The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20

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THE FIRST RACE.
This gent race was first run on Mon.
day.
course md a commenint9r SAYS. .., 49, !,
nearly the whole Of. the nerformanc;se,
fG".u co %s aesn W ie "a fafe
10 sovereign each with 80 IA added for
horses Of ali denominations: az stone
e epeh he wnn9 &c sqS fof st
was won BY Captain Beecher, after whom n,
called, riding a horse "Thc Duke. In
the early daya of the Grand wo
won In 1889 It#is said that the Sooo
horse jumped 1oiyards, over tho last hur-
die. a biz jump at the end Of four
BE that as 1t may. Lottery won in Z
seconds under Quarter Of, an hour.
Next year he started and fell over the
wall that had been opposite the Erand
one time or another during this race.
five falling at this wall Lottery was
beaten again in 1871 and again In ls4z
when he had to carry IS pounds penalty ),
half mile course. Again he tried IN ls43,
but failed. being beaten BY Gay Lad.
GREW IN FAVOR.
The stceplechasc grew very rapidly, In
favor and .Nntrcc remained the lleadlng
course in the word
Jump OF any sort since 1863, his legs being
in bad shape. Rus to return 70 the
cess OF the Irish hunters was in 1859,
when The Colonel won. and he lot only
defeated his field that time after ar deg
tor. but h e had the good luck 70 yinr
again in 1870. The nextyear. another irish
horse. salamander, won. Mr.. Studd. his
owner, saw salamander In wre ret ae's
condition in n hoyel in Ireland WITH q
couple Of hunters, and being taken with
their shape he bought all three horses
for a small amount; his quest having been r,
excentional ca pacity. winning over.a feid
OF thirty. the largo number with one
exception that ever ran there ce n, !.
4tnlrty-tWO b whcn .ADd-el- AuneT WIN: =. .
that ever won that steenlechase was The
Lamb. anIrish horse who, though he was
only 49, won that great race &c tElee' "
three ycar-old. he was sold for: 100 Cor
5tolvln won in 1857 and the lN.h had
fine inning for 70, 80 and 81 with I.lbeiuo
Frigate won after having, started SIX
lines nd from that day Ireland has had
a practical monopoly Of the races. winning :
% VIE 1Iea 81 WI G gnme WY Not
in 'a5 with the wild Man From u, Ror = :,
in 81 and 80 with Manifesto. in 'gs With
Droghctla. in 1900 with .Ambushi, 81 VINO NJ
Wales TO carry his coors and .thereb
added to liverpool National to the glory
OF ireland and the record OF the hihs
able. - ~, ion,
nnmeree Won. So Ireland is having no
hard times in steeplechases. A n !, e
Irish winner ! In these sixteen years was
the soarer. Manifesto has perhaps asr re-
S @on he ra &C first in a7 beating e 90.
ponents and IN 80 he won again: carryng
md that too IN h!llu. te g 6a i. - 4 - 80
onds ,I,e ryt1IpITION. III ~
when it is taken Into consideration that
the Antree course IS almost ~ mics 70 io' u
and is bristlng with tcrrlnc Jumps, u u
n maryelous that a horse should be able
to 70 nj almost the same speed as a l1oeelrDy
racer "a sg OF on the flat. The best average time
for tile Derby is 2 minutes and % sec e
one q the Granq q, Na dis1ance
which> would be about 2A miles and &C.
c @,1rJ,i It in minutes and 50 seconds
Certainty facts like these do, not, nov
any deteeriorat ton in the breed OF horses f':'E
In order to show tho present prize y WIN =
Ming tyne OF Irish hunter, We repiroau !t,
the Photograph Of Rlaek 1n Thopne;t p MEs
| lin in leOo. Black Thorne"8is a horse o.
great bone and muscle, and is q periee:1,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h fp3sS bu mtel
! Is Svery rood but he has not SURPASSED
the Virginia bred hunter when tried owe, oyeI
! Virginia country,