Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-03

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TmE GHEAr AI,Tcu AGAIHsT TIwE.--Eost Re-
markubie Pover of HuA,a. EndmaHee.-0ur
New York exchanges bring rs the details Of
the California news received by the Moses Tay-
Tor We extinct tue following:
The long pending match for S500G-S2. 500
side-agair,st time, made between Mr.. j. NJ.
Daniels, proprietor OF the Po;ncer Course. ani
Mr.. John P1:ycrs, well known iOrseI"aH from
the lower country, TO ride 100 mics wittI:.
eight hours, was finally decided Yesterday, May
, over the above track, by the latter accom-
plishing the arduuus feat IN the remarkably
short space OF time Of six huurS. fGrty-three
minutes aud thirty seronds BY the terms
Of the agreement CutcTet. iGto, Powers was to
ride the required distance around the course,
using a. many horses a. he desired, and making
such changes and StOppagcs as lac deemed pro-
,or t,t hc ,,srC,r,ah fIit. match in the civ
en- tine allotted for him. That he dill II success
fully, none who were present and witnessed the
skill with which ne managed the horses he rode,
and the easy grace with which se preserved his
seat in tine saddle from the commencement to
the termination cf his seiEimrOSed task, cen
DENY. 1t %a=, indeed. HeFcuiead undertaking
which Few men, however experienced as riders,
would nc willing tu assume. least Of all with The
expectation Of going such distance in a few
hours on horseback; but it only goes to prove
the great powers of physical endurance which
some men bring themselves to by :: severe
course Of Training.
All the horses ridden by Powers were fresh
from grass, ungroomei, and were taken by the
laSSo, without any preparation whatever, rs ;hey
were wanted. Al the conclusion Of the match
they were turned out again and allowed to roam
about the fields without being spOnged or blan-
liete,l. Changes were made sometimes every
four miles, aud then again aJ the conclusion Of
cachmIe.
At the conclusion Of the match. Mr.. Powers
liSmuunted amid the loud huzZas OF the vast
sernbIage present, and with tne execution that
his eyes were blOudShot, seemed as usual, and
less fatiguei than might be expected after the
wonderful feat he had performed lie respond
ed to .he cali, and said. Gentlemen, thank you
for your cheers. have performed the feat with
in the tir5se promised, and notwithstanding
that SOME Of the newspapers mentioned that it
WAS no difficult thing, will hct SJ,00O 10 imam
in California can do it within my time. Mr..
OSbaldiston, when he rode 200 miles with TWEEN
ty.cight horses, in eight hours and fprtytwO
minutes, in Easland, mad bIooded horses, well
groomed, to perform his ti'ae and had such,
could have done the distance he made in much
less ,irNc."