The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-03
LOCAL MATTERS.

E-The Richmond Letter Sheet Prices
Current. carefully prepared, viii be ready to-
day about noon. Orders received this morn
ing At the Dispatch counting room.
FAIRFIELD RAcEs.-We have never seen
q more delightful day for outdoor sports or exer.
else than yesterday was. The showers ofthe pre-
ceding evening had cooled the earth and partially
laid the dust thin, watery clouds obscured the
sun, and the baImy east breeze that continually
blew throughout tho morning.. seemed to bear
cheerfulness and animation to all We saw. Indeed.
charming, 30 spring like 90 invgorsting wss the
weather OF which we speak. that the greatest isult
finder IN christendom, even though be were law
yer, could pick no flaw In II.
The announcement of the two mile heat race,
aud the contestants 10 It, were little Calculated 10
attract crowd to the course, for those who knew
the entrieswere sanguine as to he result yer even
these disad vantages had not the effect OF keeping
at home hundreds of the friends Of the turf, who
would have gone to the course If they had known
that but one horse was to gallop for the purse fr
the racing spirit OF the Old Dominion 10 now iuiiy
aroused, the people are ripe for H. ana II again
sleeps or slumbers, the cause will be, tnat good
horses are not brought together tor eacn race Let
racers bear these facts 10 mind, aud then, 1t they
but discharge their duty to each other, they may
rest assured that new competitors Will soon JON
them and increased purses be their reward.
The Race--There we're but two entries for the
Proprietor Purse.oi $780, two mile heats Rube
and Michael Angelo-and strange as 1t may appear,
old Rube the favorite In the betting circles not
witbstanding the fact that he 10 now eleven years
old and Is known to have lost hie aetness OF foot
and powers of endurance, by means OF which he
has heretofore come off victorious In so many hard
contests In the South. His competitor, four year
old was suspected of being fast but then his fall
ures heretofore, had so enveloped his courage Ia
suspicion that those who backed him, did Ii with
misgivinas almost amounting to fear. How far ei-
Their party was right remains to be seen.
First Hcat.-At halt past O'Clock, just half an
hour after time the trumpet sounded to saddle and
for the start, Michael Angelo being first and Rube
second. As soon as the two crossed the score, the
drum tapped, and az 1t they went, neither seeming
disposed to hurry through life on sandy road
Tho jockey on the bay having received orders to
ride a waiting race, let RUDE take the lead, and
then followed him along at moderate Stride until
entering the quarter stretch, WREN he slackened
his pull for an instant and soon came up to Rubes
launches, where he laid with ease till the stand
passed In 200 Here RUDE was again permitted to
draw clear, and having warmed up, began to put
In his best ticks, the bay several lengths In rear
until passing the half mile pole, when Michaes re
der called on him. and he responded beautifully,
running up and by RUDE with the greatest ease I'm
aginable, and leading down the stretch by home
iu l:55, winning the heat 10 3:55.
This result, though not unlocked for, somewhat
staggered the friends of Rube, who seemed about
that Michael was dome for''that he was both lame
and tired-snd that Rube was bound to win. No
sooner said, than presto, change" Rube became
the favorite at eighty to one hundred, while the
hackers of the bay would gladly have sold out at first
cost, wine and cigars thrown in. In the meantime.
out finely, the horn blew, and the jockies were
mounted, ready forthe
Second Heat. -Atthe tap of the drum. Rube again
took the lead, and driving along at rapid rate, main
into the stretch, when Michael made play and soon
oyerhsulsd. but declined passing him, the two run.
ken the trail, kube continued his run around the
turn, down the back stretch, and up to the second
turn Leading to the third quarter, when Michaeps
gumenta forced him by his compstitor 1t tell.
ing lick, driving him down the quarter stretch home,
several lengths ahead, in Sc. thereby making the
heat in so, and winning the race; which, from be-
ginning to end, was very exciting, and the heaviness
of the track considered. not slow one.
We give tho usual summary:
heats. Closed with the following entries:
o: P. Hare's b. b. Michael Angelo. by Zluganee,
dam Miss coutts. by Boston, years old; 100
C. Green's ch g Ruhe. BY Trustee, dam Min.
'trelI i S5iM .ass sssd-lal lbs ........a
To-day the race is for the Proprietor's Purse oil
S4o0 three mile heats, the entries which will be
and family should be pressnt to witnss. th.
which cannot fall to provo exciting. Remember the
"quarter badger are not now in use, 10 go ahead
VohhnVosh. Ain lupOEtdub subject mas
been 90 long neglected, that we really hope Ih.
present City Council will take 1t up and dispose Of
1t In one way or the other. If our city Is to be
made rendezvous for the Migrants of the whole
country, and our people are to care for and sup
port them, let them know 1t at once but fthov are
to be furnished with means for Kidding themsel yes
OF snch nusances why postpone action any long.
err Some few months since, a special commits
tee appointed on this subject made a partial re
port, in which they gave the public to understand
that they had devised scheme for the est ab.
lshment of work house on an ecor nical scale
Neither of the members of that committee are
now members Of the Council, but II new one has
been raised, we feel assured that the gentlemen al.
luded to will take pleasure In laying their plans
before their successors and extend to them such
facilities for the speedy erection of a Workhouse
as they may have at their command. The inter-.
ests of Richmond demand action and the members
of the Council have no right to defer 1t longer,
VERY SUsPIcIous.-On Sunday night last
an old framed building On Sd street, not far from
the Poor House, was set on fire, but the flames were
discovered in time to prevent serious damage. In
consequence of this act the negroes residing In the
neighborhood have been constantly on the look