The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-06
ATROOIOUS CRUELTY.
me ROO from Boston Q POr.Iand.


IFrom the Boston Post, s0ih ult.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Edward
Bracket of this city, made q wager OF
81, 600 that his horse HLyon' would trot
from this city 70 Portland in one dsy-thAt
il, between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
The animal is a black gelding, large and
thin in flesh, weighs some ten hundred
pounds, stands sixteen hands high, is q lit
lie over ten years of age, and was raised
in Maine. Since the race was arranged 1t
has created 8 good deal of speculation
among horsemen in this city and vicinity,
and considerable money has been wsgered
On the result, those we'll acquainted with
the endurance of the animal being perfect
" willing to invest their stamps IN his ia.
t1or. The horse was to go to harness, and
it was expressly stipulated that he should
travel the old stage road to the Forest Ci-
ty, the distance being computed ct one
hundred and sixteen miles. The attempt
TO drive q horse this distance IN q single
day over q roughsrosd lie, We believe, un-
u~recedented, although several noted match
es against time are fresh in our memory.
Two OF more horses in this country have
accomplished the feat Of trotting twenty
mlAc5 IN Ou6 uOuIg 0hO AOW I0
man undertook to drive q horse one hum
dred miles in ten hours on one OF the Long
Island racing courses. The animal went
some eighty eight or eighty-nine miles
well inside Of the time, but fell dead on
the track with the feat so nearly accom-
plished. Mr.. Brackets horse had some
minutes more than fifteen hours to the ll6
miles, and previous to starting the odds
were that the feat would be accomplished
'UyUH WHs put IN trurnTTS V0H 1872
and up to the day of the race easily did his
sixty miles per day.
Every arrangement was made that the
race might go of entirely smooth n far
To provide against missing the road man
was sent ahead in g light gig, which was
ready for his use if he should break his
own,t the pilot making frequent changes oil
horses on the road. Other parties also &C
compsnied the horses, to see fair play Tor
the money they had staked. The tolls on
the bridges were also paid in advance that
| there might be no unnecessary delay on
that score.
At half past A o'clock Wednesday morn
ing the horse was started on his journey
MT. Frank Briggs holding the ribbons
over him. The point of departure was
| the Fitchburg railroad depot on Causewsy
street. at which place we're congregsted
quite a number of interested parties
to see the start, including one
man who held an almanac in
his hand to make q sure thing IS TO the
time the sun rose. The horse reached
N~ewburyport, one third of the distance, in
four hours, in good condition, although we
understand that for the first few miles he
secured considerably. A stop of fifteen
minutes was made at Newburyport, and
Portsmouth was reached st a quarter be
fore IL. Here the animal was taken out,
Embarrassed, rubbed down and fed. At
ten minutes past IL Mr.. Briggs again took
his seat in the sulky and q start was made,
coz dhRPfF55R e sab al ~s NR9 fG8Sa n n 4 excel I. e a,
and q rest of fifteen minutes taken.
As the hour approached when the horse
was expected to arrive in Portland, con-
siderable interest was manifested, and quite
8 crowd of people gathered in front of the
Preble House, the point st which the race
was to terminate. As time passed OF it
began TO be considered doubtful if the horse
would pull through, and at seven o'clock it
was corroborsted by persons who went out
on the road; that the herse is coming over
the ScarborO turnpike had dropped TO the
ground and died shortly after.
IlTbere were several reports IN the city
yesterday in regard to the suses Of failure
the most general seeming to be that thean'
imAl was not properly fed on the journey,
At any rate, we hope it will be q long time
before g similar feat is attempted.