Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-08-14
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GREAT rRorrrNe ON ECLIPSE coUEsE-
The Dectdtng Match beTwsen Flora Tens
ME and Priucess-4-Flora. w ms i'm Three
Successive Heata--The shortest Time on
Record.
From he New York Times, Aug, 10,
About SIX or seven thousatd persons mot 70 be
particular person. attracted 70 the Eclipse
Race Course yesterday afternoon By the announce
ment Of most exciting trotting mstcn, pest three
out Of 1--WE, for purse Of $1,000, between Flora
Temple and Princess. The Long lsano hsliro&a
Company taxed their energies 20 The extent Of thir
team cars 10 convey the anxious crowd. Ihs AK
ious crowd was Of the ordinary motley description
peculiar 70 such occasions The sslittle joker was
around; amateurs in gambling were lHyitsd to
ssweat" and the fools who are not all dead, tested
their luck at "three card monte" Bak these fjel
ish fellows we're few in number. for the race wss
the all-excitng topic. flors Temple lad whipped
Princess aud Princess had whipped FloTs Temple.
So far they were OF equal setness Of fptt, and d
vidsd between them the lsuIels CT the bipP0drome
sBest three out Of Eve It TO be yesterday and
which was to get the 'best three" Was the psoblem
to be solved Il was 3 mons ntaus question, lad
everything else dWindled into insgnihcance in com
parison. nE HA
The prominent feature Of he race. before the
starting Of the horses, the unwillingness bst
ard the great cauiiOp exercised by the bettors
Pelhoric pOrte-naonnaies were Withdrawn from rock-
cts, handled with doubtful fingers, and returned { \
to the pockets without dininution Of the cert MS
Would it be fair race Some had heard on the
previous night that Flora was 70 win under any
circumstances. These had little faith in the driver
Of Princess, and aVerred that he bad been bought
eff. Others were eltquent in praise Of Princess,
AID in assurances thar Flora could not "rtaeh her
anyhow" But absolute were the disput sDts
they were very shy in venturng heir bets rs far
as the betting went, however, 1t was in favor OF
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were $iOO to $50 on her side and these only found,
rs far as we could learn one taker; $1,000 ST5rep
esenting The riskness which spoitsg men were Will
ing to undertake
The track was in excellent condition, SO were the
horses. Flora Temple was driven by J. WcMann
and Princess, by J. Eoa Ia starting on the fest
heat, Flora the inside, went ahead ard Kept
ahead, making the FIRST quarter in 36 seeonds, Inc
coni also in So The third in IS, and the foUcth
334, her time for the mile beingtEc minutes 25@
eonds. beating Princess by SIX lengths. This Vas
trOitEg 10 be sppisu Ted, and IL loudly and RIP
turOusly appauled. The crowd dissolved itself
and drank bad brandy; then resolved ifself into
small knots and either reoOnsidered the former bets
OF made new ones Flora beesme the fsvorite ard
100 10 80 against Princess offered and lted
with hesitation
Ga the second heat Princess took the lea I, but I
Flora shot ahead before reaching The first quarter
making il in "a seconds the half mile in ninu1e
a id seconds, and the whole mile ii the unequaed
lime of 2:22-the fastest lrotting any course on
Long Island and as il is claimed the fss test on re-
cord. The crowd again dissolved itself this time 4
with the create { enthusiasm, far as the multi
tude Of Flora's friends concerned, and after
more bad brandy, and episode Of the /" little
joker, made its bets anew, this time giving Flora
the odds of 100 TO 20 against Princess A few of
the most daring predicted that she would 20 round
the course the next heat in 220 and found nobody
sufficiently yeaturous 10 risk their money ON the |
chance.
The third heat commenced with splendid start.
The horses passed the rope almost neck and neck,
Flora Leading only by about the length of her
She improved her distance from her competitor to
three lengths at the fret quarter making itin S6 \
seconds. She WAS hard pressed by Princess before |
reaching the half mile, but kept bravey ahead, and
made il in l:lO Then the excitement increased; !
every head was thrust forward, every eve vas /
strained One hundred to fifteen for FIora. Oue I
hundred to ten for Flora. She is the last quarter
She is ahead She is not She is. She is not. She I
is, and remains so-comes in at an easy trot and 4
UIuGs that don't exactly make the heavens ring but
which might fairly be heard at a good miles dis !
tAnce, were sent up for her. Time on this third {
heat, 2233 precisely the as on The fret Flora
is surrounded by her hosts of admirers and one I
individual who has wen f0ur hundred dollars by her /
victory kisses her face just above the left eye Flora
IS lead away in triumph, wearing her lsuTels with
calm dignity.
Coming home in the thirteen cars of The energetic
lung ASioAu NAM N-0 OoAafahg, shV SA0Hu ulsSusseu
the race, it is universally conceded tSst the time
is extraordinary but Princess has still many friends
Such phrases "a jockied race" "seltled before
hand" Irregular sWindle,' &c, g., were audible. I
But the multitude were for Flora, would have done
almost anything for Flora, would, ii it had been I
suggested TO them, have subscribed, We verify be-
ieVe, to build her Stable of silver in which she
might eat her oats out of trough OF gold One fact
they never tired of Iemarking and comment I
ing Ont was the fastest time on record And I
dissolying themselves on landing at South Ferry, !
they speedily spread the news through the City. /
Flora Temple winner 10 three consecutive heats and
the shortest time on record. e