Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-13

This was III the lSt oil
April last. In the week, beginning
on that day, the money was deposited
in bank in San Francisco, and the @
match became absolute. The terms e
were S., 600 a side, four-mile heats, TO-
be run at Louisville on the 4th OF /
July, 1873. .
The day was fine, but too warm
a good race, the thermometer
running above ninety. The atten-
dance exceeded any ever seen on n
race course in Kentucky. There was
little betting and the odds ran as high
as two to one on Ten Brock.
When the horses appeared, len
Brock looked dull, otherwise he dld
not seem amiss. Mollie McCarthy
looked blooming and showed cohal-
ton, but there was excitement ABOUT
her aud the look was N that luui-
Gated that she was in her astrus or
periodical period. Each appeared
promptly on the call, aud each one
being saddIsd took q preliminary
gallop of y mile. Ten Brock was
first Oft III his EXERCISE, but he Went
sluggishly and carried his ears on
| poll; his noted spirit was wanting.
When himself he is always an eager
yalloper, rushing away freely. Not
so to-day. Mullie WAS eager i'll her
galIop, but it WAS the dash of nervous
e. citement. The prac,ised eye drew
u conclusion against the suppositlon
that either horse was right. The END
showed tina neither was ft for u
four-mile race, ami much less for a
great one.
At the signal to come up Mollle
had the inside. and both moved brisk
~. A strong rate was rushed into
for q four.mile race aud u hot day.
Mollie Mccarthy led off and showed
that her policy VAS TO force the pace.
Ten Brock followed strongly, and he
in turn was disposed to force the
pace also. Putting his head on the
mares flank he hung there. and they
ran thus past the quarter pole, down
the backstretch, and OIL the far turn.
Here Ten Broeck hurried the gait,
and went up head aud head. Having
felt of Moliie around the turn and
found that he had the foot Of her, he
was taken in hand and hung OIL her
quarter along the straight run to the
stand. The IN IL was done in LAG
81. They passed it s-lap, she leading
half q length.
Entering the second mile Ten
Brock again was taken III hand, ana
was pulled back, and went lazily
around the turn. The pace slowed,
aud the mare opened W lengths
away il going to the quarter pole
l once in straight running. leu Brock
/ again moved up, and i'll forty rods at
. md stretch caught Mollie and hurried
her on again. He hung Oh her quar-
ter and gave her a stiff brush OH to
the far turn. Here he was pulled
back and went slowly around 1t.
D Csniug into the homestretch, he
= again moved on Mollie. A rafting
gait rushed them up to the stand,
II where they am a-lap, the mare
: lead ~ q neck. The second mile
was done in 1856 l-2, the two mile:
o in 3:45 S-4.
Now the third mile commenced
Ten Brock hung Oh Mollie's quarter
v around the turn. Sweeping on Il
and going into the bsckstretch, Tel
n Brock was called OH for the chai
n l!enge. 1t was answered, and dash
g ing brush set in. Half the stretch
was covered at g sweeping pace, ant
in it he drew to MollIe's head, aut
e soon he showed in frout,and reachlns
:, the halt-mile pole had opened day
2 light between himself and the mare
" Around the turn he kept his kiln:
l. rate, and, ending it, he had opened
ten lengths away from her. Then h
j. was taken in hand aud the pace ease
IS away. This left Mollie a chance |
r. hold her own, and even more, AM
r; with the lead diminishing he came I
" the stand, ending the third mil" !
" 1:5O ga, and the three miles III $50.
3 When the horses came to the st.n
t. at the end of three miles III was clea
D. not only that the race WAS done. all
Moilie beaten, but that both horse
were doue also. Both were Ill Q
a esse; both were out of stride; bot
j. had their mouths closed; all pac
as was given up, and their ears wer
d.. down on their polls. 1t was evldei
Il, that Mollie was getting the spur, fo
a her tail hirted. aud yet the ste'
er raised nothing from her: Iher
in was nothing left to rally. The SLOW
eff ing of the pace ny to the stand At tt
~ end of the third mile had allow,
Iii Mollie to get within a couple
he lengths.
lie dropped down to mel
to hand gol!op.. and Ten broec
e. was uOllS ittiC 'hoiSs oo1 u
had just gait enough to drop her t.
e. lengths around the turn to the quart
'e. pole. Keeping OH in a steady gallo
tx he drew away from her fifty yards
x. the time he reached the tar tur'
II, Going on in his hand gailOp he DIRE
,e, more and more away from her, All
i'm when he entered the homestretch 81
At was a hundred yards behind, and hs
he dropped down into q trot, and SOC
he was stopped entirely. In u slo
nd gallop, but not At all at ease, Tie
yo Brock came home, finishing Il
is fourth mile in 2:26 "a. and the he
nj in 8:193-4. Mollie did not come
no the stand At all, aud the figures RI
70. up showed Ten Brock first al
nd Mollie distauced. Kentuckians /
,S. joiced that their ~favorite had wo
lie but all were disappointed with u
cs, Indifferent race.
ne Louisville Jockey Club Course. Louisvii
-. by. July 1, 1878. Match, slo,UJ; four m
w heats.
IS, Francis 3. Hsrper's b. h., Ten Brock. i
nj years old, by imp Phaeton. dam Fanny
" HoltOu, by Lexington. ls TBS ......-..
Theodore Winters's bT. IN .Mollie Mccarthy,
ig- years old. by Monday, dam Hennie
Farrow by imp. Shamrock. Ill ths....di
Time. S:l91.