The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-19
CONCLUSION,
How ths Famous Horse TrOtted His
Mile In 2;I7 I-4-..what Robert Bon.
ner said and Did on she Occasion.


[FFoAiuts Bg6dIo Express. Of Thursday.I
Naturally the all absorbing interest
of the occasion centered in the race
which Dexter WAS to run against his
best time, and his appearance on the
trnck was the signal for prolonged ap-
pIause, which grew louder as Doble,
with a smile, leaped into the sulky pre-
paratory TO the warming-up process.
Eawcett (DeXter'S owner) was stand
ing on the seat ofa barouche near the
judges stand, watch in hand, and
smiling significantly. as he viewed the
movements of the driver, who went
back and forth several times and at
length swung around for full mile,
first giving the judges to understand
that the heat was merely preparatory.
1t was evident that If the horse conld
beat 2:l9, to-day was the time for the
trial. Every movement showed per-
feot condition.. a- t-EFE
Meanwhile, in a carriage on the right
stood pleasant-facedge gentleman, whom
few in the vast crowd recognized, but
who kept his eye upon the horse, and
say, "he'll do it." AT length the white
footed flyer was ready, and a hundred
watches clicked as he passed beneath
the line. "Thirty-four," shouted a
hundred voices as he flashed by the
quarter. Dead silence ensued. lgrI
OuS-ISh1 Tue NOlE6S
with suppressed excitement, as the
white face disappeared behind the half
mile post, and pin could have been
heard to fall on the grand stand as the
horse dashed into the home stretch,
moving swiftly, but without apparent
effort, toward the goal.
"Two.sixteen."
"Two. o.eighteen."
"Two-nineteeni" Ia long breath.l j
"Two-twenty-one-a half" and a
wild cry of disappointment went
through the vast throng.0 zHEa 20 (.
Fawcett glanced at Doble, who
merely cast up his eyes, and the owner
of the Trotting King quietly replaced
his watch, and sat down to await what
he now knew was to be the result.
Meanwhile the unostentatious gentle
man in linen duster, and looking like
a traveller, whom, moreover, nobody
knew, drew his time-pIece and rubbed
his hands with satisfaction, saying
nothing 2 N II. = OH LEfa.Lf q 4 Il.
1t was four o'clock when Doble again
appeared on the track, with difficulty
restraining his eager horse,
AS before. Ben. Mace ION Aliens run
ming mate, drove leisurely,. after him,
and they rolled up to the distance flag
and turned for the second trial. -
Again the watch leaped to view and
the quiet gentleman rose from his seat,
NH
breath in suspense, 5z. ~ -. I
The pnce was already tremendous, as
the horses went under the line and the
watches ticked the start.
lA.'Thlrty-three and fifth" at the guar
ter. n ''7l 'af Q .'.I7 7sIlI' .
"One.seyen," said the time. keepers,
when the half was reached.
In cloud OF dust rose against the
sky, onward sped the flying feet.
With dif1culty the excited crowd was
kept from the track, the unerring
watches swiftly marking the seconds
as they flew.
Z 'sTwo-ten." s,s-
Two: observation-disclosures skip.
"Two-seyentesn,p and the horse
touched the shadow ofIhe line and was
gone like an arrow.
A wild roar of applause swept up
from the assembled thousands and roll
cd away in silence as the crowd, leap
ing all barriers, rushed up TO the stand
to hear the official decision. -s-r-
LnTWo-seventeen and a quarter!n
Again and again the cheers went up,
Dexter" "Doble,r "Fawcett, - ''The
Buffalo Park j" in fact every thing and
every body came in for u share Of the
wild enthusiasm which could not be
suppressed. g aagl
The pleasant. gentleman whom no.
body knew was by this time safe in :he
press stand when Mayor Wells turned
10 the audience and looking down upon
tha sea ofupturned taces said: q 4ils
"GENTLEMEN-Ia am pleased to an
pounpe to you that the magnificent an
Imal, whose triumph you hive lust wit