The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-30
4 GREiT rom NILE RACE
The Contest Three Quarter. of y Ccut.ry ego
Between North and south England.

Whom the match at four-milc heats he.
tween Ten Brock and Mollic Mccarthy
has been run. tho reports of the great
mntchcs hctwcon Eclipsc and Henry, Boston
amt Fashion. Fashion and Pcyionn. Wagner
aud Grey Eagle will no doubt be- published
once more. Meantime. we shall give n sketch
Of the first. and. perhaps. tho most celebrated
match that ia to he found in the history " tho
turf. II was run IN 1909. in the mohth of March.
over the Beacon Course. at Newmarket fot
3uO0 guncas. The Beacon Course is miles.
furlone. it3 yards. Tho match was not hpala
for even 1T that carly day the wiscet turfmcn
had found Tint all the powers 81 tho bcst race
horses could be fully taxed over about four
miles OF ground without repeating They also
found that It was not worth while to put los
bounds upon the backa II racers. which was the
weight that u fip~e, King Hcrod, GOldnudcr,
aud hosts ot others before TINT eIT had carried
70 the ing Plates. four mile heats, and which
Erlips"'s great grandson. Whaebone. and
others carried to victory in the same sort Of
races long ultorwa1l. The horses engaged in
Ne great ipaieh Of 1888 wcrc llambetonian and
Diamond, both triud rn"rrs over long distances
81 ground The horses were years Old. Ham
weight WINS 10 rounds. Tho former was bred Nv
Mr.. John Hutchinson, and was got by KING
tor Of HehGver son tson II King ii"Tcdi
grandum by .Mathcm. Hnmbletoninn began
to race at. Ilumblcton. niior which place he
WIS named. nj years old. and won a sweep
stakes of two miles. In tho spring " 1877
T"urur ~ WIZ Io vna ihc Grcni iscrIn
tion ionr miles, and the next dny he won INC
@ , h'lo" ~ H. a., ~ ~ mnu okv" No..
n h -, ,%uI NV ~ VII ,so iE,, iwS ~
nous Bcntnbrough another horse got by Ming
IJnrcas md Il " soid tho, he v"s he vnry iyne
image Of that most famous OF stations Az Don
caster Hamoletoni9n won Ne Doncaster stake
I4us Ir ~ ,i TN 90 w., ,, ~ r,,,ci, al
oi, =" u,,,i VI anHnn' ~, We , H.,
| Brnrnn Course
ninr,,ni No N ho,utts,I hr,u.u bn, aud ,v..
brDI nj Nrw w bv Fr"ncs D@ys" on" IIs
WINS COT Ly UiCi nvcr tson Of King iIorodl OUT
vi ,,,. Ia, .,,,,,,, f,,, ~ fi.i t,,on,lon,
Enrlmr" Inv Smn,, Hnr,Sra'. dam ,v,,s !, JnnTI
Tor III C,'jH az I'm i1in,n"u,l's dam WINS close
H., h,,.d ~ ia fan,n, s,m ~ H." fndolnhin
hrni nnI III n.i Nv liz, L"aut,fuI ,nmr,
i ,,'; uu H.. H., He naGGt G'i,,ny nv, Ir,,iin,
if ,,n;d 10y W. a. ew .s;n rI tor Isdss
lm,, ,,u hl IIlf'r ,yh,, v,is msy'p fnlrJ
anil lover paid 4, f"rf, Il, his dam WAS hy Mntch'
i H.. invtri,,, ,nn Vi,n.
Of Inc old breeders aud irnincrs was Snat
! however iarkoJ one sovereign iui,r"di"ni
! which Hambictoninn pos,osscl~thn blood ol
f"rl1di from Lark 81 four hn w"i, The Jorkc,
ah,b SieLns ~ IN, ,,nings n, N",,u"rkct liro
| con Course md walked over for n swcctstakr.
| al 9OO ,,t,in1ns ,.n'.L a. York he ,vns nurchnsc,
| bv Sir Iirv Nm. ir.n,i,est ana ,srid Il" Nj
! ConEsnn in ihc sIrine 81 i6n followlnr ycat
| A. n,n,.,sior he LrsT SLutti. fn,r n,i2,s a.,
oo' ,minuns I'm I7uo ba wmn ~, UnilnnJ's
! Stnkcs iii n In II" Won the King's Plnin
/ ponrJ Gmur.a 'ica iiu,,""i nuI Lm- ,vn,, tho
JnnH"v SluI, iIite 10 i'"''''-' ""' "' wa ''''
THO batting on the mitch between him and
HimbIr,"ninn Nns eu"rmo,ls. The gentlomcu
- H.. nn,ii iii Il Ali,,If Iii on UnmIl"inninn
| mi ~ - enid ,hn7 whom SOM, 81 zion, hat
| vyn,,nr,d Mi tL.ir money tbev mortyngnJ thnii
.i',,,.N a., "'' IT," r,mrn III" grntinv,"n 81 H.,
| s3,,tb of ErgisnI tnci ali tbnt ,yns ofr.rnd nni
| M mo tir1s Lrrt,gbt The beitin. oven Ths
az WI MN, ,.' t N'Srnnrtn, H"nti w,,s yrcain,
| 10" l. ~ ,nr loon soon ia -. h"far" uenhIe
,',""i IN, yrns ,di"r Ly Wu.LIo mi I'M ,yss
1 'i',"ii M"S , i,'''. i}} ~ f ~ "' no,W,i
~, M ', ,iE ~ V,i ~ ~ ,i a., ~,
IN nianN,nd ~ ,h,,so trinnds sistd md ~,
Iii -, '.'i'vi''. Wis ~, r ,. ~. i,. ~, ~, -
ton,"J INru' i'm ,hn bin,.Jnm N"vcrthnIess
puu,i,io ,,,,l ~ , III, iio,,in,, H.
about three miles and five iurlongs, There was
49, 'm aiiI ,, , "nio,1nJ ~ c lini,n e.,
uwad't upU' ',,,iiil ~ rn,unisJ AMI
~ ~, o",, too,tbJN t1,',' ,,nj ',ri o." ,,
sncJ ono 81 thc yamest nrrc,at Hood