The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-13
PERALTO'S RIDE.
Journey OF SIX HUNDRED MILES IN FIFTY

A JOURNEY OF SIX HUNDRED MILES IN FIFTY
HoURs-TnE FIRST NIGHTS WORK,
Francisco Pcralto, the Mexican rider, commence
his long journey at Gimorcs Garden last evening be.
fore fair audience. The conditions Of his under;ak-
ing that he shall ride GOO miles nifty consecutive
hours to be allowed twenty horses change as he
may please. ShouitPerano accom- sh the leaf hc IS
promised handsome purse from the managers OF the
garden. and additional sum, 1t Is reported from
somebody else Very promptly the judges wcro on
the stand, and sent the Mexican on his way. He ap-
p,arcd confident, and went whzzng around the track
In an casy, carclcs. style that marks the accom-.
plisicd rider, yet wthal modest and discreet In
Nay last. at Fleetwood Park, Peralto rode
los miles hours, and since then at Buffalo he
accomplished 100 miles IN eight hours. IL was his
purpose all mustangs in the Journey now on
hand but It was impossible TO procure them SO some
OF hts horses not OF much account Samuel J.
Carley, Charles F. Brahcm, U. Clifford and Edward
Barr the judges while Frank Whitaker keeps tho
audience posted on 'time" ard minor matters
THE rEx MILES.
Peraio changed his horses almos; every mile and
reversed his direction around tho track every two
miles, Seven turns required u mako ono
mile, and It is simple calculation 10 show
that the rider must mako 400 circuits OF the
track before tho six hundrcdth milo Is scored.
His nrst milo was made In $50, the soc.
ond In 49, tho third In 1882, tho fourth
1885, the i,h in $780, tho sixth in 240 the seventh
In 2:5L the eighth :02, the ninth IN 2:a0 and the
tenth III 244 maxim g the ten miles In 26n, as This
distance he accomplished IN good form, and seemed
twice. while changing, he drank small quantity of
oatmeal wafer with apparent relish.
THE skcOSD rE> MILES
without ossOi time Pernlio commenced his eleventh
mile. which he made IN 2;'' but tho twelfth required
= 40 and the others up to the twentieth, as follows
Thirteenth ss6; fourteenth, go; fifteenth, 2;ll;
o3l; nineteenth, 2:t9; twentieth, 2:3s-totai lor
the ten miles, 2Gm. 2js., and Tor the twenty,
53m. Is. Nothing ct especial note occurred during
tins norton OF The ride, excepting that the birdie vi
his cream coOrcd mustang parted during the seven
tecnth mile, aud II was feared that the animal could
not be stopped AZ the end Of the seventh circuit but
pcraito was equal 10 the occasion and mad the bride
adjusted IN "shipshape order In less than half a
minute, without arrcsiing the speed OF the pet.
SCORING FIFTY NILES.
The next ten miles we're accomplished oGm 22s
the total OF the thirty. actual riding time, was H.
l9m 20s The following ten consumed 21m. OBS. tho
--latest mile requiring 80 making Tor the forty miles
In. 46n. Sos. From the forty 10 the nnicth
Peralto exhibited a. much GOODNESS and copnicncc as
hundred had been sci down 10 hts credit
no smiled with satisfaction. Tho last ten we're
made 26m. as, the total Tor the my niles being
2h. l3m los When II Is con siicrcd that IN making
this distance the track was gone over $50 lines some
idea may b. Obtained OF the nature oil the task AZ.
tempted. Up 10 this point his averaged miles were
little less than 2m. 4Os. 10 ride the htv hours WIN.
out rest Of coursc an imposslbiliiy, rerallo would
require TO make twelve mics an hour TO succeed 50
that here he over twenty miles ahead of schedule
time
PROM FIFTY TO THE EIGHTY .r,Rsr.
In making the ten miles from nifty to sixty he re.
CURED 21m. 3Ss.-total riding iime III 4Om 5Is Tho
mex, ten occupied I'm o5s and az this juncture he
had been 3h. 0sm in the saddle lie was now about
two hours ahead Of time From tho seventeen
TO the c'sh'lc'h mile he took 2sm. 1914,
his. riding time all, to this MONT
being 3h 35in los. The eighty first mile REQUIRED en-
2in TO accomplish, and ut this juncurc he mad been
81. :9m AIS. sailiDg around tho enclosure rest OF
ten minutes was then taken when Il was his intention
10 rcmoun and continue TO hundred miles Tor his
nights work
SUMMARY.
GitxoHHs GARDEN, New YoRg, March IL ls,,.-
For purse. Francisco Pcralta undertaking to rlJc
twenty horses allowed -