The New York herald., 1872-08-10


lmpecunious took the lead and went over the
first impeachment which was a wall in the field di-
second, vesHvius third, Duify fourth, Blind Tom
fifth. The second leap was over fence In the field,
and the horses went over II in the same order they
another fence crossing the track little beyond the
quarter pole. They then ran In the outer field.
past pas, the stab stables .,n down one hill and up
Of sods When the horses made this
jump Impecnnlons and ASTRONOMER were side and
fence and ditch-a most difficnlt Iump--tnen over
the stand Then they came into the inner field
over fence. Blind Tom was then leading, Impe-
cunious SECOND, yesuvius third, Duffy fourth. As:
| tronomer fifth. They next jumped over two sod
hedge and ~ator jump. Bind Tom was leading as
denly, nearly throwing the rider over his head.
lmpecunous came up ana went over 1t hand
soms = and toSk On MAJ lead being y
In front OF the Club House; vesuyius third,
Astronomer fourth. Impecunious kept the lead,
bringing up the rear. ImpccunAOus ran so slowly
tor short time that Duny went to the front and
cunios cur second Astronomer tn third 0 vesrYis lar
behind. They then passed ont Of sight again down
the hill beyond the stables, and when they ap.
ground, DuGy was still leading, Astronomer second
Impecunlous third and vesuvins fourth. They were
well together at this time; but when they went
down again to the fence and water, Impecunious
ran in front. AS they jumped the sod wall at the
top Of the hul Impecgnous was leading. Duffy sec
then passed down 10 blind ditch, again out OF
sight OF the public. 1t also out Of sight OF the
oSnea. 1ss ped han na By ns s %s Nee
calf heavily. Duffy passed to the right OF him and
escaped; but Astronomer up he fell over I'm
ss soon as he got up dashed on without his rider,
and was no longer In the race After lapse of two
Or three minutes Metcalf mounted lmpecunious
again, and made after the others, half mile behind
them dcsrOus OF getting the third premium, which
was $50. When Duffy, the leading horse, came up
ner field by jumping fence lie was leading Vesu-
vus ten lengths, but the latter was now running
sere a. apa rate a snd % tha a g mn mn ny
water leap in front of the stand: going over each
Dufry led four lengths When the latter ap-
and was six lengths ahead OF Vesuvius when
he landed. Vesuvius then put on steam after
getting over the water safely, and closed on Duty
quickly TO the wall in front OF the club house.
When Duffy jumped over this wall he was but two
lengths in front He kept this advantage over the
made another gallant effort to Overtake Duffy and
win the race n possible. When Duffy jumped the
hurdle at the half-mlc pole there was no daylight
between him and Vesuvius, and the latter seemed
to be running at ease. He closed up to the head of
Duffy, as they entered the hOmestretch, and as
they jumped the last hurdle, 100 yards from home,
they were in the mir together. They landed on the
nv and kept going under whip and spur TO the
end, Duffy winning the race by neck. lmle-
cuni0us was beaten over half o milc The time Of
the race was ! :55
THE SECOND RACE.
PURSE 800, for all ages dash Of four miles;
first horse, 200; second horse $2o0 third horse,
500.
ii. +. McGrath's b. m. Susan Ann, by Lexington,
dam Roxanna, S years old (Swim) .............. !
John Harpers br. h. lyttleton by bennington,
dam Fanny HoltOn, years old tSample) 49,. .
d. J. Bannatyne's ch. h. Mllesian, by Mickey
Free, dam by wagner, years Old (ralmer) 5
A. BelmOnt's b. h. Knefsher, 10y Lexington, dam
Ethan Lass years Old tGradwciD .......... 0