Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-26

men. not for the purpose Of making money, but
for the real fun Of tho thing" The horses
eontesting for the race are we'll known s-fast
'uns." and the time made was almost equal 70
the "best time on record" See the great
race between ''Jim- aion joe and "Who.har
Turf Register, vol, 90. 1877 Fireay and
Bobtail were the names Of the horses FireHy
was brought to the scratch by his owner. and
Bobtail by the unrivalled jockey, Lively
Henry. The horses were apparently in good
condition, but Fireay looked "ra-a Their"
! wicked, and Bobtaii, to connosieur of horse
flesh, and there we're plenty on the ground
seemed ''ra-s Their" finely drawn
1t may not be auiss TO state, a general be-
lief prevailed that the driver of Firehy seemed
to have little the advantage in weight, be
coming we'll up to 2l0 lbs. without his coat
! "a lean dog for long chsse,'' stood we'll il
| this instance, as will be seen in the sequel.
Now Tor the race The judges having taken
stand called up the horses. and after few
false starts, away they went at OPP speed. After
| the dust had cleared off view was had Of he
position Ct the nags. Firefy was ahead, going
timely: Bob all about ton yards behind. evi
IDENTIFY laying low. Away they went, the half
| mile was reached in las. Fireay still ahead.
| then comes 1.-the tug Of war" FREELY swung
round the last turn, Bobtail in the same posi /.
tien, and then yell is heard from the stcatn-
Iian lungs of Lively that frightened the crows
| from the neighboring trees; but it was no use
Flrefy did Mt mind that: up he came to the
| winning pole in the unparalleled time Of 2:SIt
Bobtail, "a
| Second Rsnt-Both horses cooled of we'll,
| and much anxiety was shown by betters who
had staked heavily as to the result. of the race.
A general sentiment prevailed that Bobtail
| was up to snits,' and this heat would result
differently. The horses were called hp. when
II was discovered that Firedy was to be tooled
| by another driver. What's out nowl Fireiy s
driver complained of pain in the wrists aud
| wouldn't drive another round "no how" So
What-ye-call- i'm took the ribbons The word
was given. and away they went together; bat
Alas for human anticipate Ms few rods only
had been covered, ere yell fro N the lungs OF
lively, louder and more shrili than any ever
invented in the pits of "Acheron,' - bu. u upon
the ears of Firefy. and twas all over he
broke up, and could never again be brought
to trot, and so Bobtail came tout FIRST best, y
but twas owing to ''that ere yell"
RIor, AND ASSAULT AND BArrERY-Lass
night fight came off in the Second Ward,
between members Of the Auxiliary Guard
and Others, which caused considerable loss oi
blood, and several sore heads and faces A,
| the trial this morning, before Justice Morsell
dence: Mr. James Chatham and W II Bi oh
were passing along the street singing; watch
men Thompson and Cross went to them and
requested them to stop; Mr.. Birch said be
; would, but Chatham said he was in q free
country, and he would do as he pleased be
commenced again. and Thompson told him il
) lie did not bush ho would take him to the
guard-house, and took hold of him; Chatham
resisted, and scuthe ensued Mr.. Birch here
: endeavored to quiet the disorder; Cross ven,
!, to assist his colleague, when some person.
. standing by seized bis left arm and prevented
, bin; Cross got within striking distance OF
Chatham, and struck him with his club, in.
6icting sore wound on bis head; watchmer
Clements and Little came up at this time, wher
Birch here proposed to 60 down to the guard
, house without further Vkoube; al. started
7 down, but when between Ninth and Tenth
streets Chatham turned round and STRUCK
Thompson blow which knocked him down
The Justice held Chatham, Birch, and a per
son named Wallis to bail in 5000 each, in two
cases, 10 appear at court.
The UyDERrAKER.-To recommend an IN
deTtaAer to our readers is rather a serious mat
ter, and yet they will all need one sooner o,
, later, and therefore We refer them to Mr.
Plant advertisement in another column for
consideration in case his services should be
wanted. 1t will be seen that he makes every
arrangement for funerals in connection with
his line Of business, and intends t. devote hi
time particularly to undertaking. The i'm
portance OF having person to ate nd careful
to the proper disposal of the dead is best known
to those who have lost some dear relative o.
. friend, and therefore Mr. Plant supplies
place of much usefulness in the community.
In looking over the outside columns of tn,
Star We find in ambition to the above, that Mr.
An'hsny Buchly, Pa. avenue, south side be
tween 9Th and 10th streets; Mr.. James F. Har
yey, 7th street, between q and II streets, aut
Mr.. JsmesO. Wall, are also engaged in tn,
business, u whom the above remarks also ap
ply, afording, altogether, our rsaiers choice
Of those who shall oonsisn them to their LAS
sad resting place"
Our readers will observe that Mr.. William
King attends to the same business in George
town, and is known az very efficient and gen
tlemanly manager OF such matters.
MANIA morning colored mai
named Jenkins went to the Office of Jus,ic,
, Dom and asked to be sent to Jail for protee
! ton. He said the butchers had bought hin
and were going to cut him up for Z" hog M at
he said they shot him in the neck and findin,
that did not kill they tried to cut his throat
when he broke away and ran from them. 4
was evident the poor fellow was suffering with
mania-a.potu. and the Justice sent him to TAI
to save his bacon
ROUGH JoB.-Last night, Mrs. Kan an
peared at the guard house, to answer til,
charge OF profanity in the street and threat
enlng the family Of Mr. Faulkner Not hav
ing security at hand, she was sent to iail an
on the road displayed pugnacious and pugilis
} tic qualities Of . high tIder, giving Officer
) Allen and Martin considers able trouble. The,
} were obliged to call assistance il conseo ence
} she also manifestipg q strong desire to lie OF
} the pavement. On reaching the Jail her hus
band appeared with bail, aud she was released
upon paying the fines and costs.
The KUsKELs -he had much to saw FOL
this hnc compaLys performances at the Ma
tional Theatre. but it is useless. Every bod
s"es to see hem, and know their high merits
AS We 'srits a number of gaily dressed anc
beautiful children are to be seen wendi thei
way to the concert this afternoon and ",
know of some children Of larger growth
whO intend to 90 tonight See .. Uncle Tom ),
Cabin" by all means. Enough said TO thos,
who regard g a hint as good as wink from
| blind horse"
The CoUNcIL ELECTION ON MONDAY Til,
election for a member of the Board of Com
mon Courc for the First Ward, to take plac.
| on Monday, is creating, es 1t should, much
| interest Mr.. J. Ii. Hilton, nominate By
| friends, has vii hdrawn in favor of Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. King ALEC declines running. Th<
candidates openly in the field are Messrs
Davis, Smoot, Wilson, and Perkins. The poll,
are to be held, We understand, on the oorne,
\ Of