The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-16
LOCAL MArwpD.-

.uHeid yesterday, TO witness ~. mo visited
sport LAO .s; repaid for their trouble. By the we're
opJls which came off. From early A. exciting
LII .I.pck, tnin clouds partially veed the siil
IN occasional sprinkle of pearIy dron. .1hzon,
ssineient to lay the dust made By the Ions oarely
.rd ,ie,es ,s that lined the road between the w.
sco,a o,s oSrse Now and then, as II to change ~.
od Sol would peep forth shedding his ssnN me
Jso 90 the gay multitude that hurried alons ~
seA.cn OF pleasure, whose shouts ana I.nsS,a.
.de ~ sns bills and valleys echo with their naa,rn
pu si;r. m some me 2.4o nag dashed by under strong
pounded sand upon the road. "''H ING "ei
ne race was for the Pronr;e,ors -. Ann
NJ. neats, Tor which there were four an,r;as
E'.,:, epangier, aiins Spider Legs K..e H.,
vars Ln ana duchess. As all four of lhese riv.
prevail to see them ,ck borns ,ba, seened 10
sous had ine haroihood to name which rn,i,r p.'-
se I m At would doubtless have hsen the ah =
IAVote against the field In the onset hn, ta 81
q, p.a.s naa run thirteen miles the week befors
broso Rock, and had had no wo,L "a .eto's
nut little food from that time. Evau sno ken
circumstances however, he rated hichsr l.; $50
poos toan all others, and had manv fr;ana. nc .so
"sre ready to take him against anynams "No
of e. ~ pubic esteem was Kate Hunter mar.
OF nue. speed and good game and o-a,, ,.a";.
win racing men f; but she was inst oF iA'orlte
ooutnern campaign, in which she had 70, .ons
name out those who knew her hest ,hot so'u
wss not ne herself by long odds Folio K.,e .ne
- .o Oueuess, maryland FLY of fine
speed but TOO small to last through sncb h..,,s
as that before her And fourth aud lsst ca,no E;'
nouster. large bay gelding, of good blood .na
rsir proportions, but having been beaten ON ar
OCCASIONS, none seemed disposed to risk laroeiv on
his present success How far all were riant ~;n III
soon be seen. eA' VII.
The Race About l O'Clock the shrilI notes ~ - b.
trumpet called the contestants to the score. Kate
Hunter being first Fillibuster second Dnchsss
thiTo, ana Mat Spangler fourth, and after some
little joekeyiog the horses turned loose without ,hs
word. and were soon off at the top of their snaad
The cry OF the judges and the cali of the trnmnst
soon brought Kate and Mat to a stand still and re-
turn, but f'Iliibuster continued the run for half
a mile, and despite the pulling and saving of her
rider the Duchess never let up her lick >till she
nad gone It alone for mile aud quarter when
she condescended to stop, and turning about,
walk ed to the stand The judges, in order TO give
all hands faIr show, decided to give the horses
ten minutes to blow, at which time the trumpet
sounded, aud the four came up for the
Fuss Hsaf.-Ihe turners,as usual,again resumed
their rcks, and once more the horses were turn cd
loose without the word, but the horn sounded
come BACK and even the Du hess after burs,
Of five hundred yards, consented to return for 2
new start. This time all four came to the scors in
handsome style, and go being given, bounded
forth together. Duchess soon took the lead and
began to open gap upon her pursuers seeing
wtlch, fihous!er Dgthened his stride and put AT
ter On nearing the half mile pole Kate also
answered the call of her jockey, and as Fillibus
yer ispped duchess and gave her the 60 by, Kate
iqho"ed SUIT took the leader in hand, forced his
best trumps from bm on the back stretch. then
shaking him OIL, bade him good by and ran down
the stretch like frightened hare winning the
heat in l:534, closely pursued by FiIibuster, Mat
oe'ng thifd, and Duchess catching the flag in her
face.
If the friends of Mat were confident before the
start, they were more 5anguine now of his ability
TO win, tor they saw that he was fresh as lark
and as lively as cricket because of the fact tha I
he had laid low 10 the round just made, while his
competitors had pushed along kept moving" till
the exercise had told upon them strongly
Second Heat The trumpet again called out to
start AID the three coming TO the score received
the word and went off together Kate now took
the lead, ard under strong pull, marked out the
work for her followers Filiibuster being at her
saddle skirts. On getting into the back stretch
Flliouster gave up the run and began to fall back
seeing which the rider of Mat eased off bis pull
and quick as lightning he had joined Miss Kate In
the run As thet~ reached the half mile po g Ma,
once more extended himself, moved 4 front, took
the lead, and from there home had all the fun Of
running by himself Miss Kate continually reach
ing out to catch him. but always finding him lit
tie too far off, while Filibuster gave up the run,
came down to hand gallop, and had the flag
thrown into his face This heat was run in l:50
and was won with apparent ease
There were but two entries now left to wind up
tue bali, and the apparent want OF condition of
Kate, satisfied all that she was unable to do more
than she had done, even though her life depended
upon the effort. Under such circumstances, no
b ats were offered taken on either side that we
heard before the trumpet sounded for the
1hno Hcdt-Mat and Kate came to the score,
and the word being given, Mat got the lead and
held it to the end Of the mile, Kate occasionally
making efforts to get TO him. but always failing
till the heat was ended in l:54, and Mat declared
the winner
We append a recapitulation.
Proprlotor's Purse 800 mIls h.a's three mora
to make racs, ttee for all ages.
Campbell u Bsrton's b. g. Nat spsngIer, OormerIy
Spider LeksJ 4 years old, by Tally Ho dam
ssven-op ~. .........:...':...... =:
Ola, oy oienaoe .............'....,..,..
Grsen'sb g. Filibuster, 5years old, by
Tany, no; ..;.........; DIS
BY Register, dam By Prince Georse...... dis
Time, l:5S4 -l:51- l54
To-day the spoIt winds with three races, and 40
pose has everyb and f .miIy will be present to
enjoy tho novel and exciting contess The first race
is for saddle )rsss cny, of which kind several good
oncs may be brought to sight. After tbs comes a
Mule kace-aye, mule rsc.-snd IS FIVE entri.
have already been made, lsughabls affair msy be
snticoated. Then comes match ssslns: time. In
which stranger wager OF AlOJ, agrees to PICK
up huudred potatoes to be p.ecad yard apart
and to place each one as taken up, into bstet At
the starting point the whole to be completed wi hin
the space ofone hour, or he loses the wager Bets
have aresay been made that the feat will not be &C.
compIi she'd in the time specified. We shall see
Ntlo Feature Of Taxation We understand that
the idea prevails 10 certain quarters that all
butchers and hucksters in the markets, who sell
meats vegetables, not the products of the State
are rated as merchants, and, sacb, are required
to take out merchants license or subject them
selves to punshmentefor failing to do so Some ti
the butchers in the second market have been re-
quired to pay merchants license for selling bacon
cured in Ohio and others have been threatened
with prosecution for refusing to do 80 Surely
there must be some mistake in this Interpretation
of the law, for the Legislature never could have
intended 10 require huckster selling VegeIahlei
not raised by himself, to procure merchants n
cense. We shall make enquiry into the matter
and " i'll then endeavor 10 give it proper notice
Our people are now taxed almost beyond endur-
ance and Ii other fees to be added to their al
ready onerous burthens, IL is time that they were
taking steps to ensure relief.
Daring Act.-Dnring the :larm Of fire last Thurs
CINE house of No Company, aud deliberately Gu
had never been wet. What eou d have induced al
that the company had determined TO prevent boy
from gathering about their house and machines q
all times, and some of them did it as . matter @
revenge.
We are glad to learn that the iremen have n
solved to prevent all boys from assembling abou
their engine houses. and have invited the Watch
men TO arrest all that may be caught in them, q
trespsssers, and take them 10 the cage They sc
the importance of getting rid Of minors in ords
preva Mt fires and disturbances, and are now pu
ths 10 hcfr oh fant