Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-09


at Jackson City came or YESTERDAY afternoon in
the presence Of an immense throng Of spectators
rnecrowd began to assemble soon after u O'Clock,
NJ and the stream Of carriages and foot passen-
gers over the Long Bridge was continuous and
augmented up to O'Clock, D. m
= NC course was heavy from recent laying down
W. Wen suited otherwise to the wants Of the
sPoIIng pubic, though rather too narrow for
more than three horses in carriages. The spec
tators, on arriving at the grounds mostly settled
themselves around the judges stand, from which,
on line stretched across over the track to the
spectators stand, was suspended two silver cups
the prizes to be commended for
Inc contestants for the first cups were Buffalo,
entered by ]. Cook; Winner, by H. Birch and
bay colt Fanny by j. Price, Of Alexandria. At
half-p past three O'Clock, the horses came on the
ground, their blankets were thrown Off and they
Were trotted up and down the track by stable
their stand in drawing lots for position of the
horses on the track. The result of the drawing
gave the Winner colt the inside trick the bay
r amy the next, and Buffalo the outside
Inc hrst effort at a start failed on account of
buffalo, who behaved somewhat obstreperously.
Inc second trial was similar to the first, except
that the colt Fanny would not wait for the word
10 20, Dut insisted on disregarding all rules of
racing propriety, and dashed forward several
lengths ahead. Her driver brought her up; and,
the third effort proving more successful, the start
was made amid the cries Of the crowd to - Stop,
go, 60 on, STOP" &c. The race was mile heats,
and the best in three 10 pull down the cup The
horses were OF, Fanny taking the lead, and Buff
falo close behind her, while Winner came close
on Bunalo. Buffalo soon broke up. and Winner
passed him, flying. and bore hard on Fanny who
continued to stick TO her pace without eyinciDp
the slightest disposition to break. Winner and
bunalo broke frequently on the outs stretch, and
could not be got down until Fanny had passed
over The FIRST half mile, and was turning into the
nome stretch; then both WinZer and Buffalo came
Wei up to the Scratch doing their best to recover
the ground they had lost; but it was too late and
Fanny came past the stand, furiousv fast some
1orty yards in advance of Winner and leaving
s n'dE had got into hard gallop soon
dItef striking the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eighty
YARDS In the rear. The judges gave the heat to
fanny-time. minutes seconds.
The second heat the horses all got fair start
ana Were near neighbors during the first half of
the heat, but Fanny led of beaufffulIy and bets
on her were frequent and heavy; she seemed
from this moment to be the favorite and she kept
her pace steadily, never breaking up once while
Buffalo, who is very hard to beat when he can be
kept down to his work, was breaking frequently
ana was passed again on the home stretch by
The .econ %ho came up pretty close on Fanny
ana nine seconds, Fanny being the winner by
ABOUT the same distance on the previous heat
The judges awarded the first prize to Fanny
making the two leats i'm seven minutes and tf-
teen seconds.
1t is impossible to judge of the qualities Of a
morse over such a road the new track as all
three OF the horses entered would have made on
any we'll beaten track, much better time.
The second race was made in road wagons, two
mile heats and repeat The horses entered were
Old Buck, entered by Geo. Smith; Buffalo bv
alien ~, Dorsey; Sea Breeze by J. Cook and Henry
The judges drew for position, and Sea Breeze
got the inside, Henry second, Buffalo third, and
The horses were in better training. and the
drivers had more control over them than during
the hrst race They were called up and came
past the track in good condition, Buffalo about
one length behind. but reaching ont well and
several heavy bets were made upon him The
horses, for the first quarter of a mile kept well
together, Sea Breeze taking the lead and Old
Buck pushing him hard, while Henry and Buff.
10 were well up in the rear. Soon however the
two latter horses broke, Buffalo behaving yery
Dadly, and giving his driver considerable trouble
Henry was managed more easily, being brouo bit
down soon, but not until Sea Breeze and Old
Buck were past the first half, with Sea Breeze
stlll leading. The contest for the first mile was
now between the last two horses and il was de-
clded in favor of Sea Breeze, who never broke
her pace, while Old Buck on the home stretch
went on again and could not be brought down to
his work until Sea Breeze was past the stand
The first mile was done by Sea Breeze in BIS and
the second mile was pretty much the same thing
Sea Breeze keeping the lead and making the
round in BAL. The first heat was piyen to Sea
Breeze-time $50.
After some twenty minutes the horses were
called up for the second heat The start was a
very hne one, Sea Breeze leading off again, with
Oio BUCK nearly up with him Henry and Buffalo
falling back soon after the first quarter was passed
which position they held for the remainder of the
heat. Buffalo broke up again, as usual, and Hem
ry went by him before the home stretch was
reached. Sea Breeze and Old Buck reached the
home stretch together, but Old Buck soon after
broke badly, and Sea Breeze came past the stand
in 6:I9.
Sea Breeze received the cup amid the loud ap-
plause of the crowd, and the race was over Con
siderable money exchanged hands during the af-
teTnoon.
After the crowd had partly dispersed A small
race was run by well known butter merchant of
Washington, assisted by certain newspaper re-
porter, and Pennsylvania Dutchman. Tie par-
ties started very fair in heavy carryall-weirht
OF carriage and the three drivers 80 lbs The
mile was made In nineteen minutes and three
seconds, Old Pennsylvania never breaking his
fast walk during the drive, notwithstanding the
application Of sundry frequent and we'll bestowed
cuts with crooked bean pole from an adjoining
corn field, and sundry deep and earnest anahenas
applied to his caTcase generally.
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY. The
stockholders of this Company, on Monday las,
manifested their confidence in the manao emept
of its affairs by electng all the members of the
old Board of Directors. The President and Sec
rotary Were also Reelected at the meeting Of the
Board the next day.
Congress, in granting charter to this compa-
ny, introduced in it clause making the private
fortunes OF the stockholders liable for all debrs
that should be created by the Corporation The
operation Of this is to add immensely to the Sc
curity of those holding their policies, as the
stockholders number among them some of our
most successful and wealthy merchants, mechan-
les, and others.
We believe the ''Washington" will be fully
able to "resPond" In cases of losses by fire.
THE BOONE RIFLEMEN give their excursion to
the White House Tomorrow. They have secured
music for both trips, and also at the pavilion
an Improvement, by the-way. Prosperi's cotiNbn
band has been engaged also, SchafNeId as ca
terer. With the delicious weather and moon.