Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-19
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81 G HALL RACES.

satisfaction, | would inform your thous
and aud ono readers that your humdla
reporter was early upon the ground and
correctly photographed the occurrences
Of the day; and it is with regret | must
record lis failure after tie sixth heat 10
come up to the scratch aud continue his
, lucid account of the time, borses and
horsc~bettjugs. Many causes have been
ascrt0et ~ friends and eDyiou= enemies.
and therefore am Compelled in self de-
fence, 10 hurl back The base insiruatiou
that TOO much pa ticjpaion in Col Soup
Powders sbstracted Jug Of ]" intestine
cutlery shut my eyes to the scenes
around me, thereby causing Your readers
TO lose the record Of the + 5: spirited
portion Of the race
The course of course was crowded. for
for II twas 'he recourse Of nIl those whose
course o' lIfe forbids the coa;.a realities
IF town intercourse from preventing
then sajay,sne"t os ,he pleasures Of the
turf, The hospitaple mansion Of the
Uon bic Colonel Hans Won Purse was
thrown wide open the backyard fence
knocked down and the "cauary birds :"
began singing pretty tunes. Ju,t here
| would refer 10 tie kininess Of the Col
III allowing a seiectcrowd to revel in the
sweet tones Of his fine Jasst voice of
which he ia SO justly proud. | upder:
stanl that side beto three hundred IS
now safely deposited in the hands Of
Cot Soup Powaers-the conditions Of
Which are that the Colonei's delicious
focallsm can in three attempts open the
ears Of distinguished candidate for
PaFotE'iai horrors. 1he songs are limited
:or fGar thal il the :hreo attempts Of RIP
San. should fail, The exper.men. ee, Sam,
would be beyond al hopes o.. ever being
HppGd-- but VIC wander from our subject.
a. four o'v,ock, tie crowd afte, cock
rns r}eir eyes at five gaIl'u fountain in
the back yard, adjourucd to The track.
AitcT forty intellectual attempts, the
ground WAS at length measured off by
Na|"r BALD Peter, and here again must
dig'"ss. The ruling passion strong in
death, is thlce times stronger in life
Major Bald Peter, in bis official capacity,
accompanied a select committee of Com
mon S------s and Police Juries TO se-
Iect site for CIute's new patent Trca1>
mill, leaving the committee which was
methodisticaily headed, to gaze over
forty acre corntield at the race. He bad
joined the crowd to proffvr his services in
measuring off the ground, hut in 50
doing, committed breach Of hospitality
for which the wearing Of q wig did not
suffice to save him from the Golone's
wrath. Tho-Coione| owns spotted pup
which be imported through the house
Of Bartoli, dealer in fruits on Lafayette
street, and for which he had refused a
cool " c. This pup happened to get in
Bald Peters way, and the emoluments Of
a certain city ordinance flashing ocross
his mind, he unobseryed, picked him up
By the hind legs and made his capat
with fence rail bagged
his game and confined to measure of
the ground.
At a yell from The Hon. Chas. Ginny
Fowl, the steeds were brought out and
viii, them, some forty other horses,
taekeys aud other ANIMALS, these howevr,
were driven back and the animals strip
ped. The entries were /:
Co? II. Won Purses b. C. h. r t. t., P,zzOinc-
turn out of Shanghai, sire Wacainaago, 4 yrs
old, TIA lbs.
Joint Stock Company's Sardine Fzly, dam
Rip sana by CAa,lo, l60 lbs.
Stakes-Sl0 75-i00. 6 bbls corn, cow and
calf "a bills potatoes and the note of parish
candidate for $500, valued at IS cents.
The race was run in gallant syle, Sar-
diae Fil1y winning by eighty yards but
ruled down to thiriy-fve, she having had
fortyiive yards start. In explanation OF
the weights attached to the summary
above, your reporter would state that be
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