The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25
The Race Between Henry and Eclipse.

,'"' III ~ one ~, 'Is u " maui epcceaS
Co nc was Nof'hern, Dfcu orse' ana
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a 'T ,i D''o','i ''S'lucu MN wan envy
' "u ,Isy sun 100, % 1''vA', u a'' 20 I'o-
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, hold ce's, 30 Lnn,ti, vi - ~. ~
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VIZ ,.h'.ir.a.I '' W. " ~ I p
rnn w borsa A ,a,s;,aa = ;.'.1' 49,
Sir charles n~er ,ha Wosl,;n ,'"s
Come -, rho.I., ,oa r.. ~; I,'''"o'ou
Tho cb,ll,,,o No. ,-,,n',ia -
each gcntlen,an s,atinn e5o9n w III,
horse. and fixing the Goth dov of No.
ycmber for the lace Sir Charles b,v.
ing met with an accident Mr.. Harrison
was Obliged to pay forfeit but he offered
to run his horse a sinele four.milc hen,
against Eclipse. for 3 1900 a side. This
offer was accepted by Mr.. Van Ranst
the horses were preplrel for the race
aud the Northern chomnion achieved
an easy victory, Sir Charles breakipr
down on the last mile
The South fcl, Inundated and in
the evening of the same day. that Ma.
poleon of the turf William Il Johnson
ESD. of Petersburg VIRGINIA nlcdoed
himself 10 produce horse ON The la,t
Tuesday in Nav, 1923. to run four.
mile hoats against Eclinse over the
Union Course, Long Island for 500 :
0Oo. $4,000 forfeit, On the mart of
several gentlemen fran the Nor,h this
challenge WAS promptlv accented he
Mr.. John G. Stcpbens Sucb in br;cr
are the facts which led to the most cx.
citing race ever RIM ON this continent
Tbrouchnut ,bo Ian, uin,o, ,;,h,,
the nron9scI match was tbo 49,; 80" 20
earnest discuss;nn md sroorIa,icn ,ka
North was nittcI n,,',;,s, ,Ln ST.
and tho cvon, aroused san,;an,J -,
dices and annealed n sootiomn, r;y"
A haiti Le,woon two nro", -, 80,
c,,,lI not have oxci,oI doonnr $50 '.n
than his rarc hotwc,n IL. ~
Eclinsc Tho 27tb d,y IF Maa 500
la who'd in be,nt, and l., ,,ro ,h'9, III
il i csI;m,fcd ,5at na, i,sa ,te. go 49,"
tho sand noon,o had ass",nIloI J"" =. ''a ,Ls
Tnion CdnrIo Tba S",,,I,S.., ~ ."o
had brongbt foo barso. Ill, H.. f1''
rran, L,;e Co. II s''o" % S
Nrchv and nrt r. n,y,o III " on
Diamond was soIcetod as H.: . ~, ~
of Eclipse. John Richard a rnmr,yo,r
old, was Colonel Jobnson's r,yoritc and
Henry his second choice. hut tbc rnr
mer having fallen lame the fortunes or
the Southern gentlemen woro s,,LoI
upon the latter. The race was run
amidst the widest en,brsi,sm H..
winning the first heat bv half lo,a,L
| Mr.. Purdy an cxner;enceJ ;ontan aod
one who had nilntcd EcIin.o ~ n "nr
victories chorrcd nlocas IL Tho Hi,
with Crolts far rho second bo,, aaS
when it was observed tba, pnrd, NV
ostride The son If Dnroo wo NV, Ia Va
that Northern hone revived EcIinse
was n horse that rcon;rod nn,;.hn,pn,
to force him to his snocd ,bonah ~,
so fleet of foot as Henry, he was horse
Of great stoutness which made him in.
vlneIble IN four, struggle. Purdy
understood this fact full well; and when
they received the word for the second
heat he drove the chestnut forward Civ.
ing Henry no respite. The tactics
were good, and they won the secoud heat.
At this stage of the battle the OK.
citemcut was most intense, for a heat