Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
TIE GREAT "PAROLE."
Rerord % the Here That Wen
Girent nnce % RaItImoTe.

NuEAN ~
Al three wears old Parole first appeared
in the Kentucky Derby. 1t is well
known that he was not incondltion when
he was sent to the west, nor when he
started. Vagrant was first, Creedmoor
second and Harry Hill third. Eight
Others started. Parole was brought
back, and he did not run again until the
Saratoga meeting, where he encountered
Tom 0chiltree and Matte A, in the
sweepstakes for all ages, a mile and a
ouarter. He carried % POUNDS, Tom
0chiltree lis pounds and Matte A lis
pounds, receiving 5 pounds allowance as
a mare in the summer season. Parole
went off very fast, outran them all the
way, and beat Tom twelve lengths IN
2:l2l. Matte A was twelve more behind
the big horse. Iuthe Saratoga Cup lem
Ochiltree beat Parole a length; Tom lls,
Parole o. pounds; Big Sandy a bad
third, Madge behind him. In the sequel
stakes, a mile and three quarters, with
ll5 pounds, Parole won easily in e;lOf,
hating Freebooter, WarleCk and Odd
socks. At Jerome Park, in the alleged
stakes a mile and a half, he carried "
pounds, and ran clean away from st,
Martin, WarlOck, VirgiDius and Rhad'
amanthus. He won in q canter by four
lengths in 2;3S, and st. Martin and War,
lock made a dead heat for the second
place. It was noticed in this race that
be out paced the fast horses Nirglnius
and Rhadamanthus from the first stride,
and this showed what a clipping race
horse he was at the old weights. At
Baltimore they still prevail. But going
TO that place and taking l07 pounds, they
made running with him for the Dixie
stakes, > miles, upon a very heavy track.
He had all his horses beat at a mile and
thres-quarters, bat he tired at last, and
Vigil, a horse about twice as powerful
a. himself, beat him by five lengths.
Heretop was third and then followed
Alperine, the Sultana and Smiley. In
the Hreckinridge stakes, two miles, Vigil
carried 116 pounds, including FIVE pounds
penalty, and beat Parole and Virginiu!
In 1871. Parole began bis four-year-old
career this season by being second in g
purse of three-quarteIs of a mile to Janet
| Norton four Others ran. He then woT
the Woodburn stakes, for four-year-olds
beating Ambush, Flddlestick and Nir
ginius in 5:47A. In the sweepstakes fol
all ages, at Saratoga, / miles, he wa
third TO Vera Cruz and Ion Orchiltree
between whom there was head. 1t wa
after one of Paroles delicate, lentel
times, when it is not difficult to beathin
with a good horse. But the race started
the secretions and sharpened his appetite
80 that, FIVE days a%tterwaId, he beat Gon
in a cup-a mile farther-by two lengths
and Vera Cruz was nowhere. In tn
summer handicap, a mile and three
quarters, Parole carried ll6 pounds, an,
beat Vera Cruz, with 96 pounds, by tw
lengths, George ", Bushwacker an
Abilene also ran. In this Parole CAV
Vera Cruz % pounds for his year, an
won in 3:08. 1t was Just al to tn
mile, and Parole won easily with II
pounds. He also won a purse, a mi
and a halt, with 81 pounds, beating vi
ginius by 81. lengths in . 1861. Glasgo'
also started. At the Jerome park ia
meeting Just concluded Parole beat a
gerine and Ambush, three miles, for ii
Maturity stakes, for four-year-olds. II
won easily by two lengths in $3.50. II
track was deep and GLOW. In the Gran
National handicap, two miles and
quarter. he was second to Tom Ochiltre
and carried ll5 pounds. In the All-age
stakes, a mile and a half, weight for az
he wa second to Tom again, and 5
Martin, Virginius, Algerine, Idali
Madge andP. inceton finished behind hir
-NeU York Sportman.