The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-10


son, susPecting Walker of an intention
TO gain the inside, drew back to him.
This sent q thrill through the Assem-.
blage. "She has him, sure" was
echoed from tongue TO tongue. The
distance between them was reduced to
hal I a length at the second quarter,
and MOllie widened the space consid.
erably around ths-lOwertasns-As. they
drew near again, Ten Brock had
gained somewhat upon her, by dint OF
hard driving, the mare once more
showing a neck in the van as they spun
along under the ribbon. Time, 3:454
The impression at this moment seemed
to settle like a cloud upon the Ken.
tuckians, that the Queen was destined
to win the heat, As she was going with
all ease and at a very pretty stride.
The impression became conviction
with some, when an eighth further on
Ten Brock caught whip-stroke. II
was with much effort that she was
reached at the quarter post, and for
forty yards it was a very hard run. Il
certainly appeared at this crisis that
the mare would win, and bets we're of.
cred upon It at heavy odds In her ia.
vor. Suddenly, and to the overwhelm-
ing astOnishment of all, Ten Brock
colOrs we're seen TO CLEAN in. the ad-
vance, and the mare fell to the rear
almost without n struggle. All this
occurred in so short period that when
the second quarter-post was reached
Ten Brock led by as much as two
lengths. Now the uproar began. The
horse gradually heightened out the in
tervening daylight. 1t was five lengths
as they rounded the curve, and ten
lengths as they went past the stand.
Time, 5:53. Half way down the stretch
Molle Mccarthy ,ras struck By the ,Chip
for the first time IN her Ee! It was now
all over, so far as she was concerned.
Mr.. Harper, who was standing in the
door of the weighing room, sprang for
ward as his horse came on, and shouted
to Walker to run for his life. The con-
fusion was now something terrific. Nc
Carthy was seen TO be out of the race
entirely, and Walker ran to shut her
out. The mare plunged slowly on, and
did not give it up for half mile. She
had stopped entirely on the lower turn
just as Ten Brock galloped slowly in
to the embrace of victory, winning the
heat and race in S:198. .--s t,.
. .HF SUMMARY. ..-,r
FOURrH RAcE-Four>mIle heats, match
DOC
F. B. HarPer's h. Ten Brock,
years, by PhSeton, dam Fanny
Holton. lis lbs (Walker)........ !
Thos, Winters b. m Mollie Me-
earthly. 5 years, BY Monday,
dam Hepnis FGrrow, liz -ILs. g-
(howson)........,............."."...di dist,
TIME
First mile .,.....l:49i Three miles, $50
Two es,.....3;45f -Four miles, 8:l9l
There was, of course, a grand rush
for the track at once. Mr. Harper was
taken off his feet and carried by the
crowd of yelling, hat-tOssing men. The
grand stand was in a state of Vesuvian
eruption. People screamed until their
threats refused to perform their func-
tons. The poverty of glory In the
race was not considered.
AFTER TIE RACE.
The gates were broken open and
hundreds dashed over the fence the
moment the gallant Phaeton's race
was assured. Nothing could stop the
people; they laughed at the police.
Old man Harper was in the weighing
room. He heard the tumult, and came
out, grasping the writer's hand as he
did so, and crying, 81 run my horses
from eend to eend." The crowd saw
and heard. 1t pressed forward-Har.
per again eried out rs before. Wild
huTrahs for Ten Brock, wild shouts
for Harper, and calls for Walker fol-
lowed. "Ill never run my horse again;
he satisfies me and he ought TO satisfy
all ;" piped Ten Broeck's owner. He
was hemmed in by hundreds. Sud-
denly two big fellows, Without warn
ing, had the old man on their should.
ers, and pressed on by the wild mass
of beings around them, they almost
danced up and down the track. the
being on their BACKS still calculating,
II run from eend to eendl" and once
in a while throwing in, That boy
(Walker) is the best in the country.S
Cheers were given for Ten Brock over
and over again, as well as for Harper
and Walker. The crowd seemed to
forget the prominent part, the trainer,
Harry Colston, played in bringing the
horse to the scratch. 20
remained in the weighingroom. When
Intercepted, he said the mare had
much speed and ran with much ease
two and three-eihgths miles, then let
ling down. She outran the horse, but
he outlasted her, was pith Of Walkers
talk. The mare ran easy her first two
miles. being undsr pull at times, while
Ten Brock was under exertion and
had to be driven. The pace in the
stretches was quite fast around the
turns, slow. Walker was confident he
would win and based his success on the
lasting powers of the horse, with a
keen appreciation in mind of McCar-
Ihy's speed.
TEN BROCK. ,y-
The son Of Phaeton, so silken and
yrand-looking before the grand event
was much distressed on weighing. His
condition was much the worse for the
run; and it is q good thing for him
hat he had no second heat to run. |
The heat seemed to worry both horses
Ten Brock was famed, |
Iponged and taken TO his stable, whence
Ihortly he will leave to take position
n "Harper's Harem," as it were, the
I'D man having no name for his Wood
ord county farm. Ten Brock will
lever run again, aud his value for
needing is something immense. -