Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-25
A REMARKABLE RACE-TWO HUN
DREn MIIESIN EIGHT HOURS.

The San Francisco correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune gives the following account
Of a remarkable race against time, which
took place near San Francisco on the ID
instant:
About a month since a party Of hOrsemen
were discussing the question Ofthe compare
tive merits Of imported bloOded stock and
the common California mustangs, and the
different styles Of riding, when Edward
Winnie offered 20 bet $500 agains $1,000,
that no man could be found TO ride three
hundred miles IN fifteen consecutive hours.
lie was at once taken mp by Louis Burns
and John Cahill, who named N. II. Now
cry IA the man % ride. The match was all
agreed npon on the spot, and since then
there has been constant betting going on as
10 the result. You will zee that he must
average mile every three minutes for III
teen consecutive hours, allowing nothing
for loss Of time in changing horses at every
second. third, or fourth mile, accidents or
unaccountabe delays. The general feeling
WAS that he could never succeed, and IN the
betting the odds was decidedly against HIM.
Yesterday Sunday, August 2, twas liked on
for this race against time.
The race took place at Bay View Park, a
few miles north Of the city, over mile track.
The animals, thirty in number, selected by
Mr.. Mowerv, we're the common California
uustanps aud halfbreeds, none OF them iuli-
sized. but all formed Of the indomltable
pluck and life which belongs TO the descend
ants of the gallant steeds which were ridden
into Spain by the fiery followers Of Musa
aud Taric, when at the bidding Of the COM
mander Of the Faithful, the conquerors OF
Africa poured into Europe, there 20 spread
the knowledge Of the true God aud The law
Of the Koran.
Mr.. Mowcry is an old Californian, ap-
parently Of about middle age, weighs one
hundred aud sixty pounds, sod rode with
heavy Mex lean CaiifOTnia saddle, Span
ish bit, and free rein.
AT twenty minutes 60 1--WE in the morning
he aprang into the saddle, and rode the hrei
horse four times around the track-that ~
70 say. four rniles-at a dead run. Attend
nuta stood ready at the stand 10 saddle and
bring ont the fresh horses "a he beckOned
for them ia coming around ndhe changed
animate RAPIDLY. riding none Of them three
miles after the first, aud Few Of them moro
than two. The Mexican dodge OF rushing"
was constantly resorted 10. An attendant
would ride oug-lourth or one-third of the
way down the track 10 meet him az he came
in, wheeling his horse. ride back Just be
hind him, yelling, " Iunos : Pd1nOS Wh0op
oh, tu5aos ~ and swinging his hat M If fran
tic This would start the tagging animal
into Tedoubled cXertions, and lac would come
in fairly flying. A single sharp pull on the
Spanish bit would stop the animal IN a sec
ond, and in two or three more the rider
would bc on fresh animal aad of again.
Sometimes the mile or two miles would
be ridden one way round the track, some
times the other, In order to relieve the
rider 10y change IA far M practicable. Early
in the morning the race track was crowded
with people, and before +. NJ the Jam was
immense. Up to II NJ. the rider refused
all assistance in mounting and remounting o.
hut after that his attendants would occasion;
ally give him lit, apparently not 40
much bcacuHc lac required IL, a. Tor fear that
he might do 80 before the race was over
At the end OF two hundred miles a rest was
taken, and a placard WAS displayed from
the Judges stand that the two hundred
miles had been accomplished in eight hours
two minutes and lorty-Cight seconds thus
heating by forty minutes the time made by
Mr. Osbaldislon, with race horses, ia Eng
land. Then the start WAS made on the
third hundred miles, Mr. Mowery having
had a bath, and otherwise refreshed him
self. and appearing good Tor the two hun
bred more II required. The bets are now
changed, and large odds were offered on
his winning with hut few takers, and those
Of the obsiinate English bob-tail anJpig-
skiu school. He now made a miie in Dos,
aud the average speed was go throughout.
There WAS a very heavy wind blowing
across the track al this time, and the aver
age speed must have been considerably an
iavorably affected by this fact nevertheless
he kept mp his LICK amid the cheering
OF the crowd, never tagging for an instant.
A halt was made for a second bath. and
from time 10 time an attendant wonld dash
a little water over howery's head rs he
rode along. At one time a friend. who
was at the stand, ran forward and offered
his own horse for ride over the track
Mowery wsE on him in an instant, and rode
not only once. bot three times around. A.
he came around The second time the oWue'
made o imitless atlemp, 90 catch han, and
only succeeded M 0stChiug a fall. rs the
rider, sitting erect As bronze statue
dashed past Tie crowd yelled with De
light at this, and A. Mowery came around
the third time, shouted 60 him 10 go IL
again but that would have been carrying
the Joke too far, and he changed horses, while
thC ofhcious friend led his own away, amid
the ieers aud cheers of the spectators.
Al eleven minutes 10 seven T. NJ, iust
fourteen hoars and nine minutes from the
start, the three hundreth mile was accom-
plishod, aud a perfect roar of applause
broke from the multitude IA the moderated
hoTseman started once more, lust for luck"
The last mile was made In two minutes and
nine seconds, making the unprecedented
distance Of three hundred aud one miles
in fourteen hours eleven minutes and nine
seconds, and beating anything previously
accomplished in the world in this line.
The Judges declared the money won, and
announced the time. The gates were flung