Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-13
THE GREAT RAOE.
Il Turns Out Not So Great After
All, ana Disappoints Every
body.
From the Louisville Evening News.

DoOys
From the Louisville Evening News.
The great race of July Fourth was
a great disappointment to every
body, and not a few were loud in
condemnation Of the events charg-
ing "unfairness," "hippOdroming,D
"set-up job" and all that sort Of
stuff, for all which there certainly is
no ground. Both horses did their
best for the entire distance run to-
gether. Every well-posted turfnan
saw from the start that the race was
to be run for all there was i'm both
horses. From the start the rate Of
speed was tremendous, considering
the distance to be run. 1t was the
policy of the owner of Mollie
Mccarthy to put her i'm the lead and
keep her there, in order to break
the courage of Ten Brock down,
and her magnificent burst Of speed
right from the start convinced the
Ten Brock managers Of this fact.
For the first mile they ran wei to-
gether, the advantage being with
Mollie MaCarthy, who came under
the string a neck ahead i'm 1:494.
The mare ran with an easy rein and
without the least urging. Ten
Broeck's rider held him firmly to
his place, but urged him to his
work.
In the second mile there was no
more hard pushingand fast running.
The track was exceedingly heavy,
and this, with the intense heat, the
hot steam emitted from the track,
and the consequent heavy atmOs-
phere, punished the horses severely.
But the rate of speed was main
tanned throughout the mile, and
came i'm ahead again by
neck, making the two miles in
3:45f. The excitement at this time
was intense, and MOllie Mccarthy
became the favOrite for the time
with the masses, who cheered en-
rs the gallant CalifOT-
nian dashed out on her third mile.
Ten BrOeck had been pulled some
what by his rider i'm this last mile,
but ii was evident he wanted the
count, for i'm the hOme-stretch run
he had been pushed.
As the contestants started on the
third mile Mollie was running mag
and the rider of Ten
Brock commenced pushing him,
coming down with the whip to im-
press him with the danger that
seemed imminent. Mollie sped
away like a deer, however, and
kept up her fight until near the
lalf-mile post, when suddenly she
'ell behind, and Ten Brock shot
ahead. The mare had been seized
with a chill and cramps, and though
,he struggled on "A short distance
'urther, it was soon all up with her.
her rider, dismounted, and
inding her in such condition, led
ler home. Ten Brock galloped
he rest of the distance, winning
he third mile in 5:53 and galloping
he fourth i'm 8:19}.
Both horses were terribly punish
sd by the intense heat and heavy
rack. To run such magnificent
on such a day and over
uch track i'm such a condition is
nothing short of cruelty, TO say the
lest of it, and this is the way the
public feels. Thirty thousand peO-
DE witnessed the race, and the gate
'eceipts were not far from fifty
thousand dollars. The EXPENSES of
he getter up Of the race, Mr.. Con-
nelly, will reach nearly if not quite
lalf the receipts. The crowd was
lecorous only in part. 1t took pos
session of the grand stand, 20 the
exclusion almost entirely of the
adies, and in its wild rushes to see
he horses broke down the fences.
Mr.. Harper was taken on the
houlders of several stout friends
md bore around about the track,
/ told you, boys, it
would be from eend to eend; that's
he way / run 'em." The horses
leeded all the care that could be
.iven them. Ten Broeck was
realty prOstrated, while Mccarthy
vas wholly disabled. She required
he closest attention, rubbing, bath
ng and medication throughout the
and night ana all this fore
Ioon. Ten Brock also had To- be
arefully nursed and closely looked
fter, and both horses have prOba-
,ly run their last race, on the result
f which it is safe to say, over a
million dollars was staled.
But with all the demonstration,
With the result, with the incidents,
t cetera, there yet remains in the
ublic mind an unsatisiied feeling
5 to the race.