Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-08
THE FEoE FROM Bosrox TO wOR
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From the Worcester. Mass Spy, Feb. q.
The 1nueh-talked-of long race from Bos-
ton TO Worcester, between the horses En-
pirs State, Of this city, and Ivanhoe, OF
Boston, came Of on Saturday, and as the
result shoRs, was one of the most extraor-
binary and cruel that ha ever taken place
ia this country. The terms Of the match
were 70 tTot from the Mill Dam, Boston, 10
Worcester, for $500 a side, each horse 10
carry 400 pounds, sleighs or wheels, rain
or shine, play or pay. Owing to the bad
condition of the road at the Mil Dam. the
start was etfec!ed from the Charles River
hotel 10 Brighton. Both horses we're al
taehed to sleighs. Empire State was
driven by George r. WessOn, and accom-
panied by William a. Eager, his hacker,
both OF this city. The word was given 10
go at l0:46 O'Clock, aud both started off at
q moderate gait with Empire State leading.
From Brighton to Wateriown the road was
bad, the sleighing having worn away to
bare ground, and progress was necessarily
impeded. Al WafertoRn The sleighiug be-
came good, and Empire State was still
leading about fifteen rods, under q strong
and steady poll. He then seommeaeei the
long apa pswerfnl stroke Tor which he is
noted, and trOiled with clock work pre-
cision mp hill and down, drawing his
heavy load behind him with apparent ease,
and trotted so well within himself that he
was allowed to go as he pleased until North
boro was reached at l2:S7.
The distance thus far travelled was %
miles, and the time one hour and 81 min
utes, nearly four minutes to the mile. A
rest of seven minutes was here taken, and
Cruel, wine, water and hay offered the
horse, but he refused, and was with diff
Guilty kept from running away. Once more
given his head he seemed to be possessed,
and trotted mile after mile at a three-min-
ute gait, and all the time within himself
and under a steady pull This he kept up
until he reached Long Pond, where he
stopped trotting and walked into the city,
arriving at Washington square at lis
o'clock, having come the last 10 miles in
80 minutes, and the whole distance 80
miles, in two hours and 33 minutes, which
is little less than mile in four minutes
for the whole distance.
Soon after his arrival the horse became
sick, and although every effort was made
to save him, the over-driving had killed
him, and he died at midnight of spas
modic collie. IVanhoe, his competitor, was
last seen at Watertown, but arrived at
Northboro long after the winner had left,
and finding it of no use to follow, his dri-
yer wisely withdrew from the race and put
up the horse. Empire State, the winner,
was One-fourth thoroughbred, l6 hands
inch high, weighed 1850 pounds, TO years
old, and light bay color. He was raised
in Kentucky, and at one time was owned
by Dan Mace, and called the "John Horse"
His temper was not of the best, and il is
said that he could not be used for anything
but racing purposes. This most noted and
fatal race without parallel for speed, powers
endurance, and thorough gameness, and is
fully as extraordinary feat as that OF trot-
ting 20 miles in an hour. Humane and
sensible men will wish it to remain without
parallel