The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-11-02
Ten Brock 5 Defeat,

August Belmont, of New York. Bd-
lie Peyton, Of Tennessee, and -. Io-
gau, of Maryland. The timers were RI.
T. McGrath, of Kentucky. and John
smith, of Ohio:
: Out To Pimlico by WAY of Madison
avenue and Druid Hill Park is a pleas
ant ride in spite of the cObblC--tonc
paVcmcnt~.
The track j. of the usual oval shape,
with stretches rather shorter than Gus
tumaTy. There j. fine twO-StOrN
clubhouse at the first turn, and Oppo-
site the judge stand q couple OF pub
lie stand, mostly composed of flights
If stairs, and offering the worst ac-
,'ommodation in the Iuiou Ia rCpor-
terS. In the inncr-iicld, for some hun
lrcd~ of feet on either side of the viii
niny-IO~t, are drawn up against the
rails the carriages Of members aud vi
tors: the horses removed. each VChi-
lie j. converted into - private box,
where the beautiful daughters of BAL
tiIuOTc receive the homage of their
cavaliers. watch the raC"~ or lunch,
extremely natural, comfortable and at
,hCir Cil-C.
The track j. crowded TODAY. People
~ carriages, mounted "r afOOt have
Ion" been pouring to the gates i'm such
thIun%~ and - carer that in despair
lac tirkct--cllCr- abandon their posts
IND the crowd sweeps ia and over
huw~ everything. There j. a buzz Of
conversation on all -idc~. though no
noise. aud fifty per cent. of the
conversation - made up of the names
I If the three hor-C- tp run to-day for
I he American championship. There
ire two races before the hi" event. hut
,hcy are "nlya wh"t, OYSTER and clsh-
IL ~ il were, and people barely tol"r-
rate them.
But they are over and the track j.
. '!UnrCd AMI every one takes deep
breath aud settles himself or herself
4 iOT the day sensation all but the
pcttin" uI"II. tp whom the hOr-"~ are
. DnlY counters in - game. Ih'T crowd
around the rool-~laud a. if il were
! savings bank OU which lively run
: Na~ in progress. and when at the last
moment operations ur" suspended
here j. a long queue of un-ati-iiCd
( nuycr-. and u small forest of arms
, with grCcnlHck~ for foliage j. despair
ugly a"itatcd
Ten Brorck. rhc mighty victor over
he ~cNthc bearer. j. thc tir-t horse
nut, and ~hrmdcd in blauk"t- til lac
uoks lii<o the pct charger of Pharaoh.
lie "alIup~ couple ufmilce slowly "tn
DIcn his pipes. ".;ud hl that time ia"
thcr horses are stripped for thc fray.
With bjI~inc~--likc prumpttudC the
bON~. in their "raV silks have been
weighed and given a lcg up. and in q
few moments the three meet ia I ,ni Of
the stand. Ten BruCck cantcr- past,
ii" hay who does not look "a bi" ~ lac
=. and "nt-~ fa~jor than he seems to 10"
going. quiet a. u Thoroughbred should
Jc, ana with a bu-mC~~-lik" carrlagc
# the oui~trCtchcd IcCk.
fItlnI (l.itilfrFt - lIss
n" hywilh head aud tail up. l"uk-
much bigger horse though the diilCr-
"ucr between them in height l. NOT
- really great. Both horses are loud
\ acclaimed. l"-- attention y, in" paid
o the little brown "cldin" that comes
: ~ last. bu~nc~--liIc q in hie action aud
with waves of muscle undulating uI-
Ter his giO~-N coat at every stride, but
overlooked rather in the presence f
,he two hi" horse.
80 the three walk. trOt and Cautcr
r0IInd t. near the corner dm"OuallN
opposite the judge stand and club
lulI~c. where they meet and ~kirmi-h
l~ccoud. q tiny fay j. seen to fall ri
lCnIV. and at the instant the thrC"
Iur~o~ seem to "row each a foot lower
md three lun"cr, aud shoot into the
rack. Everybody draws a deep
Tcath Every one say: "rhcN'rc
Z III" The great I1cc has begun.
Comm" round the hrnd-dud they
Uuk oddly like oNcrgrOWu cats at ia"
li~tancc-thc horses settle into psi
ion. and they sweep past the sta Id
or the first time. the negro in front.
Big Tom couple uf lcn"th- behind,
Parole four lengths further away, the
'OrkcN- pullin" hard. with their eyes
,INCI on their horses ear, the AMI
mails beginning 10 breath" more dep
and the traccrN of veins on their
.idc~ beginning" to come out. Thcir
.yc~ are lar"" AMI lu~trou~. Each
,ror-c j. like an cugiu" steadily and
'ei~urclyat work, bat with ih" steam
sau"c rising.
" they 90 past the rlub-hou-" To-
ne back stretch Barhuu tclc"rapl- to
Ium OcIiltr"", and TIA" hi" hur-"
loses on the leader q little. Nlmu-r
instantly Ten Brocck stretches away
Vi~ibIy faster. and in a hundred yards
Parole j. seen Ia quicken hi- IgI"C. II
j. Just the rcvcr~" of = " e It +, &C.; hCs'"
the hindm0~t j. last 10 feel the wind.
The gal0piu" has turned to running,
md tnr crowd g!ow~ loud ~ stride nl-
ucr stride O'hiltrCc cats up the zap he
'wcrn him and the leader. His nos"
4. at Ten BrD"cll'~ tail; then the pair
jrcomc Il very long horse, with two
there j. only one hOr~" visible; then
ron Ochllrrc cmcrgc- from behind
Ten BrOcck like the moon aiCr au
,i.iID-". and amid the delighted shout
IF hi- friends takes clear lead.
A. thcN come up th" ~trctclI for the
second TIM" running ha, given place
% ra"iug in dead earnest. The
lor~c-' sides bc"iu to h"nv" and Hrc
vet with sweat, their deep brCathin"
80 distinctly heard j. like the beat Of
.icam engine and their expressive
ewes are determined, angry, fun of th"
delight Ofbattlc The riders are H.
unconscious Of the crowd a. il they
we're deaf and ddnb, and YOU can
lcar the wind tapping -tiiily ~ they
iy past. kentucky yell Tor Ten
BrO"cE and the Fast shouts for O"hil-
rec, while the little brown hor-" that
yalloI,~ behind them like a shadow T.
har,liv noticed.
Past the club-hou~c again. Beyond
4, near the stables Of th" Western
lor-c-, j. a little knot Of Kcuturkiam-,
he General and his -taiI, and a. Ten
RroCck pa--,-~ II signal j. waved ("
! nim. A second after The horse bend
/ over to the ground, and the little
patch oc daylight l,ctWc"u him and tlI"
,radCr- disappears ~ suddenly ~ II -
| lDor had closed and shut il out.
't.w seconds more and Il delighted yell
with the -hrill Western accent goco
/ Ip from the crowd. "Ilo'- "bt him!'
"Hc means Ten Brocck and "him'
/ Orhiltrcc.l Its all over "\Ow
! you'll soc him leave them .\t the
: half the positions are reversed. IcIl
Broeck i leading 10y "a length. y
: hey race to the bi" tree Ochiltrc"
.haryr- at him like \cy with the Old
iuarI~ at Waterloo and the Ken
uckv cheering that had hardly reach
.d it, height wavcr~. Another second
and Tom j. seen 10 tlltcr and visihly
to come back and the shouting rcbe-
sin-.
Almost AT that instant, with few
hounds the almost Ininoitrcd iarol"
ranges up to Ochiltrcc. ~ they come
INTO the stretch, Ten Brock leads bv
4 length only, the other- yokcd, then
,hc little brown horse begins growing
ucarer-that l. the effect ~ they com"
M tine stretch hcad-On--vi~ihly faster
! than the king. \ conuoi--cur shuts
his glasses, remarks: Hes got him
now che" referring to Parole, and
. "himr to Ten Brock, and starts -
,hout of "'I;ah for Parole For