Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05
At Louisville Yesterday-An Immense
COneOurse Drawn Together 10 Wit
ness the WelI-Advertised
Race Between Tenbroeck and MOllie
M'Cartby-Whieh was Won by the
Former i'm the First Heat
Time, S:192l.
The Kentuckians Wild with Delight over
the Result-The Californians Sad
and Depressed-A Big Disgust
all over the Country.
Special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal
LOUISVILLE, July 4.-Louisville is a great
place to-day. You can't see the town for the
houses, and you can't see the houses for the
people, and you can't see the people for the
decorations-a rather extravagant expression.
but it is the nutshell of the business when
you try to realize the vast crowd of people
here in which the world is represented.
Hotels and boardinghouses are crowded full
Jacksonville is full, and all the country
roundabout on both sides of the river is
full-everything and everybody is full of the
great horse event which will give Louisville
more notoriety than she would ever be able
to achieve in any other way, not even if she
were to start another Library lottery. Your
correspondent has been industrious since his
arrival here trying to find where to place his
stamps, but every other man you meet is
friend of the mare, while all the others are
backing the horse. The latter say the mare
will not get heat unless she can wipe out
the twenty-three score, while those of the
other side are sanguine of her ability to ge:
away with the horse in both speed and en-
durance. The people are crazy; everybody's
mouth is in the shape of the letter 80" they
have repeated the word 'horse" so often,
the facial muscles have become set to that
condition. There are buffers on both sides
who have worn out their pockets thrusting
their hands in after two-dollar note to back
up a hundred dollar bet that such a
thing will or will not happen. All of the
prominent turfmen of the country, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Maine to
Mexico, are here, too numerous to mention.
notice that while these old racers seem to
take much interest in the event, they do not
partake of the enthusiasm and are not at all
affected by the excitement VIII CHI prevails
among the masses. They have very little to
say, which fact has led many to express the
belief that the thing is cut and dried be-
tween the managers of the Tenbroeck-
Mccarthy affair" This, however, is not justi-
fed by the facts concerning the 'get up of
the race, (but l may change my notion before
the work is done.) The papers here print
an interview with Colonel M. Lewis Clark,
president of the Louisville jockey club, in
which he says that the match was made
to run the mare against the world for
FIVE thousand dollars a side. A gentleman,
whose name for unknown reasons is not
mentioned in the interview, accepted the
challenge on condition that old man Harper
would consent for Tenbroeck to run. Old
Frank consented under the influence of a
twenty five-hundred- dollar persuader, and
the Louisville course was selected. There is
nothing more of this part or the stery, ex-
cept that an additional two thousand dollars
was paid Mr.. Harper if he would not allow
Tenbroeck to attend the st. Loiis nesting.
Mr.. Connolly, who has charge of the meet
ing, depends solely for his profits on the gate
receipts, and is IN no way interested in the
success of one or the other of the horses.
Both horses have been closely guarded night
aud day, and no one except the trainers is
allowed to go near or even see the animals in
their stables. l have taken space to send you
the above outline as an assurance, az far as it
will go, that every thing is fair, and that the
victory will be decided by the horses on
their honest merits. Your correspondent
followed the direction in which the mass OF
humanity was moving and after traversing
(they say three, but it appeared to us about
t9n) three weary miles we arrived at the
beautiful Louisville jockey club course, with
which there are none in the country that can
compare in excellence of locality and beauty
of surroundings. 1.-The early werm catches
the bird" being our motto, we were among
the first on the grounds, and therefore Sc
cured good locality to see and not
be seen. The crowd is growing
denser as the hour for the running
to commence draws near, and the
excitement increases corespondingly. A
glance over the sea of heads leads one to
wonder how the city of Louisville, with
her aids of Jacksonville and the surrounding
country, could possibly furnish hash " and
sleeping-room for so many people. The
entrances to the grounds are not sufficient to
admit the vast crowds that are clamoring for
admittance, and the crush and jam at all
points of entrance is beyond description. AS
the crowd thickens it Is beginning to be of
great concern how the horses will find room
to make the run, the track is so thronged
with the dense mass of humanity
1t was probably the largest crowd ever
seen on a race-course in Kentucky. and this
is saying good deal when one remembers
the famous races that have been run in this
State. Kentucky's famous beauty turned
out as it did in days of yore, when
each proud belle held almost a leree,
which great men deigned to grace. In the
| vast assemblage one could catch many
CLEAN of striking beauty, such as
only Kentucky is In the habit of
producing. The clubhouse, a neat little
structure, was the rendezvous of most OF the
fashionable ladies, as it is out of range of the
| dust and is well protected from the heat. The
dark beauty OF the south could be seen hob
nobbing with the blue-eyed Yankee girl.
Although one could not help longing
for the old legendary array of beauty
| and the touches of chivalry, still
| close scrutiny into the masses of
| the crowd revealed fair faces that would 9TH
erwise have escaped notice, and he who
would seek for pearls must dive below. In
the grand-stand FIVE thousand fans were con.
tinually waving in concert like leaves stirred
| by a gentle breeze. The day was all that
could be expected from the Fourth of July.
| Early in the morning scarcely a cloud was
| seen in the sky, the sun shone with con-
siderable ferceness, and at noon he was reel
| ing tipsily through the heavens. As early as
| eight o'clock IN the morning the cars running
to the races were crowded with persons anx-
ious to get good Sc ats. As the time for running
draws near every eye is eagerly watching for
the appearance o. the equine celebrities, and
more than once the Here they comet has
caused a general commotion of the mass,
and all manner of expression and exclama-
} ton. The monotonous hum of human voices