Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-01


 race race ne must carry the full weight of I0- o. the he betting on the Cup Auctuated oo1 oobs. uuflh9 tne forenoon, and Anton and p: doiy were each trSt iavorite in their tnrn I hSeber close, both gave way to Gemmv wbn " the to haif as short a price as had been tot '"nced either oi the other two. Florin recoaa " about the depression caused by Potoek,s I 'eu From the stakes, Fisherman and Melissa aT,s oaV for have a great many supporters at tbi fTa'ed to those Who bore m minc Mouarapas and nance over the same course last vs t0''or- tempted Dy the horses blooming apnear were stand him again this iourney.3 'Nn 'uce to cOMpetltors came on to the coursa t Tf," the cans of course were the lionsr and ,u A'nerl CatoiS ahAously crowded round whl.t .P'e- underwent the operation of sa ldlip, 'AeY who was led by a tall intelligent look, lTyo5 Is remarkably handsome chesnut ra ue5ro, white feet and blaze of white in hi. two stands fifteen hands, has brilliant acri.' he said to possess wonderful power, of ar,l,n.'s ''' Ills appearance, however, betrayed ,r.E, of condition, and his owner informed want the horse was "So badly otf' be for. loo a1 'Ia1 training quarters at Stock bridge, that hal sbo.S us not have started him, but for the jmnro,ar,'"'I he daily exhibited after his arrival at G' wood on the previous Saturday. Prdrs., altogether different looking animal bei5gf,uSS sixteen hands high, and rather leggy. @i," good forehand, and immense hips, w6irh saa. what redeem her shabby loins ''''' | She looked litter to run than her con,n,r;
 anu her appearance did honor to Mr k. D pI' iner her trainer, who at one time lived in a,
 mlIar capacity with the late Mir John l. Sa venS, the head of the American Turf in Nt. day, for whom he was very successful aifb tbS celebrated Black Maria, and other horse4 ,,b;+I he handled" on Long Island. Mr Tal Broeck's " turn out was in every respect am, tona one--hls jockeys being Americals xTo wore the colors of the States crimson anIl oLi,o striped jackets and blue caps. The t0lleHe If both men was uneXceptiOhable, though in En- gland Llttleheld's high military heels seems3 as strange on jockey, as Glpatrch's genuine Yankee beard. The latter, who came oyerwit5 special retainer to ride in the Cup Is cbusiI.r ed the best rider in Amerca, we believe, and to his charge was iutrusted Proress. albst Mr. Ten Broeck declared to win with tbs horse.
 The Americans adopt altogether different style of riding to that of our own iockevs The former sit down on their horse all the wav, as riding trottius match, always have a." hard puil' on, and never shake or ''roll'' tEem at the hnlsh of a race; consequently, as was the case on thls occasion, uluevy-une spectators out ot hundred might naturally imagine, from | the abseuce of all movement of the arms, that the riders were ropIug!' All sorts of ramor, were atIJat, that the Yankees had been tried tn beat the best time ever known ln Euglaud. but It Was tout 0u cOtfare--the tral came off crabbe, Iuasmucu as that d. two year old, which joined Iu with the Cup uass at the e.l of a mile and half, to finish the Inst mile with them, won by all immense distai ce, aud Was in turn beaten Iuto fits" by a two year oN in the Ddnebury stable. This result, of course weak eneu their owners conf hIelce considerably; but from the improvement his horses eXuib3teI af. ter their arrival at Goodwood, aud satisfied of their real form iu America, Mir. Ten Broeck and hs friends, as well d. all the Americans who visited the meeting, supported Pryor and Prioress with considerable spirit, and besides backing them to win between S45 900 aui 800. GOO, MT. T. 5. plucNly made a SlUOJQ book on the race! Amongst LuglsAuneu thay had few supporters, though everybody admitted them to be good locking" and fine goersn | We have elsewhere given a minute description ol the race (which was run at a Wretched pace | tnrou5hout the two miles and half occupying 1 , min. It sec, 27 sec. slower than last yearl and It will be there learnt that the Americans ran much better than was expected of them ln fact, our opinion, strengthened by that of many of the jockeys who rode therein Is that
 It was quite upon the cards for Proress to have won. She lost great deal of ground at all the turns, but looked 50 dangerous" even up to the distance, that under such disad vantages, It Is by no means improbable, if skiltulv man. dled, she might have obtained a much more prominent position at tue finish. Mi. Ten Broeck, we believe, was greatly dissatisfied with the riding oi G4lpatrlck, no seemed tG be all ,,.,l | next morning, and the latter's next mount, we take It, will De in Ameuca. Both horses are certain of seeing better day;' for the man. ner ln which Pryor struggled in The end, is q proof that no journey Is too long for him; au4 we must do Brother Jonathan the iustlce to state that he was by no means so disgraued as lis opponents reckoued upou
 Porter's Spirit of the Times gives the fol- lowing as the cause of the defeat of the Amo- ricau horses. The excuse would have been more plausible had it been offered before the race:
 The reputation of Palmer, to whom Mr. Ten Broeck So unfortunately entrusted his stud, Is rather that of " feeder' than trainer, and i. has been the leading error of his life, to bring his horses too high iu flesh to the post indeed, Il has been a feature h his career, that his Aur- ses have usually been beaten in their preIimi- nary races of the season, and have repeated thelr mIstortuhes, Hi this way, until thay had conditioned themselves by public running.
 As one of the evidences of this it will be recoIleced by all who witnessed the celebrated contest between Wagner, Grey Eagle, and others, in 1859, that Mir. Palmer traiue4 Hawk Eye, for that race, and brought him to the post fat enough to show at fair. He was evidently unfit to run; but on his trainers repeated assu- | rances of his fitness" he was started aud the result waS that though horse of ability and | previous exploit, he was distanced in tAe first neat iu : minutes, IS seconds. Soon after this l Owe believe in 184l) Mir. Palmer either through want oi reliance on his own capacity, or growing doubt of his experience on the part of owners of horses, disappeared from the Turf, and was lost to public View for some fourteen or fifteen l years.
 Thisis the person-this tmid, deficient, and behind the age trainer-nto whose hands the credit or our Turf has been uulucAliy eu | trusted.
 How could such man as this, welded as he is to an old system, and without suffi ,ieut ac- tive grasp ot mind to comprehend new oue be expected to cope successfully with tho eX- | gencles ot strange climate, torei gu feed, and | different style of race!
 There were difficulties enough before Us, in our daring experiment. to contest against the Turf champions of the world, to require pacity and au experience of the highest and most accomplished kind; and the difficulties which presented themselves in this case Ut the outset, were those which Palmer, of all men, was most unable to meet. The stimulating climate of England, never too hot nor too cold, is peculiarly adapted to increasing animal life;
 while the strong feed of English oats, and the
 pea, either of which are nearly up to the strength of our corn, must have coated the n- sides of his horses with fat which he had
 neither the knowledge nor the courage to work off. The wretched and diSgracefu time G min.
 l6 sec, which Is min. 6 sec. to the m.e,) $, in itself a condemnation which spares us lGr-