New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-16
A GREAT RACE.
FLORA AGAISsf A DoUBLETRAs
QUICKEST TIME EVER MADE TO wAGoys

looked forward in sporting circles with the ar,s,s
interest This arose partly from the fact that ,hs
double.team was backed 10 very heavy amount bv
John Morrissey and few Others aud in part from The
splendid condition of Ethan and the great performance
of himself and mate in their exerciring trots rtosuv
On Sunday afternoon tho double-team made 2.23, m
exercising gait on the Union Courses and ON Thur,dav
last they showed the astonishing time of together
so that very few Of the knowing felt safe in TAX
ing every offer of the Flora Temple party especially
at the long odds which were confidently offered. Not
less than 5000 persons We're attracted to tie Union
Course yesterday and the greatest excitement pre-.
vailed before and during the TIE mstch was for
81 OOO mile heats, best in five, to wsgOns Foras
best time to wagons pre- vousy was2 aud Ethan Allen
and mates best time ia pnbc to their wagons, 2:24l-
which they made when they totted the famous double
team race against Lantern and bis mate. The odds
yesterday were heavily p Florss favor, great deal
Of money having been invested at 100 to 60 80 40 and
even 30, against the dcuble team. MeMann's known
determination, to let the bay be beaten
he could prevent it, gave Fion.s fisnds every aur-
ance that Ethsn wouo win the match unless be
made better time than heard Of before. And
yet it only apparently sfe thing for the mare,
for in reality she was conlendig fearful odds. The
running OF Ethan really pulled all the weight,
and left him free do his best whereas Flora bad bs
whole weight of her wagon and diver to drag.
Ethan never looked better in his life taan he did
yesterday, and his NATE Socts showed splendid con-
ditiou Flora, too, everything that could be de-
sired except thai McMaDn had pricked foot in shoe
ing her. and made her snow trIfiDg lameness. Socks
| is fine years old bay, we'll ribOed up, and has
very powerful arm and a pretty head.
| F.rst hedt.-The double team drew the inside, and
after Que the horses got of very nicely together
Sam Mclaughlin, who drove the team, commenced HE
old game of getting Flora and got her of her feet
at the first turn; but his own team became excited
and Ethan broke badly as they neared the quarter
Flora now got length ahead, and was working
steadily in front when Sam mae Ethan break mp,
and by running him about thirty yards rushed TO the
lead, in the twinklng OF an eye. After passing the
half mile, Ethan broke again but caught nicely and
made brush keeping well ahead Of Flora who wss
going at o towering pace. The advantage was kept
by Sam who urged his horses a most terrific speed,
and shouted TO Flora se wild Indian. As the
horses wheeled into the home stretch every eye
strained TO zee the race and the excitement pre-
vailed in the crowd. There was great cloud Of dust,
looking like gold pow der in the sanfng sunshine and
out of il ooned the forms Of tie three splendid horses
rushing down the course If swept along by a whirl
wind. As they reached the staud the widest cries
were uttered and short cheers given by tboss
who saw their favOres ahead. THEN in an instant the
horses came up with the pickets passed the score, and
in second had swept by Ikea dream. As they rushed
past the stand and the flag fell the multitude cheered
to the echo, and many bat was flung into the air
Every body knew that great tine hai been made and
those who had bet thai no hug better than 2.33 and
227 would be made, ookede debopfallen enough. There
WIS a rush of the crowd toward the judges stand.
moment of breatbless silence and then great Outburi
of applause az il announced that the double team
won lhe heat in 222I. Then there was buzz of ex'
element and every tongue seemed going at once; for
the time eds tuO seconds Jetter than made 10
r0g0Hs before.
Second and Third Hea,s.-The horses did not ge'
Of for the second beat Tor nearly boor snce Sam.
Mclaughlin perversely prevented a sencoif by not
keeping bis team in hand for Flora to get fair start
with him. At last they got the word, ald went OF
well together, the team tliie ahead If anything
Sam. went at his old trick again, and made Flora
break at the turn, and whether Mcslsnn could not
catch her up in time OF not do not know, but the
team got two lengths ahead at the quarter post. An
| advantage vas kept until they reached ue home.
stretch but Flora made one Of her fine bursts as they
peared the quarter post ano gned about half the
distance back The trottng throughout the heat wasas
magnificent az n the previous one especially down the
stretch where the horsos went in sty that we never
| saw eoualed Ethans gait was really splendid more
even, easy, and unebangng than any horse even
showed before we think Sam yelled at Flora all the
way down the stretch If he lad escaped from Bed
lam bat she did not break until just as she neaTed the
score, when his purpose being accomplished, Sam
| turned complacently to rein in his own flying team.
The half mile of this heat was made in l:llI; The mile
in 922-sl better than the preceding one. The team
won this heat BY about length, and it was as clear 20
could be that Flora had chance Of saving the race
So apparent it that the betting virtually ceasedi
| although there were very few investments at more
reasonable rates than before the Of the
race.
There was no scoring for the third heat the horses
getting off at the first attempt. Flora broke at the
turn as before but caugnt sOon, and the double team
gained an advantage which they kept throughout The
aaIter was made in 81 seconds, the half IN l;l2l and
| the mile in 2:23l Ethan Allen and bis mate soekt
winning the race, after contest which VIII be memoir
able in sporting circles for all tne not only as the fsest
of the kind thus sr made out one VI the most pfeuy
! conducted throughout. No one who has NOT seen
Russian droschky drawn by its triple team Of two
running horses and trotter yoked together, can
imagine how exciting il Is 20 see such race as tns.
of yesterday. Socks the runner flew over the groanc
Ike thoroughbred in the Derby stretching his head
out in front, aud leapng like greyhound; while Ethan
Allen, undsTbed by bis companion gait, kept up hh
magnificent uot from score to score, bis legs moving
squaIey, under him and bis long tail and name stream
ing like black banners in tho air. Since his srea'
double-team race with Lantern Ethan has done notn-
ing, and his fame 10 fair way of being forgotten
while Patchen has been taking the cream Of the sOd