Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-15
vyoodla.vn Cour.e-Third Day.

The aftendanee at the Woodiawn Course
yesterday was not go large as on the days
p esiols. The fact that only two horst
were entered for the purse Of $500, three
mile heats, and one of them being Red Oak,
ii was very natural for every one to believe
that there would BE- no sport. Agai INST Red
Oak was an almost untried three years old
Yorkshire, entered by r. A. Alexander.
The general belief was that there would be
but one heat, and the young mare distanced.
The betting was four and five to one on
Red Oak before the start. AT the tap both
horses galloped off at an easy gait. Red Oak
slightly in the lead. On the back stretch,
first heat, the Oak led the mare two lengths,
which place be kept for more than two miles,
On the return home, last mile, the mare made
an effort 10 come up, and closed considerable
of the gap; but the horse let out little, and
beat her down the stretch under hard pull
winning the heat by two lengths in Sash.
Betting was now all on one side. 1t was
a plain case that the mare could not win
but a few were willing to take her at the
odds the horse was giving. and take the
chance of "race horse accidents" Some
hundreds of dollars were put up on Red Oak
against the mare, at the rate OF 100 to 8
One man alone, a gentleman from Cincin
natl, bet $500 to $50 that the horse would
beat the mare. At the call for the
SECOND HEAT
both looked well. The mare, at the tap
took the lead, and gave the horse length OF
open space. Both run steady and under q
hard pull for two miles. the mare slightly in
the advance. On passing the string end o.
the second mile the horse made brush fol-
the lead, aud before the tnrn was cleared
had placed himsefa couple of lengths ahead
The mare soon after began to close up on
al hAre Sab nf
prise to every one on the field. The east
with which Red Oak" passed the mare or
the turn just before, had. in the opinion o.
every body, settled the matter for good. Blu
it was plain to be seen that the horse wa.
now labOring hard and could not get away
from the Yorkshire filly. Considerable un
easiness was felt by those who had staked So
largely on the horse until the turn was made
into the strtech home when the horse showeG
full length ahead and all seemed to BIT
right again. The run down the stretch wal
not half so fast on the part of "Red Oak" al
was expected, and it seemed that the mare
would come up with him any how. The ex
element was intense as they both come pas
the down gate and commenced the struggi,
for the post. Red Oak" failed to respond
to his riders call TO go ahead as usual. The
mare was urged by all the persuasive powers
of her rider and spurs TO boot, to come along
side of the heretofore unconquerable "Rrt
Oak, but although the horse was now sadl,
failing, she failed to beat him out. Red Gal
won the heat by half length. in SAB.
All eyes wers now turned to the Oak to SCI
what had befallen him. As soon as he coult
be checked, it was plain enough that his rac'
was run; the end had now come; the hOrs'
that had so often trotted proudly back to thu
Judges stand for the winnings after the race
now reeled on three legs The hardness O
the track at the place where he brushed by
the mare, on the last mile, strained the ten
don of his left fore leg, and his run the re
mainder Of the way out (three-fourths Of {;
mle) had crippled him forever.
Purse $500, for all ages mile heats.
Fred Scruggs 6. He'd Oak, years old, by
Second Altorf, dam by Job
K. A Aexander's 5, (. Lila, years old,
by imported Yorkshire, dam Victoria, by
Marg ave -.................2
Time, 5:4s14, SAB.
Louisville Courier.