Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-25
LOUISVILLE'S TURF REVIVAL.
A Review OF One Of the Most Success
full Meetings On Record.

AuA heGEau4H Oh HeGOEus
The inaugural meeting Of the Louis
vile Jockey Club was extraordinarily sue
cessful. Many Of our citizens who attended
the races last week came back bringing glow
ing accounts Of the time made, the perfect
order that was preserved, the OverWhelm.
iDgly large attendance and the elegant &C
cOmmOdatiOns afforded. Situated about
two and half miles from Louisville, the
track Is accessible by two lines Of street
cars, by two railroads, the Louisville and
Nashville and the Short Line, and by car
riages and Cmnibuses OVeE excellent roals.
Tie track IS one mile and seventeen
inches, measured three feet from the inner
rail. II is SO laid out that the horses can
be seen all the way around. The club
house, the grand stand, the judges and
the trainers stands are all IF the most
approved modern style, ample in
accommodations and elegant in
architecture; the officers Of tie club are
diguiied, courteous and prompt; the police
are attentive, and at the same time rigid
in the promotion Of quiet aud good order.
So numerous and liberal are the stakes and
purses, that the very best blood Of Ken
lucky and Tennessee was brought into the
arena. Ballankeel, AriStides, Chesapeake,
Monmouth, Big Fellow, Calvin, Searcher,
aud Bill Bruce were the leaders Of the
Kentucky stables: while Arizona. CamargO,
NOitigeur, NenJilatOr, Vanderbilt, and Ok
more stood as the representatives Of the
Tennessee turf There was host Of lesser
lights, some Of whom will yet be known to
fame. The nigh reputation won on other
fields was fully sustained by Ballankee',
ATistideS, Chesapeake, Calvin. Searchef
and Bill Bruce. Monmouth surpassed
his former efforts, making the run
ming a dash of two and One-eigLih miles
in the unprecedented time Of 3:4SI. Can't.
Franklin's Arizona, 'the old reliable.
astOniShed her most sangUine friends by
running two mile heats in 3.37I; 1851.
the last being the fastest second heat of
that distance ever run. Gen. Harding's
Camar-0, Jack Malone colt out Of Videth
by Nandal, won The Falls City Stake, mile
heats, in the unsurpassed time of I:l2I:
l:-3t. Weights considered, this is the
fastest mile heat race ever run, and VIC be.
lieve, weights considered, that Carmarco's
fastest mile IN this race is better than the
fastest recorded mile ever made. Searcber
when he made his mile in 1:4li carried
only ninety pounds; while Camargo, when
he run his mile in 1929, though of the
same age as Searcher ca Tied one hundred
pounds.
One Of the most exciting races Of the
week was the three-mile dash. i'm which
Monmouth, Excel, Big Fellow and OxInore
came together. Monmouth was largely the
favOrite, but Excel set the pace. keeping
Monmouth to the top Of his speed, while
Big Fellow tTailed until just in the nick of
time, when, Excel giving way, he passed
both him aud Monmouth, and came home
a winner in excellent time.
The most exciting race Of the last day,
however, was the Clarke stake, two-mile
dash, for three-year-olds, in which there
were eleven started, among the best Of the
get Of Australian, Enquirer, Planet,
Tipperary and Vandal. McGrath's
Calvin, by Tipperary, was the fayorite,
Gen. Harding's entries, VentilatOr ana
NOltigcur, by Nandal, being second in the
pools. 1t was believed that Ventilation, rode
by Bobby Swimm, would be the cOntending
horse with Calvin; but Bob waited on Cal
win, apparently intending that Voltigeur
should set the pace for the favorite at such
a rate Of speed that neither Of those two
could keep it for the two miles, and thus
enable him to come in with bis reserve on
the home stretch; but this was an unneces-
Sary arrangement for the contest. The
blood Of Nandal and old Gamma was inter-
mingled in Voltigeur's veins. and he had
both the speed and the staying qualities to
win handsomely over a heavy track in
}:jO2.
Tennessee has just cause to be proud Of |
he success Of her horses. They have won
and sustained q deservedly high name in |
he annals Of the turf The year 1873 |
proves to be thus far as fortunate as any Of |
hose which have gone before.
The Louisville Association has begun its |
'a-eer with a splendOr Unequalled. The |
blood horse men Of Tennessee heartily re.
dice in this auspiciOus inaugural, and con-
identity hope that it is but the beginning /
# a long aud brilliant series Of neetines,
L which the cracks Of both States NAV |
gain and again meet in friendly rivalry.