prioress!
 Victory of MT. Ten Broecks Filly, Belle!
 Official Account!
 TUESDAY, Soon after break fast time. the town began to present the usual characteristics of a grand day" Visitors poured in by rail and road from all parts, and long before noon the High street was thronged opposite the sub scrpuon room by large crowd, amongst which the SeZerwith" was the all-absorbng topic of conversation. Within the "magic clrcle" oi the Rlng business was pretty brisk about two or three horses; but on the whole the betting extremely bad, owing to the prePonderance of layers to packers. All doubts and many exsted--of its being "genuine business" with the favorite were removed by the 6rmness with which he maintained his po- st!on, and before the Ring separated, as little as to was taken about him. There was rush to get on Lima, who advanced to 12 to and both the Plush colt and Rosati had sup- porters at F to l each, the mare perhaps, be- Ing the most tanced of the two. The onlv other feature was the support awarded to Saun- terer abont whom l 900 to 20 and 1000 to 30 Was at one time taken rather freely. The first race Was set for half-past one o'clock long be- fore which hour there was general move to the Heath. IL struck us that we have seen larger gatherings the Cesarewtch Day: but whatever shortcoming there might have been in point of numbers, there was an unmistaka ble improvement in the character of the as- sembage. which exhibited far more orderly disposition than Is usually presented on such occasons, when cheap trains afford the means | of transit to the "loaters' and the lower orders of the village" We missed, it is true sev- eral leading members of the ocky club, but at has nf l..
 ot the Newmarket were present, and there was large show of carriage company, which included great many aiies The atmos- phefe during the afternoon was cloudy and op- pressively close compared with the ineuess of the morning, and now and then little mois- ture tell-sufficient to swear by, and that was all
 The sports commenced with a selling haudi- cap on the last half of the Abingdon Mile, a better view of the running upon which course was on this occasion obtained by keeping back th- foot people on the top of the hill in line with the cords, and preventing their encroach- ment so far into the track' as formerly whereby the horses were altogether shut out | from the view of those on the lower ground until the race was almost over. A field of eleven went to the post, and Indulgence, turned | loose awong the young ones, pulle through by neck, after pretty race with the Hersey fillv. ! Who met the winner at Alb. only for the two years difference in age between them. In the Royal stakes which followed, another "plum" fell to the lot of that cheap horse lIobgobin who disposed of Sydney and Keepsake without difficulty, a performance few would have anti. cpated in the early part of the present season -such Is the "glorouS uncertainty of racing The Cesarewltch stood next for decsion prece- bIra int rt-a1 of ,,f and within a few minutes of the termination of the previous race, the weighing of the jockeys was completed, and the telegraph exhibited the i large number of thirty four starters As may l be supposed, there an extraord nary demand 1 for Lightweight jockeys: and in the absence of Bullock with sprig of Shillelagh in Ireland, Mr. | Robinson had to telegraph to Richmond, in Yorkshire, on Monday afternoon for his own | boy, Little, to ride Fl Hakim. French was en- | gagged tor RenOWn, but came to scale Bib over weight, and a stable lad had to be up at the last moment in consequence. Covey, by excessive wasting managed to get down to the weight for Mons. Dobler; but the effort must have been a severe one, for he appeared uncommonly weak whilst his phisog'' recalled the birthstone and treakle breakfasts with which Old Slueers used to indulge poor Smike and the pupils at Dothe- boys Hall The final operations in the mar ket may be briefly described. Mr. Drink aids " crack stood uncommonly firm to the last, and the same may be said of Ell Hakim and Warlock; the latter of whom, subse- quent to the break up of the Rns became good, if not a better tavorite than the Richnod horse, in consequence of the flatterng reports of those who returned from the inspection at the saddling stables Lima, on the contrary, gave way when seen, and the Plush colt was decid- edly preferred to Rosati, albeit the latter, there, we believe was most fancifed by the stable though, from being disappointed in trial horse, at the last the two had not been together' since the Goodwood
 Martinet advanced to 20 to l, and Queen | Bess, (when known to be the real simon pure of ! Messrs Barber & Saxons lot Uice Marv,) and Emulator to 25 to l each, the latter, who was backed in the last half hour to win large stake being perhaps the "lion' of the afternoon.- Zig Zag was one of the most popular outsiders but Saunterer gave way on the heath, and The Poacher, Renown and one or two others who had "seen better days,' were altogether friend | less As for the American mare, she quite disregarded, and the tempting offers of l, 900 to 10 found few takers. The jockeys reached the post with commendabe punctuality, and all eyes | were strained n the direction from which the first view of the race could be obtained, but de- lay of ten minutes occurred before the signal was given by the dropping flag on the top of the dtch and at length the immense phalanX was seen streaming along at the far side of that well known boundary, which hid them from view for few seconds, until rising the bill out of "choke jade" they loomed upon the flat like regiment of cavalry, presenting a front which extended from one side ofthe broad track to the other Having in the proper place, de- tailed the race as fully and correctly as circum- stances permitted, we shall not inflict upon our readers a repitition here, further than to state, that after passing the bushes, the chances of Mons. Dobler, Fisherman, Poodle, the Plush colt, and several others, whose colors up to that point had been observed in front, were extin- guished, the weight telling upon Fisherman, whilst old Poodle's legs partially failed him. The race was then left to Queen Bess Qeadng Fl Hakim, Prioress Fright, Odd Trick, War lock, Martinett, Emulator, and Zigzag; but in de- scendng the hill this lot was further reduced by the defeat of Warlock twho like the Fisher man was stopped by the weight,) Martinett, Odd Trick, Fright, Emulator and Zigzag, who dropped of in the bottom and left the issue to Queen Bess, Fl Hakim, Oocked together on this side) and the American mare, who ran wide by herself on the extreme left, and |" as- tonished the natives not little by her sudden and unexpected appearance from amongst the ruck, after being nearly hors de combat, here after explained. Between these three. the final struggle was one of the most exciting ever wit ne ssed, Prioress appearing to have much the best of it. until within dozen strides ol home, when she hung to the left and let uI the other two, Fl Hakim catching Queen Bes' in the last stride or two when MT. Clark, un- able to separate the lot awarded one of ths farest dead heats with the three that was evel seen. The scene which followed the hoistine of the zero, 70" with the three numbers " A IS, l9," underneath, can be better imagined than described; and the excitement was height l aned bv the terrific eharoe of horsamen up tht