The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-01
THE GREAT mPARoLE.n



At three years old Parole first appeared !
in the Kentucky Derby. It is well
known that he was not in condition 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 Ochiltree and Matte A, in the
sweepstakes for all ages, a mile and
quarter. He carried 80 pounds, Tom
Ochiltrce lis pounds and Matte A 118
pounds receiving pounds allowance as
mare in the summer season. Parole
went off very fast, OUtran them all the
way, and beat Tom twelve lengths in
| 2:122. Matte A was twelve more behind
/ the big horse. In the Saratoga Cup Tom
| Ochiltree beat Parole a length; Tom 11S,
Parole 81 pounds; Big Sandy q bad
! third Madge behind him. In the sequel
stakes, mile and three quarters, with
i 1l5 pounds, Parole won easily in 3:103,
| beating Freebooter, Warleck and Odd
/ Socks. At Jerome Park, in the alleged
stakes a mile and a half, he carried 90
pounds, and ran clean away from St.
Martin, Warlock, Virginius and Rhad-
amanthus. He won in a canter by four
|
lock made a dead heat for the second
hplace. It was noticed in this race that
he out-paced the fast horses Virginius
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 lO7 pounds, they
made running with him for the Dixie
stakes, 2 miles, upon a very heavy track.
He had all his horses beat at mile and
three-quartcrs, but he tired at last, and
Vigil, a horse about twice as powerful
as himself, beat him by five lengths.
Heretog was third and then followed
Algerine, the SultaDa and Smiley. In
the Breckenridge stakes, two miles, Vigil
carried 115 pounds, including five pounds
, penalty, and beat Parole and Virginiu'
in 1871. Parole began his four-year-old
career this season by being second in E
purse of three-quarteTs of a mile to Janet
. Norton four others ran. He then woI
f the WoodbuTn stakes, for f3ur-year-olds
+ beating Ambush, Fiddlestick and Vir
! ginids in 5:474. In the sweepstakes fol
i all ages, at Saratoga, II miles, he was
/ third to Vera Cruz and Tom Orchiltree
2 between whom there was a head. 1t wa
2 after one of Paroles delicate, lenteI
: times, when it is not difficult to beat hin
f with a good horse. But the race started
e the secretions and sharpened his appetite
p so that, five days afterwaId, he beat Ton
t in cup-a mile farther-by two lengths
q and Vera Cruz was nowhere. In tn
{ summer handicap, a mile and three
n quarters, Parole carried 116 pounds, an
y peat Vera Cruz, with 96 pounds, by tw
e lengths, George ", Bushwacker ant
d Abilene also ran. In this Parole CAV
8 Vera Cruz % pounds for his year, an
e won in 3:08. 1t was just AT to tn
v mile, and Parole won easily with II
r pounds. He also won purse, a mil
e and half with 81 pounds, beating Vii
l. ginius by six lengths in 2 1863. Glasgow
,e also started. At the Jerome park fa
e meeting just concluded Parole beat a
h gerine and Ambush, three miles, for tn
IS Maturity stakes, for our-year-olds. II
IF won easily by two lengths in $3.50. tn
d track was deep and slow. In the Gran
If National handicap, two miles and
It quarter. he was second to Tom OchiItreC
v and carried 115 pounds. In the All-sge
?. stakes, mile and a half, weight for age
# he was second to Tom again, and ST
/ Martin, Virginius, Algerine, Idalis
n Madge andPinceton finished behind hin
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