Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-19
rur ..op OVER TIE NEW MARKET COURSE.

TIE RACE OVER THE NEW MARKET COURSE.
ParERssURs, Va, Oct II, 1851.
To tie Editor of The Wig:
We b.d over the New Market rsce-oourse to.d,y one
Of The most exciting and beautiful races ever Si.ress-
ed Tbs entries were Nnstss, By the hetss. boswell;
B,sureesrd. By Hare and Green; and beautiful bay
colt without name BY hhhcDsniel. There were three
more entries but they did not start Several weeis
ago Mr. I. W. boswell, while on 9 visit to New Mar.
ks. proposed TO Mr. Hare 70 change the tide Of this
.sks TO the aWar Stake" and make donation ef it to
the Confederate army. This proposition was accepted
for himself Colonel Green and Mr. Gibbons. of savar-
nah Georgia, (who then bad an entry, which however
v.s subsequently, forfsitsd Colonel Hare, who owns
tbs Nav Market Course determined thereupon 10 open
the esus Of tho course to al comers and accordingly
the usual fec Of admission was not charged to-day.
Fbs track was in Rne order, the cro~d as large a.
could BE- expected under the circumstances and not
vithstsnding slight shower fell at ebout IL, A. N,
Il cleared IN about l2, T., and the race was run
in rood racing weather. At /, p. n, tho horses
ali came to the string as fine as slk-AcDanieFs
colt first Besuregard second and Ninste third They
got of well together, Ninet,e soon, however, tskns
the lead Beauregard second, and hcDAnies colt trail
ing In this position they ran mile and three
quarters, without even an attempt at brush; when,
however they entered the last half Of abe last quarter
of the second mile, Besuregard made desperate daia
and swept under the string full length in advance
of bis fair competitor The betting had been on Srests
against the field even all the morning. Bot the Popu
larity of Beauregsrd took Q sudden impetus upHards,
and he soon bad the call against the h=ld Twenty-Five
minutes soon sped BY and the riders were mounted AID
awaiting the word. Away they go like three red flashes
of lightning skimng the earth, but not seeming IN the
distance to touch t. hcDsniss colt I'D in the start
but first Nnette and then Beauregord past him. JUS.
beyond the half mile post Beaursgs grsppsd NinStts
and the struggle for moment was, TO the practced eye
Of turfmsn literally exquisite The pink jacket soon be-
gan to shou is. and daylight soon thereafter made ito
appearance between and the orange and at every leap
the distance between them increased until The horse
p.s. under the string on the first mile. leading tie party
a. lsss. full length There they 20 down the bill Ike
20 many bullets on legs. "But what Is that see" ssd
an old gentleman Who had put up one hundred Gu
Besureear at spectacle odds against the hd after be
had taken one heat What Ia that see, say 81 And,
sure enough what It be did see bu. Ninetec graz
ping the little trump With the desperation Of death
struggle There she is right up at him close enough to
hear bis love whispers. and there she remained eoqaei
ting with him for twenty thirty yards, when TO- the
fast young horss began TO show more respect for Der
own fame than his and apparently babe him quiet
good bye and started home alone. Beaureea'a. how
ever rather indignant at being snubbed in that way,
bore IL pretty well until they entered the list quarter af
the second mile when gathering al bis energies for one
desperate effort he burst upon the homs-sre,ch With the
fury of Wild wind, and came laundering under the
string about one throaateh in advance Of the pretty
little Ninetts. ssr<r ~.
The same race Is to be run oyer nezt Friday q ~.
fsd couFse, when We ell hope . b here osss. Altar
the lace, company Of spws tveag ssnrismsn, from
various States u the Conisdeusy. fosptsd the Invita-
ton Of Col Hare to dire with hin, ~ 70 sst dosn 70
dinner that no man, who was there ed IN good hsab,
wiz a9x seon to pass Out Of biz wsnoFy tos, irdssd,
Il wass 6t for the Gods. D.