Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-13
SARATOGA RACES.

Three Closely Contested Races Pat
MaIIOy Beaten by Carrying Over
Weight. -H. ,LL
The New York Herald contains the fol-
lowing account Of the races at Saratoga ON
Saturday! "
SARATOGA, August S.-5The track was in
superb oOhditiOn to-day cor fact running,
and capital time was made in the three
races that took'Place. The attendance was
not as large as on any Of The previous days,
but this was occasioped by- the lowering APP
pearance Of the weather at the time Of
starting from town FOR the course. Those
who were out had great treat, however
The three mile dash between James A.
Connolly and Pat Malloy, and the mile and
three-quarter race between Stonewall jack
son, Sundown and Gilroy being events that
viii be long remembered BY those who
witnessed them. The first event on the
card was selling race, with the usual al-
lowances for value. Two came to the post,
ore from the Jerome stable, the Chestnut
FLY Clara Clariia, four years old, by La
pidist, dam Madonna, and the other, the
chestnut filly Spotted FaWn, three years
old, by Ducallon, dam by Commodore, be-
longing to NJ. d. Mcdaniel. They were en-
tered to be cold for 5000 and fourteen
pounds taken off their regular weight.
Clara Clarita was the favorite at about two
to one. She won the race very handily,
and was sold to James S. Watson for $610.
This was prelude to the great racing.
The horses for the three mile dash were
then called and pool selling set in heavily,
the hackers of Pat Malloy paying a slight
advance for their choice over the hackers
Of James A. Connolly. In a $1,000 pool
Malloy brought S525 and Connolly $475.
This was about the state of the odds until
the horses were mounted. Pat MalIoy car
ried four pounds over weight, the owner of
the colt not being able to find jockey at
the right standard, and SC close was the
race at the finish that his defeat was at
tributed to this additional weight by great
many racing gentlemen. Pat Malloy is
three year old, and he contended with one
of the best four year olds in the land,
and a pound Of overweight should
not have been thrown away. The
race was gamely contested from beginning
to end, the horses crossing the score
at the finish of the first mile head and head
III lstOs anu ~ tue COuGAuHlOu VI thN
second mile they were neck and neck, and
this mile was run in 1;4S4. Malloy then
took the lead and held it into the home
stretch; but here the great staying powers
of the descendant of Glencoe and Margrave
came prominently forth. The young Lex
ington and Gloriana had to succumb before
the goal was reached. James A. Connolly
won by two lengths, to the great JOY Of his
hackers, who had one hundred to twenty on
Pat Malloy shouted in their ears while the
horses we're running from the half to the
three-quarter pole on last mile The last
mile was made in l:5il, the three miles in
5:3l1. The third race was one of the most
interesting and exciting that has been run
in this country, and the betting was more
even on these horses than on any race that
has taken place for years. All the horses
entered were of high reputation for speed,
Stonewall Jackson having won a two mile
heat race on the first day Of the meeting,
and Sundown had won the three year old
race oD Friday in gallant style. Gilroy, a
brother Of Kentucky, was supposed TO have
great turn Of speed, from the fact of his
having been purchased two days before
from John NJ. Clay by J. COulsk for about
tbuU. OUCH Helu DdluTdfty CEedltA d
great deal of rivalry among the admirers of
each, and immense amounts were Wagered
on the result. DIR. Underwood, the pool
seller, had upwards of $4,000 in his box
before the start, which had been wagered
on the result. Before the start it was an
nounced that the three year old Sundown
had to carry four pounds extra for the
want Of lighter jockey; and here was
another instance where it was supposed
4 that this additional weight LOST the race, as
the colt was beaten only neck and shoul-
der at the finish by StonewaH Jackson.
The horse Gilroy seemed TO take no part
in the contest, as he trailed from beginning
10 end. The first quarter of mile was a
B mere canter by the horses, each wanting
the other 10 make the running; the colt
after that cut out the work and was never
headed until within twenty yards Of The
SCORE The last mile was run in l;4G.