, 1865-07-04
ATGtUClOaj CRUELTY,
The Eforke Tr0t from Boston to Port.
land.

.tFrom the BostoIvpost, soth ult.1
About TWO weeks ago Mr.. Edward Brnck,
EFT, Of this city made q wager Of 81, ,001 thai
bis horse " Lyon Would trot from this clt5
to Portland In one day-that is. between the
hours Of sunrise and sunset. The al In, u Is a
scme TN hundred pounds, stanlg sixteen
hands high, is little over ten years Of age,
and was rafsed in Maine. Since the race was
arracged 1t has created good deal of spcc,l-
lation among horse men In this city aud vlcInI-
ty, and considerable money las been wageted
on the result, those well acquainted With the
endurance Q! the animal being perfectly will
ing to :nccst their stamps in bis inyor-. The
bcrse Wak to 70 to harness, and 1t Wase1pressly
stipulated TINT he should travel the old stage
Rad to the Forest City, the distance being
compute ut nc hundred and sixteen miles.
The nttcmpt to drive horse this distance In
single day over rough road is, we believe,
unprecedented. although several noted
matches against time arc fresh In our memo
IT. Two or more horses in this country haTe
accomplished the feat OF trottins twenty
nailes Il ono hour, and Q few years stnce q
man undertook to drive horse one hundred
miles in ten hou1a on one Of the Lang Island
racing courses. The animal vent some
eighty. sigh. Or eighty nine miles we'll inside
Of time, but. fell dead On the. track with ths
Il At 20 nearly accomplished. Mr. Blaekett's
horse had eome minutes more than fifteen
hours to do the 1lG miles, and previous to
startiER the odds were that the fest would be
accomplished. "Lyou" WAS put in tralnine
ten days aeo, snd up 10 the day Of the race
easily did his sixty miles per day.
Every arrangement Tas made that the rnce
provide against missing the road man WAS
cent ahead in o light gig, which WIS ready for
his use II he should break bis own, the pilot
making frequent changes of horses Oh the
roRd. Other parties also accompanied the
borsce, to Eco fair play for the money they
had staksd. The tolls On the BRIDGES were
slso Fa.d In advance that there might be no
unnecessary delay On that ecorc.
At half:pnBt 4 o'clock Wednesday morning
the horse was started on his jon uey, Mr.
Frank Briggs, holding the ribbons over him.
The point Of departure WIS the Fltchburg
railroad depot on CauseTsy street, ut which
place were cOngregated quite number Of th-
terested parties TO see 1hs start. Including
one man n ho held an almanac in
the Sun rose. The horee reached Newbu-y-
port, one-th1rd Of the distance, In four hours,
Su good condition. although we understand
that for the first feT miles he secured consid-;
elably+ 4 stop OF tlfteen minutes Was made
at New Wburypolt, and Portsmouth was reached
Ut quarter before H.. Here the animal was
~kaEt11 out, embarrassed, rubbed down and
sgaIn took his seat In the sulky and start
WAS made, the horse, to all appearances. in
excellent condition. saco was reached at 4.30
=. m, and rest Of fifteen minutes taken.
As the hour approached when the horse
Was expected to arrive IN Portland, consider
able interest Was manifested and quite q
crowd OF people gathered IN front OF the. Pre-
bic House, the point At which ths ra:e WAS to
terminate. As time passed on It began to ba
considered doubtful If the horse would pull
through, aud at seven O'Clock it was corro5-
oratedlby persons who went out on the road !;
that the horse In coming orer the Seasborp
turnpike bad dropped to the ground and died
ehori1y after.
There were several reports In the city yes
terday in regard to the Causes of failure, the
mcst general seeming to be that the animal
was not properly fed on the journey, at any
rate We hope 1t will be long time be!ore a
similar feat is attempted.