The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-27
TIE BOWIE STAKES.

TIE BOWIE STAKES.
PfMLlco, October 20.-The Bowit
stakes race was the affair Of the day, ant
II became 80 because Kentucky had sen
her faVorite son Ten Broeck beyond tht
mountains to show that blue grass ant
blue blood meant something else thar
sentiment. He was the big horse Of th,
race, and was bigger by comparison OF
contrast than his compauions--Algerins
l0S pounds, Ambush los, and BarFicade
lOS: The respective jockeys were Walk.
er, Evans, Hughes and Hayward. Ten
Brock, with Ia pounds, was the favorite
in the pools at $40 10 SllO for AIgerine,
and S45 for the field. At the start Am.
bush got Of 6rst, Barricade second, Ten
Brock third, and AIgerine fourth,
They ran slowly around The turn up
Of the back stretch and to the upper turn
without change, but on the fonrth quar-.
ter Ten BroOck went up second under a
heavy pull. They finished the first mile
without change Of positions, but on the
turn ot the second mile Ten Brock was
pulled back to the. third place, Ambush
still leading by eight lengthS. On the
back stretch Ten Brock again went up
second, with BarricAde third and Alger.
inc last. They moved easily around the
second mile and Ambush had increased
his advantage to twelve lengths when
they passed the stand and finished the
second mile. At the first quarter Of the
third mile Ambush had increased the dis.
tance between himself and Ten Broeck to
twenty lengths, but at the half mile Ten
Brock went forward and reduced the
advantage to six lengths when they had
completed the third mile. Going around
the first turn on the fourth mile Ambush
fell back and Barricade went 10 the front;
at the one.quarter and one.half mile
showed one.half length ahead Of Am.
bush, with Ten Brock third and Algerine
last. AT the three.quarter pole Ten
Brock was halt length in front Of Bar
ricade and he came down the homestretch
aud to the finish, under pull, two lengths
ahead OF Barricade, with Ambush and
Algerine distanced-time T:42R.
Ten Broetk was the iayoritO now, five
to one. He and Barricade started on the
second heat, with Barricade two lengths
in the lead, and at the one.quarter pole he
had Increased the advantage 70 s lengths
and they ran that way to the three.q uar-
ter pole, when Ten Brock went UP some
what and they ran along thus through
the second and third miles, the advantage
OF Barricade being three lengths. At the
end ot the third mile Ten Brock went
forward and at the one.quarter pole cap.
tured his contestant. AT the one.half
mile he was two lengths ahead and at the
three.quarter pole had increased it to ten
lengths. He came in under pull four
lengths ahead, winner Of the heat and
race. Time-7:4O.
First heat, Permile 2.O71, l:5s, 1:51;,
l:5O3; second heat, 1;58, 1:54, l:5S3, 1854.
The second mile heat match between
Kilburn and Rappahannock was won by
the latter, 3:30t, 3:42.
The mile heat hurdle race, a match
between Fredericktown and Risk, was
won by the former in two straight heats.
Time, 1:54, 1851.
Ten Brock and Parole run at Jerome
Park, New York, November Sd, the same
distance and same weights as at Pimlico
on Wednesday last.
POSTPONED.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 2O.-Or &C.
count OF the rain to-day the races were
postponed until tomorrow.