The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-11
THE GREAr RACE.
The California Marc Dfstanced by
the Kentucky Horse.

The California Mare Dfstanced by
the Kentucky Horse.
The great event which had been
looked for with great interest and
anxiety by sporting men throughout
the Union-the four-mile race between
Ten Brock and Mollie Mccarthy
took place on the Louisville Course on
the 4th. 1t is estimated that there
were thirty thousand persons present
to witness the race, and great disap-
pointment is expressed at the result.
The affair is denounced as set-up job
by which confiding public was nice
ly swindled out of forty or fifty thOus-
aud dollars. The telegraph furnishes
the following brief account of the
race:
When the drum tapped for the great
fOur-mile race to-day, Ten Brock and
Mollie Mccarthy went by the string
like twin bullets. Ten Brock had the
| outside of the track, and the mare be-
ing on the inside, ran to the front from
! the start. AT the first quarter they
were side by side, and going gallantly
on to victory. The half mile did not
change the positions, and as they
moved onward the thirty thousand
spectators were held in perfect silence.
Between the half and three.quarters
tho mare got her nose in front, and a
great cheer went up, and then, as they
came past the string aud she again APP
pcarcd in front, another cheer was
heard. The mare was running easily.
leu Brock was being driven hard,
and Walker urged him moro and more.
In the second mile Mollie seemed to
be moving with so much ease and Ten
BrOeck labored SO much that the Ken.
tuckians wavered by the thousands,
and .he certainty of California win
ming produced dead silence.
AT the half post of the second mile
Walker urged Ten Brock quite hard,
and Hawser permitted him to come up
side by side. A Kentucky yell, such
as was heard for miles, rent the air.
So they ran past the three-qnarters
and coming into the stretch Mollie
Mccarthy brushed ahead again, pass
ing the grand stand half length in
the lead. "She will win, sure" was
heard in all directions, and more con.
fident grew the cry as her easy moye-
ment continued, the horse still driving
ouc PaSscO tuc 4udTtcT Ill Lue THRU
mile still leading, hut the horses hung
on to her close and made the pace so
murderous that many knew his bottom
would have an effect ultimately. AT
the three-eights pole of the third mile,
Mccarthy let up in her running, Ten
Brock taking the track and passing
her at the very moment his friends
were giving him up. He increased
rapidly the distance separating them.
The mares broke down." was heard
the field oyer, but she ran on, and
ahead on the third mile ten lengths,
and he increased it all the time, and
although her defeat was now certain,
few realized how far and how easy
Ten Brock would win. The little
mare then galloped the remaining
mile, the queen of the CALIFORNIA; be-
ing at the three-quarter pole when the
great Kentucky crack distanced her.
The time was S:19s4, as follows:
First mile :49s4. second mile 3 :4511,
third mile :53, fourth mile 8 :19s4-
more than minute slower than his
best record. Both horses were we'll
used up, the heat being intense. There
was no heavy betting, the people who
backed the mare being content with
small Investments of So to So.