The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-06
SPORTING NEWS.
TEN BRoECK AND MOLLIE Nc.
CARTHH.
A Hard Race and slow Time for
the Winner-Both Used Up BY
the Intense Heat,

the Intense Heat
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 4.-wben ths
drum tapped for the great fOur.mile rIes
to-day Ten Brock and Mollis Mccarthy
vent by the string like twin bullets. Ter
Brock had the Outside Of the track, and
the mare, bsiIg on the inside, ran to the
front from the start. Atthe hrst quarter
they were side BY aide, and going gallant.
Iy on to victory. The half mile did not
change the positions, and a. they moved
onESrd The thirty thousand spectators
we're held in perfect silence. BstHeen The
half and three,quArters the mare got her
nose in front, aod q great cheer went up,
and then. ~ they came past the string
and she Again appeared in 'front.' another
cheer was heard. The mare was run
ming easy. Ten Brock was being driven
hard, and Walker urged him more and
more. In the second mile Mollie seemed
TO be moving with 20 much ease and Ten
Brock labored 20 much that the Ken
tuckiAns Eavered BY the Thousands, and
the certainty Of California winning pro-
duced dead silence.
Al the half post by the second mile
Walker urged Ten Brock quite hard.
and Hlvser permitted him 70 come up
side BY aide. A Kentucky yell, such a
va. heard for miles, rent The air. So
they r1u past the three-quArtsrs, and
coming into the stretch M6llie Mccarthy
brushed ahead sgAin, passing the grand
stand half s length in the lesd. @Sbe will
win, sure" was heard in all directions,
and more confident grew The cry as her
easy movement continued, the horse still
driving. She passed the quarter in the
third mile stlll leading, bot the horse
hung on 70 her close and made the pace
20 murderous that many knew his bot
tom would hGve an effect Ultimately. At
the three eighth pole Of tbe third mile,
Mccarthy let up in her running, Ten
Brock taking the track and passing her
At The very moment his friends we're Civ.
ing him up. BE increased rapidly The
distance separating them. 4The nAres
brake down. was heard the field over, but
she ran on, and Walker, pulling the horse
slightly, wAs ahead on the third mile ten
and be increased 1t all the time,
and although her defeat was now eertain,
few realized how far and how easy Ten
Brock would win. The little mare then
galloped the remaining mile, the Queen
Of the CaliiorniAs being At the three
quarter pole when the great Ksntueky
crack distAnced ber.
The time was s:l93, IS follow: Firsi
mile l.49l, second mile 3:45t, third mile
5y5S, fourth mile s:l9i. More than =
minute slower than his best record. Both
horses were well used up, The heat being
intense. There was no heavy betting,
The people who backed the mare being
eoaieut with small Investments OF $ 70
S. Thirty thousand or more were
present
In the FRS. race today Dan & beat
HarkaWAy easy time 2:lst. The race
Wa 3 mile snd three quarter dash. The
second race, sEeepst1ke, for two years old,
resulted, Good Night first Keuton see.
oDd, CarIsmAgne third; time l2o.
LOUISVILLE RACES.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 5.--ln the FIRST
race today, mile heats, Janet Won, J. 3.
Sweeney second, Jim Bell third and Bill
Dillon fourth, in The frat heat Time,
l:46. In the second hest jim Bell was
seeoud, Dillon third and Sweeney Last.
Tine 1851.
In The second race, d.sh OF II miles i,
ToIon1 was frs: and WArheld second.
Time, 2l4i.
In the last race, = dash Of II miles,
Kate ClI1ton Won, Joe Rodes second,
Edinburg third, Bonnie Itasca fourth.
Tine, 2:Ie!.
Janet and Cla1ton were favorites.
cHErER PARK Race
crscrxxAr1, July 5.-Third days Ches-
ter Park Races, weather very warm,
track splendid.
First race, go class for pure Of 81 900,
divided. The following started: Dream.
!, 1,5,2, 9; Fanny Robertson, 5, 8, 3, 5, S
Wait-a-Bit, 4, 4, 1, IA; Amber, 8, S. 2,
3, 8; EdSard, ., 9, !, !, l. Time, 2:e5E
2:a6I; 2:2s;; 9;3l!.
Second race, 2:Si class, for pure Of
81 900, divided, With eight starters: Up
and-Up, 5, 8, 5; Lady Guest, q, 4, tDist J;
Tom Hendricks. (Dist.); Duster. s, 8, s
Dan Prescott, 5, 8, 1, Grey Salem, 81 >
NeliA ], j, !; Cleveland, Al, (Dist
Time, a:e9t 2:25i; 2H.
E111IARD MATCH OFF.
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