The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20


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hk,ng every oncr o. the fIo.s Iemple Ply, -.
peciaiiy a. the long odds wnicn were connoen'.y
onered. NOT less tnan o,VVV persons we're az
sracted 70 the Union Oourse yes.cruay, sna tue
greatest excitement prevaiied oetore ny ouf'
.ng the race. The match was for Si,OOv: niue
nests. pest three IN nve, 70 wagons: .'ora :
pest usne 70 wagons previously was z'1o, anu
Itnan Alien ana macs Dess time IN Puohc 70
sue'r Wsgons, xaof-wnien .hey maue wien
sney trotted me famous double team race against
Lantern ana MS mate. Inc ODDS YESTERDAY were
nee.,y IN fio ca favor, great zeal o. money
having oeen ihvested AZ iVo 70 oo, ov, Az, ana
even ~, against the double team. McMsnh1s
known oeterminasion never 70 iet the pay mare
% o. beaten u ne couid prevent u, gave fiora's
irienos every assurance tnat Esnan Wouio mol
WIN the match unless ne made better time tnan
was ever heard OF before. And setN was only
.pparensly safe thing Tor the mare, TOR IN re
ATTY sne was contenoing 1t fearful odda Inc
running mate Of Ethan really pulled sb the
weight, and left him tree TO do he best; whereas
flora mad the whole weight OF her wagon and
of,ser 70 drag.
=. TT an never looked better IN ms lie tnan ne
o'I yesteruay, anu Dis mate, SOCKS, showed
sP'eho'o conoiaon. Flora, too, was everything
s".s cou'o % des'reo, except that McMann had
pr'ckeo 1907 IN snoeing her and made her
SNOW tr'ning ameness. socks 10 a hne year
oio DAY, wen riooed up, ana has very power
ioi arm ana pretty head
r"st Heda-ihe douDle team Drew Tue INSIDE,
anu aiser one score inc horses got on very nice
tosetner. sam McLaugnin, VINO drove the
tea'', commenced MS oid game OF getung ~ FLO
"a ana got her on her feet, at the nrst turn; but
a : ~, own Team became exc'ed, ana Ethan broke
Daoiy as tney neared the quarter Flora now got
q length ahead, and was working steadily in
'front.' when Sam made Ethan break up, and by
running MIN about thirty yards rushed to the
lead, in the twipkling Of an eye. After passing
the half mile, Ethan broke again but caught
nicely and made brush, keeping well ahead OF
Flora who was going at towering pace The
advantage was Kept by Sam who urged his horse
g, most terrific speed, and shouted to Flora
IKE WHO lnuian. AS the horse wheeled into
the nome st;etch every eye was strained to see
tne race ana sne utmost excitement prevailed IN
sne crowd. There was great cloud OF dust,
'oohing IKE gun Powoer IN the sishting sunshine,
ana Out OF 1t loomed the FERNS OF the three
nnVn IA
swept along by a whirlwlnd. As they reached
Tue ssaho the widest cries were uttered, ana
snort, nervous cheers we're gwen by those who
saw theif 1avorite ahead. Then IN an instant
the horses came up with the plckets, passed the
score, ana 10 aseconu nad swept oy ike dream.
as they rushed oy the stand and the tag fell,
.ne muitisuoe cneefeo 70 the echo, and many
nat was hung into the arr Everybody knew |
that great time had been made, and those who
had bet that nothing better than 2S3 and 2:S7
would be made, looked chopfalien enough
Inere was rush OF the crowd towards the Judg |
es stand, moment 0! GREATNESS silence, and
theh great outourst OF applause al II was an
nounceu ina. the double team won the heat in |
Egg. Iben there was ouzz OF excitement, and
every tongue seemed going at once; for the time
nas lo SECONDS oelter dn 'ods ever maze TO trdqons
oeIore. -
&c on lor the second heat tor nearly an hour,
since Sam. Mclaughlin perverseiy prevented
seho on oy not keeping ms team IN hand tor
ioFa 10 set iair Start Win MN. Al last they
gov tne word' ana went on wei together, the
Team Urine aheua II anything. Sam. went at
MS Ola Trick again, ana maze Flora break at the
turn, ana whether McCann could not catch her
up III ume or not we 40 not Know, but the team
sot TWO lehgths ahead a. the quarter post, An
auvaht'se was Kept until .hey reached the home
s.re'en' W. iiora maze one VI i'er nne bursts as
lucy heareu the snree- quarter post, and gained
ABOUT mar the distance back. The trotting
'nrougnout the neat was as magnihcenta as IN the
previous one, especially DOWN the stretch, where
the norses were IN style toat we never saw
equa'iea' Ethans giant was really splendid: more
even' easy, ana uncnanging than any horse ever
showed before we tnink. Sam yelled at Flora
al the way Gown the stietch as II he mad escaped
rom oeo'aul, D9t she did not break until just as
sne neared the score, when, his purpose being
accomplished, Sam turned complacently to
rem IN his own hying team The half mile OF
TINS neat was mace III Ellt ne mule "a 2:22-
stiii better than the preceding one. The team
won TINS neat oy ABOUT length, and 1t was as
clear as couio DC that Flora had no chance OF sa-
wing the Face. so apparent was 1t that the bet
Tine virtually ceaseo although there were very
- AAAoAS 'e'Sohoo'o AosSo snou
before the commencement OF the race
inere was no scoring Tor the third heat, the
norses getuhg on az the nrss attempt Flora
broke AZ sne turn, as before, but caught soon,
ana the douoie-team gained an advantage which
.ney AeP1 throughout. Inc quarter was made
IN 81 seconds, the half in l;l2f, and the mile in
ming the race, after contest which will be
in sporting circles for all time, not
only as the fastest of the kind thus far made but
one of the most prettiIy conducted throughout.
No one who has not seen Russian droschky
drawn by its triple team Of two running horses
and one trotter yoked together, can imagine how
exciting it is to see such q race as that of yes
terday. Socks, the runner, flew over the ground
like thoroughbred in the Derby, stretching his
head out in front, and leaping like greyhound;
while Ethan Allen, undisturbed by his compan.
ions gait, kept up his magnificent trot from
score to score, his legs moving squarely under
him, and his long tale and name streaming like |
black banners in the air. Since his great doub.
ieteam race with Lantern, Ethan has done moth.
ing, and his fame was in fair way Of being for
gotten, while Patchen had been taking the cream |