, 1861-08-29

,gteut charge Of Cox OF tie Massasoit House.
Beyond This stand i've similar buildings
ZACH 40x9o, for the Halls Of Exhibition.
The structures nemed will be finished with
IN day Or two. 0ae or two others remain
10 be erected, among them pagoda in the
centre the Exhibition Ring. This ring gives
an eighth ofa mile circular track, and is On
the northwestern verge Of the lnrger ohlong
mile, and thus directly In front Of the amphi-
theatre.
There are five hundred stalls arranged On
the western 'front.' Of the grounds. They ara
Of excellent construction and roominess. Two
wells are berg dug within the grounds, but
it will not te necessary to rely upon thesa
wholly, as water for stock will be brought
through pipes from the South Branch half .
mile distant.
Superintendent Derby deserves high credit
and everything now promises exceedingly /
well for the Fair. Never before has an oppor-
tunity been Offered over all our railroads for
visitors to come to Chicago at half Jars, and |
this will bring out thousands.
Al before stated, the facilities for reaching |
the ground are various and good The Chi |
cago and Alton Road runs direct to the
ground; the horse cars will connect with .
line Of on1nibusses on the Archer Road tug5
csn run up the river nearly to the grounds;
and several good roads will be patronized by
indeoerdent conYeyances. The rates fxed Oh
railroad are ten cents each fare, ard other
coaFeyarces will do likewise.
The military feature Of the Fair il a most
promising and attractive one, and finds new
and wider development daily.
The trial Of firearms will take place Just out
side the grounds every day, where an unlini~
ted range can be had, and we Learn there will
te likely to be considerable competition in
this department..
The Turf--RE1sk Rrush at Brighton.
With yesterday came continuance Of the
lively turf sport on the Brighton Course; and
no better weather auspices could have been
sent for the days enjoyment. EARLY in the
afternoon the dusty roads were well dotted
with vehicles, and at So o'clock the special
train On the st. Louis Il Chicago road brought
well filed cars Of sightseers. Of breeders
and livery men there was plentiful Epr:nk.
ling: but we never remember Of witnessing
On any Chicago course such scarcity Of spec
NATIVE betters than Brighton contained yes.
terday.
The reason for the latter circumstance may
probably be traced to the fact that early In the
day 1t was promulgated On the streets that the
mere Twilight, which swept the, board on
| Tuesday, was again in for to.day's purse, and
the other entries bearing little prestige for
| bottom in long distance heats, the betting
| gentry concluded the "ield-takers" would be
shy, and remuneratiVe wagers hard to find.
! However, with all these disadvantages, the
concourse Of spectators was fair, and the En-
thusiasm unexpectedly pleasing. We chront
Gle the results aB follows:
for ali horses. Entrance $50 Entrance Fee tt
80 with the Purse to the winner.
Mclaughlin rs r., r Twilight. Al Fat Fat
4 fanms fianey NJ rs 5oe joe NeVitt pss
4. 3. Yates ns s. s capt. Bafo1a.. Il. James. Dist
First Heat.-on d rawipg for places, the judg
es awarded Buford the 1st, Joe the ed, Bell
!, the Sd, Young Eagle the 4th, and Twilight tn
i outside. On the word being given, Butor
! took the lead and kept it the first quarter
; With the untried grey close at his saddle glrtt
a but On reaching the halEmile Twilight gradu
$ ally passed the string, the grey falling o
!; weak, and on the home stretch Twilight an
:. = Buford made all the running at a steady, IA
i Ting gait, and the two passed the score
r friendly hug, Belle making close third-tt
= others, lengths behind On making the tnr
t past the score, Young Eagle {Ehose 5add
E. unfortunately s1ipped) aud Joe made simult
2; neous bolts from the course, and before tt
j. u halfmile was reached the Captain got "eour
- aud wouldn't bulge over decent caute
r, Meanwhile Twilight and Belle had reaehe
y the home turn, and came down in splend
h style, Hart, in his blue co1ors, rea ching Il
z score about four lengths in the lead. Tim
! 3:58
q Second Heat-The contest was now IA
o. rowed down to Twilight and Belle, althou<
u by arrangement with the other owners Bufo
IN Was again allowed to Try his mettle. At t
IN word the mares took neck-and-neck sta
Z, the Captain losing two or three length
- which, however, he recovered on reachi
v. the quarter post, and ultimately took the le
III for several rods on the long stretch; but T'
Io light soon closed the gap, and passed him, q
- Belle ehook him off when the half mile u
i, passed, the mares again coming home in go
I'D style, Belle leaving little daylight between
ae 'a1 and her leader, On passing the gate, Bufol
q bad third at best, again became l1l-temper'
70. and struck his familiar canter, leaving eve
&c thing to Twilight and Belle, who did up
nj close in satisfactory pace-fhe former on
gs outcome almost distancing her p1ucky &C
10 petitcr, Tines: 58A-
>, The mara Twilight is from Madison, "
ct. and has thus far done well BY her owner.
ro-- though her time is no great shakes, yet
IA IA poor condition Of one-third Of the track o.
b;ss many seconds. Belle is owned by Da
no. House, of Maquon, Knox county, H., one
re- the most extensive horse traders in the "
,et ,e3t She is come Of the best Kentucky blood,
an as this is the first test Of bottom she hiss e
It receiEed, her owner has cause to brag over
~. ~ performances.
ID Yesterday closed the racing sport for sev
) Of days On the Brighton Interpretations
'lt nes the coming State Fair precluding ali turf
If ters.
ion
W. The Monroe Street Improvement
Eled The matter Of improving Monroe street
and tween Clark and State streets Is before
M MIer. Common Council. The necessity Of such
~ provement has been before the public
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