The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-22
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VIII be referred to as a standard and
measure Of power and speed in coming
years
FIRST RACE.
The first race was g dash Of two miles,
free for all ages, premium $500 For
this race
r. A. Alexander entered b. c. II
version" three years old, by Lexington,
dam Utilla, BY imp. Yorkshire; colors,
blue and white.
". II Renfrew entered b. (. four
years old, by Ringgold, dam Rexana,
by imported Chesterfield; colors, black
and blue
John Harper entered chs. h. Bowen"
! 5 years old, by Yandal, dam by Draw
ner's Eclipse color, orange.
When we reached the ground the
diversion stock held the advance, three
to one being freely offered, and the
pools selling al that rate. This, how
| ever, was by no means univeral, for
| Bowen, in some pools, sold even with
INVERSION, and his friends stood by him
every chance that offered, regardless
Of odds The Ringgold FLY went beg
-ging in the pools, all being shy Of her,
in spite of her beauty and spirit. That
she had speed, was we'll know TO many.
| But could she stay through two miles
| Bowen could. everybody knew; and
the Lexington colt had the prestige of
/ his renowned sire 10 win him hosts of
| friends And besides this, his brother
Norfolk had shown such prodigious
powers two days before, that it was
natural that INVERSION should be q
| favorite from mere family considera-
! tons alone But the best calculations
viii fail, and the friends Of Bowen
landed large piles Of money by sticking
to him.
A fair start was got, Bowen leading,
! INVERSION second and close, the Ring
gold FLY being third. Going round
| the first time the FLY made brush for
the lead, and pulled even with her com
| petitors But, on the back stretch, af-
| ter making the first quarter in 27} Sc
conds, and the half mile in 81 !, they
threw off the FLY, who never saw th,i
faces again during the race; though she
ran well through the first mile and
! crossed the string, going into the second
mile two or three lengths behind her
| competitors. But the contest lay alto
i gether with Bowen and INVERSION. The
! former, with INVERSION laying close to
his quarters, rushed through the first
mile in LAG, both horses making a ire
mendous struggle for victory as they
came down the home stretch; INVERSION
! tapping his antagonist and encouraging
! the friends Of the Lexington family
with hopes of a triumph on the second
mile, if not the first But Bowen, adj
mirably ridden by his sable rider, main
tanned his advantage through the Sc
cond mile, coming home winner in
1881; UlyerstoR being three lengths in
the rear and the Ringgcld FLY half
dozen lengths. The second mile was
run in l:49l
II was a very pretty race, but too
soon over. These single dashes don't
! please the crowd, for the reason that the
excitement and interest do not reach
their height, as they do in heat races.
SECOND RACE
The second race for the Stock Deal
ers Division Post stake, premium 2, 800
with entrance $3.50, was the next in
order. Jt was to see this race that the
thousand had poured forth from the
city, young and old, men and women,
belle and beau-all knowing that such
a prize would bring into the arena the
! very best horses East or West.
There were thirteen entries, but only
eight appeared, and those eight form
ing as remarkable field of horses as
ever ran for honor or gold, as the re-
cord Of their performances viii show.
The following entries appeared:
John Harper entered Sue Lewis, by
Lexington, dam by Glencoe.
/ John NJ. Clay entered Skedaddle by
| Yorkshire dam by Glencoe
Reber & Kuntz entered colt Surprise
by Bonnie Scotland, dam by Monarch.
Zeb Ward entered Tom Morley, by
Ringgold, dam by George Martin,
grand-dam BY Glencoe.
Il. A Alexander entered Matte
Gross, by Lexington, out Of dam Of Dick
Doty.
Nh. Renfro entered Msmmona, by
Sovereign
j. c. Kelley q Co, entered Bailey
| Peyton.
Hutchison & McLaren entered Anna
Travis, by Yorkshire
These eight approached at the call
Previous to their appearanceit was well
known what horses were to run and
the betting and pool selling was ex-
ceedingly lively. The fayorites seemed
to be Sue Lewis, Skeddadle and Sur
prise. She had won three races last
fall and she combined in herself such
remarkable blood, that she was deem
ed safe to tie to. Her sire and his sons
had performed matchless exploits on
many fields; her blood on the dams
side was that of Glencoe, whose name is
honored by scores Of winners, in her
veins eoursing the blood Of Thunder
and Lighting.
The son of Bonnie Scotland, brilliant
in his beauty, handsome as a picture"
won reputation for himself last fall, and
many knew that no would be among
the first at the outcome
The daughter Of Yorkshire Skedad-
die, light sorrel of four years old,
stood high on the books, and knowing
ones assigned to her the first place.
Mammona was in, and her record,
showing the fastest mile ever made IN
the United States as well as her fine
running here for two seasons, favored
her in the estimation Of many, though
she did not come forward well in the
pools
The remaining horses were compare
lively unknown and found few back
ers, though the time made BY them
shows that they were worthy 10 run in
that most surprising company.
We shall not undertake to describe
infinitely the FIVE heats run. 1t was
scarcely expected that more thar three
of the FIVE miles would be run. But
such was the stuff of which these royal
fellows were made, that il took five
miles 10 find the winner
FIRST HEAT
Al the tap Of the drum the eight
were of, all in a heap, tearing down the
track like a pack in full cry, as beauti-
ful and exhilarating a sight as any turf
man would wish 10 see They passed
into the first turn round into the back
stretch, a mixed-up company, lovingly
near 70 each other, making the first
half mile in 54k seconds, and came
home in i:46}. For half mile four of
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