The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-11
LoyeFELLOK AND B4ssEiT.
Details Of the Great Race

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dense the following account OF ths
great race between BOngfeiloW an9 5
Bassett at Long Branch on tne zilu
inst: 900 hoe
come and gone. The contest Oet"een
Harry Bassett and BongfeloWs on
which the attention o. all men inter- eI-
ested in horses has been riVeted lOl
many month"; past, when hi,s 49, -
baen the subject Of consideraDle ~
fing ia London among the leViallan
FnSlish sporting men, took pt9ee yes-
fardav- and resulted in 50 OTerWnslin
inc a,sefest for the former, that tnOse
yvEo know his record are utterly una
Ne n account for II. But though
fbora have been many races IN this
co1ntrv which have been far more
worthy Of historical preservation tnah
this. there never was contest ~
America which was witnessed Dy
such extraordinary numbers. II Is
sneaxfU0 within bounds 70 say that
fhere were present yesterday in Mon
month PARK on the Grand Stand, In
the oTlsrter-stretch, in the Clubhouse
and The field, not less than 1000 per-
sons. or these, many came IN car
riages from various parts Of New Jer-
sew, many from the metropolitan wa
terfne-Dlace, Long Branch, many
from Philadelphia and the South BY
eariy trains connecting with the New
Jersey Southern. But the great bulk
Of the visitors came from New York.
At least 5000 hailed directly from
Gotham.
BEFORE THE RACE
Throughout the entire day the bet
ting on the Monmouth Cup went on.
Men literally Leaped their money on
tie two horses. Every hour Harry
b1sSett became more and more the
fagorite, until shortly before the race
it was almost 2 to l upon him. One
OF the last bets made was by Mr.. Nor
issey, who bet Mr.. Louis Lorillard
81 800 to s., 900 that Bassett would
win. This made over $4,000 which
he had invested in the light chestnut
owned by Col. Mcdaniel. When the
mile heats were over, and the two
cracks were brought out take their
preliminary canters the partisans Of
each cheered them as they passed.
Ladies waved handkerchiefs and fans
and cried, "Bravow with as much
enthusiasm as II they had been at
concert. The men 10 the quarter
stretch and along the line Of palings
encircling the field rushed out upon
the course 10 critically examine their
equine friends. One man, who had
staked every cent he had IN the world
burst into tears as he surveyed the
horse that carried his fortunes. The
enthusiasm and rivalry of betting had
induced him TO risk more than the
public will ever know, upon the swift
ness Of s horse, and as he realized
how many chances there might be of
defeat, he weakened and repented.
Another man walked out ahd showed
Longfellog's colored jockey a fifty
dollar note. "You win, " said be, ''and
you get this.n The darkey smiled
pleasantly and showed his white
teeth as he looked at his master, John
Harper, as II TO say, HI'll take it, but
I win for massa's sake"
THE RACE.
When the horses reached the start
ing place very little time was spent in
getting ready, and In 8 few moments
the flag fell with Harry Bassett about
two lengths in front Of iIongfelloW.
The big horse soon took sides with
him, and they ran yOked to the three
quarter pole. They entered the home
stretch With their heads together,
Harry Bassett on the inside, be hav-
ing won the pole before the start. The
first quarter Of a mile was run in
twenty-six and three-quarters seconds. /
Coming up the home stretch LOugfel-
lows jockey was pulling the horse
with all his might, while Harry Bas-
sett seemed 70 be running under free
rein. They passed the stand with
their heads parallel, making the half
mile in fifty-one seconds and a quar-
ter. On the turn the inside position
gave halfa length of advantage to
Harry Bassett, but when they were at
the quarter pole there was no apparent
difference between them. The time
to this point was 1:lsl, Going down
the bsckstretch they were yoked, run
ming side by side to the balf-mile pole
This finished the full mile between
them, and they had made the distance
IN la. Leaving there the pace was
was kept up, and they ratified around
the lower turn head and head, Long
fellow being pulled hard all the time
by Harpes's darkey. They reached
the three-quarter so evenly together
that 1t was impossible to distinguish
the slightest difference between them.
The mile and q quarter had been run
in 2:l01, and as the horses dashed up
: the home-stretch the pace seemed TO |
be considerably accelerated. When |
nearing the stand, at the finish Of q
mile and half, LOngfellOw was given
his head, and in an instant he was q
length in front Of Harry Bassett, and
then such q shout went up as was new
er heard before in Monmouth county. |
The time OF the mile and a half was
2:37z. Leaving here, Rowe the Jockey |
Of Harry Bassett, discovering that |
the roguish blood of all the BOsbons /
and his descendants was beginning to |
show ltselt, applied the whip to force |
the horse along, when the villain /
sulked badly and fell behind. The |
race was now practically over. Long
fellow opened gap OF half a dozen |
lengths on the upper turn, and as he |
passed the quarter pole, the mile and
three-quarters was made in 1871. |
LongfelloW was then taken in hand, |
while Harry Bsssett was whipped /
sharply all the way along. At the /
half-mile pole LOngfelloW was dozen /
lengths ahead. Time Of the two
miles, 3:391, Kentuck's champion had
nothing afterwards to do but galIop
leisureiy home, which he did to the
great delight Of sll his hackers, and
particularly to the Kentuekians, who
had followed Longfellow here and had
bet their "bottOm dollarsu on his win
ming the race. The two miles aud a
quarter were made in 4:0s5 and Long
fellow cautere6 home nearly two hun
dred yards ahead Of Harry Bassett,
making the two miles and a half in
4:34.
THE TINE MADE.
At the request of many of those
present, Mr.. McGrath, Of Kentucky,
and Mr.. r. W. Cameron, the import
er of bennington, the sire of Long
fellow, and several other gentlemen,
timed each quarter Of the race for fu-
ture reference. The following is the
result of their labOrs
First quarter .........0.262
Second quarter
Third quarter ..................0.Z
Fourth quarter. .253
tlfJn quarter.-.-.............
SlXtn quarter O.Zf8
Seventh quartz .293
Eighth quarter .29t
Ninth quarter. ..............-O.S0 ,
Ieatn quarter.
Half
Three-quarter mile....---.. ...........1.1St
one .................-.....-..l44 A
Nile and quarters. ...........2.I0k I
Mile and q half................. .....2 S7s | :