Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-06

The excitement manifested by all classes of
our citizens rs to the result Of tho race of one
hundred mIle', nnd which .emed To prrvnde the
entire community. increased toward night. and
Stat" street was tbronged with people until long
otter snndown. All kinds Of tnmors were put
N circulation. mud from their contradictory
character it was impossible 10 arrive at any sat
I-iaetofy conclusion.
The mitch was tnnle several weeks since be-.
tween Andrew Dalton aud Samuel II. Tnvlor. for
.9.5U0, Mr. Dalton Ia u-e his own horse aud MIR.
l!inr Ia bHvc tho privilege of selecting any
horsc he should seq fit. Mr.. r. exercising the
privilege thus conceded To him, selected n horse
evln i hY the llon. Andrew Shechan, one of iha
Representatives. from New York in the present
A,sca hlg. mud in dae lime both horses were put
n trni'lng for the contest.
Mr.. Daltou'- hor-e i between nine and ton
Y"ar> Oh ngc, and j. valuable on account of his
-peed, Ia wing shown > II on the truck. lie is
nom GOOD stock mud i in every respect n fine
animal. h" Taylor h"rs" is seven ycnrs of
nge. md CO mes iroom blood stock-being sired
by fCGp-" FROM II Messenger mare. He was
hred N Nes'hcstcr county, where his owner
n~ed him Ia fnw eoal cart, aud KEEP, him Mt
sueb service Iutil hr was purchased 10y NJ.
sheridan. when for tho first imo, he was driven
to hn,no-s. IL greatest speed il three minutes.
The horses staited from Gallnp's Hotel, Wash
m1lon street, yesterday morning at > o'clock,
according 10 tho Judge time.
Tie start was good, both horses coming up at
The word nearly 81 lie by side. After leaving the
pnycmeut they inc "ea-cd their speed, the hor-es
very much animate | and manifcsting de,ire 10
travel At q o'c lock they passed through
Schenectady. IL mil IS from this city Am-er.
dam, 81 mlln@ from II Is city. passed at g
clee,< aud 20 minutnt Fonda. i3 miles from
His city. was ppsscd at 10 O'Clock; both horses
III excellent condition and neither appearing
IT, cd from the tnsk they had already nccomp, h
il,.,,, 4 a IL,
reached at l0o'eoe'< M i ID minutes, the horses
having travelled full 10 miles per hour np :" this
point. LITTLE Falls, - miles from ths city, was
passed nj - O'clock, an llerkimor, 10 miles
from this city, NJ - o'clot k aud 80 minutes.
Tim horses at this time. although they showed
signs "fbeine somewhat tir ed, welo to all up.
pearnnceS in good condition to accomplish the
remaining twenty miles. an, passed IIhon. S2l
miles from this city at o'cl ,ck aud ten minutes.
Sanu after leaving This place the Dalton horse
began to flag, and his driver noticing il. conclu-
led - stay hi progress aud ,on reaching Frank
iort, 81 miles from this city. stopped and put his
horse in the stable, where ha was given every
attention that could possibly be rendered
Mr. lavlor upon observing that Mr.. Dalton
had withdrawn, checked the spo ed of his horse,
| put ON his blankets and walked long the road n
! distance of eleven miles until rea ching the out
! skirts of Utica, when he receive information
| that Mr.. DNi,"n's horse, being worry much re.
trrshed, Ind again been put upon the road AMI
was coming along NJ n good pace. The blank
cts were removed from the Taylor horse, and
! having been we'll rested. lie received the word
with spirit ard started off al rapid pace, pass
! ing through Utica At o'clock and forty five
minutes, about two miles ahead of the Dalton
! horse, and reached Whtesbnro at ; o'c lock md
! twenty-five minutes. having accompli shed the
/ entire distance of one hundred miles III f1relre
| hours and hceHty tr9 minutes =! after having
walked eleven miles of the dislancei The Dat
! ton horse before reaching Whitesboro was
checked and walked nearly mile.
a. an evidence Of the grent endurance of the
! Taylor horse, may state that the la t milf
! mile IF the race was trottrd in tico minutes aud
! between Font Plain and llerkimpr, l23 miles ~
! trottcd inside of an hour.
The roads were in very bad condition. and III
some places were ohstrurtedby heavy snowdrttS.
! The horses carried about 300 pounds each. and
we ARE assured by one ot the judges who accom-
! panied them tina: during the entire distance mel
Their of the horses were touched with a whip
ANnttY accompanying them had made arrange
! meh@ for relays, so as to travel the disianc"
with four horses. and although they were as good
~ could be found, no. one of them could keep mp
with the contestants for the p miles. The hor-
ses were watered at several points along the road.
! aS'the divers deemed il advisable, and Mt II"
time between this city and llerkimcr were over
! 300 Sard> apart. Mr., Taylor mover got out "t
! his suky between this city and Whrsboro, and
IN reaching the end of the journey, remarked
that he felt " IN condition to walk 30 miles
At all points along the route the greatest ex
element was manifest Crowds of men. women
and children were on the road, and seemed t"
! partake of the interest which the contest had
created. At Utica thou sands of people ha | as.
semoed IN the streets through which the horses
were to pass, and are informed by a gentle
man from that city he has never seen anything