Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-27

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The TrOt for the Big Purse.
Dexter Wins In Three Straight
Heals.
To.pAY's (.
Saturday was the gala day Of The Horse
Fair, and nothing was wanting 70 make the
occasion a success. The heavy clouds that
hung like q psli over the earth during all Of
the previous night, letting down at inter
walls heavy showers,and chilling the air 10 q
November cold, had almost entirely disap-
pesred when the morning dawned, and ss
soon as old Sci showed his face above the
horizon whatever remained in the shape Of
a cloud upon the sky to threaten interference
with the days sport, quickly disappeared,
or was suddenly transformed from the iuky
hue into a heeee-like vapor, and stood out
against the blue ether c Ching of beauty"
The air was cool, though NOT chilly. and as
The sun made its way upward, tao warm
rays gave s belny s~oftness 20 the atmos-
phere, and 81 nature smiled, as in its hap
piestmood. The porting community-anloDg
whom we include ell who have an interest,
either as spectators or otherwise in these mat
ters-were esrly on tie alert, for it was Dex-
ter's day, ana he were stoieal indeed who
could forego the opportunity 10 see the"Li.;Ie
Wonder at his m~stehless work. The sur
rounding towns had sent in their edmirers
Of hcrse-fesh to q goodly number, and
Cleveland Is not wanting IN this class, 20
that when The hotels began to pour forth
their many guests, and the resident cisi-
Eens made their wsy into the streets, there
was e scene Of busting life such as Clege-
land rarely witnesses. The livery stables
had exhausted their resources before ten
o'clock, hsckmen had more applicants than
they could accommodate, though they filled
up every available place about their ve-
hieles, and the street railroad cars were
packed inside and cut on every trip; but
ell these e~onveyances were insufficient to
meet the great demand fer transportation,
and many were compelled to take the less
expeditions method of walking, though full
four miles lay between them and the wished
for goal But neither distance, nor rheu-
matism, nor tight shoes, were sufficient to
dispel the sll-absorbing desire to see Dex-
Ter ego"
The tide of travel began its course IS
early IS eight o'clock, gradually swelling
in proportion as the hour announced for the
commencement Of the trottiug drew nearer,
and for three hours dark lines of vehicles
and pedestrians stretched slong the streets
leading to the Driving Park, filling the
roadway and sidewalks to overlooking.
Steadily this crowd poured into the Park,
c%rowding the seats and filing the standing
room along the course, while in the interior
enclosure were collected scores of vehicles,
il and upon which were crowded the gal
liant and fair, the plain and the gay, the
young and the old. The scene thus pre-
sented was eDlivening in the extreme. The
many-eolo1ed ribbons and sbawls and gay
head-dresses Of the lsdies showed brilliant
ly in the bright sun, the crowds along the
course surged and swayed about like a dis
turbed sea, and an eager host bestrode the
fence on either hand, while the pleasing
airs Of Papworth's band made short and
enjoyable the period Of waiting before the
races should commence. And a marked
feature of all was the good order that pre-
vailed, 10 single disturbance coming under
orr observation during the day.
The programme for the day originally
embraced " races, but a third was made
up on the ground. The time for the begin
ming OF the race was fixed for II o'clock
The advertised races were for the $4,000 purse
between Dexter, Patchen and Butler, and
for s purse Of S200, open to all horses except
the above three, Panic and silas Rich. It
was generally understood tha the big purse
would be trotted for frst, but She two races
were intsrmingled, heat about that for the
purse being called on first. In noticing
them, however, we give the big trot prsce-
dence Of position.
TIE S2Ge0 Purse.
At about moor the horses entered for the
big purse, viz: Dexter, George NJ. Pstchen,
Jr., and General Butler, were called, and
esch was received with cheers upon coming
onto he course. The horses trotted several
times sround the couse 1t q moderate gait,
and .. about half past twelve o'clock were
called to the start, Butler having the pole.
Patchen second, Dexter on the outside.
FIRST HEAT.
The arst attempt 10 get off was unsuc-
cessful, but on the second effort the horses
came up in good style, and the word "go"
was given. Butler had the lead, Patehen
second By half S neck, and Dexter fully
half length stiIl further in the rear. Patch
en- quickly overlook Butler, and al the FIRST
quarter hadlsft him half a length Dexter
still behind. The little horse seemed, how
ever, to have got thoroughly down to his
wo-k, and running swiftly by Butler, closed
up to Pstchen. Taking the lead he steadily
widened the gap, which had increased &c
several lengths ct the third quarter, and
came in an easy winner Of the heat in
1882 Is, Patchen second and leading Butler
fully two lengths. On the second half mile
Butler pressed Patchea hard for the second
piece, but be broke badly. especially in the
fourth quarter, and kept the reer-
SECOND HEAr.
-Four attempts were made before a start
was got, in consequences Of Butler coming
up on a -un. On the start Butler had the
lead, Patchen second, and Dexter behind.
Butler soon broke, and before the quarter
pole was made, Patohin got the advance,
Dexter still third. Dexter, however, soop
changed places with 9atler, and shooting
up to Patchen, they came in Of the half
mile nearly neck and neck, Butler out of the
question. Patchen now broke, and Dexter
pushed into she advance several lengths
which he increased OF the home stretch,
taking the heat BY half a dozen lengths
over Patchen, Butler several lengths still
further behind. Tine 2:S2 rs. Butler broke
frequently, and several times badly, in this
heat
THIRD HEAT.
The horses got awsy in good style on the
second attempt, Dexter having the lead
with Butler at his ears, and Patchen not
more than half q neck behind. Dexter
pxshed right ahead, and At the quarter poll