The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-29
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And now came the great event of The day
and OF the meeting i5 s5
THE BOWIE STAKES. s 3 Il. 81 st4
This was Tor alr ages, 500 entrance, hall
forfeit, Eve or moro subscribers to I'll. III
three or more started the Club agreed 10 add
1000 for the first horse and 5000 for the
second horse, who was also TO receive the
stakes to the amount OF $500. The list closed
August 10th, With seven nominations, and
Yesterday when the belt rang six horses
Hoped UP to the post. They were harvey
Welch's Princeton, r.. w. DosweIps
Dushwhacker, S.; D.. Prices General
| Phillips, p. Lorillard's Garrick. George
L. Lorillard's Garrick, and f. N. Hai's
Dick Sasscer. The throng about the pool
stands was enormous from the moment
the acknowledgements dash was finished un-
til the time. to start for the four-mile heats,
and an immense amount Of money was wa
gered. BushW hacker aud .Garrick were even
favorites. A specimen pool is as follows !:
Bushwhacker $780,. Garrick $3.50, Lou La
niera $780, Princeton $685. Dick Sasscer
800, and General Phillips sos; total in the
pool, S2,180. Any number Of big pools
were sold. The Paris Mutunls and the book
makers were besieged by ithrong eager to
invest on the last race OF the year, and in
the outside Geld an enierprising individual
with crimson locks opened 25.cent betting
place for the accommodation Of persons Of
limited means. 49,, 5.s5
! But the bell rings, and the rush for places
begins. The open stand is damned and
packed, every foot OF standing-rooin upon
the steps OF the grand stand is occupied,
and the fence Is lined on both sides with a
! long row OF anxious watchers. Down drops
the sed flag, and of they go, followed by n
little yell OF encouragement from the crowd.
Lou Lanier's blue and orange goes to the
fore; General Phillips is close beside her !;
next comes the meek and patient-Ioo king
Bushwhacker, who bowls along calmly, with
his head down and an unpromiSing look OF
tcarelessness about him; Princeton follows
him; Dick is next to last, and Garrick closes
up the rear. They take it easily enough at
first, for the distance before them is long and
the pull at the end will be hard one, but on
the turn Princeton runs up to second place;
| a moment more and cheer goes up as Bush
| whaeker takes the lead, and at the quarter,
| which they got to in So seconds, he passes
first, leading two or three lengths ahead OF
Lou Lanier, who has passed Princeton,
Garrick fourth, Dick fifth, and General
| Phillips sixth. On they went to the half
pole, reaching it in 1:Dl2, and here the po-
'stions Of the four first horses were I'M
| changed. AS to Dick and the General, they
entered into q contest for last place, il
which Richard was successful from first to
last. ,,..#
| At the three quarter pole Bushwhacker
was still ahead some six CT eight lengths,
Princeton second and Louisa third; and
on the first run-by the orange leads by eight
lengths, Princeton as far ahead of Lou, who
is followed by Garrick; General Phillips
was behind, and Dick Sasscer still further
back in the running string. The watch in
dicated 1:56s. From this time on there is
not the slightest alteration in positions IN
til the three and quarter miles are made,
except that Garrick, who is running fourth,
moves up twice and runs side by side with
Lou Laner, who holds the third place.
The watch shows the mile and quarter in
2:24; and half, 2:514; two miles, 3:464;
and a quarter, 4:14; and u half, 4:42; and
three quarters, 5:102; three miles, $500
and quarter, 6:03i.
| Here begins the tug OF war. Bush
| whacker is about five lengths ahead, and
| running beautifully. After him comes
Princeton, next Lou, and next Garrick.
There is a general cheer, and the blue and
orange rushes forward, passes Princeton,
and Lou is in the second place. Gairick's
black and orange follows suit, and Prince
ton drops back TO fourth. A moment after
and Garrick is ahead Of Lou and striving
to catch Bushwhacker. Lou pricks up
again and gets her old position, aud loses it
once more at the three-quarter pole; but
BGshwbacker cannot be caught. On he
FORCES, five lengths in the lead, and as they
charge down the stretch Garrlck falls back,
and Bushwhacker comes in an easy winner
in 7:31, six lengths ahead of Lou Lanier,
who is followed by Garrick, Princeton
fourth, General Phillips way back, and Dick
Sasscer quarter Of 4 mile behind. The
cheering IS tremendous: and the hills around
ring with applause. 4 reference to the
watch again shows that the three and half
miles were made in 6:36, and the last bali
mile in SAG seconds. --'@
Bushwhacker looks IS fresh as daisy
after his long run, but the others show
signs Of the strain upon them. After long
wait they came up again, but Dick is miss
ing. The betting at the Mutuals has been
active enough, but no one wants to back the
field against sold Bushwhacker" in the
auction. The best that can be done is 500
on him to SIS on the field, and this but
rarely. OFT they 90 in lope. Lou ahead Of
Bushwhacker, who leads General Phillips,
Princeton fourth, and Garriek fifth. On
the turn the orange goes to its old place at
1.-THE front, and the crowd yells vociferously,
and so they pass the quarter in SO seconds.
A moment after there is q cheer from the
opposite faction, and Lou takes the second
place, the others running as before Evil
IDENTIFY Bushwacker is pulled back to be re-
served for later work. Without change OF
position they galloped on, making the three
liquarter in 1:31, and the mile in two minutes
eXactly; but as they swing around by the
lclub-house,, the. orange once more shoots
forward, and the pole is passed in 2:2S.
Again, the two leaders change places, and
Lou Lsnier is the first OF five when they
tear past the stand at the end OF the second
mile. Time: One and half miles, 2:544;
one and three quarter miles, 3:164. and two
miles, 3:494. Still another time does Bush
Iwhacker go forward, and in the next mile
they all keep their old positions, except
that Princeton begins to move forward,
and passes the General, who weakens great
| ", and, as well as Garrick, is now ont OF the
race, which now lies between Bushwhacker,
Lou Lanier, and Princeton. In the third,
unpast the stand, the order is Bushwhacker,
Lou Lanier, Princeton, General Phil
! lips, and Garrick. Garrick is in bad way
now, and when he gets to the quarter-pole
he stops short, turns and comes back to the
stand. General Phillips is hundred and
fifty yards behind now, and Lou is playing
out, but Princeton wakes UP suddenly and
spurts ahead. at the haif-lnile pole he is
only q short way behind Bushw hacker;
comm round the turn he is at bis tail, and;