Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-03
SPORTS AT LONG BRANCH. Z
An Immense COne0urse OF Witnesses
Three Exciting Races.
The Monmouth Cup Won by LOngfelIoW
by Twenty LeRgths-Time, 4s34. n

j LONG BRANCH, July 2.-The attend
e ance at the races to-day was immense
The first race-HoDeful Stakts, half
mile dash, for two year olds-was won
by Morrissey's MOllie, Tom Bowling
D second, and AStefoid third. Time, 5i5.
The second race was for a purse Of
: $500, mile heats, al ages the fiTst horse
to receive $50, the second SlOL and the
third $50 seven horses were entered /.
7 John HaFpers Littieton, +. IT. Hallis
: John MerTyman, d. McDaniels' Abdel
kader, Swigert's ShylOck, J. B. 4 Il.
Davis's Piedmont, Coffin & Lawrence's
LOchiel, and John MlcCormick's Belle
Aiken. The following is the summary:
Littleton, 3, /, /; Lochiel, !, ., ,; Abdel
kader, 3, drawn Time, las, 1:45,
j I:49.
The great race of the day was for the
Monmouth cup, dash OftwO and a half
miles, which had twelve nominations, of
fifty dollars each, play or pay, added to
purse Of fifteen thousand dollars, sec
Ond to receive three hundred. and the
third one hundred. aud fifty dollars out
of stakes. At the sale Of pools BaSett
brought eighteen hundred dollars, and
LOngfellOw one thousand dollars. Sub
: seqnently Bassett brought two thousand
, dollars, and LongfellOw twelve hundred
dollars. But little difficulty was expe-
rienced in effecting a start, and the
horses got away together, Bassett hav-
ing the inside Of the track. For the
first half mile they ran head and head,
the only advantage, if any, being in
favor Of Bassett, as the horses, I
warming with their stride passed
grand stand, the excitement roseto fever
pitch. The first mile and a half found
the positions unchanged, but the hackers |
Of Bassett evidently had misgivings, as I
their favOrite was doing, his best, while Z
it seemed LOngfell0w was stin being
held in by his rider Their fe.irs were
confirmed when the horses swept past
the grand stand the second time. Long I
fellows rider gave head to the horse, 4
J who gallantly responded and quickly .
placed two lengths between himself and I
Bassett. The scene was indescribable. /
! The men threw their hats in the air and (
I cheered wildly, while the ladies 4
waved their handkerchiefsa and bet count
/ less pairs Of gloves on Harper steed. At
/ this moment II was evident that all was
up with Bassett. Although his rider
used whip and spur without stint, il was
/ of no avail. Every moment Longfellow8
increased his lead, and landed an easy
/ winner in 4:34, or as some of the judges
1 claimed, in 4:33. Bassett was beaten
over dozen lengths. The enthusiasm
of the Western men was unbounded
They crowded around John Harper,
cheering and cOngratulating him. The
old man seemed TO be also laboring IN
der great excitement. Immense sums
We're lost on the race by New Workers. =
John MOuissey is among the heavy
losers. The days race is Acknowledged
to have been the finest and best con-
Quoted ever witnessed on the American
turf
The crowds who went to see the race
were disappointed by Harry Bassett's
conduct in the race. As soon as be was
pinched by Longfellow, that moment
he began to sulk, aud, when urged BY /
the whip, be threw up his tail and acted !
just as we saw his grandfather, Boston, ,
act thirty years ago when he was run
ming Mariner the fOur-milehe on the
Union Course. In May, 1872, he acted ,
like the veriest rogue, and was beaten /
shamefully in the race. When the bell
rang for Harry Bassett and I5Ougfel-
lows appearance, a yell was given by p
the crowd that might have been heard
% the sea. Great impatience was mani
Tested by the multitude until the horses
were brought on the track. When they
came they were hailed by louder shouts
than before, and every person seemed
wild With excitement. Aongfealow was
the first to make his appearance, and an F.
immense crowd hemmed him in on the |
quaTteT-stTetch. He was soon mounted,
and as he eantered up past the stand he
was received with another Ken
lucky scIeech. Harry Bassett did
not keep the people waiting long {
before he made his appearance, and E
then another burst Of applause greeted 4
him. Both Of the champions looked in
the finest possible condition. Longfel-
low took preliminary cafiter down the {
stretch, ard then came up ready for ac- 5
ton. kentuckians seemed in eestacies, 5
bat not more iubilant than tht, backers
Of Bassett. When they galloped slowly
up to the clubhouse and around the up
per turn to the half-mile pole, the place
where they were to begin then journey,
Longfellow went down the stretch
and around that way to the starting 9
point. When the horses reached the q
starting place very little time was spent /
in getting ready, and in a few moments d
the flag fell with Harry LI}azs sett al3o,it v
two lengths in front OF LOngfellow. The j,
big horse soon took sides with him, and 1 q
they ran solled 20 the three-quarterpo 7
and entered the home-stretch with their C
heads together, Bassett on the inside o
he having won the place before the start.
The first quarter OF a aile was run int s
twenty-siX and three-q quarter secOnds.h
Coming up the hOme-stretch, Longfel-
lows jockey was pulling the horse with $
all his might, while Harry Bassett seemed a
to be running under free reins d
They passed the stand with their 7
heads parallel, making the half mile I'D h
5l4 seconds. The inside position gave ?
half length advantage 10 B;ssett, but v
when they were at the quarter pole there a
was no apparent difference between Il
them. The time TO this point was :ISt v
Going down the bsck-stretcli hey were n
yoked, running side by side 10 the half n
mile pole. This finished fun mile be q
tween tAem, and they had made the l
distance in / "A. Leaving there the pace
was kept up, and they ratified around
the lower turn head and head, LOngfel-
low being pulled hard an the time d
by Harper's darkey. They reached thei y
quarter so evenly together that il was y
impossible 10 distinguish the slightest u
difference between them. The mile and g
} quarter had been run IN 2:l0f, and as v
The horses dashed up the home stretch, n
their pace seemed to be considerably ac- II
tolerated. When nearing the stand at Il
The nnish or the mile and a half, Longiel-i a
Ow was given head, and in an instant d
le was a length IN front of Bassett, and r
hen such q shout went up as was never ID
heard here before. The time of the mile n
aud a half was 2:372. Leaving =
lere, Rowe, the jockey of Bassett, dis "
covering that the roguish blood of old
Boston and his descendants was be-
ginning to show itself, he applied the
whip to force the horse along, when the a
villain sulked badly and fell behind. II
The race was now practically oyer. Z,
Longfellow opened gap Of half dozen el
engths on the upper turn, and as be Il
)Sssed the quarter pole the mile and n
hree quarters was made i'm 3:07t. a,
IOngfellOw was then taken in hand, b
while Bassett was whipped sharply in
II the way along. At the half-mile ,
5ole LOngfellow was dozen lengths se
lhead. Time Of two miles, 3:363. Ken v
ueky's champion had nothing after-
ward TO do but gallop leisurely homo, Id
which he did TO the great delight OF all 3.
lis hackers, and particularly to the II
<entuckians who had followed Long 81
elbow here, and had bet their bottom X
IOllars on his winning the race. Il
THE DOMINION. n