Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22


ThOTne.
From the New York Herald, still
The second of the series of matches
between Dexter and Lady Thorne took
place yesterday afternoon, IN presence
Of nearly as great a crowd OF visitors
as were present on the first occasion.-
The race itself may be considered, on
the whole, as having given greater sat
isfactiOn than the one in harness did,
as, except in the first heat, there were
mishaps to neither horse. The con-
duct of the mare in the first heat eX-
cited general dissatisfaction among the
spectators. who looked for nothing less
than n distance from her two successive
breaks. The first quarter was trotted
very quickly; some timers made II
thirty-five seconds, while others insist
ed on thirty-four and half, but at any
rate il was SO fast that the mare left
her feet under its influence. The slow
ness of the trotting during the remain
| der of the heat may be ascertaIned by
the record, which shows the time TO
have been 2:32.
Very few persons who remarked how
very fretful and uneasy the mare APP
peared to be when brought upon the
track imagined she would do as well
as she did throughout the race, and
when they saw her break IN the first
heat were not disappointed. In the
| second and third heats she tTOtted al
mirably, and, as the record will show,
/ about as fast as the ground has ever
been gone over by any trOtter IN the
country to wagons, the time OF the
second heat being 2:24, and she only
half length behind her invlnciDle op
ponent. Dexter was the favOrite
| throughout the race, aud his victorious
appearance at the score m every heat
was the signal for fOnd cheering from
the many who We're pecuniarily inter
ested ia his success. In the pools
| Immediately before the race com
| menced, ho sold for one hundred,
while the mare brought only twenty,
and IN some few instancesswe believe
"A little more. The details OF the race,
so far rs they fell under our Obserya'
lion are rs follOws-premisiug that the
day wa4 fine and the track in good con
ditiOn:
| First Hem. 1t was late when the hOr-
SEES made their appearance on the
track, aud considerable time afterwards
was spent in getting ready for the APP
| preaching event. AT the second at-
tempt to get off they got the word,
with the mare on the inside and with "A
slight lead. As they approached the
quarter pole the horse took the lead,
| with the mare on break, and passed
it about two lengths IN advance.
| Going down the back stretch the mare
made another of her characteristic
breaks aud lost SO much ground that
the horse, although under "A waiting
pull, opened "a gap Of some six or
seven lengths between them. After
| the mare recovered from her mishap
she commenced trOtting pretty fast,
and decreased the space somewhat by
the time they reached the half mile;
but of course all hope of her winning
the heat was now ut AN end, although
she got within couple of lengths Of
the horse at the three quarters, where
he was by no means trotiing Mt any
high rate of speed. They turned into
the homestroich without any material
alteration Of position, and the horse
led home a winner of the heat in 2:32.
Immediately at pretty good gait. As
they merged from the turn and APP
preached the quartz Dexter showed 1T
the lead about half length. Down
the back stretch the trOtting was very
fine and extremely fast, the mare hang
ING very close TO him, although 1t was
shrewdly surmised that it was in his
power tO have somewhat widened
the gap Mt his discretion. They passed
the half mile pole with Dexter about n
length I'm front, with a somewhat near
er approach of the mare az they came
down the Flushing end. They passed
the three quarter pole pretty much the
same way; bat as they swung around
the turn and on the home stretch Dex-
ter appeared "A length In advance, and
pressing steadily onward, reached the
score about half length ahead, a win
ner of the heat in 2:24, the quickest
heat to wagons on record by one sec
Ond.
Third Heat-With n petty fair start,
and after very little delay, the word
was given for the third heat. Away
they went closely together, and strain
ing every nerve, rounded the turn with
so little difference oil speed Thai as they
reached the quarter pole the mares
nose was close TO the TANKS of Dexter.
The pace seemed TO grow hotter as
they progressed down the backstretch,
and with every effort of the horse he
was able to pass the half mile pole only
abOnt half "a length "a fs~..t- o., the
Flushing end she seemed determined
to contest every inch of ground so
stubbornly that as they passed the
three-quarter pole the horse barely led
"A neck and shoulders. Rounding the
turn ON the inside, however, Dexter led
a length on To the hOmesiretch, mt n
stf ady and telling pace, while the mare
being again rallied for another effort,
did her utmost to OVertake him. After
one of her finest bursts of speed she
failed to reach him before he crossed
the score, hut got SO close that he only
won the heat by "A neck and shoulder
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