The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-01
Feats al the Fair.


On the second dag Of the Fair, when the
hoods we're trying their blood in the share
OF fast horses. the following Iudicions incident
occurred, as told by lolker on;-
To-day one Of tile most laughable affairs
occurred that have ever Witnessed. The
horse ring, which bad been open during the
afternoon for the use Of such gentlemen rs
might wish to practice their horses, contain
ed soae six OF seSen fine horses splendi lis
caparisOned and attached to light Sulkes,
which had grown excited by the sport that
Tue whole stfair had become merged in'o =
mos, spirited race. The contrast was SIR ,ng.
and every horse was urged to his utmost
speed vast crowd had collected for the
purpose ofenj the sport. and loud shouts
n'lested thsT appreciation Of the fa'oHle
horses.
jus, about the highth Of the race the rope
th protected the entrance TO the ring was
inay,cd and one Of the uglest looking speci-
Aens Of the horse kind, that had ever seen
eu:rred, He was one of dun color; one
sided. loosely built ring-boned and SPAWN,
cd. lis driver, an old man with a short
grey beard, was clothed in rusty suit Of
grey. with a seal-skin cap, and WAS seated
in IN Old unpainted suikey, with bundle
cr straw beneath the seat, from which an
oid usty umbrella protruded.
AZ his very entrance he was greeted with
shouts from the crewd, of "take him out, /"
Iaoye him. 'wo haw, and other shouts, that
showed him, as setting out under the most
uGiuyorable circumstances.
Almost at the start he had been overtaken
! lis. finer horses, who had been The popu-
lar favorites, and as they came up to thr
I'D dun, the leaders Of the race called on,
,,D get cut of the way, After few awkward
Efforts, he did try to do SO, but it was af;el
manner little expected, for the old horse
rlrook his ears and began 10 strike ut at al
awful pace, and the bouded horses began
Ia heel the need of trying their bottoms a.
way they went, and by the time hey came
'ound 10 the starting place, the old dun was
{, n'derablY in advance. The faster he
vent the uglier he looked, and MS gait was
S, awkward that the crowd roarud will
laughter Away he went, and away wen
TIE hoods in pursuit, The further the oc
cun went the uglier he looked, and at every
round, he was greeted cries Of go it ole
cIry bank" OLD clay-bank did go it, an
the WY lie went was a sin 10 Crockett -
BY the fifth or sixth round he had Just gain.
I'd the length of the track on his competitors
End came up in their rear like a canebrak,
on FIRE. Tie excitement WAS now intense
and the rosring and believing Of the erQwc
almost DEF fening. ''
The old dun never minded the crowd
whit, but held himself down to his work
and as he came round again. he had passcl
Two Of his rivals and was abreast of the
thnd
go it old clay bank shouted the spec
tators, and without whip or word from hi,
driver, be came up to the scratch. BY the
time this round was finished there remained
but one horse ahead of him fine, blooded
grey-considered by all The best horse, ii
ali points, on the ground AS they reached
the entrance, the two horses were abreast
and the grey eyed his opponent with sid
ling glance as he shambled along side o
him. The old man now reached down be
side him and drew the umbrella from the
sheaf of straw beneath the seat and to which
it was fastened, and with great Juri+h
yer his head, brought it down on the hip.
bones ofthe old dun, 1t WAS hard to tell
which ratified most. the old umbrella or the
bones OF old clay bank; but from that mo
ment the race was at an end. The grey
was left far behind and the CID dun came
up to the entrance at one of the most awk
ward, shambling yet swiitest PAGES have
ever seen, beating his riEaI considerable
distance, and presenting within himself the
ugliest piece of horse flesh that has ever
beea seen in this section of'he country. 1t
is needless to Id that old clay bank was
the favorite the ba ance Of the day air
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