, 1879-01-12
SPORTING.
HORSE VS.. NAN.


At1o:17 o'clock last night. in the presence Of
large crowd Of spectators. the stallion Hesins,
= whose wonderful performances Friday in his
et,r:t,ro hour race with George Guron Was no.
.;.oa in these columns yesterday, went over the
.nore for the last time, having completed 201
.sos and fairly distancedIhis buman competitor,
~ho lift the track at 10:05 O'Clock, having gone
,,- niles, The victory Of the little horse was
lr.otcd with ringing cheers BY those present,
t ts.et of whom had watched his progress through
..,o vesriso1 journey, and we're glad that his
..,cr Cornelius Sullivan, had won match, in the
rntine of which he was thought bY nearly
arerr eporting man in the city to have the
~ror:t of It. 1t was the first time in long
:onrney that horse had defeated man, and
80 r;ctory was all the more creditable. from
.ho foct that it was accomplished under pecu-
,;.rv Instantaneous circumstances, the short
.,ose of fne track and sharpness Of the turns
,eing greatly against the horse.
Vhen Hesing, Jr., left the track Friday evc1-
,,o At the cud Of $50 miles, he was evidently in
srst class condition, but many predicted that in
,,e morning the soreness which is almost
.,r,rs the result of such tremendous muscular
a,ertton would prevent his appearing On the
+r,ck. In fart, this was the only hope Of
cnron and his friends, for they knew that if the
horse once got upon the trsck It was all day
.rirh the pedestrian. Even the boys who had
charec Of Hesing, Jr., participated in this feeling
ii some extent, and in consequence they were
ereatly surprised on going into his stall yester-
d.y morning, to find him exceedingly playful.
Tie walked around on his hind legs, and other
v;sc conducted himself in a manner not usual
to horses after finishing 150milc journey. Il
.r,a finally necessary to call Sullivan before the
r,-nna1,t animal could be secured and blanketed
This done he was taken to the scene OF his labors
~ tnc previous night, and after short
yak in blankets and hood, harnessed to
the s,,lIey aud started around the track on the
log trot that had already carried MIN so many
niles. It was 10:17 O'Clock when the start was
made, aud he went steadily alcng until =: IS
o,clork in the afternoon, when IL miles were
snred TO his credit 4 rest was then taken I'M
ii $50 o'clock last evening, at which time be
srsiu started and continued in motion until 3ol
miles had been tlnlshed, as ABOVE statSo:
(,uyon walked q little at intervals during the
early hours OF yesterday, but when the horse
s,-rfed in had gone but 129 miles, He saw that
y1cory was impossible, but in spite Of this dis
courasing fact kept pluckily to his task, taking
frequent rests, however. He remained on the track
1,1tiI lU;45 o'clock last night, aud then retired
with 149 miles to his credit. The stallion kept
on !: lew moments longer. and then, having
heatea the man - miles, and won q side bet Of
lis owners that he would make 200 miles in %
hours, retired.
1t the close Of the race. and as soon as Ke1-
erce LYON had announced Hes!ng,, Jr, IS the
wipuer, Mr. Washington Hesiug came forward,
nal, on behalf OF Sullivan, offered to match
Hesiny Jr, against any horse or man IN the
Void: world ior IRON $3.50 to $1,000 side, in race
OF e, 60 80, 50, or SO hours
During the evening Sullivan made bet OF
$25 that the horse could do mile in four min
utes, but the attempt was o failure, the time
tetng 4:O3H.
The following is the score Of the horse:
Time on trsck.. .....27.; hours.
Distance travelled 10l miles
Average rate per mllc---....- ..--.-o mn Il sec"
The sull,y to which Hcsing, Jr., was driver
was Of the patent bent axle style, recently in
wanted By Alr. Thomas B. Brown, OF. The Npyeit,
Works, this city, and was highly commended b1
Sullivan for its many excellent qualities Alr
NJ Browns sulkles haye now the fastest record
ct I'll distances.