The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-16

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The 6rst ofEhs tno matches made hetucsn Flos
: temple and George 4. Patcheh sae II yesse
Gay. It had been 81 Tor Tuesday. ~ q accous
Of rain was poatponed antil Wednesday. AZ !
: early hour every avenue % the course was aliy
with shrong Of carriages and pedestrians, IN
every train Of cars Overlooking With .paasenge,
: BY o'clock full fifteen thousand people were o
. the courSe eager for the contest
For some days before Monday last Tie bettin
had heen u favor of flora, 6 100 TO 0Os but o
/ that day i became known that she had cut Il
: heel Of her near fore foot, and some fears wer
entertained that she might prove lame. and IN
odds on her fell Oh, and BY Tuesday tho btt.in
| had become even. This 90 rallied the con6deIsc
: OF the hackers Of Patchen, that by Tuesday eve
] ming, the odds changed TO his favor, and 100 /
w was laid on him. By Wednesday morning III
odus nad increased to 100 to 80, and up to tn
hour OF starting he had the call in the betting q
that rate, and even As Low as 100 to Is.
. Al O'Clock, amidst the greatest interest an
lmpatsence OF the crowd, the horses showed O.
the track. Flora came in with both four fee
oandaged up, and seemed short in her step; 9th
erwlse she looked in top Order her eve bright
her coat blooming, her spirits elastic Shout,
her feet give no trouble, abe showed promise o
trot equal to any ever made BY her. Patches
also showed the best Of condition-the only thin,
noticeable being little too much eagerness an,
excitability. When stripped, he looked 6t I,
force out Of Flora greater race than she hat
eser lhaue' or 70 beat her. The hackers of eacl
were assured as they took their preliminary trots
vas Motaceo .nat the step OF Flora had los
"cus ~ As e,asucity, ana that win all the show
n 1 ,;.. nel Ieet were All rignt Inc betting
~. "u1 ueen lo' 30 low nsure as I'm. zSsec.
ue. a'ter the norses had been seen, and in view
| " s.s n"e uay anu nne track, Octs were made or
sn Issec;, IN = rev instances and we're numer
Nus ssa. .,at TINE wousu pe made II enc beat him
.;e "u sn as 'uls ume IS us packers were jus
s an' ios TWO neats were oone IN less than I'm.
||ssc'
ane nour VI . CLOCK, Which was the hour nix
90 los .nc start was overpast, and had nearly
come, oeIore the horses showed in front OF the
Juuges s;.no HOT tne
-, 1nM He@@ratchen drew the pole, and had
wy 'i's'ue; Aler seven at'enspts, the horses got
way on ,ne eigntn, with an even go on, but with
s"snt ,eaa oy fatchen. ms ne retained
aroulio me turn 10 the quarter pole As they
9D".p' =" 'fv" 'ne yum fiora moved up, caught
r a'c"e", ana, oat.loot'ns MN, soon showed in
l.on' ehgtn. a shout rent the air, bursting
rom .le lungs OF nef thousands OF partlsans and
n".Ae's' Do.n 'he stfa'ghs stretch they sped,
Ia, .a'cnen seeming 10 wake up TO the task before
~. .,.''' ny '.e '''"e '.ey .cacned tne middle OF
t''c s'tctc, nc was going AT wonderful rate, and
rev yarGs 'urtner on caught her. A rally set
Ia anu ne headed. Oh they went with the same
.as'n's pace anu ne soon Grew IN front, and at
Tue "aiI nlie pore showed length clear
inc nal, niue nad Deen done IN one minute and
't. seeon1s, ana now .he race seemed Patchens
vas uoi"ls 70 urncs. Inc man mile mad
never uee'' uone Dy Fiora before IN less time,
.',a VINO couia say tue race was not fatehen's.
A'ter passing the hat'mile pole Talman seemed
70 ease &c ratchen away and at the center of the
urn r'o," "ioscu up, anu tue TWO went even
"eaa anu mead 70 the nome straight stretch The
struggle t"en Degah, but iatchen kept the lead,
anu ,'ann.aii'eN " some Instance, when McMann
eased on the mare, anu both Kept their positions
u'l.h w,'n'n twenty rods OF nome where Flora
was eai,eu on anu oashco lhto one OF her bursts
VI spee.i' i0r ~nieh she Is 80 famous, and which
eve. give ncr 'he contest. WIN rush, she
heaoeo the morse IN SIX or eignt rods; IN few
strides she drew out a length In front
lainlan seen'eu caught py surprise, ana was
l'eaueu e pre nc cou'a recover hiInse'i. a blow
reused fa!chen' ana ne burst away with gait
that astonished every one, but III vain; though
ne caught the mare-thonehe every stride brought
MN nearer 10 her mead, 1t was IN VAN; she pass.
eo 'he scofe q winner oy heau !" use wonde'JM
tme q moa"''s ana q seconds Wild shout
OF adm'rauoh rent the air as Flora was proclaim
ca the winner OF tne pest neat ever trotted II she
nao aoaed an aad't,onai iaarei 70 her ehapiet, SO
grand already, the horse had lost no honor-he
had forced her 70 her nobiest ieat, and was beat
Ell ny thtoatiateh only.
Inc heat over, the horses soon cooled OF well
ana seemed as iresn as before the start The
betting now changed to 100, to 60, and even so
on fiora- rms did not seem Justified by the heat,
which had been close and doubtful one, and
was only won, by the least distance at which judy
es can decide.
Second Heas-At length the bell sounded, and
the rivals came up for the second heat. After
three false starts, they got OF. NO trotter ever
had such speed at the go-of as Flora, and with
the inner track hers she showed in front at once,
and maintained and increased her lead to the
quarter-pole, and when they swung into straight
work was two lengths in advance. Here Talman
called on Patchen, and with terrific pace he
few after the little marc. Along the stretch it
was fight indeed, but, speedy as she is, he
drew to her, and at the middle he caught her.
As he placed his head on her quarter the pace
became killing and carried him off his feet. A
shout went forth, He's up-he's up" Away
flew the nonpareil, and five or six lengths were
opened between her and the horse before he was
brought back to his pace and got to work. The
heat seemed all over--for could anything catch
Flora with but little more than half a mile to
cover, and she SO far in front? With ready tact
Talman not only gathered his horse to his pace
and set him to his work, bat forced him to an
unsurpassed burst of speed. While this was
passing, McMann eascd Flora of, and had her in
hand seeming to wait tor Patchen.
The slaekened pace Of the one, and the in
creased pace OF the other, soon brought Patclien
up to within two lengths OF her at the half mile
pole. And now began brush. At the head OF
the turn he caught, with his head covering her
quarter; they swept round the turn, and entered
the home stretch, she having a lead OF three
fourths of length fourth OF mile is yet
to be done every inch is to be contested, and 1t
was contested. more neautiiui trot was never
seen men Dy men ne gained, eu, all IN vain
one came nome inc winner Oh the neat Dy
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