New-York tribune., 1872-07-03
THE TURF.
LONG BRANCH RACES.

Yesterday was the greatest day of the Long
IraRcA meeting, account OF the race Tor the
Nonus cuth Cup between the champions OF the Eastern
and Western turf The day favorable for the enjoy
ment a. the exciting sport except that the sun was in
tensely hot The attendance enormoHs and 1t was
estimaed that people had assembled to witness
ts gr at turf event than ever before collected on
race course in America Between 20,0o0 and $500
persons the track filing the spacious grand
stand suocatou and occupying available point
OF obseT alton the The track was IN hne cOe
.tiitiOn for fast time.
The first for twOyear-olds-the Hopeful stakes
was won B. an outsider, who never mentioned In
she pools. hut sold in the fed Mr. Morrss Eclipse
colt ont OF the famous mare Mole Jackson This was
the more su priSng, Mr.. Morriss stock have always
been noted l)r 1eetncss short distance The VIC
tory was not easily achieved, for Tom Bowling,
promising soI Of Lexington and Lucy Fowler, ran him
TO a head.
The mile heat race was splendid contest. Locmel
beat Abdel KOfee by head IN the first heat and was
beaten in turn by neck the second heat by Lyteton
won thid heat after desperate struggle lasting
flush The start in the first heat 1t was
thought by many cost Abdel Koree the race as he was
the last of when the Drum tapped.
OF the third and most important race OF the day. that
for the Monmouth Cup between Longfeow and Bassett
only necessary say that Longfeow had the race
rom start 90 finish Earry Basset made the running with
his great rival at his saddle grhs for II miles but the
moment rider of LongfelOw him his head, he
shot past Bassett with perfect ease and the latter was
from that moment in difficulties and was beaten
before they had gone two miles, Longfelow going on
ander a pull. without being spurred to his utmost
speed and yet winning by one hundred yards The
time of the first two miles was SS6l OF the race TWO
Srles and half, That this not true running
race that Harry Bassett not in his usual FORM Is
evident the fact that three year old carrying
two pounds more than he now carried pOs NJ he won
the Kenner stakes at Saratoga, two miles, easily In SSo
Besides in this race Harry Bassett unnistakaby tired
before he had gone miles and he has run and won
fw heats OF four miles each against the same horse VINO
beat LODgfenOw the four miles at Saratoga Harry
Basset was undoubtedly not in his form although
this fact could be known until the race was run ior
the horse appeared well when brought on the course IL
is true that he had slightly off his feed for day or
two before this attributed to the heat ana not
90 any failure of the horses usual vigorous heai
This however does not detract from the merit OF the
great Kentucky horses victory, for Longeilow has
Thoroughly redeemed his character Of being one OF the
best race horses that ever trOd the American turf.
Afew words are needed iD regard 10 the manner IN
which visitors were transported 10 Monmouth PARK Inc
New.Jersey Southern Railroad Company certainty
eyinced ineapacty and utter Indifference 10 the comfort
Of the public. The Company anDoupced, through Ihe
General Manager Mr. Bentley, that would run trains
regularly To the Course connect with the line Of steam
ers and would return with equal regularity after the
racing was over The first part OF the contract
was performed in good faith but the second In re-
turning grossest abuse OF rut toward the pub
lie ever known. Although the races ended at p. m'
passengers had TO wait for the arrival OF the regular
Philadelphia train at o'clock and then TO submit to
delay of one hour Long Branch and of two hours at
Sea Bright only three miles distant. 1t 10 o'clock
when the Sandy Hook wharf was reached The man.
aeement of the uneeptOnable except IN one
point and that in permitting water to be reailed az
10 cents per glass on the ladies' stand.
THE HOPEFUL STAKES.
The Hopeful Stakes for twOyearOlds, $50 each. D..
with $500 added half mile dash, had seven runners ont
OF the &C horses entered. These Mr. Littes Eel
Iowcraft John Chamberln's Mary Constant, A. Bel
mont's Medora. Fl. z. McGrath's Tom Bowling, X W.
waden's Minnie W. J. c. Hare's Aerolite. Zeb Wards
br. G.. by Asterod, dam Fairy, and F. Morrss ch C.,
W sold Tor $50; Tom Bowling SS5 zen Wards colt sl25
MedOra, $40; Mary Constant $50; and Jhe
ls most important, and the rders are so eager
20 get of ahead that good many false starts are
fcrent start Mary Constant and the Eclipse colt were
lengths front OF the rest Zeb Wards colt being
,.hird and Tom Bowling fourth Be15re they had gone
S yards, the Eclipse colt rushed to the U0ht ana was
ssretss Zeb Wards colt being third and SNnnie W.
fonrth fine race up tine stretch between he EeiPe
head, Wards colt thrd' length behiud Tom Bow,ps'
Time 6I.
fEsr RacsTss ogeiq sss & SS each 5 D .se % m G'
norTie en- by Eclipse dam NolHe Jackson
H. + Meirsh's b & Tom BCslpf S,o F y
Gas@SeIuss b. y., nsry Cor Constant.
j. HSres b.
j. Bsc.ns eh Dolorosa.
Time ST seconds
THE MILE HEAT RACE.
The mile heat race for purse OF $780, nile heats for
IN aces had eight entries Mr. CottrilPs SaneeboX hav-
inc hen attacked 10y illness during the night left seven
"a run: LyttetOn, John Merryman, Abdel koree ohy-
ock Piedmont 10, biel, and Belle Aiken. The pools |
sold as follows; Ahdel Koree $500 Ioehie 900; Lyte-
Ton $500: ShylOck, S35; the Held, $40.
FIRST HedL-A wretChed start was enected attef TWO
failures Lytteton getting of first with Piedmont sec
aud shyioek and I6ehel next and Abdel Kader last bat
two At the turn Piedmont showed IN lIOnt Dnt As tHe
quarter pole was passed Belle Aiken was leading Wltb
Ipchie John MeTriman and LyttlctOn next Along The
back stretch they vi tbout a. the ialhe
FedmOnt third MeTrynan fourth and yttletOn lapped
on AbdeROree on the lower stretch Lochel to1a me
horses toGk s6n SefWeen L6chei and Abdc Koree
en lasted to the string, LOccl winning the h~"t Oy
head Mme KOre Lyetou q49 shyiock were
OF first with Loehiel next and sHeE iss 's , "
qhrceqaarter pole Abde koroe beng nan .T'sa ti ~ ~
front rDg the hOme-stretch tne iSsuc W. H,S hi, &
Iyttetou and Locniel, the former "iDninh " nun
pd HsGfgoniy LytIleOn and Lochie who had each
won heat could now start lhe ne most sTS6pra con-
tests ever witnessed, Lytteton eventually "nus "
length in l:is. sr,o,.pv
s.coyD R.cn-Pur.s seYe ha, FOR all ag''i fr' horse
.s's' second Eorss, 800 thd horse. 80 -,
Harper, br LylsiGp {I'' -. ..........'
Ne,aBeIs > ch G. AbdelkOree. 4yrs......''''''''
N Walrs b.. G. John MerTynEn, , 8yrs.ss'''''''''
Si~ork. VS. ...........sN y
ss5Fennses'. b. belle Gikeu 'yr...........S S4S
n DAVIS, br G. Piedmont ...'''..'.'s' "
Time-l.45, "a, l4s
THE MONMOUTH CUP.
The Monmouth Cup, value $500 addeuloo s"tepS'Ae'
tsoeach DID, two miles and half, had twelve entries
- tvyo runners their prestige having frightened OF all
,,,osition. These were Col McDanes's chestnut colt
1arry Bassett years, and John Hafpers brown horse
Iongfeilow years. As the race between these TWO
norsa has produced far creator excitement on inc AM
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