The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-20

Tbte bHDugbt the day q - Glove. tho
ce@mtttees were discharged for the
night, and soon every thing stood Cd
5oefoee uuttl Tomorrow morning. Cad.
ual1y the crowd withdrew, the o6leoFu
reupld sd quiet Wignsd over TIE
THIRD DAY-FRIDAY.
The Olouds Of yssterday and last even.
and Old Sol never Sshered In . brighter
morning than was this Of Sept. 18th
The cir was eoOl and halmy. the sky
clear and clOudless, and every thing H.
tokened . day Of sl,ccess ks the Fair.-
At the proper hour, we were ut our post
and found the numbers Of Yesterday re-
tSsning with large additions, 30 that.
soon, the crowd Of to-day was greater
than that of yesterday. When all was
ready, 1t was announced from the stand,
that . rass. wns pending, not exactly h.
twesA Jack and Gin who ran up the
hill" hnt between Jack and Jenuy.
This was sufficient to awaken the NveIi-
est interest In all the crowd assembled.
Thsy Sooa Appeared upon the track, and
altsf mach difficulty, their lleads wers
turned in the direstios Of the ma. At
length, The word '.go." MAS given, and,
Rs s.1 snsy wsntaperhal. they didn't
E&tAe iAs.; the csses cad the sheses
sOnetimes they ran, r b Fessn ...rtea,
sometimes they didn't; so,netimes an:
stopped, sometimes the other: sono~-
M t,n,e a.. &c y VS. In the ,aixa.c. 49,
10th In the track, sometimes only one.
and sometimes neither, until, at last,
after much whipping, squirting, shout
Ing and crying, the Jack y rider having
lost his hat In the race, they came
around the third time; the Jack gener-
ally In advance and all supposed he was
shout TO win the race, until he came
within . few yards of the line, when,
aan-1jke, he, Wishing to give still fur
Their development Of his Jackish nature.
INDUCED In little sullenness and turn
q enc aide Notwithstanding the efforts
az hie rider to urge him ON. Her hady-
ship, Miss Jenny, Immediately discov-
cred the mood he was In, pricked MP
ears, increased her speed, and, sooli,
amid the cries and the shouts OF the
multitude, came out winner Of the prize.
Time, minutes. Thus ended the flrst
Jack race Of the season.
Next came . second pacing match,
Ave hOsses on the track-iOur In harness.
y
the saddle. In him, his rider had the
utsnost confidence, and, hence, on start
ing, v01uutsrily took his place ia the
rear, thus giving the others several yards
In advance on the start. H.s perform
eOce soon told how well he deserved
that confidence, for, before he had COM
pSeted his first round, he passed oil be-
fOce him and came out winner Of the
heat; tune, 3.O7t. soon, they were ON
the track again, old Selim In the rear %
hefere, to next best horse, Honest Jim.
with . new driver. Directly, the word
go" was given. and away they went.
Honest Jim, unde. the treatmen. OF IL,
new driver, calamity taking tie lead,
which, notwithstanding the efforts Of
old 6elim 10 pass him, he nobly n.sin-
tanned 70 the end Vt the heat when he
came out winner; time 25sA. At this
the whole crowd sharing largely la IT,
All strife was between the WANING
horses. At length ALL were again on the
track, old Seiim still IN the rear: when
really, the word WAS given. and again
away they went, Honest Jim taking the
lead, which he maintained Tie first
round, Second round, and tile hrst ilaji
OF the third, old ',eliin pressing hard up
on his right quarter, when, on tuTRing
for the home stretch, he came fu.;, Up
with him, then calamity passed him
and came out clearly the winner of the
match. leaving old Tuckahoe 50 far in
the rear that he was almost forgotten
when he came up. Time 3.O2.
While these matters were going on 1t
the stand aud on the track and during
the intervals while waiting for the
breathing Of the horses, the several conn
mittees were out examining the kinds
of stock brought into the ing. First
came mules, We did not note the num-
Der, several specimens of WHICH attract
ed our attention, especially one vearling
owned by J. p. culvci; another, same
age, by spears 0. lied Oak, also one, two
years old, by spears; a span. ~asnc aga,
by Leitchtenaa;ter, ani a.!o iief, .ame
age, by w. Campaeli. fh9se iii were
among the finest specimen. of mule we
ever saw, ,,nt cve.! excepting 20 tx.
famed ma..9 o; Oh! AenL.cky W. ..se
pleased 10 SEE JiAls Kl,ni of stock incleas.
ing II. our country, and especially in our
county. We know its worth and would
say u our iarI. ers. ''go oD.n
Next came the thorough breds, Dur
hams. We thought we had seen fine
cattle before oi this breed out when we
came to look Upon the specimens OF
fine b.eedihs. i@ ",e rs we became
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