The New York herald., 1872-10-06
THE RACING.

The track was in good order, but was not q fast
one, and the weather was not the kind to make
horses run their best. Bright sunshine has always
produced the best time in racing; stu the attend
ants at Jerome Park were favored with six races,
all OF which were well contested, and the one for
the Maturity Stakes, dash Of three miles between
Monarchist and Harry Bassett will never be for
gotten by those who witnessed 1t. 1t WAS good,
close race from beginning to end, and Monarchist
won 1t amid the loudest cheers that were ever
heard by the American Jockey Club. The time
made by these great race horses was not remark
ably fast and has been beaten time and again; !;
but when the time has been beaten here
tofOre the races have always been run diff
ferently from the yesterday. AS soon as
the nag fell Monarchst ran for the lead, took
it, and kept it for quarter Of mile in spite OF all
that Harry Bassett could do. Monarchst then lay
alongside OF Harry, pressing him all the way
through the first mile, which was given officially as
1:45, while many good timers made 1t second less.
This rapid run had taken the fine edge of both Of
the flyers but Monarchist continued persistenty to
press his suit all the way, and after going two miles
and three quarters Bassett began to succumb, and
M0narchist beat him home two lengths. A great
many opinions were ventilated about Harry Bas-
sett's defeat, the same as there was at Monmouth
Park, when Longfellow beat him; but we think the
best one OF all is that he had been induged in his
work and was not "keyed up' to the highest-pitch
condition. To attribute his defeat to any other
cause would be unfair until we have seen him run
Monarchist again. when we hope Colonel
Mcdaniel will have Harry Bassett In such order
that there will be no other excuse for his defeat
than that Monarchst is the better horse, should
such be the result. They are both by the same
sire, their dams being imported horses, SO that
there is no advantage in their breeding; but Harry
Bassett has beaten Monarchst at shorter distances
three times previously to this race and SO much
he thought to be superior the other bv turf
men generally that one hundred to ten on him was
offered more often than it was taken. There were
twenty entries for the stake but all the owners of
the other horses declined running the champion
except Mr.. Sanford, who knowing that he had
good race horse, declared long ago that Harry Bas-
sett should not have a walk over for the $4,000
stakes. Mr.. Sanford gave battle for the prize and
won it with his fine colt Monarchist ridden by
Haywood who s undoubtedly as fine jockey as
ever had mount in this country. He is fine
judge Of pace and knows what he has under him all
the time. He Is entitled to much credit for the
victory yesterday.
The first race on the track programme was the
Hunters Stakes for FLIES three years old the dis
tance one mile and threequarters, for which there
originally twenty nine entries but OF this num-
Der when the bugle sounded the call for them to ap
pear three only put in an appearance. These were
Mr.. Bemont's chestnut fly Woodbine by Censor,
or Kentucky, dam Fleur de Champs; D. D. withers'
brown flly Mimi, by Eclipse, dam Henne Farron,
and NJ. II. Sanfords bay flly NJ. A. b., by Asteroid
dam Bay Leaf. WOodbine was the favorite over
the field. She won the race very easily Mimi sec
ond, M. A. b. third. The winner OF this race has a
fine racing appearance, and she has been success
fu before. The value of the stakes was $2,4OO.
The second race was mile heats for purse of $780,
between Mcdaniel Co.'s bay colt Tubman, by War
Dance, dam Lass OF Sidney; ID. X. Harness. chest
nut colt Meteor, by Asteroid dam Maria Innis; NJ
ii. sanfords bay horse Preakness, and A. G. Frank
Inns bay 6lly Nevada, by Lexington dam Light
some. Tubman was great iavorte over the field
before the first heat, but alter winning that Ave.
and in some instances six, to one were wagered on
him. He was In capital condition, as was Meteor:
but Preakness was too fat, and Nevada looked as
II she had been turned out In a poor pasture all
Summer. THIS GIly should not be run again IN her