Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-20

"squ1red accounts" with the jockey next morning,
and the latter's mount, we take 1t, viii be In
AmeTieasa Both horses sre certsin Of seeing bet
ter day, for the manner IN which Pryor struggled
20 the end is proof that journey 4 TOO long Tor
him; and we must do Brother Jonathan tue justice
70 state that he was by no means 50 disgraced as
his opponents reckoned.
The start, which took place at nineteen minutes
to three, was pree- d4d by two light failures, the
hrst caused by the eageFness OF Pryor. Nlscount
and Arsenal, and the second by Yiscount, Riseber
and Gunboat breaking way. W han the signal was
gwen Vscount showed in advance, bat being pull
60 oack, and all the jockeys baung apparently
Waitiog ORDERS" there was 10 decided leader IN
w turning out of the straight, lneaTy half mile
atef saFting,) wi Prioress bore the tssripes in
front, and took commanding lead at anything put
a ehpplng pace, FloIin going in second GunOoat
Ihifo, Flscount fourth aud Melissa fifth; MonarQus
Arsenai Fisherman and Pryor comprising the next
io'' whist In the rear laid Kestrsl, Comma di Ver
gy. Anton and Mary. Along tue hillside the Amer
iean mare increased her lead considerably, but her
Jockey taking an angle of bis own, and bearing to-
"ard the lower ground which caused Us 10 think
he hal mistaken the course.
frloress lost her forward position at the COM
mencement Of the far turf where instead OF bene-
fitting by these tactics, Glpatrick found four or
nVe others ahead of him, Gunboat having posses
SION OF the lead. Behind the hill, however, the
ankee put on the steam again. and re-appeared
IN sl5bt hall dozen lengths in advance OF Gunboat
ana his lot closing with PriOre-s they rose the
Dill came round the last turn nearly side by SIDE
| AT an interval of two three lengths from them
lad MonaTque and Viscount, and &C their heels
! succeeded Fisherman and Arsenal, who gave MellS-
sa the go-by alter passing the mile post, at which
point the lot may be said to have been all together
! so very moderate was the pace. After turning i'll
to the straight Riseber took up the running, and
Gunboat again became second for few strides,
when striking into the grays heels he fell burster
and caused great deal OF confusion among those
behind him. Florin and Fisherman, being on his
| left, escaped him, as did the American mare, who
! laid wide OF them, whilst Monarque, who was run
ming nearly ia Risebers track the inside struck
| the horse with his bind legs and turned his com
pletey round but without meeting with the slight
est disappointment hmss l. Arsenal, less fOrtu-
nate, Numbered over GunbOat, on to his head aud
heels, but was quickly recovered; Comma di YER
gy, who pulled tremendously that AldcrOft was
about to indulge him by going to the front at the
very moment, rolled over the fallen horse; and
Kesgrel, being close behind, was likewise upset
Hughes laid on the ground quite insensible, but
Rogers and Aldcrolt soon THEN feet again,
though both subsequently sutf red good deal
from the severe shaking they received. Anton,
who had been most attentive" to Gemma di Yer
gy throughout the race, right in the track oil
the latter when the scrmmage occurred, and b. fore
tlatman had time to pull him either to the right
left, Anton jumped over both horses AMI jockeys
as they laid on the ground, but, a matteT-o-
course, his chance Was by no means benefited by
this hunting performance. Viscount, Melissa and
Pryor, who like his stable companion, the out
side circle, were beaten at the time of the acct
dent alter the occurrence of which little remains
to be described. RisebeF was followed to the eOm
mencement of the rails by FloFin and Prioress, the
latter still running by herself in the center of the
cOur-e, when Florin beaten and his place was
taken by the other Frenchman Monarque, between
whom aud the American Wells brought
up Fisherman. Just before reaching the distance
the Yankees fate sealed, and the weight tell
ing upon Fisherman in the next fifty yards the
issue was left to Riseber and Monarque, AshmaI
waiting with the latter at the gray's girths unit
opposite the lower corner of the stand when ht
challenged, and won splendid race by bead
Fisherman finished three lengths off, and AntoI
(whO passed several of the beaten ones inside the
distance) nearly twice far from him. Florin bein
httn, separated by one of the loose horses from
Anton,) ProFess sixth, Pryor seventh, and ELISA
next; the others were stopped long way from
home. Run in minutes l6 seconds.