The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-17
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Thousand Fersons ON tho Eclipse C""r"e'
We have TO record this morning Of the greatest
gatherings the 1c Course yesterday tEAt ever I'd
sembied on rsca track in this ooantry The event that
drew 60 grea, concoGrse together was the anneunce
msut that the celebrated mare Flora Temple, and the
noted Caferyn Princess, were to Come together IA
saree mne this course in race Of three mile
heats 10 wagons, TOR the Of five thousand
collars. from the lowering and sh0wery appear
Of ese morning, 1t vas presumed the attendance
would not be more than an average, but later
in cay the weather became apparently fner, tho
crowd INCREASED until The roads leading to tho race
hropged With pedestrians and vehicleso
every description. rhe Long lslaad Railroad sent up
several trains OF at intervals loaded with human
freight finally TIE number Of persons assembled on
The track almost dc6ed computation Alta rough guess,
however tie number present. could not have been less
khaa twenty thorsapd. Some estima ed the number
nr1ch higher, but believe that twenty thousand "a
CLOSE approximation to tue trGth And his whole mass
was one OF orderly and quiet assembiages that
We ever witnessed in the whole cocrse Of our expe
Tence III. trc6k; for, although during
The tine OF trotting the first heat, smart
shove. unlucky FELL yeb seemed disposed 20 find
fault with clerk Of the weather, bat all pod and took
like philosophers, the excitement Of the race
being enrcl great to allow them to pay attention 10
small mater as good sprinang. The rain, how
ever had she very beneficial effect Of cooling tie stnos
2here the air became very pleasant and agreeable
wardshe clouds acting screens " tie intense
-s,s Of tho sun, which before the shower somewhat
oppressive.
In ords- to peat such Of readers not
n the bkory Of these horses may observe that one
ta county somewhere UioG ia claimed cs the birth
place oflora Temple. said that she brought from
there Dutchess county finally 70 this city, having
been previously purchased for ESQ., The horse dealer who
bough: her to this city sold her for $780, and aer win
ming three in very good time ssthe Red Rouse
and Long Island she sold for $685. Size changed
frequently at noteared prices, until sho
finally sold to Mr.. AcDonrid Of Baltimore, her present
owner, for $4,000 She is between fourteen and az
years old and when young ntractable that
ope9upposed that she would make troiter 1t
singular fact that the greatest exhibtons of speed
bcen shown by trotteTs after they hsge passed what Is
Supposed 10 be the merriam Of life in q horse 1t s
aso worthy OF tina. the celebrated trotters
those which in their younger days not
remarkable for speed We have III
areport Of this kind to enunerate the previous perform
OF Flora Temple, although they may all be fognd
corded in ou"fes. Although victorious In the contest
yesterday still the time made in the added nothing
10 her laures, her with Ethan Allen having filed
Of her glory. three mile Ia pretty long
one and few Of the troers OF the present deg
able to perform credtAbly that distance The days Of
such horses Duchmsn, Awful Americas Rioton Conf
depce, Lady Suffolk, &c, &C., appear to have PASSED
away and from want OF proper infusion Of high blood,
Uotters to do best at short distances Three
mile tros.ipg would be extremely popular, as
the great attendance yesterday ooncusively proves,
and from the efforts now making by many
breeders TO restore the troiting horse 70 hs
former high condition regards blood, in very
few years may expect TO At long distances
revived.
Or!he mare Princess say but little, Judging from
her unsatisfactory performances yesterday but will
the justce TO say that there attempt
10 mseadthe public their part, as hey informed
~ who inquired Of them that there probability
of her winning the trot she Thorough oondi
Ton for three mile rece the interval between the
and landing California being sufficient te got
her in proper TRIM OF her history may say that she
wss raised by Mr.. A. NJ. Billings in Caremont, N. e.,
Who sold her to Mr.. Gage, Of Chicago from
whence, after several unimportant races, in which
she did Lot exhibit 9 great deal Of speed, she was
taken TO New Orleans. After a successful two mile race
there, she sold fer 50 coo Mr. Andrew j Daniel
who took her 10 California It there she gained her
celebrity beating the best horses of that country she
trotted eight whilst there in four Of which she
successful. her quickest time in public exhibited IN
Der with horse called New York She again
sold in California and purchased by her present owner
Mr. Teake, for IS 0O0 and by him brought this city
with the object of matching her against any of the big
Flora Temple was tmed under the circumstances be,
she may be successful at smother time. We
ehan see.
The exxavagant calculations were made as regards
the time the heats would be rotted inscne sanguue
ealOuators going low CO 73c-7321 she latter being
the time of Ole Duchman's celebrated fes. the
Beacon Course 1t worthy of note that that per-
fornance Of Old Dutchmen, twenty years ago. there has
been approach by any horse aud stands un
davn rWha lint
cro&tpg horse accomplish. Even the moderate
in their calculations supposed that Dutcnmans harness
siDe-741-woud be easily beaten; but such not the
fact the record Of the days proceedings shows The
bctpg of which there great deal DONE was strong
H in favor of Fora before anG throughout the race 1t
opened 81 about hundred &c forty Florathen one
huudred to thirty and analy hundred twenty
offered and taken before the race began After the
second heal, hundred 10 five offered with
position to accept the tempting bait They had seen
enough Of The California mare in the frat hest c incline
them the opinion that che entirely place in
contest with such Flora Temple. or tho track
however, We may say that we do not think alto
gether favorable for fast time although everything poss
bic had been done TO put it into complete condition for
trong only about four days having interviewed the
races when very soft and looce suitable FOR
ming. The following the details OF the trot;-
Fa,t Ham As they started the rsiu began pour
Princess che inside leading hel length, which she
dy increased she went aroud the turn aud at
the quarter pole q couple OF lengths In advance
Princess the backstretch, made the gap Still wider
Az they reached the hall mile pole Flora closed about
length but again shaken of aud the distance WIDEN
ed three four lengths the lever turn. Coming up
the bOmestretch Flora closed and they passed the
etand, Princess leading about length Going toe
second mile Princess drew away from Flora, and at tho
quarter pole about two lengths ahead, which she
hold all the way down the backstretch. Flora closed
Oh the lower turn, when Princess again left her,
Up tho homeetreteh Flora made desperate but
successful effort for the lead and they passed the
Princess leading by length Going into the last mile
Princess drew away from Fora and at the quarter poll
about three lengths in advance of her. Tho struggle
commenced in earnest by Flora making desperate
burst Tor the lead and she gained rapidly that she
showed her in front OF Princess before the latter
reached the half mile peie Princess was then rallied,
and again showed in front for moment, and then they
went INTO the lever turn beautifully head aud head toeh
er irncess now began to flag, aud the little marc shot
d0fA lanai a alaa oy-in