The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-04

will not be made public till to-mor-
row morning. Pools for the race will
be sold to-night at the, Terrc Haute
Haute House, and lively time is
anticipated: ,'s-cW ar % ....,,
The rain ceased about one O'Clock,
and the, managers, made vigorous
efforts to make up foralost time, and
they opened the stock rings, and had
mules and horses and cattle on exhi-.
ton and the plowing match going at
the same time. In every department
under the head = III orsc'. the entries
were large and the stock of a superior
quality. Ofstallions there were eleven
entries. and they were SO nearly
matched that the committee were
long in making up their minds, aud
as is usual on such occasions, the
public opinion. was much divided as
to, the Justice of the decision. fhe
mule department was largely repre-
sented, and old Kentuckians declared
they were generally the finest they
had ever seen. p4i 9af -sHgb brs 25
The cattle, sheep and hogs were SUI
perior to anything ever before seen at
our State Fairs. especially The hogs.
which were universally declared to
be unequaled. dle' tEoe cd -
Amid the confusion we were una
BILE to ascertain the names of the sue
eessful competitors for red and blue
ribbons. All the cattle? sheep and
and hogs were worthy of diplomas. !
We had not time on "Wednesday to
speak of Fine. Art Hall. This was
one of the most credita bic features of
the Industrial departments, If We ex-,
cept the labor -saying machines. Ewes
ry description, of sun-picture-illusa "
trating the great degree~of'perfection
toWhich that art has been brought
loif 81. II. paintipg needle 4 paintings,
so to speak, or rather pictilresIin en-
Ibroidery and stitching, crayon sketch
les, engravilgs, autographs, hair jew.
'elry, crochet wor <. Knitting embroi-
.dery, bead work shell n work, seed
work, wax work, millinery, architec,
tural drawing, artificial limbs, furni-
tureJ pianos, and oother musical in
struments, with an inf variety of
other articles, crowded this hall,
which was arranged with eonsum-
mate taste and skill by Mr. L. g. Ha-
ger,I which arrangement ioi elicit.
ed scarcely less admiration than
the articles themselves The rain SO
crowded the various Halls to-day that
it was next to impossible obtain
correct list Of the premiums awarded,
In time for the train. a- '.,'5J 'a'' q ~
AT 2 o'clock the pacing match was
called, to which there were seven en-
triesgas follows: a9s 'dt ~ asal hn
VIM. M. Ingersoll, of Daviess Coun-
'ty: Ii. jackson, Of Hendricks; j. G.
Hatfield, of Greene; VIM. Swain, of
Parke; jackson & Garner, of Hen
dricks; Sherrell & White, of Owen,
and another which was not in the
first dash, but coming afterwards,
went alone against the time of the
first. heat.
First Heat-Six horses went to-
gether on the half mile track, five
under saddle and one under harness,
and the race was won handsomely by
Red Buck, nearly shutting out Ben
Snatcher in harness, aud one or two
others. One old covey on a lum-
bering bay was determined to come
out first, and ran his horse the last
quarter, but signaily failed. Time of
first heat, 2:44, which may be con-
sidered good on a heavy half mile
track. The tardy horse went against
time, and managed, to the surprise of
all, to get home in 1921, the rider
spurring with both heels from the
word GO, effectualiy pumpingH the
wind 6out of him p before he
made the first half mile. So much
time was. wasted in vain efforts TO keep
the vastmultitudes off the track. that
the second heat had not come off when
it was necessary to close this report.
8 When the people had gathered for
the race, it became manifest, despite
the rain that the crowd was immense.
The vast tamphitheatre which had been
constructed to hold 1900 was literally
packed full, and, like an omnibus or
a street car, contained nearly twice
the number intended to fill it, and
but ansmall portion of the people
were in it. pOn both sides Of the
track, nearly alb around. were circles
ne fenf,la at least one hundred deem.