Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-14
Op.nin. Of the MARYLAND Her.a sau

Opening Of the MARYLAND Horse Fair
The orscing atmosphsre aud ne b-sst; sun
shine OF yesterday, together " IN the AZ ao1nc~
ment through the public press. Coustineu 30
attract quite a large attendance OF gsLf~men
and ladies TO witness the opening Of a.. ~ ary-
land Horse Far, At Herring Run - g. a"
nrst affair OF the KIND attempted IN q - s,t-
considerable Tine was cons a med N sUtur
ano discussing the merits o. me yarro a. s,t-.S
nasled for the races. each one having - p-cu-
liar adrnirers. AbOut2 u n. ne hOr~s~ named
for The frst race, consisting of LADY euflford
Warrior, Ned FORREST, Maryland, Belle Of
Baltimore. and Hector r'sde their app-aran-e
a. the ludEes' etand. The premium tsr IA.
nrst race s2Jo, Tor a'l horses owned "a
Mary land. mile heats, s~st ? IN 5, 10 harness
shortly after ~ y m. tae Judges. a.. J pres
bury, Jr, CaTN.li" Cockey and l.. !. Iaoyd.
Esqs-. fay. the word, aud after three fAIss
starts ihe six got OF, Maryland haVlas won
The pole. Ned foTrssr. pnt.red by NJ :. T
Lea, was he fayorIte n the start. and sooR
drew away from his opponents, making the
heat in 2-;}G =. Hector sccond, Bell. oi falii-
more JhiTd, Maryland fourrh. Warrior a tad
NTH anu LADY GuIiford distsnced
In the second heAf. Forrest a. ihe DaIe. n
good send OF vac had, the fayoTIte seemlne
oen Tmin'd 10 win. snG lea ling from the -tArr.
closely followed by Hector aud Belle Al u.
half mile desperate effort was made nv the
Two last To get the lead, but Forrest kept dose
~ To his work, and Csme an four lengths at cad
Hector second. and Belle hird in = D.: Na.rloT
and Maryland dIstanced.
There being betting. OF cour~s feeling
was rather subdued. and The knowing opes
pred;cird an easy victory for Forrest IA the
neat heat
Forrest I'm the INSIDE. hsJsCF IN the raiAdls
and Belle OF Baltimore on the outside s'kis
heai was pretty much repetition 90 the
Others, Forlest gong ahead al the outset and
Keeping his position throughout. coming home
IN 2 36h; Hector being second. and Belle bird
The second race took place IN the intervals
between the heats of the first race, which Wa
An excellent arrangement, as IL prevented th.
ladies from being ured of waiting between the
races. The premium for the second racs was
s2On. free for all horses that never beat !. 35
mile heats, best IN ) To harness, the effrtes
being Lady Warwick. Sleepy Dayy and sIy-
away. Lady Warwick appeared 10 be sha fa-
yorlte' and having Won the pole, was sNlect-
"a 10 WIN easily. A good start was sffs, tee,
Lady WARWICK leading, followed by Elyaway.
with Dayy far behind. These POSITIONS we're
preserved 10 ;ee close. Lady Warwick gin
Flyaway. In the second heat, with Wa .pIck
at the pole, Sleepy Dayy apparently SHOOK OF
his sleeplness, and after sharp contest raSse6
being second.
Feeling now began 10 show itself, and the
partlsans OF each OF the horses which hac won
neat were eloquent IN their praises ans de-
nunclauons. The third heat beIng calleS. The
horses came MP well, and the word being fi ven,
they shot on. Warwick ahead, FIyaway next
and Davy behind. After passing the quaxter
the former passed, and hugging the whees OF
Wal wick, kept there till the half-mils wien
he drew slightly ahead, and though closely
pressed by Flyaway. who had gained COS, Sd
-rably, crossed the score q winner by two
lengths. in 3s
The fonrth and last heat was an IN teasely
interesting one, the borses getting of well to-
gether, but Dayy being left behind al the
quarIer-pole A sharp brush between yar-
Wick and fIyaway took place 10 the half salIs
when the latter broke, but was got down lo his
wsrk again. DaNy, on whom the eyes Of ali
were liked, closed up on Warwick, and pa<slae
down the home stretch. had a desperate ratse
with Flyaway. passing the Judges stand hrlf
a neck ahead, IN 239 amidst the plaudits os Toe
assemblaRe.
In the intervals between the heats, Win
tPr's band. which WAS stationed on the main
stand performed several airs in a credfsaole
manner. -
is said, holds him at S5U.u0, was brought gu the
solicitation of several Gentlemen was led 10 the
front OF the ladies' stand and unblan kered ,bs
ladies unanimously pronouncing him TO re "a
love of q horse"
To-day is SCI aside for q single grand rae.
for premium OF $1,000, OF which Sl,QpO is
gwen 10 the second horse. and $50 10 the tafrd
free for any horse IN the world, mile bsais
three best in five 10 harness In this race Dsx-
ter Geo. NJ. Patchen, Silas Rich and Dan have
been entered, and a very interesting race is an-
ucipaied.
Gen Grant. whose love for fine horses a. as
well known almost as his fame reached fhe
city from Washington last evening, and Will.
II Is positively stated, be present 10 day OF the
course. so witness the rottIng OF De11T.-
Bali. Sun.