Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-25
The Great Horse Race.

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10 last evenings Gazatte, was won ty Parole
1t vas n dash Of two and hall miles Tor all
ages, $500 entrance, play or pay, club TO add
81 900. +. b. Ilarper's b. h. Ten Brock, >
years, Walker, IA pounds, Geo. l.. Lor'lard' $
b. h. Tom O,hitrec, 5 years, Barb2c, ia
pounds, and 2. Loriard's b. G. Parole, years.
Barrett, lO5 pounds, were the starters. In tic
pools Ten Brock was the iavorite at large odds,
selling against the field st nearly two 10 oac.
He sold for $1,000, while Tom ochiIrrc
| brought $500 and Parole $3.50.
The widest excitement prevailed about tie
pool stands. and on the gram! staEd The ladies
| became almost as much excited Is we're chose
Of the stcrucr Sex Ga the quarter src!c'i the
horses started we'll, with Ten Brock 10 iront.
Tom Ochitrcc second and Parole third. "a
the upper turn Ten Brock opened two lengths
ahead of Tom and Parole was two lcDgihS be,
hind, and at the end oil the quarter, while len
Brock held his advantage, Parole Tell back
two lengths; the first half mile was run without;
change, and when the horses passed ';ia stand
the most intense excitement prevailed. hrouG.
tho lower turn Tom OchiltrrG recovered onc
! length, and at the quarter pole vas Only one
length behind Ten Brock, with Parole three
lengths behird. On the back stretch OthlItrtc
gained another half length, and Parole ran
easily at his distance OF two lengths III the rear,
and at the halfmiIc Othtrcc WAS only :. halt
length behind Ten Brock, while Paro!: has!
gained enc length Oo the upper turn fo:i
Oehiltrcc went ahead and showed head III
front, Increasing his advantage to hal! length
at the three quarter POLE down the homo.
stretch he increased the ADVANTAGE 20 tw0
lengths, with Parole three lGugtlls hehini Ten
Brock. In that order they passed the s'aol,
but in the lower turn Ten Brock gaIaed Il
length he had lost, az lil also p.roa. At the
quarter Ten Brock and Ochiltrtc ran head anG
head, and in back stretch Ten Brock showc,!
a head 10 front. lie increased his advantage At
the half. mile, and went into the upper iGrn orc
length ahead of Ochlltrcc, Hho led Parole over
a length. At the three quarter pole Parole
made dash and ran up even with O;hl!tIce.
Down the home stretch the running was line
Parole went gaautly to the front, and finished
two lengths ahead Of Ten Brock, who beat
Tom O,hiltrec four lengths. Time, Ash. Tie
time in the first quarter 80! seconds; the hall,
SOB seconds; the three quarter, l:3S!; the mile
1861; tho one and quarter, .9::2Oii; the enc
and half 2:4744; the one and-thrcc quarters,
3:l5; the two miles, 3:l2; the two and q uuat
ter, 4:09!; and the two aud L hall, .i:JlI.
When the horses came UP to weigh alter the
race Parole was received with cheers, and the
people gathered around him. is So0n a. his
Jockey was weighed the crowd raised him on
their shoulders and carried him about tic track
with cheer upon cheer, uolil it became per
feet ovation. Such excitement WAS never vii
messed in Baltimore on any previous racing &C
casiou.
Among the throng present were Senators
Bayard, Dan Cameron, David Davis, Beck,
McCrccry, Mcdonald, Bruce, Gordon, Arlu
strong, Thurman, Howe, Johnslor, Oglcsby
and many members OF the House ol represent
atives. The betting on all the races WAS heavy,
and thousands Of dollars, At heavy ODDS, w"l"
stakcd on Kentucky 3 tavorite
The Baltimore Gazette says: When the
horses entered the home stretch Tor the llulsh,
and Parole pushed CALAMITY to the front, Tia.
scene among the spectators batheS description.
The thousands in the grand stand rose Is one
person, ladies stonding on the backs Of sca;S
and clinging to those around them for support
| in their eager desire 10 see the tiolsl. Ga thc
quarter stretch it rcscmbled = pandcmoalum.
| Men we're wild with excitement, and l1r The
moment appeared absolutely dcrangcI lle
cheering AID shouts could BE- heard for lallcs
away; hats were waved and hurled into the air.
] and the cheering continued Tor several mo
| ments. The men who had bet heavily on the
result - nine tenths Of whom hacked Zen Brock
--belrayei their interest in Ganchcd checks
and curses loud aud deep, while those who held
winning tickets fairly leapcd Tor joy. IL was
scene never before WltacsScd IT l'Ini!Ich, and
one that has rarely, if ever, had parallel on
any course throughout the country. When
| Parole was ridden to the judges stand the cx
cited multitude overlooked into the track, aud
! lifting the little colorcd jockey from his seat,
bore him 10 triumph up aud down the track
| and over the quarter stretch, while cheer upon
cheer rose from the thousands CT excited men,
who grouped around to congrau' a:c The lorm
nate rider ou his great victory.
The amount OF money changing hands On The
result Of yesterday will aggregate about twJ
hundred thousand dollars. Pools were sold du
ring the races amounting TO $'9T, GUG besides
the bool. makers bets and amounts privately
wagcrcd Many who had invested lev hun
dred dollars on Parole found themselves uncX-
pectediy 10 the possession Of thousands. john
hIorrisscy is reported to have backed Parole to
the extent Of 5000 and won $1,000 \
New Yorker had Sc 600 on the same horse and
realized some 5000; a Washington n1wspa.
per correspondent invested 300 and realized
81 800. He wants to report the races here reg
ularly 10 the future.
Hundreds Of such instances might he given,
as the result proved perfect boDapza Tor those
who had made Investments in the auction
pools where the odds were so largely 10 favor
of Ten Brock. The Paris mutual tickets paid
$50 GO for each s. invested. y few Of those
who had suffered heavy losses started absurd
stories about Ten Brock having been 'phy
sckcd," but they met with ttlc Iavor, and the
universal sentiment of all whose opinions were
entitled 10 any weight was that he had been |
fairly beaten and had done his best.
PlMLIco, MD, Oct. 25.-l0 the first race,
purse $3.50; oDc mile for two year Odds; winner
of Central stakes; five pounds extra; $500 for
first and fifty for second horse; Maggie May,
Danichctf, Balance All, Fawn and Piquc started;
Piquc was winner; Danicheff second, Balance
Ali third; time, J.4j!. Second race, selling
race for all ages; one and a half mile; horses
entered to be sold at auction Immediately after
the race; for 1900 full weight; iJr 1000 allow.
ed 5 lbs; for $50 allowed 10 lbs. for 800 allow
cd II lbs; if not to be sold at all lbs. extra;
5000, Q Ia Eret borco. q, bo uooon6