Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-05-19
DIR. BARsTow will read sermon at the
Congregational Church at IL o'clock every
Sunday morning hereafter, until further no.
tice. No collections will be taken up:

SUNDAY, the 18th day of May, 1865, will
long be remembered by those who were so
fortunate as to be able to witness the races
which came off over the Moquelumne course
on that memorable day. 1t has been our
good fortune to be present on a number of
occasions similar to the one we new chroni-
Gle, but never before have we seen SO many
square races and such spirited betting as we
saw last Sunday. At an early hour stages
commenced running from town to the track,
and there was no lack of passengers to fill
them to repletion every trip. Long before
the time had arrived for the commencement
of the sport, large and impatient crowd had
assembled on the ground, who amused them
selves by specializing on the merits of the
different horses and drinking whiskey The
weather was exceedingly fine, the track in
superb condition, and all present seemed to
enter into the esprit of the occasion with
"Kean" zest, and were willing and anxious
to invest what loose change they could COM
mand, on their favonte nags. The principal
feature of the day was trottlng match, sin
gle dash of mile for 500 side. between
Matthews g 'Silver Stockings" and San
derson's "Slasher." Shortly after two
o'clock, the judges having been selected and
all the preliminaries settled, the horses were
called for the race. An even start was eff
fected on the first trial, Silver stockings
having the inside. Matthews drove his own
horse, and Wesson pulled the ribbons over
Slasher. The horses kept well together
around the turn, but before they reached the
half mile pole the grey took the lead and
although the cream made gallant effort to
retrieve the fortunes of the day, maintained
it to the score, winning the race and money
in $3.50. We append the summary:
Sanderson's Slasher. r.................1
Matthews C g Siloer Stockings. 3
Time, $3.50; 1882.
Although this was the only race adver-
tiscd to come off, yet so intent were those
present on having more sport, that no diff
Guilty was found in raising a purse for the
purpose of seeing a trial of speed between
Wesson's Fandango Jack and Henry Wells
Mountain Deer. This was most disastrous
race for us. Having an abiding faith in the
speed and bottom of old Jack, we fearlessly
invested our change in Fandango stock; but
unfortunately for US the "Deer" exhibited
running qualities of which we were entirely
ignorant, and the gallant old veteran, the
hero of hundred races, had to succumb to
The next race was between Peek's roam and
Charley's bay horse-distance six hundred
yards; this was a closely contested race, tie
bay winning by a length. Another purse
was then raised to be run for, by Fandango
and Gleason's "Bobtail' distance one mile.
Considerable money changed hands on this
race, good many thinking Bobtail would
be the winner. while the friends of Fandango
backed him freely the sequel proved their
Judgment to be correct, as he won the race
and money easily. The crowd being anx-
ious to witness another trial of speed between
Fandango and the Mountain Deer, their res
pective owners allowed them to run again.
This was the .prettiest and most closely con-
tested race or the day, but it was evident to
all that Jack was overmatched; the Deer
took the lead from the start and maintained
it throughout. This ended the sports of the
day, which certainly forms the brightest and
most interesting epoch in the history of the
Moquelumne Course.