East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-08-05
$500 CHALLENGE.


The undersigned offers you wager
of $500 against a corresponding sum, TO
trot his Chestnut horse, Sam. Hadden,'
against your black stallion, mile heats,
best three in FIVE, to harness, on the
Course of the Michigan Association, for
Improvement in the breed of horses, and
in accordance with the rules for trotting
of said Association, at any time between
the date of this challenge and the first
week in September next, two week q
notice to be given by deposit of fifty
dollars forfeit with the editor Of the
Pontiac Jdeksonian, that sun having al
ready been deposited with him by the
subscriber.
The challenge is offered in good faith
and in consequence of a desire to better
ascertain the relative speed of the two
animals than was possible to do at tho
late trial Of them before the very high
minded and liberal judges of your city,
and to determinqthe speed upon Race
Course instead Of summer follow.
Yours Truly, j. IL NORRIS.
Pontiac, July 9TH, 1862.
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than you desire to venture, you are at
liberty to name smaller sum. not to
be less, however, than Sl00-forieit
money the same.
EAST SAGINAW, July II, 1862.
Mr.. >. III. MoRRIs-Dsar Sr:-l see
by the Pontiac JaeksOnidn that you pro
pose to trot your Chestnut horse, Sam
Hadden, against my Black Hawk Stal
lion, in Detroit, for 5000, and represent
that am from Flint. / wish to inform
you that / am not resident OF Flint
but East Saginow, and have been more
than a year. You also want | shouts
come to Pontiac to put up the money
now 1t looks to me as though you was
asking too much of me. But, cir,
will meet you half way from Pontiac
to Saginaw, and that is Flint, in the
month of October, any time after the
first week, by giving me two weeks
notice, and trot on the Flint Riding
Park Association Track, one turn o
the track, best three in FIVE, for 500
money to be deposited with the editor
of the Genesee Democrat disinterestec
judges shall be picked that will sui
both parties. Yours, truly,
OLANDER X DOWNS.
z. S.-As your challenge contains 1
fling of bad temper at the high mind
ed and liberal jud ges" of Flint. that !:
uncalled for in challenge to me;
deem it but fair 10 say the ground wat
your own choice; for offered to pay
your brother (supposing him to tn,
owner of tho horse) his (your) expenses
if you would postpone the trot -four
weeks. that the track might be got il
good order, and my horse got in ii
for trotting; but your men chose to g
in a summer follow as you call it,
Pontiac, July 22d, 1862.
To OLANDER K. Down, ESQ.,,
SIr-In reply to your note of ans
wer to my challenge, which appeared
in the Genesee Democrat of July i7th
allow me to say: am ready TO vary
my challenge for your accommodation
so far as to trot with you mile heats
best three in five, giving you ten feet
start in each heat, on any mile course
in the United States for one hundred
dollars, THAT being the amount you
wish to :rot for), fifty dollars forfeit
and inasmuch as the place of residence
seems so much an object to you, tc
deposit the forfeit and stakes with
George +. Lewis, Esq, of the East
Saginaw Cow~r-two weeks previous
notice to be given me of the deposit Of
your forfeit.
Your reply was an evasion of my
challenge, az you and others at Film
heard me say distinctly several times
that / would never trot horse agail
on the Flint Course, and as To my re
Election upon The decision of the Judg
ca at that race, it has nothing to do
with this challenge, other than 10 give
you to understand that DO not choos'
to test the speed Of any horse befor'
blind men, or men not willing to b'
guided 10y the long established rule'
and usages of the Course.
In all other respects but those above
named my challenge to remain the same
as first gwen. j. ii NORRIS.