Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-02
THE MUSTANG RACE.
PeraILO Rides His 1855 Miles and Has
n Minute and Half TO spare.

PeFaIlO Rides His I50 Miles and Has
1tnute and a Half TO spare.
New York World, May 26.l
The second mustang race, which
took place at Fleetwood Park yes
terday, seemed to excite more in
terest than the first. The day was
brighter and the crowd may have
been greater on that account, as
well perhaps as because the dis
tance was shorter, and even taking
into account the better average
time which was required, brought
| the accomplishment Of the under
taking within the bounds of posi-
bility. Certainly everything sur
rounding and connected with the
race was bright and attractive.
The day was perfect-a clear sky
and a dry warm air which was
made exhilarating by the all-day
breeze, just strong enough to be
comfortable. The track was hard
and dry. Peralto himself was the
lobieet Of universal admiration.
La young man of one-and-twentY,
/ but looking fully five years older,
slender, thin in flanks, widening
gracefully to a magnificent pair o.
shoulders, with a handsome, deli
cate face very deeply sun-burned,
mustache visible perhaps one hun
dred feet away, black eyes and
waving black hair cut rather short
but still streaming out as he rode
from under the edge of his bright
colored jockey cap. He rode ii
his shirt sleeves and wore dark
loose-ftting trowsers tucked into {
pair of Wellington boots. Ii
! his left hand he carried thu
bride and coiled tether, whicl
seems to be the mustangs inseper
able adjunct {; in his right he flour
ished a whip, laying the same ever.
moment over the flanks of his mus
tang, at the same time the lon!
! spurs with which his heels wer
armed, were brought up with Vi
cious lunge against the animal
Ibelly. His manner of riding wa
superb. His stirrups were wOrl
J long, and seemed less a constan
help and necessity. than a safe
guard in case of accident. Th
horse and rider seemed one piece
There was no showing Of the blu
: sky betwixt saddle and seat; ther
seemed indeed to occur none G
those awkward bumps and dOubl
bumps, which it is generally con
!, sidered policy to stand up from
but everything went smoothly, an
q. the beast no more jostled his ride
8 than he did the Mexican saddle
: which was bound immovably o
! his own back. The young Cal
fornian mounted and dismounteC
: adding mile to mile, sometimes loi
ing, sometimes gaining, his nee
!. oftentimes in jeopardy, while tn
+ crowd cheered him uproariously, c
IS remained sympathizingly silent, a
f, eording as his prospects grew
dwindled; but he took it all I'll
Il same, drank something now an
D then, ate nothing at all, and wei
= his ways with mOdesty that WI
4 pleasant to see.
AT the beginning of the raj
t.1 there was but slight intimation
n the crowd which subsequently gatI
cred. There were a few in Il
l grand stand and a few in the clul
: house, and over to the left a fe
had gathered under the trees {
the hilloutside which oyerl0oks I'll
Enclosure. Punctually at twelv
o'clock the bell rang from Il
Judges stand, one OF the Judg
Ae opened his mouth, and in all h
,g man probability said, CO." al
= Peralto, who had been sitting
- his horse for a minute or SO wal
sling, shot under the line and was
- like o shot. The mustang he ro
almost Immediately showed an (
centricity that was subsequently
variably evinced by all his fellow
- II mattered not whether his rid
started to the right or to the lie
somewhere in his course he "
~ bound to meet the stables, and
!, was the stables that seemed to 9
= crate upon the headstrOng lit
mustangs as a red rag does up