The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-08
THE AMERICAN DERBY
a GALA-DAY Ar LONG BRANCH.
-FOUR SPIRITED RACES IN ONE DAY-AC
COUNT OK THE GREAT EVENT OF
TUE DAI-FREE, RACING A
SrCCESS-Y UNG
TOM BOWLING.
from the New York Sun. July 5. |

from the New York Sun, July 81
| Yesterday the main pccnliarity Of the
| EPSON Down races in England was inausn-
| rated in this country in Monmouth Park.
| Long Branch. The announcement had been
| thoroughly advertised and canvaSsed In the
news papers that during the July meeting the
| course was to be thrown open TO the public
| free of charge.
| Tue natural result was that the American
! Derby. rs the Long Branch races will here
| after he known, WAS initiated with degree
| Of fCidi which proved conclu>ivCly TINT no
thing hut free exhibitions were wanted to
| make horSe-raclng as popular i'll this country
as il is in England.
| Three excursion trains from New York,
embracing in al tift,-,hrce cars. were dis.
patched in the early morning. All the pas
| Scnger cars which the Southern railroad OF
New Jersey could muster were pressed into
| the service, and when these were filed to
overlooking 4 thousand men, women, and
| children were still standing on the wharf nj
| sandy Hook awaiting transportation to the
scene OF icstivitv. Then Il happy thought
occurred to JAY Gould, the president Of the
| road. Within an hour twelve large freight
! flats had been surrounded by wooden frame
work, seats provided, and covered with an
| awning.
| In these novel cars the rest Of the rXcur-
| Sionists were conveyed to Monmouth Park.
| The experiment was so successful that
twelve coal-cars were fitted up in similar
way and taken to the park empty, in antici-
| patton OF the throng who would require
transportation At The end Of the races.
TIE RACING.
| After the national stcCple-ctrlSe and the
| trial purse came a purse of $500 for all ages.
| mile heats. Seven horses Started-viZ., Val
| ley Brook. three years, by Jerome Edgar, 90
| pounds; Katie Pcasc, three years. hy Planet.
s. pounds Fadhdeen Woswcll's horSe).
I'VE years. 10y War Dance, la pounds Ari.
IONA, tive years. by Lexington. III pounds !;
Bin-iman, five years, by A>teroid, ia
| pounds; Business. four Years, by Revolver.
| los pounds and Joe John >ton, three years.
| by Hunters Lexington. 80 pounds. In the
pools sold before The first heat Katie pcasc
WAS Il warm tayorite, her running at jerome
| Park having impressed the "toutS'' with
. great idea of her speed. Business. Fadla-
deem. and Arizona also had their hackers.
The heat WIS Il cracking one. Fadladecn
got OH in front, but at the quarter pole Katie
| Pea>e took the lead. On the back stretch Il
tight race euSued between Valley Brook, ka-
tie Pca>c, and Fadadeen, the former show
ing his nose in front as they rounded the
lower turn. Katie Pet>e shot TO the fro:t
again when they rot into the home stretch,
and although Arizona. who came with BIZ
rush: struggled on to the end. Katie won
handiIy by Il length in rs. Arizona was
second. ten lengths in front Of Fadadeep.
with Bin.aman. Valley Brook, and Business
close up to the latter. Joe Johnston, who
>ulkcd ut the first was outside the flag
After the heat Katie Pcasc was f;ivorite
At 100 to II over the field, her victory being
looked upon aS I certainty. Fadladcen was
quickest Oh his les. and shot away with
clear head of the others. but katie Pcasc ran
| up to him at the quarter pole, and they
raced together until past the talf-mle pole.
| There Katie Pca>e Went 10 the front. and
WIS never aitcrwurd approached, winning
easily hv four lengths in 1:+G. Arizoua was
second. Fulladccn third. Valley Brook and
Biu.alnin were di>tanccd.
TIE DEREy STAKES.-[From the New
York Tijbn}c'S Report. THE Jersey Derby
was the last and greatest cveut of the day.
and when the bell rung for the horses TO APP
pear. the excitement among the vast assem-
| blaze OF spectators became intense. II was
a.aiu. Is i'll the previoti> year when Long
| fellow and Harry BaSSutt ran. the cham.
piunS Of the Eastern and Western turf ar
ravcd a-iust each other, and against a gal
h,pt array of thrCe-ycar-oId> of the purcSt
! lineage. some OF whom had achieved high
distinction in their two-year-oid form.
| Although both are Kentucky bred, one
SON Of the famous Lexington, whose fur
mile record OF 7:I94, thirty years ago. has
not been ccIipscG, and the other of the i'm
ported Australian, whose sire was probably
| the greatest racp.hurSe that ever trOQ the Eng
li~h turf, vet 4 sectional feeling Of rivalry has
ins"G>lbl" sprung tip between their partl-
suns The Kentucky ttlrfman sweurs by
! Tom Bowling, who stands credited with the
fastest mile heats 0:I3! Il: 43s) ever made by
horses OF any age, ana whose twosycar career
was one of great brliancy. The Eastern
dcvotce OF racing bases his allegiance on
Sprinobok the representative of the power
flll and always dangerous stable known as
the Mcdaniel Confcdcfacy. who had won
the rich Belmont stakes at the recent jerome
Park meeting from large field OF good
horses, some Of whom were opposed 10 him
Yesterday. Upon these two horses thousands
llpon thousands Of dollars Were freely wager
I'll hy their respective l:rtioans, who ignored
the idea of their being beaten by any other OF
the horses opposed to them. II, therefore,
The feeling OF rivalry between Tom Bowling
and Sprip"bok was not so widespread as III
the race. between Harry BaSsctt and Long
fellow, vet it equalled it III intensity, and
thousands stood spell-bound rs they gazed
l,p, the cunte.t. OF the fnrty-nlne entries
10 the race only seven horses came to The
posi-. III. others scared away by the prospect
of certain defeat. These were II. L.
McGruth's bay colt Tom Bowling, by Lex
ngton out Of Lucy Fowler by Imported
Albion: u. McDanirrs chestnut colt Spring
box, by imported Australian out of Hester
by Lexington; A. Belmont's chestnut colt
Count D'OrSay, by Kentucky out OF Lady
Blcssington; +. Morris'S chestnut colt Long
Branch, by imported Eclipse out OF Moline
Jackson by Naudai }. Cotiee's gray colt, by
Lightning out of JeSsamine Porter; y. w.
| Il. Reyuolds's bay colt Whisper, by Planet
out of Matte Gross and s. ID. Bruce's chest
nut colt Galway. by Concord out of Maud
ina bv imported Australian. The pool
betting was enormously heavy, both on the
course and ut the West End Hotel the nlSht
previous. AT the latter place Mr.. McGrath,
the owner of Tom Bowling, had expressed
such perfect confidence in his horse by sup
porting him in the pools that he became an
unGisputcd favuritc. On the course the
Mcdaniel division rallied to the support OF
springbok. aud the two horses alteinated IN
the tavoritism. In one Of the last pools sold
Tom Bowling brought $1,000, and Coloncl
Mcdaniel himself gave Sl,0S0, or just Soo
more, for Springbok, Count D'Orsay bring
| ;,x ,nn and tho tiul1 GIO0 ,pIv in a nCOl OF