Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1841-11-04


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There Vas quite s,ir IN the early par,
Of to-day sGoag tbe sporting portion Of
cuF eomnunity; q Wes announced that
ihs celebrated nag. Boston. wss to con.
iend ios > Perse against the Southern
horse Jebn Blunt, ADD Oh. On. Fashion,
BY imp Ifss,s~. dam BY Boaae,s o Blue
years Old, bred IN New Jersey, and en-.
tered BY S. Laird. on the Camden and
Philadelphia course bets were freely of.
Tered, sad many Of than taken. Of 400
10 StO. or 10 that proportion, on Boston
against the field. The interest excited
Induced an immense nanhes OF persons
70 eross over The Delawsrg 3, Camden.
shd embark IN The most ready convey.
anee for the race course CONSEQUENTLY,
ron ten to one o'clock. eontinueA hne
gas to be seen 90 the road, some 10 ON.
Abuses filed inside and he ,ops crowd.
Cd. some erammed into hacks. others into
stages iuTn''1re ears. farm wsgoss. dear
oornes' earIysiis, cabs, euniciss, fsh
wagons, and even coal wagons. drawn
by mules. were pressed isio the service.
and BY The time that the bugls sounded
from the judges stand. larger eoaeoot.e
was upon the ground than was ever a,.
sembled on the same course. TIE eh,e,
Gags were brought out, and anuarentiv
each one in tip top order and ready Tor
tbeir work. At the tap Of the drum ,hev
made pretty fair start. Blont heading of
Fashion close up, and Boston length or
tee 10 The rear. Thus they moved or a,
. pretty smart rate. which was gradually
increased as the blood warned, and by
the time that they had entered upon the
second mile they were moving at a TIE.
mendous rate. 10 the same order thew
started. but with a small gap between
Blunt and the mare. and a much increased
gap between the mare aud Bosion-the
rider OF the latter found bis horse sulien
add difficult 10 mansge, aud resor,ed 10
the whip 10 help him out OF bis difficulty
II would not do, the horse would not en-
ter upon bis work fairly, and by the time
the, hey were halt round The ihrd mile
q was evident Boston could not win The
heat. and would have TO make Nd some
OF the gap TO save his distance, for which
object the boy appeared 20 exert bis ut.
most esdeavors-but he could not come
u, and although the whip bad entered
some Of the pores Of bis (Bos,on's) akin,
he caused las hackers TO bleed much
more freely. There vas aIarae amount
OF money changed hands, aud AZ grea,
odds. Al the coming in. BIO was full two
lengths outside the distance pole. Blupt
took the heat 10 I'm. ia. tip top time.
The purse was now To be conteuded
for by Blunt and Fashion. both Of which.
when brought out, showed we'll. and did
not appear 10 have suffered from their
exercise, Blunt vas the favoriIe .; Sigh,
odds. and has owners had greatly inereas.
ed their estimates Of his value. havinr
thus beaten the crack nag Of the United
States. and but little dreaming Of the ms.
fortune that was TO follow. AZ the signal
they both started of in fne STYLE. the
horse taking the lead, closely follow ed ~
has CON peiItor; there was. however, some
two or three lengths between them until
alter the close OF the second mile. when
Fashion began 10 increase her speed and
lessen The gap at the lssi quarter she
Tapped che horse. then came the tug Of
war they came sweeping doEn the
straight side and passed the judgss' stand
al killing pace 81 the eod OF the FIRST
quarter OF the 9TH mile il began to wear
The appearance that the mare would
prove the better horse at The end Of the
mex, quarter the Jersey nag had placed
herself rather more than length ahead.
which position she continued to bold
winning the heat in I'm. 4es.-By some
nnaeeoun;sele means in taking Up Blunt.
he gave down and was taken of the
gionnd dead lame. past all recovery as a
Tunoing horse.
Hssshr oy wEpNEspAY's RAeE.- DF. George
GooSwyu's wSliinglaa, 81 IsporssS ssyesdon
years old, $500
a. cens'ss siIpAias, By Rallies, S
years old, ataa
e. Lloyd'' TrsesOs, BY EsliPss Light
foot, six years old, IasA.
w r JohBsOas wOoasr. By T,shE
Gus, SIX years cid. Aaan
J. X YSa AAtsr's Diana syAtsS. b.
Or. SybtaH, , years old, Qsk,.
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