Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-21

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VIRGINIA VIcTORlOItS
Nrw YoHk. Thurs Even. SrptIl
D1or Ey,,,ss ii seem. "pld Virpinny' il
hound IA take tbe lend ia eve. vt ling, even in
horse Ac.b have inst return d rom the MT
,,u,I r,prsc a.tar h,,iuf, throw n mn my hat for
your f,yorite horse ONE Egtd Joe >" of Virgin
/ l. lilo Ina. won laurrl- for tba ..NotErr of
Statesmen. and in two -plcud'd three mile hoat,
In. ba,,,en t,arratt DByi- of Kentueky into a
| cooked hat
Tn. match was for : 900. and r. w. Dos
well nnmcd the ercy ooldino. lowncd Ly Col
Hare. Of New Market "Onc. Eyed JOE" by
! Prince GEORGE ont of Rcristcr's dam HIS
six years old y splendid and lon, eudorng ami
NAL The weip6t Carried was 10 pounds. Jock
ey'. dress blue mud white. The chestnut colt /
yenrs old called "t,arrctt DAVIS. - of Kentucky.
! liz the English sire Glencoe. out of dam Leslie
was named to oppose one. Eyed Joe by ". ".
! Rnv,len. Thi. colt. a WINNING lonkina animal
! thnugb somewhnt finely drawn wa. ridden by
/ the Jockey who the other dnv rode him npniust
"Fnnny Fern" He carried l0l lbs., and had
many enthusiastic backcrs
In the first mile, after splendid start Joe
won The pole and wa thirty Yards ahead on the
first half milo and if hi. rider choose could in
! that first heat bayc dro,,prd the fac ON him and
settled the motfrr il, favor Of yirri,,ia.
On arriving nt thc stand Crry doe wa. goino
alone splrndilly. though somewhat peodIrssly
! ahead. Time Of first mile WINS I.56. In the se-
cond mile ronnd. Hoe kent his place and leal.ond
wasn't the stand thirty five yarls uhrnd of hi.
Kentucky opponent. Time L53. In the last
mile of the first baat the One Eypd Grey Ind
e,.c,th in, his own ,f,, md o,,s only, kent in IN,
III ridar r. sve di.cr,,., r. ,.l.orrait Daviss,,
he cn1nr to the stand nt a modest unce. Time
l.5I This three mile heat yyns won in ; min
nto4 and n =, cond.
/ pr.yi,,,t- ia the. stort la, koutncLy chestnut
b,d a nnnber nf hackers ofqr;ng verv prcat
odds aud hoard MANY. ,,r,,,s sian ia :. - ,n
| the Kentucky coli. wiicb were ,atpsrd The
Xirgininn.. However. Gro,roo3cr. t,nt tolarnblv
RAIL- till inst ns the ront,..t ononad whom they
| ..,.,,,,, !; >, III Ir. oil. MI ,I. ,,.,.,,,
i hot M. co,,,;,,,,,l ,,,,i I ,,,,,,,,st at los,
S3o.ooO were posted on the result Of the race.
ononcninq tI,e second hrnt. !, WINS amusing
To see how the betting had changed. one hun
! bred I" ten, and thirty IL sve, were offered on
lone Eyed Joe'-sill the takers kept shy. Al
Ter starting, however. the chestnut took the lead
and gained som" thirtN-hf" yards on the ilrst
! hall mile; but only managed 10 keep the lead by
couple OF lengths on passing he stand lime
! l.5l. On passing the stand tor the next mile,
| the chestnut went Rhead but all the run was
evidently knocked out OF linn; rs on the back
! stretch, Grey Joe came along dashingIy, and
| took the lend by three lengths rs he passed the
stand. Time 81.
The baekers ot old kentucky nov gave up
every shadow of hope, andquietIy 'forkrd over
the spiics' to the old Nirginlnns, whose cry was
"Old Nrginny never tire "One Eyed Joe took
this mile just at an exercising gnt. Time 2W.
rms second heat was m"oe IN minutes "o' %
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