The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-13
LOCAL MAfrHns

Fdi,fad Races s-SWiag MeainS. 1az,
sports of the turf began at Fairfield y-.lne
and the weather wa. - delightful for Il a h..y:
could wish Notwithstanding the fact th,t sh
opened gloomily. and the wind was cold and chs.y
less during the early part Of the morning. hv N
o'clock the sun came out In all his spendor. AVA
from tnat lime the weather was spring like and In.
viting. The course too, was in admirable condi
uon ior . race. and Is three Of the entries were
expected to start In the sweepstakes every one
anticipated brGisirg contest and quick time
Wne1 We reached the course, we found that q
iair attendance had pre- ed us, and the Gsncoe
nIy was occupying the highest nitehs in the con.
nuence on tne horse men. Her silk en- coat. elastic
steAu, lesn .iimos, powerful muscles and pener.i
put up were such So to deserve q hirh Tegs -d
ous 70 our eyes she va too high In fissb far The
Work oefore her. Next TO her came the Cbiide
nAlIoIa colt, OF enormous size fine bone and
e. s,nH soe, .no 10 those who knew anything of
MS family relations on his dam side he Ia, Iaok
60 upon IS Captain" though but few of tbar,
aao me courage to draw their eel skins and h.nL
MIN against the favorite The third In ths ..a.
was tne Fa!ly-Ho fIly, and right GOOD one sba i
= ous sue nad oeen beaten At Broad Rock In a sharn
contest, and fer tha: reason her fr,snJ. fp surlp
and risked but little iousn' say
,.S .ue nour for starting arrived. the borr
sounded, and the three came up for The .o Aoin
.... A Fositon having been assionad the
roid second and Tally-Ho third tha 0nAue nsr.
gwen, ana the Glencoe and Tay.Ho want ofY s;Ss
oy SIDE, the Chide Harold GETTING . h.S on siue
bringing up the rear. After runnne a 49,. sna sl
lance the Gieneoe took the lead and held !, .,,
reaching the back stretch. when the T.n II 1Il
made handsome brush. Joined her ,o.Say no no
iocK cd VIII her for one hundred wards tbsn ,a-a
ner the go-oy and moved to the front which no.;'
s,on sue maintained until getting into the ousrter
s.fe'cn, wnen the Glencoe again rallied, came mn
a. ALiing pace, cut down her fair comnetitrass
and out footing her down the stro;sb. 70 ess
1er nome, winning the heat In 1.50a tha rsII
~ oeing second and the colt third
10 tnose VINO know but little of the condition ~
running norses, the game seemed now to be a ons-
sided affair, and bets went begging that tba .has
nut hlly would prove the better borss in the .ness
=; Lhat soe was fatigued from her exercise and
olowed out badly, was apparent enough IN tha
eyes OF some, but as the bay flly seemed - he
no petter on, and the colt was looked upon "A no
trumpet sounded for the WAC
Second Hedt-The trio came I'D In admirable
style, and getting the word went off toeetber
After brief scramble for the lead the colt showed
IN 'front.', ana getting clear of the chestnut lly was
ioplng along the back stretch at rapid pace when
'ne chesnut rallied, made a run, Tapped him. and
side by side the two fairly few along to the head OF
the quarter, where the colt quickened his psee.
again assumed the lead, and ran home well in hand
bay third A0 'no
This sudden change in affairs aJarmad tho
speed and bottom and was likely to win. offered
liberal odds upon him, but found takers excaed;ng
ly scarce. Those who had got him by accident
were not disposed to get rid of him, now that he
was looked upon as high trump and therefore II
was that no bets of consequence were made befora
the trumpet called out for the
LAtra Heat-Ihe three again came to the score.
ana receiving the word, got off together, the ches
nus huy being slightly in the lead. After roins
TWO nundred yards, the colt went up, colared her,
hnr fYnt
and marching off to the front, led home at steady
stride IN I:5l, the chestnu. being second and the
bay lilly third. As soon as the result was an
nounced Mr.. boswell christened the winner
SLAsHER," and IF he does not prsve his right to
appontedin in him.
we append a recapitulation:
eweepstakes TOR three year olds, mile heats, 200
entrance half forfeit closed with the following sub
soribers:
Thomas DcswelPs b. Q. sls,hsr. tv Child. @
Harold, dam Sarah Washington, -, I I
d Gil bon's Oh f. BY Glencoe, dam Sally
Cheathsm Talley's b. f. by Tally-Ho, dam
me-E5OS-l:5l4-l:51.
To-day the race is for the Proprietcrs Purse OF
200 dollars, two mile heats for which there are
three entries-Deuca!ion, Tar River and Shockoe.
Each OF these entries have hosts of friends to back
them, and good race may therefore be expected
Wehave yet heard no favorte declared nor do we
know which of the three will stand highest, but
should not be surprised to learn that Deucalion
had the call against the other two
One thousand Dollars ReUard We have long
since been of the opinion that the city authorities
and the insurance Offices, should take extraordi-
nary steps to discover and bring to justice the
horde of incenGisries who have been firing and
burning houses of all sorts in the city, and that
opinion has been greatly strengthened within the
past few weeks. Every night or two we hear of
some carpenter shop or stable being fired, ard on
Sunday night last, the incendisries were seen to
run away from stable to which they had just
applied the torch Now, it Ia evident to our mind
that many of the fires which occur are caused by
incendiaries, ard as the insurance companies are
heavy losers and the city is being greatly injured
1t would be wise policy in them to offer $1,000 re.
ward for the detection and conviction Of an incens
diary. We do met mean by what we have said
that reward shall be offered for the life of some
innocent human being, bu: we are satisfied that q
liberal reward would induce the organization Of q
secret police, and that incendarism would be put
an end to, or incendiaries be detected The pre-
sent police, no doubt are just as efficient ss the
same number of men, similarly situated, could be,
but the fact that they have regular beats to make
that they have the lamps to light and extinguish,
and that they are known a. officers by all classes,
are reasons sufficient to induce any one to believe
that they havs very little chance to detect an in
ndiary.
Another step necessary to be taken, Is the rigid
enforcement of the ordinance against minors who
run with the machines and attend fires Some of
thess chaps for the fun of good run, with An en-.
gine would apply the torch to almost any building,
without snce thinking Of the consequence. Not
only do they create alarms and cause fires, but
not unfrequently make remarks about other com.
papies than their favorites, which epgender bad
feelings among the fremen themselves, and II not
checked, may lead to serious collisions between
them. Boys have no business at fires or at the
engine houses, and the fremen owe 1t to them
arresting and bringing to punishment every one
who violates the ordinance concerning the FIRE de.
partment.
Tile Bl,1es.-We alluded briefly yesterday to the
Gath anniversary celebration of this old and favor-
ite corps The company assembled at their ARM
ory at an exrly hour on Monday morning with
sixty men, and after paradng through the princi-
pal streets, preceded by the Armory Band march
Cd to the cars of the Fredericksburg company, and
were soon on their way to Ashland, where. after q
compa ~ about three miles above to the shooting
OF refreshments, the line was again formed, and
the target practice began. At the conclusion oi
which, the Blues again returned to Ashland, and
after cooling of, sat down to . most sumptuoui
feast, prepared for them by the honorary members
of the corps, which was presided over by Col. GEO
w MUNFoRD, assisted by several Vice Preside nts
After the removal Of the CLOTH the regular toastl
were given, which ELECTED happy responses from
various gentlemen present, and wine, wit and sen
timent flowed profusely. until the company agai,
formed Ia line, when the presentation of the med
ais took place.
On examining the target, Sergeant d. B