Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-11-22
Hundred Mile Trot.

About a twelvemcnth 5ince match against
time was made. by a gentleman of New York that
horss could be produced within year lnat
wOnldtrot one hundred miles in nine consecutive
hours. The terms were $1,000 on the horse
against $1,000 on time. The maker of the match,
Mr.. C. Coster, at once named his own horse,
large bay gelding, and Immediately pat himrin
training Tor the feat.
AS the tine had about expired for the perform
ance, Saturday was, selected for its accomplish
inent; and, although Improved TO be wet anddJsa-
greeable yetthe horse was started, being driven
in a light sulky. At twenty minutes TO nine
cock in the morning the betting was about
even The day was cool and damp, with occa-
sional showers Of rain. After starting, the horse
continued his course uninterruptedly, except oc-
casonal sponging, until the termination of the
hundr. miles, which he accomplished in the un-
precedented time of eight hours, fitty-fye minutes
and nfty-three seconds Atthe end he did notap-
near greatly distressed; but now that the feat has
been accomplished and the horse surviving, we
hope never to record the like again. r7s; -.
But it turns out the noble animal did not long
survive his feat, as this paragraph from the New
York Tribune Of Tuesday informs u.s.; ~, 81.
iTHE FAsrEsr HoRsE OF THE WORLD DEAD
The bay gelding, who performed on Saturday last
the mostIeharkable feat of speed and bnttomsevi
er recorded in the hisoryof the turf, died on Sat-
urday night. After he hadperformed that unpre-
cedented race against time, going one bundled
miles in eight hours and fifty eight minutes, he
was taken to the stable where he was bled and
then covered with six or eight thick blankets. 1t
is the preyailing opinion among hoIsemen, that
this superabundance of covering, while in an ex-
hauSted state, caused the death of this noble ami
mall We also learn that the celebrated PAGER,
HeIo is very low, and tits feared that he also will
die. l;'i13 ,s@ sosfI szats +
Upon the incident the Tribune INDUCES in these
very natural and just structures: 80. f
If no other cause existed than. this one fact, !
that the nobleSt horse in the word, which had
reformed the greatest feat Of speed and endu-
rance, has been brutally murdered by horSe-ra-
cling CANDLES, there would be cause enough for
b s''To put in every honest hand whip ,L1taa,
is lash the rascal naked throughthe world la
For who but a rascal could be guilty of driving
horse one hundred miles in less than nine hours,
for no other object earth thanto make the noble
animal the tool of gamblers 10 win. money from
their dupes; and then, not content with that cru
city 10 force hun on+another mile 10 win a eteF
more dollars till the poor exhausted creature only
found relief from his worse than brute dSiverin
the sleep of death. Snet is the fate of the horse
that troited l01 miles on the Long Island Center
vile Course on Saturday. Such will probably be
the fate fthe splendid gray horse that wereported
as,paeing against a trotter on Friday. 1t seems
pity thatif brutes must be raced to DEATH low
er sort of animals hadnot been chosen. The pto
prietorSi and drivers of the deGunct hoTses should
have been put through the process in their stead,
On a recenttnul, an IrishmauS with character
stic obllquityo speech5 his head,
said, "Plaze your honor, LIDO not remember, or if
I5uos I5fUTget itnOw." 7sa7 tii..e9t5 SECS p ~
neighbor of ours informs us that wood goes
further hen left outrofa doors than when housed;
some of MS having gone upwards OF quaEtetof
mile IN one night. .ar & B sii5l.sss 49,
DESERVING, Do you know Mr.. John Brown2"
eyes my DEAR SIS he not a deserving manS'
eyes, he deserves fogging, and if hece ever gal
Iants you again, will give il to hmn'