Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-09-21
Dexter M BHalo.

! Dexter O, BTalo.
/ from ihe Ruhalo Express.
Naturally tho all absorbing inter.
ost of Tho OCCASION conferred in the
race which Dexter was to run
against his best time, and his ap.
pearancc on the track was the sig.
nal for prolonged applause, which
grew louder as poblc, with n smile,
lcapod into tho snlky preparatory
TO tho warming mp process.
Fawcott DoXtcr's owpoD was
standing ondhc seat of n barouchc
near tho judges stand, watch, in
hand, and smiling significantly, as
ho viewed the movements Of tho
driver, who went back and forth
several times, and at length swung
around fhr a full mile, first giving
the judges to understand that the
beat was preparatory, II was evil
dent that If the horse could beat 2:l9,
to-day was the timo for the trial.
Every movement showed perfect
condition. ...
Meanwhile, ina carriage on the
right stood o pleasant-hccd gontlo
man, whom few in the vast crowd
| recognized, but who kept his eye
upon tho horse, and rs he passed
shook his head rs if to saySHhe'll do
it," At length the white footed fly
or was ready, and n hundred watch
cs clicked rs he passed beneath the
limo. "Thirty -four" shouteda hun
drcd voices MS he flashed by the
quarter. Dead silence ensued.
"Onc-tcn," whispered the same
voices with suppressed excitement,
as the whito face disappeared be-
hind the half mile post, and a pin
could have been heard to fall on the
grand stand as thohorse dashed into
the homo stretch, moving swiftly,
but without apparent effort, toward
the goal. u. 'fa .a
"Two sixteen.
sTwo-e eighteen" se
"Two-ninctccn," Ia long breath. ]
"Two .twenty-onc half" and II
wild cry of disappointment went
through the vast throng.
.Fawcett glanced at Doble, who
mcrcly cast up his eyes, and tho
owner Of the Trotting King quietly
replaced his watch, and sat down
to await what he knew was to be
the result.
Meanwhile TIL @ transformations
gentleman in n linen duster and
looking like traveller, whom, more
over, ,.nobody knew, drew. his time
piece and rubbed his andS.With
satisfaction, saying nothing
1t was four o'clock. when Doble
again appeared on the track, with
difficulty restraining hiseager horse.
t-FAe bv'tOrn ,]Ren- Nee bn Allsa'e
running mate ~ : . lcisurely after
him, and thoy rolleG up to the dis
tanco flag and turned for'the second
trial. e
Again the watch leapod to view,
and the quiet gentleman rose from
his scat, while ten thousand people
held their breath in suspense. :
Tho pace was already tremend-
Gus, as the horses went under the
line and tho watches licked the
start.
YThirty three and q fish at the
quarter: a,,s 9,E.-v -
eOne-soven, said the time keep
crs, when the half was reached.
In cloud of dust rose against
the sky onward sped tho flying feet.
= With difficulty The excited crowd
was kept. from the'track, the uner
ring watches swiftly marking the
seconds as they flew. >
"Two-teny3
ssTwo-f fifteen" without a skip
"Two -soventcen,' and the horse
l touched the shadow of tho. line and
was gone like an arrow. 15
A wild roar ofapplausc swept up
from the assembled thousands and
rolled away in silence as the crowd,
leaping ali-barrieas, rushed up to
the stand to Lear the official dccis.
\ zion. NniHa has -. -s2G 2i -3sai'
"Two seventeen and a quarter y
3; Again and again the cheers went
up, aDextcr,p "Doble,p "Fawcett,
F"Thc Buffalo Parl1p-in fact, every
thing and everybody came in for a
share Of the wild enthusiasm which
\ could not be suppressed.
The pleasant gentleman whom
! nobody knew was by this time safe
lin the press stand, when Mayor
4 Wells turned to the audience, and
| looking down upon the sea OF up
turned faces, said: -
L "Gentlemen--I am pleased to an
nounce TO you that INC magnIneenI
animal, whose triumph you have
Just Witnessed, lias,been purchased
4 by Robert Bonner, of New York
\ He will trot once more hero and
once in Chicago, aud will then pass
into the finest private stable in th'
4 world"
Words fail to convey any idea o
OF the scene that followed 1her'
4 was sometIling.t,1at seemed to Strike
the popular fancy in this lasterown
ling stroke ofthe man whom the mo
mont before very few knew, sbu
! whom thousands recognized as il b,
) intuition when his name was sPo-
: ken.
Afaid a perfect. tornado of ap-
y plause the qniet looker-Cn stepPe'
forward in answer to loud calls Q
;BonncriG ~Bouherf' and;said
aGeaHcmea-Like my friend 90
Gfaut,1 cannot make you a spcech
bat can, at least, return 10 yoa N.
sincere thanks.
Il was better than.msny words
) and the vast throne once more roar
cd out there hearty admiration 2
]. i1Bonner and Dexter. and With an g
! -cr lock at the gentleman, IN ~
linen dusfcr, they turned away sai