Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-21
From the London saturday Reviex. Augs
The Goodwood Rass--An a meriean

| Inc interest OF LOCKWOOD mas been sus-
tanned this year at its full height. On Tues
day, in the race for the Stewards Cup, a
squadron of forty-live riders started for q
| three-quarters of q mile race.
The highest weight, 8 st. Is b. was allof-
ted TO Thormanby, who did not start Inc
lowest weight In the handicap was ct 10,
| and the winner, Echo, carried ST. ID ID.
The difference in age between I6ormanoy
| and Echo is one year, while The dinerence III
the weight allotted to them was just So.
| If we look at the scale OF weights for the
| Goodwood Gun. we shall find that If both
/ these horses had been entered for Ii, the dif-
/ f.rance betyeen their weights would only
| have been st. 8 h. Thus Echo had an adj
vantage in the stakes, which is a handicap.
| of 1 st. IL ID. beyond what he would have
| in the cup, which is weight for age race.
| Mr.. Ten Broeek's horse, Starke, a veteran of
six years old, was the fayorite for the stakes,
in which be carried only st. 9 ill.,, or 6 Id.
| less than his stable companion, Umpire, who
is two years younger. This same race was
won by Starke in 1859, end being now so
lightly handicapped, be was very confidently
backed by those who did not know or believe
that Echo was so good as be turned out. The
eerly part of the race was marked by the
energetic efforts of Oumpire aud Schism-the
one on behalf of Starke, and the other, we
suppose. of Echo to make and keep a pace
The lead was taken by Umpire. and kept by
bin until the turn for home As be fell back
into the second place, StaTke came forward
into the third, and the latter's most danger
Gus rival, Echo, at the same time took up his
position for the final struggle. The horse
who was then leading was disposed of with
out difficulty, and the race was lett to Starke
and Echo. There was difference between
them of three years, and less than two stone
of weight. Starke was ridden by Fordham,
and Echo by Daley, of whom the former
among men, and the latters among boys, is
| unsurpassed in jOckeyship. The finish, how
| ever, was not of a very exciting character,
because it appeared only too clearly that
| Echo was an easy winner. Indeed, if he really
| were anything like a Derby horse, his task,
under light weight and skillful piiotage,
could not be difficult. Nevertheless, the dis
appointment to the American party on the
turf must have been very great, because
Starke's chance, according 10 ordinary rules
| of Judgment, was a good one, and all was
/ done that could be done 80 better it. Mr..
| Ten Broeck's spirited and honorable conduct
| on the turf would have well deserved re-
petition of the triumph which Starke gained
| for him in this same race two years ago. But
/ fate decreed that Starke should prove no bet
| ter on this occasion than very good second.
AS often happens on the turf, the calcutta
| tons of his supporters were verified suff1-
GENTLY to reflect credit on their judgment,
but not to save their money
However the defeat of Starke for the Good
wood stakes was compensated by his carry
ing off next day the more honorable, though
less remunerative trophy of the cup. The
weights for this race are fixed according to
age, with certain penalties for previous sue
cesses, and with allowances to foreign horses
Thormanby, who headed the list in this race
as well as in the stakes, carried st. for his
age and 10 Id. extra for bis reputation The
Wizard, of the same age, carried only st.
Starke, being two years older, would have
carried, if an English horse, st. 10 h., and
taking off ! st. for his foreign breeding,
he was left under 81. 10. In the same
way, Mr.. Ten Broeck's second horse, Opti-
mist, of the same age as the Wizard. carried
ONLY 8 ST.; and the French mare, Mon Etoile,
carried one stone less than Dulcibella, OF
equal wears. Ii was calculated that Thornby,
although he OutstrOde the Wizard in last
years Derby, was not so decidedly his supe-
rior as to be able to give him an advantage
of 10 ID. Consequently, Thormanby-al-
though the opinion of his quality was as high
as ever, and his appearance fully warranted
that opinion-was never made the favorite
for this race. The question appeared at one
time to lie between the Wizard and Optlmist,
whose recent performances seemed to show
him a dangerous rival a; an advantage OF l st.
even to the winner of the Two Thousand
lTul0edS ana COlupchAtOI
for the Derby. Latterly, however, the Wiz
ard had become decidedly the favorite, while
Optimist had fallen TO the lowest quoted
price-a change which was fully explained
when Fordham mounted Starke instead OF
Optimist, showing that Mr.. Ten Brock meant
| to win if possible with the former. The Wiz
| ard looked as well as could be wished, and he
| had on his back first-rate jockey, Osborne.
| A small mob watched the saddling OF the
IUN- u 1Ho.I
| ding of ThOrmanby, and followed as Con-
stance rode him toward the stand. 1t is one
of the great advantages of GOodwoOd that
these celebrities may be visited and surveyed
at ease as they walk round and round under
the clump of trees which serves to shelter
| them from the heat. until the moment when
| the jockeys doff their overcoats, and, sudden
| ly appearing in Respondent colors, mount
and turn their horses heads towards the en-
trance to the course.
Beside Thormanby and the Wizard, and
Mr.. Ten Broeck's pair, there was Wallace,
who won the Goodwood stakes last year
| the French mare, Mon Etoile, who stood even
| with Thormanby in the betting-a French
| horse, Royallieu, whose claim to considera-
| ton was chiefly founded on the light weight
| he carried as foreigner-and, lastly, Lady
| CIifden and DOefOot, of whom we have no.
| thing particular to remark. These nine horses
| were now formed in file. The start takes
| place on the left of the stand, at the foot of
| the noble grassy bill which disputes with the
before mentioned grove, sacred to the mys-
| teries of saddling, for the minutes which the
| visitor has to spare for exploration between
| the races. As the horses cross the course Ia
single file, their shadows are seen full upon
| the turf, and the bright colors of the riders
glitter in the sun. A half-turn to the rear
| brings them into line. They retire few
| steps; full turn brings them to the front;
the flag is down, and they are of. As they
pass the stand they fall nearly into file again.
Wallace takes decided lead, and Starke
goes on second, contrary to Mr.. Ten Brock 8
usual practice of sending to the front the
horse which is not meant to win. As the
horses run away from home, Wallace takes q
still greater lead, and is ridden with an in
| comprehensive prOdigality. Starke is con-
siderably in his rear, but ahead of everything
else; and when the inevitable moment of
Wallace's collapse arrives, Starke succeeds
him in the leading place. The run out and
back is now complete, and the horses are in
the straight course, with the winning post
in view 1t is soon observed that Custance
| can get no more running out of Thormanby.
The race appears to lie between the Wizard
and the two Americans. The English horse
| has now taken the lead from Starke-whose
| head, however, is near his girths on the left
| or stand side-while Optimist is coming up,
| still further from him, on the same side, and
| looks for a moment more dangerous than
| Starke. But the latter answers gamely to
Fordham's call. With great effort he push
| es his head beyond the Wizards, and keeps
| it in advance as the two horses pass under
the judges eye. The priority was indispu-
| table, although very slight. Optmist was
| distinctly behind these two, and then came
Thormanby, making a bad fourth. Thus
| Starke, with over stone more weight upon
| his back, retrieved his defeat of yesterday,
and gained for the enterprising American
who owns him success which he thoroughly
deserves, and which no Englishman who has
not lost upon the race will grudge to him.