New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-01
TIE Ht'HDRED-MILE VILLIfKY.

As the recent Outrageous cruelty 10 hosses is nov
fssture gambling dsprssity give tho following
/ detailed account Of it from The Albany Statr,mss,
written by come who evidently giarss IN the shsme-
full ransscon. Il will b observed that one Of tho
horses wss the property Il the Honorable Assrsw
sbeebsp. member Of the Assembly from the Fou.tA
Ward 10 this city;
T,a e,ci.,en, manifested by oil classes OF oar cid.
ezra ga 10 the rssuit OF hs 1909 Of one hundred miles
ard which seemed to pe'vsoe the enure community
seed tow ard NIGHT. sno S's;e 'reet va nroogee
Win people rrti lopg after sutoo~n. All k'oce a
MINORS were put in circulation, and from her contra
oc,ory character II was impoesioe 10 Gnve a. uy
.atisfsoto,y conclusion. Even the ssi sscns no
Utica move 10 have been Incorrect IN Dearly evSy PEI
,ieuIsr Knowing TIE interest which bad been exetce
by thi, coptest we mace arrangements Tor All sc'a-
rate report OF the time, &c, ana below .e give ~
detail erytbirg Of interest Connected WIN me rscs
The mstth was made several weeks since between
Andrew Ds',on and Samuel III Taylor for ~ JeV nr.
DslTon 10 biz own horse and Mr. Tayios 70 nsss
The privilege Of selecting shy horse be should see Ut
Mr. L exercising tie privisee thus conceded TO him.
selected lone owned by tie Hon. AnGIe~ S1eeh N,
one OF the R pieseutatves from Nes fork 10 the pre-
att A.serbl, and in cue time both horses were pat u
traii Ing for the &C pfest.
NJ nsltous horse is between line and ten years Of
sce And ia valuable account Of his speed having
,howp 2:42 on the track tie from good stock, ana
Ia In every respect fire anina. The Tsior hcne n
seven wears Of sge, snd comes from oioou s'ocS-
was bred in Wescbeeter County, where Dis tnsn own
used BIN TO drsw a coal cart, and Kept him 81 such
vice until be was purchased by Mr. Sheeha,, when
for the first time be vas driven "a harness. hs sree
The hor,es started from Galups Hotel WashtDgtoa
street yss.erdsy morning at o'clock, according To s
Judges time.
word earl, side by sce After lesving the pavement
they increased their speed the horses very mcco AM,
maied and mspi'es ing sde're TO travel. Al u ocock
they passed through Schenectady 10 miles from this
city, Amsterdam, 30 miles ron this city, was psSecd
AT O'Clock and ~ minutes Fonda, 43 mes from ms
civ was passed at 10 o'clock, both horses IN e1celleot
condition and reitber appearing Tired from tho task
they had already accomplished; FOR. ram ." nue.
from this city Was reached at IN O'Clock and 10 min
utes the he having travelled full 10 miles per hour
up 10 this point Little Falls, 70 miles from this CITY.
was passed at 2 o'clock, end Herkimer, ~ miles from
| this city IT II o clock end 30 minutes.
The borses at this time although they showed signs
Of being somewhat tired, were to all appearance IN
| coed cor .ion 20 accomplish the remaioing .Wen'y
niles and passed Hi Il, S2l miles from this CITY 81
O'clock end ten minutes Soon after leaving thw place
the Dalton horse negan to flag and his driver noticing
II, COL cluded to stay his progress, and ON reaching
Frankfort 81 miles from this city, stopped and put ns
| horse in the stable where he was given every aueo-
| ton that could possibly be rendered.
Mr. Tsyicr upon observing that Mr. Dalton he'd
withdrawn checked the speed OF his horse put on bia
blankets ard walked along the road . distance o.
eleven miles, until reaching the ousAlrts oil Unca,
when be received information that Mr. Daltons horse.
being very much refreshed, had again been put upon
| tie road and was coming along ct good pace. lne
| blankets were removed from the Taylor morse, ana
| having been well rested he received the word Win
spi,it ard started eff at rspd pace psssng through
Utica at O'Clock and forty five minutes aoont two
miles ahead of The Dalton hcre, and reached Whites
| boro at O'Clock and twentyt~ minutes, having &C.
complisbed Il entire distance Of one hundred miles IN
trtlte honrs and trenty ttc0 minutes! after having
| walked eleven miles of the distance The Daitoe
horse beoIe reaching Whitesboro was checked and
| walked rearly a mile.
Both horses on reaching Whiteeboro were prop
ery cared for and were in good condition, save oeng
tired. They gave no Indication OF having sustained
any injuries from the great task the had
an we are assured by their owners are held 90 moro
yslusbe today than when they started upon tbs rsce
The TAYLOR borse will probably reach this city to NOR
row frem Utica and although We have no positive IN,
folna.it as to the Dalton horse, we presume ne VII
come at the same time, when an opportunity Will DC
| afforded our citizens Il take sight at them.
As an evceI &c of the great endurance OF the Taylor
horse we NAY state that the last halt mile OF the race
was troted in tsro minutes and between Fort Plain
| and HeIkmer, Ia miles, were tIotted inside VI an
| hour. m
| places were obshucted by heavy snowdrits' ihe
bofsss carried about 3UO pounosesch, ana We arc a.
sned nv one of the Judges who accompanied them that
duipg the entire distance neither Of the horsea were
| touct ed with whip.
party accompanying them had made arrangements
for RELAYS 20 as to travel the distance with four horses,
and although they good could be uDd, not
one Of them could keep up with the contestants for the
25 uiIee The horses watsred at several points
along the road the drivers deemed 1t advisable and
at DO time between this city and Herkimer were oven
800 YARDS apart Mr. Tay Tor never got out OF bus saiky
between this city and Whesboro, and on reaching the
end Of The journey remarked that be felt " in condition
| to walk 80 miles
At ali points along the route the greatest excitement
| manifest. Crowos of men, women aud children
on the road and ed to psrake of the inter
Get which the contest bad created At Utica Thousands
of people had assembled in the streets through which
The horses were to pass, and We are Informed by a
gentlemen from that city he has never seen anything
to equsi it. So at Wbitesboro it appeared as though
The whole country around had come to town TO see
The horses ard be present at the termination Of the
I raUs,
The ptatenept that there was an objection offered TO
the giving Up Of the stakes 10 without foundation, a.
Mr. Dalton conceded that he had lost the race and the
| winning party wss entitled to the money.
This Is the greatest on record nothing OF tho
kind ever hevrg been attempted beforehand the speed
| shown by the horses surprises everybody. Even Ia
the hunorsd mile races a Course, the time has not
been equaled and had the spesd been kept up TO
the enc of the journey shown to Herkimer the
hundred miles would have been otted IN little over
nine hours.
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