New York Clipper (Jun 1858)

Vol, VL-N* 10, NEW YOBK, SATURDAY; JUM 26, 1858. Fw Ceiti. ■:.|" ' ■:: . .i| A .« /I'll ■iA >-| r-A X v<:».j it«0.'>< in it t x'to'-ep ; ■.•u'.'rti'.jt.ivl 1 '1 Kl'lt 1(0 i-1 rt 1 f I ',-n M ■ .s»r«» >;i ,.> •. "1 GREAT FOOT RA.OE ON THE BEACON COURSE, HO.BOEEN, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 19, ttii. SPORTING BEMJNISCENOE. Great Ten Mile Toot tRaoe, - OTH TBI BtipON O0UHII, H0BOUN, DEW JBEBIT, MOVIHBIB If, llli. iZTSioaDUTAttT Ajm MxoiTXsa contest: ■ bitWbbn' Bttlow, Bteeprook, audsralserevereenhalghi IcMi, ete. Ten Miles In 84 mlnvtee 91 Secanda. Ae an interesting Spotting Bemlnlsoenee, we give the above Engraving, and tie following report of one of the noat Interesting foot raoea that ever took plue anyvhat. TO MATCH. The matoh bad leag beenjprojeoted In Nov Tork, and It accordingly oame off on Tuesday, Norembor 19,1811, before the largeik assemblage of spectators ever gathered opon an American race oourssythe arena being the Bea- oon Oonrae, Hoboken. A tingle steamboat from Albany brought down fonr huudrediNew Jersey, Long Wand, and the river towns on the Hudson, furnished Immense orowds, while New York sent over materials for an army three times larger than that with whloh Napoleon made Us Italian campaign. From the head of the quarter ttretob quite around to the draw gate, the enclosed epaoe was ao densely orammed at t» render It nearly Impossible to olear a spaoe wide enough for the pedestrians to ran through, though they were preceded by a dozen men on horaebaok. Thousands Ailed ib» stands, but It wonldhave required the Amphitheatre of Titus to have accommodat- ed all . The runners were two New Yorkers, two Amerloans,. one OonneoUout man, one Indian, one Irlabmao, and two Englishmen—Barlow at the bead of the teu-mllers,' and a trainer of pedeatrlans;-and Greenhalgh among the best English runners at short distances. The names of all, how- ever, will be found in tub reocpltulatlon below. BETTTfiO. The following bets were eotaally made by a keen specu- lator, and may be fairly taken sis,the oorreotprloes among heavy-beltlogmen In town: 1200 even on GUdersleeve and Barlow vs. the field; $250 to $200 on Barlow vs. Glider- sleeve; $200 to $80 agalnet Steeprock; $800 to $200 that GUdersleeve ran the ten mllea In 67 minutes. Among the outside barbarians, $50 te $30 was laid that neither Eng. llshman won. TBI BIOS. After a false start, in whloh Barlow went off with a bulge like a quarter boras, lfr. Batker, (who stood on the course nearly In a Uoe with the men,), gave the word "go." The.two Englishmen jumped off with the lead, and In a few moments' the whole nine were out of sight; the railing on both sides of the ooone being densely thronged, ao that even at the start the pedestrians had to " run lie gauntlet." The Jadges oould only note the po- sition of the leading man by watoblng that of several horses abreast. The three or four leading men kept pret- ty well together during the* first mile, but their paoe wis so tremendous as to make a spread eagle of the field, be- fore the close of the mile, whloh Barlow finished In 0:10: Bteeprook, seoond; Olldersleeve and Greenhalgh, third ana fourth, olose together; behind them osme MoCabe and Taylor; Underbill was some distance behind, and " Tow- head," as the boys oalled Smith, was " nowhere "— I he was not within a fonr-mlledlstanoe. What" possessed " him to start at all Is a mystery, for he oould not run fast enough to tire himself. Barlow had olosed bis seventh Bile before Smith finished his sixth. We over heard a lit- tle ragged Oliver Twist suggest to another fnolplent soap-look the feasibility of improving bis paoe by " set- ting a dog on him I" 1 . fuootut Mil*.— Barlow led In,dosing the mile In 5:15. wlthSteeprook well np, GUdersleeve and Greenhalgh next, and the rest some dtstanoe behind. • . Taran Mn*-VAt the olose ol this mile, whloh he ran In 6:21, Barlow bad opened a gap on Steeprock of nearly fifty yards. Olldersleeve seemed to have got his pores open, end to be going easier than ever, though Greenhalgh was ■ear enough to him to toooh him with blehands, and look- ed as.freBh as paint. Belore reaching this point, it was evident two the Englishmen had determined to win this rsoe, whloh was after Ibis manner: Barlow was to out out the work at a slashing rate, so as to koook np Steeprock if he kept paoe with him, while Greenhalgh walled opon GUdersleeve, he and the Indian being considered the only dangerous competitors. Had Bnrlow given back, Green- halgh was ready at any time to take his place. As GU- dersleeve obangei his rate of speed, so did Greenhalgh, keeping always within two feet of him; Barlow was satis- fled he oould beat Steeprock, end hie only otjeot In forc- ing the paoe was to over-work him; and Ibis he would have done bat for the thews of steel, and sinews of oat- Sit of the gallant Indian. Bad the latter deollned. then reenhalgh would have laid with GUdersleeve until the last mile, and then have run iu first or seoond, and the two Englishmen would have divided the stakee between them. Taylor, at the olote of this mile, was two hundred and fifty 1 ysrds behind, while laokeon gave np the contest. Fodbtb kfitc.—Darlow led In, dolag the mile In 8:26, with Bteeprook at least sixty yards In his rear. Glider- sieve and Greenhalgh, the Siamese Twins, oame next, with MoOabe a little closer to them than on the other mile; Taylor a long way behind, and Smith " no where;" Underbill gave In. ' Fifth Miu.— Barlow led In, running the mile In 6:28, having Inoreased bis gsp on Bteeprook. The two G.'s were pretty well up with Steeprock, though they got no nearer Barlow. MoOabe was a loog way inside of bis time (ten miles an hour), while Taylor might yet" fetch It," though nearly a quarter of a mile behind. Sixth Miu.— This was run by Barlow In 6:81—he had widened >the gap between himself and Steeprock at least 100 yards, the latter having been kept bask by his trainer. The t*o G.'s were now within about twenty jaids of the Indian, but they were exaotly forty seoonds behlod Bar- low. The pace now began to tell on lloOabe; Taylor too was a long way off, but Btannard ran along by his side encouraging bin to pull through and win his bets, whloh were set on his running the ten-miles within the hour. Smith here'!'give In," much to the regret of the boys, though no betting man would matoh him against a tree. Sbtoioh Mrw.-f-II was a " go along" every Inch or this mile—run in 6:81. Barlow oame through 200 yards ahead of Steeprock, and each was enthusiastically cheered. Bteeprook made a' no down the baokslretob, but Barlow outfboted him. GUdersleeve inoreased bis rate, but Greenhalgh kept up with him as easy as a man walks to his dinner. MoOabe was 100 yards behind Greenhalgh, and Taylor still further behind. Eiohth Vim.— Barlow did not widen the gap between Bteeprook and himself this mile, whloh .was ron In 6:38. The game and speed of the Indian ams'aed Barlow as muoh as It did the spectators. Greenhalgh was on velvet ea far as he was concerned; he knew he bad the other G. aa" safe as a Bank," and was only wideawake for toe critical moment when the Indian should taller. The two G.'s were now exaotly* minute behind Barlow, while UcCdbe was tailed off a long way, and Taylor was at least a quarter of a mile behind him. : Nuth Miii.—After a tremendous burst down the quar- ter stretobi cheered on as be was by thousands, Barlow led In this time by more than 260 yards, running the mUe In 6:33. Steeprock oovered It by a rash he made in the rear of the oonrae. GUdersleeve and Greenhalgh were now over • minute behind Barlow, notwithstanding the spectators expected to see them beat both the otberr. It seemed Impossible for Barlow to keep np his rate, and Steeprock was apparently already In difficulty and " get- ting no better vary fast," At this point, McOabe was hardly In the quarter stretch at all, while Taylor was still" pegging away" on the rear of the course " some- where." Still every man as he oame through was en- thusiastically cheered, as the time of the slowest man In the rabe was nearly equal to the best Stannaid ever made. Tints Miua.—It was apparent that Barlow, barring aooldents, had the race safe, opon his oommenolcg this mile. Upon oommeriolng the seoond quarter of this mUe, It was evident that Barlow was increasing his pace; but Greenhalgh, who bad not yet run a yard at his best, was now going like a soared dog. Olldersleeve, by a tre- mendous effort, " hurried the mourners" around the first quarter of a mile, where Qreenhalgb ran up to bis aide, turned full upon blm, exclaiming, '-Good hy, Gilder I" and left blm as Jf he was standing still. Thu next three quarters of a mile were run by Groenhalgh faeter, pro- bably, than the same distance was ever previously per* formed In this country. He gained forty seoonds upon Barlow, though the latter ran this mile ten seoonds quloker titan ns did the ninth, that Is, In 6:25.. Qreen- halgb mnst have ran this mile In' about 1:481 Barlow teat Bteeprook exaotly 173 yards, while Greenhalgh was less than 90 yards behind him. Olldersleeve was a bad fourth, being about 212 yards behind Greenhalgh. Mo- Oabe was a long way behind, and Taylor had not reached the bead of the quarter stretch, when Barlow oame through. He won bis bets that he would do the ten miles within the hour " by the skin of his teeth" only, having only two seoonds to spare. Thus terminated, amidst the most tremendous obeers from all parts of the Course, one of the moat extraordinary pedestrian performances on reoord. BXOAPITOLATIOH—OmOIAX. Bsioox Cooase, N. /„ opposite New York City, Nov. 10,1811—Purse $1,240, for rubnlog ten miles, to be di- vided as follows i $700 to the first; $260 to the second; $180 to the third; $76 to the fourth; and $26 to the fifth In the race. Free lor all pedestrians. Entrance$5 each. alius. Nuns . . ist ii ti lib sib sit Tib lib f ibloia JohnBulow.toildhmm.... 1 111111111 ... .... .j. 4 8 e JoMpb r. L' Bomb, N. Yorker S S • • • *,st»i i.<.!£>'■ &!ra»l ;.'..•« : ■!• "•:>xtMrti ■ ' '. <-.- •!.:> v:;-.-._.j. «<;■»> rv'-At. ,)*■■•> '. - . t« Ki'o • : f>:.:i v i'/».f THE HOB3B TA.1IEB AND THff'ZiBBAi^ : ' i l , r ^ Ma. Bimt, theoelebratedAmerican horse-UDW, wboi* feats have attraoted tush attention both'iof tjse publlo gAff the press or Great Britain, In a lecture recently deUvsTedi In London, introduced a strange novelty Into bU exhfl^ tlon, in the form Of a Zebra of the Afrloan desert, whloh hi the latest pupil In bis sohool, and which heTexpeoti oJU? mattly to be able te drive through Hyde Park, although he anticipates having a good deal of trouble with blm be- fore he suooeeds In so far taming him as to aocompUsh this feat The specimen Introduced was the most beaut!'' fol fourfooted be ait we have ever seen, with hla perfect symmetry of form, bright glossy coat of the rlohestoh> Damon ond deepest black, and a pair of eyes that flashed lurid fire as he made bis appearanoe In the lists. Thu) pupil Is still ouly In the rddlments. and yells out his "Prcprta qua maAbuii" In amost unoltllleed manner when politely requested to go through hla task. But be does It; nevertheless; lies down when he la told—ihougb not with.' the grace and readiness of his more olvlllied school fel; lows—turns over with a helpless whine of despair and sense of subjugation, and finally admits that even be, the " of the 'dejtort,' has at- lesfjth Now.wemurfMaJ Jobs Neeprgek, lodlu 1 Tom Or<abil«b,b|lMbaita 4 Jot)iiQild«r»l»T*,NevTofktr I TDomuaVCktw,Irlibmui.... S 1. P. t%i\ot, OrosceUepI S . wpbt. L BoMb.N.Ti JobQ tJ»<1«rtiUI, Amtrloto..., 1 TaooiuJMkua, tstilw.. f Tlosoriilmll* S:10 U Bille S:ll Sd nllt Mi SlbmU* Sil JianlK am eta wiit Siu lib nil* S*4 Sib mil*.'. IM . fib Bile....'. 104 lemon* ,. Sill Bwlow'suoi* .Mdli SVtprock's IbM MM OfStAbilib'a urn* Iiaf ifjritatsofthae triiHas.. . I aiMs imam I ■53 .Swiip.,.,.. Sarittjw /. tmim 10 :r.ho .10:11 .U:«I .11:11 .SSilO .13:11 .17:11 AtM .4IM 11:11 lis* Tariff's ubm. te:«i aaja hitherto noiemoable eteed of the dejtert, .has at found a firm although gentle master. Now, wem , fees that whep at first we heard that Mr. Hatty was golp> to Introduce a cobra to bis pupils, we hid a shrewdT *u>i plclon that something tike a theatrical coup eras oonteuv plated, and that some venerable" woolly horse." who had perhaps graduated In a olrous, was about lobe introduced for the sake of novelty and attraction. Bat all iarp1b|6n of that sort was dispelled when we^saw that wild fero^lnu animal, so beautiful and yet so terrible In bis beaoty r foV low the great i horse-tamer relaotantly Into the ring. There was something positively unearthly In the aoream with wbloh be saluted the company, and the fact of'lbs barricade belogonly breast btgb'set at least one person who was present about makln/neTvous calculations alio ill probable stock of agility. As he lay upon the grourid he kept up alow whining soliloquy whloh a person ac- quainted with theHouyhnhmn language mlghi, nodoubt, have translated," It would give me intense gnUfkiatna to devour this fellow where he stands, and toafokoof bralna'of these Impertlnent'lookers on ImmedUttly I wilds', bat, unfortunately, there Ii no 'Jaslloe for gel nowadays, so I have nothing for II bnt to lie qulals ♦o behave myself henceforth and forever like aolvflli quadruped and a gentleman." • A strong color oft JW blllty was given to this translation by the subaeqne* foci- dodt of thla beautiful and cow subdued demon. Hf re- tired slowly and with dignity, rstber t*d ih$n fuls>'ld bis deportment, gave, only one flying sCpattVM be mjad ttrcogb bis eiabjs.door, had das gentle nl» *t tbe jgTMB wbo held It open for blm, and snbeequewy tMsaltted^si lad/ of distinction, wbo-wsMwesent) to stroke Wm.down as be lay in bis sUMsertstttltd after h^rVoentexartkiiBi, or, possibly, oonnlogjirar his lessoft^ualnst the neit ■, alruollon dsy. ^^^Wf^^^m'* leorofs vt$fc : son, wblohsver it may bb,oUU|&^f;freiho| tbemselrelnot only. oompl(iW/^»lIi(HO ( ,btlt impressed tlth the soindness 1 a|id J *oTeHT t i sjstem, aodretlred with tsjaftioa/Mvorfiila ofhlmssl( ofblselawffldstMtibMlgSftt earneitnsM and faith in hUdb^erfry', aodi ol the klodueta,' gentlenssa, and^^ ; fci^iai nover failed to Inonloato as WyrWl iMfidg tlesofhlsschooL V...