The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-17

Flora made another Of her Inevitable brushss
tnsy reached the both ma es proke up was rsd
IN CONS Qcence OF gome one GiDg the track
ara genipg knocked over by he wheel OF Flora's gig
Rlo'a ain oct immediately SETH o. 10 her work again
but rot 20 the PTDcess, who loei ground thai
iIom tbY moment the hea, foregone concius on.
easy jog trot, winning the heat and the race A
abe csme in many of her ends were unable 10 contain
en- one gentle man began 10 cut "pgeOn wng' In the
miooie Of the sracs. The following are the
DETAILS or THE RACE.
FiTst Heat --pincess won The rsde position, and when
The wore WAS given went cG with The lead around
upper Uin. A. tbe first quarter pole she as0ut half
kpeth head Of Flora in thirty ave seconds Going
oo"n me DaakhtIetch Flora made desperate brush and
Nesteoed ~ dawDg little closer, Princess passing the
pau mile POLE neck only IN ffont-tme, In. On the
lower turn Flora showed her head 'front.' but coming
h' homs stretch Princess got ahead her again ABOUT
haI leDstn; Ice contest up the honesretcn the
fornia mare inch by inch, until the drawsa.e their
heads were parallel From there TO Flora out
stand, masrg the hrs, mile in 22s Going round the
turn into tie second mite Flora OF Princess
MITE TOO soon and threw her BACK couple lengths
which never afterwards was she able 70 MAKE up.
Flora kegt up Der gait all the ~sy around, and came
home winner OF the heat in 4:50h, seooaos and
bali faster than was percrm before Princess
in rounding the lover turn ON 70 the homestetch, broke
very badly when three or four lengths behind, and los.
go mueh notwithstanding every exerIion the part of
her driver TO force her aorg thai the crowd supposed
that che was disanced The distance judge too. getting
into the mile distance stand tead OF the right one
dropped the flag in ner face but this had effect with
the decision.
Second Hat--Aher two or three ineliactusi attempts
the psgr started, Princess leading length more
~hicb enabled Der TO take the POLE holding viii
she reached the halt mile pole In twenty and quarter
seconds. Gong ooSn the back tretch Flora made up
little and hung the flank OF Princess the half mile
poe-tme, u. On the lower turn the struggle WAS
fierce IN the extreme Fora cosea until the, head
aud head ss they were turning the homeetyetch.
From the three quarter pole TO the stand Flora
increased her speed and BY the greatest exertou
beat Princess one length 10 the stand, making
Inc nrst mile in pa Boon after passing the
score both mares b oke Up, but Flora recovering dYst
oasbed away rom the other forty yards which she
managed 10 bold to the end coming home tue last two
bunoTed yards on jog making the heat In 500. The fol-
laemg is o summsry:-
ECLIPSE COURSE, L-Trotsirg, purse 81 ,ooo two mile
heats,
Jas BcMsnn named b m. Flora Temple ..........
j. Gnamed b. m. Prince Observation-Disclosures. 2
Tme-Fra Heat. Second H.at
FTst mlie ........'.............IZo IA
second mile .2Z61a 2Al
lOai.. 4:5oM 300
After the race came the getting home again, which
by no means an easy matter. Everybody with horse
before him seemed TO believe that particular quadYuped
The fastest In all creation, and the resut general
scrub race by all sorts Of horses attached all Of
vehicles. The turnpike was not quarter wide enough.
Then epsued the usual amount OF smashing and
about the turnpike gates and the usus crush at ell The
ferries which crowded for several hours with
"returnipg brave" So ended the most sting race We
have witnessed for years.