The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-05
LOCAL M mArTERs.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
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ls5s.-The Spring meeting, over this favoritt
Course, commenced Yesterday, under more auspi
| cious circumstances than We have ever known be
FORE The great "DcsweIl Stake" which has been
the topic OF corsersation in every circle for montbs
/ past. was fixed fof that day, aud as there were
twenty eight nominations made, IN which seseu
States were Interested. turfmet from sll section
of the country gathered here to witness the result
| At an early hour IN the morning the sky <es fetI
cd In threatening clouds, and continuous showers
were expected, but despite the gloominsss of the
weather, hundreds of persons, bent ON seeing the
bsttlc,. .wended their way to the course. When We
ftritsd en- the track, at O'clock the as.emblaae
was then larger bau re bad ever seen but before
the hour for starting afnfsf, the crsxd bad more
than trebled so that there were NOT less than three
| Thousand spectators inside the enclosure Chile
| the outside was completely alive with human be
ings Of all coors and sexes, gathered together to
| enjoy the excitement. k
| Preparations Fifteen minutes before o'clock,
the trumpet called ont the entries, and in a short
time thereafter 7. = 7. W. noswell's eh c. by Re-
venue dam Nina; C. p. Ctyfe's Sr g. by Yorkshire.
| dam Blinkey; Mr.. W T CheathaISNs 81, s BIZ ifnu.
Albiou dam the dam of Berry; Mr.. W Il. Gf5bofr's
br T. by Trojan. dam Gold Pin, aud Messrs Bsi.
cher 4 Cabelfs br. C. by Childe Harold, out Of a
Glencoe mare, made their appearance on the track
all looking remarkably we'll, and each ENJOYING
the confidence of its particular friends. After
selecting judges fer the various entries, weighing
the riders and selecting POSITIONS. the horn sound.
ed for the
First Heat--Gibhon's beiugif first, Cheatham Sc.
cond, ,Belcher third, boswell fourth and Coye fifth
the entries came mp ia good order, and at the tap
of the drum beautiful start was effected. Glib
bons cut out The work. closely Elowed by BeIcher.
till passing the first quarter, when Coyle ran up.
took the lead and had il all his way for few
hundred yards boswell now eased up, Tapped
Coyle and then pulled back till swinging into the
n ms RI off ctr uh bn RI n
locked Coyle, kept pace with him for a stride OF
two and then dashiDg to the front, lead home un-
der steady pull, ia l41a, to the great delight of
his numerous hackers " no made the weikin ring
with shuuts Of applatise, Coyle hanging on to his
saddle ski he passed the score, Gibbon being
third, Bacon fourth, and Beiehst last:
Before the start 10 ths frat heat the Yorkshire
colt WAS largely the faforte in betting circles, he
having brought with him good name for speed
and bottom. but those who had backed him for
thousands saw that tteir ehances we're doubt
ful, and would have sold out Cheat for cash, bat
for the fact that buyers could not be found. N
the mean time the Revenue steadily rose in pub
lie favor and many,were ready to back him against
tho 6eld..
Second Hedt-At tbs sound of the trumpet, the
FIVE entries once more toed tts nark, all having
sweated out in good style, and aftlT one false
start, in which the Albion colt seemed much dis;
posed to take spin by himself, the drum tapped
and the race commenced. The Trojan this time
cut out tha work, but sosn gave place to the York
! shire, while the Albion fna Glide Harold
brought up the second file, the Revenue sCr;e dis
tance in the rear from a bad get of. Onreaching
the back stretch the Revenue eased up to the
crowd. being well in hand, aud when near the
head of tue quarter, made one of his lightning
| like brnshes, prss;nE those who led him one by
one, aud dashng at tbS Tcrkehlre rs if bent on
| cutting him down. Getting into tie straight
| stretch, pretty struggle took place, but the
| ieetness of the Revenue soon gave him the front
| position, which he maintained with apparent ease
nntilhe landed home length in advance of the
Yorkshire in LIS the Albion being third, Trojan
| ourth, and the Chile Harold distaptea. A more
interesting colts race we never before witnessed
nor do We remember ever to have seen as much
betting on the result. The fact that the stake was
won go cleveriy by Revenue, will give TO that
| horse a reputation and a name, unequalied by no
other stallion the continent.
| RemarkS;-Before closing our hasty notice, we
will endeavor to- give surt1e idsa Of the value of
the stakes Nine Of the mares originally named did
not produce leaving nineteen boutld for entrance
or forfeit. Out of the nineteen, fourteen paid
forfeit of $3.50 each, making $500. and five paid
| the entrance of $1,000 edch making a total OF
| SS,J00 From this amount dedact the forfeit and
entrance of Messts boswell {t1.250,) and it leaves
| a net stake of $3.50. Certainly a very snug sum
| to be pocketed by two worthy gentlemen, who are
not only warm and liberal patrons of the turf but
raisers OF some of the finest blooded stock in the
country
| The boswell Stake had its origin in a PROPOSE
ton to match the foals of Nina and Gold Pin, for
large sum of money. Mr. Thos. W. Boswell sug-
gested large produce stake at that time, and Mr.
| VIM. III. GibbOU, of New Jersey. agreeing to il,
| subscribers were soon obtained Some short time
after this, the name of " boswell Sake was given
| to it, in honor of Maj Thos boswell, of Hanover,
| the oldest racer and most successful breeder iu
| Virginia. BY the above explanation, our readers
| will readily understand how it is that where so
| many nominations made, only few of the
| number start. Some Of the mares Lamed do not
produce at all, and the produce of others are not
| believed to be good enough to risk the entrance
money uron The owners therefore pay forfeit,
| and do not start.
| We append a summary for reference:
| Tuesday, First Ddy-Doswell Stakes 81 900 en-
trance, $3.50 forfeit.
L. i T. w. Doswells ch. C. by Revenue, out of
Nina.