Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-02
THE GREAT RACE AT LONG
BRANCH TO-DAY.

a New York dispatch of Sunday says:
The defeat of McDaniel's stable in the
esey Derby at Long Branch yesterday
as changed the betting on the Monmouth
ur from 100 TO so on Bassett against
.esgfeIlow to 100 to 95 the other way"
] this connection, the following article
ON the Cincinnati Commercial of Sunday
I Dc interesting;
AS the long-looked for ID of July ap-
caches, horse-breeders and sporting men
yer the country become more and more
1lerant of the mixture with their conver-
on of ANYTHING that lacks the cOmmen-
on Of a close connection with the great
e between "LongfelloW" and "Harry
sett.n The daily talk about the
t in this city alone would fill volume
ne bulk of an annual agricultural re-
a, and a compilation of expressions,
Us and speculations on the contest of
ew minutes duration in the East
and Western States would furnish stuff
Q for new Congressional library. For
= hile Bassett stood so high in the esteem
borsemen and betting characters as to be
an out of sight of Longfellow; but, as not
frequently happens in the history of the
4 the popular regard for the original ia
n e has undergone considerable modifica-
r now that the time for putting up
lney on opinions is nearly come. Long
low has been growing il favor every day
q week, until last night the news came
II N the betting in New York he stood
equal terms with bis formidable ant G.
The fact that the big horse has been
~ some splendid running in his
=. ,ise gallops, is in fine condition, and
narently eager for the coming contest,
brought him up amazingly in the opin-
of bis hitherto doubling friends, and
additional facts that Bassett is not do
as well as he expected to be at this
I has tendency TO weaken the nerves
Is enthusiastic admirers. Intelligence
sent TO the Bluegrass region, a few
/ go, that Longfellow had run mile,
Ais shoes on, and carrying one huE-
and eighteen pounds, in 1:42 and re-
a d in 1:44, and showed unmistakable
lof ability TO sustain that pace for the
taace to be run. The Kentuckians took
lraRe at once, and commenced betting
IN on their equine idol. A party from
rinoton went East, last night, to look
old John Harper's interests in the
Z and loaded down with money to bet
ileir favorite. They were full of conf
lte. and scoffed at the idea of a horse
& couldn'G distance "Metela" under
.ip and spur in 3:39, being able 10 beat a
.e-horse like Longfellow. There is
d deal in that. Bassett was whipped
4 spurred to shut "Metella" cut at
o-mie heats, at Jerome Park, last week;
although the judges decided that
was distanced, it is in testimony by
lrly all who saw the race, that she was
D langths inside the draw-gate when
Il Uoiline aScendcd. 1t does not seem prob
licked out Iorse thus whipped and spurred,
Tot them 7, in the comparatively slow time
''e! " beat one Of Longfellow's won
'fnmhled; but horse can sometimes
ere to-day that he couldn't attempt
Sc tei and there may have been some
y lsag about the application of those
oal gimulants. Bassett is a hard
ona 1eat.
- ca probable, we understand, that Mr..
fArliyies will put Tubman in the race to
I = tne tie running for Bassett, in which
4qtit HsPer will enter Lyttleton TO render
, same service to Longfellow. The sup
sItiOn is that Lyttleton and Tubman will
G the lead and hold it as long as they
I, and that LongfellOw viii make a wait
rai9 Of il for two miles, when he will
cald upon 10 90 to the front and do the
It b can. If he has the stlying qualities
h rfhich he is credited, he ought to have
ed & enough TO win .the race in
tlsf Inle, and the Western men will
AZ home "with money to SELL" If he
lot, u is Bassett's race, and a consider
epOrt0n of the wealth of the Great
sit viii figure in financial transactions in
East.f