, 1866-11-24
THE TURF.


Spirited Race between Dexter and Silas
Rich.
The New York IForla gives the following
details Of the race At Washington between Dcxlcr
and silas Rich on the Goth instant:
Al hnltpast three the bell sounded the horses to
and they came down ihe home stretch 10 the
hean 1tas 6us ss Wh susa ,ass 1 ass "a
1Cuson of George Fawce:t losing hfs lccs lust ii
tue judges stand, and thus neecssatinE real
cause, bnt ,kra co1 M got w tsena % botS "a awsY % and
, Instant, couple Of leaps 10 !ae iront, when 20
the retaliation Of shaking the dust from his feel in
. mannel 20 uognarded As 10 widen the gap be
tween h'n,seaf and opponent Meaawh. .le Dcxtes
q ha,f seconds, ard pushed on, evidently nraer
The restraint Of si1onS phil. 9ha lwo
= md e aecoES EfFi n IS a aS be . a
leaving him an easy tauat down the bonle-sttctch
SIX tu!} lengths IN sdvaLcc, and an ultimate wiu-
ds1s M = Skinner Of mo:stn.c, WcIr m immsa:s,s,1 :
hooded md cloakca ant led Oh. The crowd wore
dtl,ehtcd with the marchcss Dexter, '.ut o:Ssnded
perfect and mechanical spplication OF his inrccs,
theie must 10 anIle power TO knock oS Tbs few
tantaLzing seconds that dlsagure tc annals OF The
achievements stale, flat aud Improbable. As be-
fore. the diecomfled Fawcett yeas earliest In the
field and taking exercise at such ,ate as 10 make
reatcd, and 1nHs OF quarter Of . milo 10 thr.lc:t
Of the judges stand with such pso1is1ons velocity
ard manifest abandon thai enthusiasm aud ex2ec-
taEons OF great things frum tie second heat were
Second Ntot-At about 4 o'clock the horses
Wheeled !! into position, gnd secured good sena-
front Of the sorret At the outset, and parted cam
psny with him from that on the latis-, keeping
home nearly dissanccd but IL good hcarl and bet
ter wind. THIS WIS ucxtcr's MASTERPIECES. which
he succeeded tn :crdertng, scithouta ! pa5.,sle Of
Improve npon II Il he chose, The arst quarter
was turned IN ;iA seconds; The ha-f.mile pole IN
1;c9; The thtee.!aa-sss pole y III, md home TO-
departure 1hs cheering vac Immense, and the en-
1hus,ast1e Washin:toniaus almost embraced the
lithe M body ct ths peerless snn,ai Even ths Fet-
pee sa q Which, s oSsa'nea usn 'ae 'Ae
This was nlanfestly De1tcr'a houE OF triumph.
thongh be had to make an ad3i'ioual heat before
being entitled to the spo.1e. But the day WAS 80
evidently his own, and the time apparently The
h hest be wonld be allowed IT, make upon mat ssial'
Sn frederick Bruce, Marquis D. Monthoion.
Governor Nandallt and nost OF the gcntleulen
1sea IT. tas e .aa
ready ior the stan, The WHOLE patty ieeale lheu1-
selves With champagne and sandw1ehes
e a pha .sna sTs sas ua ana h
s rs os Hs eaa. 'a io he 1ea On
which Dexter achieved it. On the way down 10
Inc half:1nile POLE the Latter had 10 submit to
cleec. acquaintance with hls antagonist; and for
Time it seemed probable that Fawcett would
claim the beat, and 40 prolonr the struggle fot
tkt purse. The race down to the th1te-quarscr
pole, however, decided H.. And again the sorrel
was made 10 lo.ter some four or Gyc PAGES to the
rear, while Dexter, in q burst that was intended
to pa1liaic 1A moderate speed It the further aide
Of The track, came home with the velocity OF a
vhlrlw1ui]. to be eazzctied winner OF the IAce in
three straight heats, the Last OF which was timed
at 1ssiM.