The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-01
GREAT SUMMER RACES:
OVER THE P0TTAWATTAMIE RACE COURSE'

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GREAT SUMMER RACES:
OVER THE P0TTAWATTAMIE RACE COURSE
Transmitted over the clothes-nine TELEGRAPH
KxpREss1y Foa TIE sosrAnEiL.
These celebrated races will come of as
usual. over the Pottawattamie course on the
first Monday of August, 1857.
A number of young, sprightly and well
trained horses, will be entered for purses OF
various sizes. Among the number are sew
.ra, which have heretofore run successful
faces over these tracks, and there are one
or two upon which their owners have never
vet lost dollar. The principal race, how
ever, will be between the Pottarattam'e
Roam, and the Cas- County Pre- Emptor,
for purse of four hundred dollars, which
may be increased by the winner after the
races are over, according to a late prece-
dent) to an indefinite amount.
The Pottauattamie Roam is young
horse in excellent trim and fine spirits, and
has not been gorged by corn from the pub
lie crib, nor pulled up with hay from the
.vamp land. He will run the race through
without rider. He is the property of the
people of Pottawattamie county, and his
owners confidently predict that he will more
than distance his competitor.
The Cass County Pre- En,ptor is also
young horse, recently purchased IN Cass
county for moderate price, and imported
BY his owners for the express purpose OF
running this race. Under ordinary clrcum-
stances he might make pretty good run,
but he is in very bad keeping-having been
(since he was brought to this county, kept
by JAMES tied up to stack of old spamp
land hay, until his wind has become mate
rally injured. He has been suffered how
ever to get from the same keeper an ocea-
SIGNAL NIB of the county corn, from the
corner of the new Court House lin pros
pect). Owing to disagreement among his
owners about the mode and manner of
training him, he has not received currying
since he came in. JAMES claims 1T he
should be the sole keeper, as he furnishes
all the feed. BABBITr claims the right, upon
the ground of having had more experience
as a qroom than either of the others. But
they have cverruled him. So he has to con-
tent himself with playing the part of second
fiddler in the race upon the worn out notes OF
rickety old Bugle, (of which his friends
are heartily tired, and expect soon to re-
place with one more lively in its sounds
upon which he can only play two old
tunes, one Of which is 'sBlack Republican,
and the other sis not.' TEST stands off at
a convenient distance, with one foot on a
Cock of swamp land hay, and the other ele'
waited upon pile of Court House lumber,
at an angle of forty-fve degrees from the
extremity of his body, with great dignity
watching the horse devour his provender,
without ever considering the effect which a
certain kind of fl ss upon horses.
LAR1NER keeps pies a tight hold of
the tail, and wates) very movement Of
JAMES, fearing some new idea may get into
his head, and the horse come out limpins
on the day of the races.
The Pre- Emptor labors under another
great difficulty. His track will be some
what heavy and mucky, and he will have to
carry four of his owners. A difficulty arose
about who should ride, which was finally
compromised by agreeing that four of them
should enjoy that felicity at the same time.
JAMES to take the front seat with sheaf Of
hay in his right hand and County order
in the other; BABBITr next, with a painting
of Judas Iseariot in one hand, and Benedict
Arnold in the other; TEST next, with paint
ing Of dignifed Senator in each hand; and
LARINEE on the back seat will still hold on
to the tail. BALDWIN and PLArNER have
only the privilege Of riding from the stacks
to the track and back again. JAMES has very
incautiously placed at the expense Of the
County, large pile of bricks, stone and
lumber, near the outcoming of the track,
which BABBI1T is very confident will cause
the horse to sheer and break the lines.
Some of Pre- Emptor's former owners are
now here confidently expecting, after the
race, to buy him back for half what they
got, and return him to Cass for plough
horse. Taking the unique pictures, and all
things into consideration, we shall doubtless
have an interesting race.
SECRETARY OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.