The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05
Shorts at Long Branch.

The trst race-Hcpeful Stakes, half mile
dash, for TWO years Olds-was won BY
Morrissey's Mollies Tom-Bowling secsnd,
and Asteroid third Time, SD.
The second race was for purss Of
5000, mile heats, al-ages, the first horse
to receive $3.50, the second 800, and the
third $50. Seven horses were entered !
John Harper's LittIetoD, +. NJ. Halls
John Merryman, D. McDaniePs Abdei
KadeT, Swigerts ShyIOck J. B. Z II.
Dsyis's Piedmont Coffin & Lawrenee's
Loehiel, and John 3IcCormick's Belle
Aiken. The following is the summary
Llttleton, 3, /, Lochiel, /, ,, 2; Abdel
kader, :, s. drawn. Time, l As, Las,
1:49
The great race Of the day was for the
Monmouth cup, dash Of two and half
miles, which had twelve nominations, of
fifty dollars each, play or pay added to
a purse of fifteen thousand dollars. sec
ond to receive three hundred and and the
third one hundred and fifty dollars out
of stakes. At the sale Of pools, Bassett
brought eighteen hundred dollars. and
Longfellow one thousand dollars Subs
seQuently Bassett brought two thousand
dollars, and Longlellow twelve hundred
dollars. But little difficulty was expert
enced In ehectiug a start, and the borses
got away together, Dassett having the in
side Of the track. For the first half mile
they ran head and head. the only advan-
tage, if any, being in favor of Bassett, as
the horses, warming. with their stride,
passed grand stand, the excitement rose
to fever pitch The first mile AM half
found the positions unchanged, but the
hackers Of bassett evidently had misgiv-
ings, as their favorite was doing his best
while it seemed I-ongfel.oR was be-
ing held in by his rider. Their fears
we're confirmed when the horses swept
past the grand stand the second time.
Lon-fellow's rider gave head to the horse,
who calamity responded and quickly
placed two lengths Between himself and
Bassett The scene was understandable
The men threw their hats in the air and
eheered wildly while the la diea waved
their hankereheils and bet countless pairs
Of gloves on Harper 5 steed. At this mo
ment it was evident that all was Up with
Bassett Although his rider used whip
and spur without stint, it was of no avail
Every moment Longfell0w increased his
lead, aud landed an easy winner in 4:34,
or as some of the Judges claimed, in 4 .33
Bassett was beaten oyer a dozen lengths
The enthusiasm Of the Western men was
unbounded, They crowded around John
Harper, cheering and congratuiating him
The ola man seemed to be also labOring
under great excitemeht. Immense sums
were lost on the race by New Y Orkers
John Morrissey is among the heavy los
ers. The day 5 race is Acknowledged to
have been the finest aud best conducted
ever witnessed on the American turf
The crowds who went to see the race
were disappointed by Harry Bassett's con
duct in the race. As soon as he was
pinched by Lnngfcllow that nome Mt he
began to suik, and, when urged by the
whip, he threw OPP his tail and acted Just
as we saw his grandfather, Boston, acs
thirty years ago when he was rua ming
Mariner the four-mile heats on the Un~
ion Course. In May, 1912, he acted like
the reriest rogue, and WAS beaten shame
fully in the race. When the bell rang
for Harry Bassett and BongfellOw ap.
pearance, a yell was given by the crowd
that might have been heard to the sea-
Great impotence. was manifested By the
multitude until The horses were brought
on the truck When they came they
were hailed by louder shouts than Before,
and every person seemed Wild with ex~
element Lengfell0w was the first to
make his appearance, and an Immense
crowd hemmed him in on the quarter
stretch. lie was soon mounted. a as
he cantered up past the stand he was res
ceived with another Kentucky scTeech.
Harry Basketball net keep the people wait
ing long before he made his az pearaucr,
and then another burst of applause greet
ed him Both ofthe cham pions looked in
the finest possible condition. LougfelIow
took a preliminary canter down the
stretch, and then came up ready for ac-
ton Kentuckians seemed in ecstacies,
but not more iubilant than the hackers
of BasSetE When they gallopea slowly
up to the clubhouse aud round the upper
turn to the halfInile pole, the place here
they were to begin their Journey, Long
fellow went down the stretch and around
| that way to the starting point When
the horses reache the starting place
very little time was spent IN getting
ready, and in few moments the flag fell
with Harry Bassett about two lengths in
front Of Longfeliow. The big horse soon
took sides " tn him, aud they ran Yoked
to the three-quarter pole, and entered the
/ home-stretch with their 'heads together,
Bassett on the inside-he having won the
| place b fore the start The first quirter
Of mile was run in twenty six and
three-q uarter seconds. Coming u the
| home stretch, LoHgfa lows JOCK ey was
pulling the horse with allbis might, while
| Harry Bassett seemed to be running un-
! der free rein5. They passed the. stand
/ with their heads parallel, making the halt-
| mile in 5l} seconds. The inside position
gave half length advantage to Blssett,
| bet when they were at the quarter pole
| there was no apparent difference between
/ them. The time to this point was j Isl
! Going dom the back stretch they were
yoked, running side by side to the half
mile pole
This flashed full mile between them
T and they bad made the distance In IA
| Leaving there the pace was kept up, and
/ they ratified around the lower turn head
/ and head. LongleiloW being pulled hari
at the time by Harper's d4rkcy They
| reached the quater so evenly together
/ that it was impossible to distinguish the
I slightest difference between them. The
/ mile and a quater had been run in 2I0I
and rs the horses dashed up the home
I strotch, their pace seemed t. be consid-
/ ersbly accelerated When nearing the
Z stand at the finish OF the mile and half,
/ Lonfeilow was given head, and in instant
/ he was Il length in front OF Basset and
/ then such a shout went up as was neser
/ heard here before The time of the mile
/ and q half was 2:373. Leaving here,
( Rowe, the jockey of Bassett, discovering
/ that the roguish blood Of old Boston and
his defendants was beginning to show its
self, he applied the whip to force the
! horse along, when the villain sulked bad
/ IL and fell behind. The race was now
partially over Longfellow opened at a
gap Of half dozen lengths on the uqer