New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-02
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The Speed Of Prioress In the Cesaresyitola.
Porter's Spirit publishes the following letter from
Washington correspondent
Your remarks in your paper Of the 18th inst. az 70
" the fastest time on record by an American horse,
must arrest the attention Of the racing community.
That fact is very suggestive but while it settles one
important question, leaves some others in very I'M
settled condition. Until It can he ascertaned which
Of the tracks Of the two countries Is the fastest time
ceases 20 be fair criterion by which to test the real
value Of speed, there and here. Bnt IT, in that re-
speet Their equality should lie assumed, when com
parsons are instituted between races made ia the two
countries Prioress has certainly outlined every horse
That has ever tramped the American turft There
can ne no question, in my mind, that the running of
Frlorea ~ Newmarket Heath vas vastly superior TO
that Oh heglra at New Orleans The inequality in a
short and speedy race, between catch-weightn and
l0T lbs IS immense Prioress it naust be remembered
preserved her speed at greater dstaDce-sav more
than quarter OF rnile-Which s a large item when
their peculiar character.
In my opinion, then, you have truly said that the
fastest time ever made by an American.bred high
melted horse was that which was recently made
by Proress." But | am inclined TO think that in
one respect the merit Of that performance ia greater
even than that which you have allowed. You well
know that the English do not run their races in the
manner so often recommended by our old friend w.
T. Porter which was, to go at full racing speed all
the way" Perhaps Hegira &" tried it on in that
manner 1t is hardly to be presumed, however, that
ProIess ran at the rate Of LAS in her first mile and
neutrality-suspicious. not faster than at the rate of 80
Then what must have been the rapid rate at which
she ran her last mile 1t must have been hard upor
lao. ! should like to have your views upon tht
probability as it may tend to settle question which
has long been very unsettled one in the public mind
She far behind some of the badly-beaten horses
at the commencement Of the last mile, which seems
to prove that she must have been pulled back some
in the greater part Of the distance. Had this been
her first race in England, it would have startled John
Bull, and have placed mr. Ten Brock mile high in
" the land Of the free aud the home of the brave"
Now for another idea That gentleman was the
first to beard the lion in his den, and has it in his
power to bring about an event which would excite
the whole racing world, and give such an impetus to
the turf as has never been witnessed. Let him give
a challenge to America to run one or more English
horses here he well afford to do it. He can make
his selections from the thousands of nags now in
England and would no doubt be seconded by her
noble and generous sportsmen. The arrangement:
for the meeting could be so made that neither party
could, in any event, lose much Were the meeting t.
take place at New York, fifty Thousand tickets w0ulC
be readily sold. How much money that wouIC
produce no one can tell better than yourself. How
much money it would put in the pockets of the PEG
pie of the city is more than you can tell but thu
amount would be enormous indeed. It would Unjust
spirit among breeders here that would prove per
maneut benefit to the country at large, and go far il
the way Of making legitimate racing permanen
and prosperous institution of the nation.
| Such an event is demanded by the spirit OF thu
age, and would be in keeping with the general pro
gressiVeness which we behold in all other depart
ments Of life.