The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-11
LOCAL MArrERe.

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LOCAL MATTERS.
Fairfield Racss-FdH Meainx. 1ase -. -. =.
/ The most exciting race Of The week 49, y. ~
| tsrday, and drew together q unr..ss,0 - yes
crowd Of persons, all Of whom seemed slsd ..s!s
| excissmsns :! ne snoushs Of witnessing : well
ther Of whom had ever been hrst ct the peors ~
gold and homer were the awards.
II we except the clouds Of dust hat lever,d
over the highways and along the course, no frisnd
OF the turf could have desired more lovely weather
for the sport, for the sun was warm and the ar
tnvigorating
About half past 10 O'Clock the ave colts made
their appearance on the course, and soon there.
after the Revenue becstne the favorits at large
odds against any named 1ag, and, In some instan.
ces, At even against the field. Between the other
four the Tally Ho s.ood highest in the esteemiof
the Knowing ones,s and some were disposed to
think that be could win, whilst the other three
rated low, the Register being beet thought Of We
do not know that we ever saw . greater diversity
OF opinion among the "outsidersr than on this
occasion, nor have we ever seen more disappointed
faces than we saw at the close of the first heat
Mnen the time arrived for saddling, Mr. Dos
well discovered that his entry was lame In the left
leg, from some cause, and refused to start unless
al bets on him were drawn, but the better insist.
Ing on his going. and none being willing to give
up their hold, finally consented to run, regardless
First Heat AT the sound of the horn, the ave
horses made their appearance, the Billy Towns
colt first, the Register second the Tally Ho third
the Revenue fourth, and the Senator fifth, and re-.
ceiving the word went off together like bunch of
pop-crackers, oil scrambling desperately for the
best place. After going about one hundred yards
the Revenue took the lead, and like red fox be-
fore pack Of hounds, bounded away from his
pursuers defying them to catch him. On reaching
the back stretch, the Register and Billy Towns
had very pretty set to, until getting 10 the head
of the quarter, when the Taliy.Ho Joined them.
and the Senator being we'll up, these four had
handsome brush to the score, the Revenue hav.
ing crossed 1t in 1:55 In the second mile. the
Revenue continued to widen the gap between his
pursuers and himself until getting to the head
of the quarter stretch, when finding that he had
three Of his rivals beyond their distance made
beautiful burst for home, and passed the stand
in 1:57*, winning the heat in 3:52i, the Register
barely saving his distance, whilst the other three
were
"Wirins in and wiring ont,
Leaving the judges all in doubt,
Whether the horses on the track
Were coming homo or going back"
II the hackers of the Revenue were sAnguine
before the start, they were even more 80 now, rs
favorite, and he had but one opponent left to beat
All who had seen his run felt assured that he had
had an easy time, and as he had cooled off well,
one hundred to ten could induce no one to wager
against his winning the purse.
| Second Heas-Thirty minutes having expired,
the Revenue and Register came to the score and
getting the word were off side by side. For the
first quarter these worthy companions moved on
together steadily as If In harness. bat on reach.
ing the back stretch the Revenue became disgust.
ed with his company, and at single bound bade
him adieu. running the first mile under strong
pull in l:57 and the second in 1:59 and winning
the heat in $3.50 with the greatest ease imaginable
As soon as the race was over. MAJ. boswell gave
his colt the name Of "DUCALIoN," name well
known in Heather Mythology as the father of
HELEN, ancestor of the Hellenes, and son Of Pre-.
metheus and Pandora. In his time was Noah's
flood, and it ia written that he saved himself and
his wife, Pyrrha, on the top Of Mount Parnassus.
The title il = very pretty as well as interesting
one, and from present indications will become ~
celebrated in our day on the turf ~ in Grecian
times. Ducalion was but three years old in July
last. -sH III
We append the entries and result:
Fourth Day. "A swespstaks fer three years old
colts and 6lies that won race two mile heats
$500 entrance, half fsrfeit.
Major Thomas Doswelps ch. Q. 'Ducalion,"
by Revenue, dam Queen. by Pram, 81 lbs. l
Bowie 4 Halls sh. e.by Register, dam BY
j. W. Lewsiion;: 5. BY Bill; Iown::, dam
Red Eyes dam. ........................... dis.
jaime. Tsllsy's oh. Q. BY Tally -Ho, dam by
Caddy Jones. ........................... dis
D. Acbanieps ch. Q. By Senator, dam BY Hot
Time s:52Es:5s.
To-Day, the meeting closes with race between
several fast quarter and half mile nags expect
ed to mest in trials of speed for various outside
purses. To enable every body and family to en-. |
joy the fun the gates will be thrown open free OF
charge All who wish cheap sport can now be graf
flied ct the shortest notice.
Vatch house Commismsnas--During the month Of |
September there were l5s persons committed to the |
station houses in this city tor various offences or
this number there were SO white persons, 6e slaves
and 80 free negroes In the first station house |
u ~
In the second station-house there 81 whites, 20 |
slaves, and 26 free negroes. OF the white prison
ers are females free negroes l3 females; slaves
females. At the first station house 10 of these
females were commitsed-4 whites, 3 slaves and 3
free At the second station house IA females were
committed-2 whites, slaves, and 10 free negroes.
Receirin9 Stolen Lumber. - Thomas A. Faris,
charged with receiving lumher, knowing the same
70 have been stolen, was examined before Record.
er Taylor and acquitted, there being no proof to
show that he came by the timber In an improper
manner.
No Paprs-Margaret Badey, free woman Of
color was committed to the cage last Thursday
evening for want of q register, but on her proving
her freedom, she was discharged by Justice Lip
sconb.
Observation-Disclosures Robinson was taken to the
cage last Thursday, and locked up for being drunk
and disorderly in the second market. On promi
sing better behavior In future, james was set At
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sum Of elO0 Market houses are dangerous places
for tpsy men to appear In, ~ they should know by
what has taken place.
Pleasant Neighbors.-M. Shulfz appeared before
the Mayor yesterday, to answer the charge Of ~.
saulting and beating H. J. Calisher In his own
house The cause Of the difficulty seems 10 be,
that Shultz called Calisher to get him to join
him in An indemnifying bond, which @. declined,
and which 80 exasperated s. that he used provok.
ina language to G. and led TO an assault. The
prisoner was held to bail In the sum Of el00 to
keep the peace.
The Chain Gang is new In full blast, and under
the direction of officer Perrin, continues TO per.
form valuable service There are yet many W
grants At large that might be probably employed
for the city and IL d to be hoped that the oeers
viii soon bring them In for labor.
Not at Homs-Joe Finney. an Amelia free ne
sro. was found In the city with improper papers,
snd sent to the cage last Thursday evening. Alter
getting good nights rest IN the second story Of
| the market, Joe came before the Recorder yestsf
day, promised better conduct n future, and was
discharged
Oms Of Data Sally Finnsy, . free woman, was
arrested for having papers out Of date. but on
| promising to have them renewed, the Recorder
| let her slide.