New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-09
HoRHS THIHD FROT WITH ETHAN
ALLEN.


Horace jones in almost as fast time without h'hai
having had the chance 10 rod or hardly 10 make
break or even skis throughout. Once ID the hrs'
heat the stallion having been f1rcedto run NJ the
point in his prev ous race broke up on the back ssc
and seemsri willing to gallop home; but Horace
inst .oy got him down to biz work, and the horse made
bis three heats as quietly as any other IN the world
could have done it. This, too, when driven by man
who had only handled him once or twice before, and
neither knew his tricks nor the way to manage him.
IL is perfectly idle after yesterdays exhibition to gay
that Mclaughlin, who, for ten or fifteen years.
has been recognized as one Of the best drivers
in America could not get Ethan down to trot before
he had run mile and three quarters; and it would be
hard we thi' r. 10 find elk sporting men to say now
that they believe the horse ten rods of his own ac
cord. And yet, although we have heard directors
and officers Of the Fashion Pleasure Ground Associa-
ton express their disgust at the transparent swndle
we believe no steps have been taken to call meeting
and enforce the rules in the expulsion OF the eupnt
from Fashion Course. Why men who have charac-
ter for respectabny and honor to lose will by nsg
gence or design allow the public to believe them par
ties to this gross fraud, is more than we can see
Some of the members Of the Club are highly esteemed
in the community and would blush TO have their
names connected with that Of rogue Of any grade.
Why will they by their silence make themselves
patrons and associates in snch praetces Before that
race, we informed the public, on the authority of one
of the directors that no cheating woud be tolerated on
the track 40 long as the lease of the Club should last
Shall we he compelled to retract the guaranty, and
depounce the Club as a common nuisance! We can
ASSURE these gentlemen that only the genera; pub
~
man. expects them 10 define tlel position and that
without delay.
The ;ro, Yesterday came of on the Union Course.
The day was misty and overcast, and 1t would have
been hardly fair TO expect SO large crowd in any
as attended the second ,rot; but when We cay that
there was only pitifu gathering OF three or four
Hundred on the ground TO splendid match between
these great rrotters some ea may be formed OF the
feeling which prevails in sporting circles In truth
the whole business OF the has been ruined and
the very parties who made their neat Lille $SoU o.
$4,000 by the operation OF the 2oth have deprived
themfelvts of the chances for making much more IL
the regular order of business. The match yesterday
WIS only for 90 a sidenot enough we should THINK
70 paw for warming up 900 hOrses, especially as the
terms were best three in five. Before the race the
betting was . to against Flora, the odds having ad-
yanced IN her favor from 100 TO 80 which had been
offered and taken few days previously The hordes
were moved around the track in splendid style, but
although Flora showed at least 2:22 gait there was
no visible improvement in the betting market. From
this il would naturally be inferred that the team had
been doing much better than that in private.
THE RACE.
Flora won the pole, and after making one score the
horses got Off well together. Flora has bad baot Oh
breaking at the turn from the fact that she has been
accustomed to being kept in the stable opposite, and al
though sLe paced the dangerous point on square ot
Yesterday aud all thought that she was going to escape
Tor once size went up after rounding the turn anu
lost quite two lengths by the accident. The team went
nm in the even tenor of their way-Ethan tre,ting
MAGNIFICENT stroke, and Socks gallopng along with
,naehle.p grace-until they had got some rods down
the stretch. when Flora made rally and crept iul
length no 10 the team. Jones eeeing this Ethan was
urged 10 still faster pace and the contestants rushed
along al such headlong rate that first Ethsn
and than Flora We're carried of their feet, and the
mare in few lears had rushed 10 the front, and made
a GAP of full two lengths between her aud tue team as
thew passed Tue hafmile poet in l:lli 1t was at TINS
time that Ethan showed some little willingness to run
away, but Horace got him down 10 hs ro 20 soon that
many spectators could hardly have noticed the break at
ALL When she rounded the last turn and entered the
home stretch, Flora, although she had Loot the two
length. Of lead was 20 close TO the team that victory
seemed N all who recoected her favore scoring
game, certainly hers but Ethan fairly olfooted her,
aud forced her 10 such exetons TO get home ahead that
she broke mp at the second distance pole and so badly,
that tic team crossed the full length ahead,
winning the heat in 2:?li
Second Heot-The betting, which had previously
been TO against the male, now Changed to 100 to
80, s. and even ~ but there Sas misec.by lauguid
market even ?. suen tempting odds. The horses got
the word on the rst attempt the start being very even
-Floa ii anything rife in the lead. After round
ing the turn Flora made single skip but no break,
but probably because Of her being on the outside the
team got round first, and before entering the back
stretch showed u length ahead. The quarter WAS
usssed in 35l, all going at frst-rate speed Down
the stretch they went the team not more than length
ahead and the mare trailing after them with splendid
rluck There WAS no break OF skip as on they SWEPT
around the second and third turns, and entered the
straight eide The trotting now became really spcn-
did and both of the horses were urged to their utmost
| specd Ethan was secn TO lean oil and bear hand on
the pole-strap, while Floras trct was 30 square and
beautiful bat her friends hoped she might gain onsug
advantage TO &c: home first. But the fscs ordained
otherwise for the team kept the load throughout aud
swept past the stand length ahead winning the heat
in 2:22 Ethan never left bis legs from start to
score and the heat was fairly aud as prettly con-
! tested us any we ever saw.
! Third Ihai.-Therc was 10 more show Of betting at
any odds every ere seeming sa' fed that Flora stood
no chance in that chilly atmosphere of beating Ethan
in his doublc-team rig. They got the word ne before
On the first attempt and as before Flora had a mere
title OF lead She did not break at the turn indeed