The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-07

! The Great fret NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ",
Fl len beaten ~ Elof9 E6mPie.
H The great trial Of speed bstvssa Eshan Ale,
ana Flora Temple took place On thu Fashion
Course Yesterday. The coaaese was for q purs,
Of y, 900. mile heats, best three in ave. % a.
gona. Flora won i three straight heats.
j FIRST HEAT.
Flora won the pole. Ethan was 1 little ahead
Ct starting. He reached the half mile pole 4
I'LL, and opened gap Of two or three lenxtha.
WHICH Flora closed up y the turn before enter :
ing upon the home stretch Flora came il IL
winner BY about length. Time, 2:2s.
SECOND HEAT. #
Flora had trifle the advantage Ia the start
and this she soon increased, leading Ethsn ~
entire heat, and coming in . winner By littlo
more than length. Time, 2:27}
THIRD HEAT. .
Ihis vas repetition Of the second. Flora
led the stallion egain around the entire track.
winning the heat and the race. Time, 2,27}.
The hrst heat is the best trotting, to wagons.
on record. The difference between eoinr q
wagon, Or, as it il technically called. ito bar-
ness, which means to sulkey, ID reckoned. on
track like the Fashion, equal to seconds: 90
that the trotting yesterday, BY that mode Of
computation, was equivalent to EGG TO har-
ness-the best previous time, to harness. on
record, being 2:24}, which was also made by
Flora. -
The betting was pretty heavy; some Of Il
even, but mostly It odds in favor Of Ethan.
generally about 10 on Ethan to on Flora
NJ. Ac4ann, who entered Flora, took three
bets Of $1,000, each, ct this rate, just before |
the trOt commenced.
About $4,000 persons we're In sttend dance. in |
Guiding all classes-men noted for their talents.
piety and wealth; add others, such as John Nor. |
rlssey and Tom Hyer, no less distinguished for |
their muscle. Mr.. Morrissey's ventures we're on /
TOE stallion, and were not 40 fortunate as those
Wnicn ne has at times made upon himself. He
wassreported to be . loser to the amount Of
So,oUO. There were many carriages on the
ground. One open barouche, ornamented with
wrought covering in blue, attracted general at
sention.
There can be no doubt that this was a fair
IND sincere contest. Ethan was driven by
honest Hiram Woodruff, who would as soon sell
lis skin az he would . race or a heat. Ethan
broke badly in the second and third heats: but .
his was no fault of his driver--one Of the most q
,racticed and skillful in the country-it was .
imply because he was trotted of his feet by
iora. The mare was equally well handled by D
}. Tallman. q
When the horses were brought upon the track b
fora had the appearance Of being badly Grip n
led; she hi:ched and hobbled along, while i.
than was as supple and elastic IS q cat The D
esnit showed that in horses. as well as in some
tner things, appearances may be deceitful. b,
Almost every one seems to be confident now q
at Ethan would have been beaten in his recent 4,
'ntest with Lantern, had the Bashaw gelding ),
zen as well managed as he might have been,
e was driven BY man entirely new to him. TO NJ
pole four inchess too short, and with an unit
ate who obliged him to draw the whole load:
hiie Ethans mate drew the wagon, and left
m nothing to do but to trot h
There was considerable local feeling At the =
ot Yesterday. Flora was regarded as the rep
sentative and pride Of New York, and it was :
q that the Ethan Allen party had boosted y
q staggered rather Extensively about their Pr
rmont stallion, since his recent VICTORY
hey have little Of the verdant tinge Of the
cen Mountains left. or they wouldn't have an
DE this match" remarked an observer yes tio
day, as Flora finished her FIRST heat. full
= don't know" responded another. "they slit
x TO me more as if they took their color from
White Mountains OF New Hampshire For I'll
this, the owners of stallion who can 90 to the
gon IN 2:25 need net be ashamed Of him