Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-23
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How Dexter, Looked and How He
II TFotsed-soW iBenRer Looked and
2aHbHv Hie Boughs Him = Bonner r,s
hge speech and Beaner's stable.
soss,r rIFrom the Buffalo Express. August l5thl
Naturally the all-absorbiug interest Of
the occasion centered In the race which
= DexteFSwas to, run against his best time,
% and his appearance on the track was the
i signal for prolonged applause, which grew
Z louder as Doble, with q smile, leaped into
the salky, preparatory to the warming-up
y process. 49, ~ 4. 80 e 'rlsa7
A. Fawcett was standing on the seat of a.
barouche nearthe judges stand, watch in,
Inland, smiling significantly as he viewed
the movements OF the driver, who went
3 back and forth several times and at length
swung round foraa full mile, first giving
the judges to understand that the heat was
merely preparatory. It was evident that
/, if the horse could beat 2:19. to- day was the
-sStime for the trial. Every movement show
:. ed perfect. condition.
.sss Meanwhile. in a carriage on the right
stood a pleasaut-faeed gentleman. whom
few in the vast crowd recognized, but who
kept his eye upon the horse, and as he
passed shook his.head as If to say, '.he'li do
It." At length the white footed flyer was
ready. and q hundred watches clicked as he
passed, beneath the line. =" Thirty four, ~
tathe quarter. Dead silence ensued.
ssOne- ten," whispered the same voice
H with suppressed excitement, as the white
face disappeared behind the half-mile post,
and a pin could have been heard to fall on
u the grand stand as the horse dashed into
the ,home-stretch, moving swiftly, but
without apparent effort, towards the goal
n Two sixteen ,,I3. .s.i3 'ris-,s5rs .
.Ea tsTwo-eighteen.nia snciYe75 sd5apsl &C. -
sai tsTwo.nineteen.' ca long breath3 !.
fxrro hall a,a1 rryf1d
cry of disappointment went through the
3 'Fawcett glanced at Doble, who merely
= east up his eyes, and the owner OF the Trot-
ting King quietly replaced his watch and
- sat down to await what he now knew was
to be the result. "a a eSss,S,is,. y +. +, {. "
y "a Meanwhile the transformations gentleman
sain linen duster, and looking ltke trav-
(9eller whom, moreover, nobody knew, drew
his time piece and rubbed his hands with
Satisfaction. saying nothing. s l1os r. tit RI
me Itwas four o'clock when Deble again ap.
peared on the track, with difficulty re-
straining hiseager horse. 7lsg.-9-5 :
Toi AS before Ben. Mace on Aliens running
mate, drove ieisureiy after him, and they
q rolled up to the distance flag and turned tor
- Again the watch; leaped to view, and the
quiet gentleman rose from his seat, while
c ten thousand people held their breath in
Suspense. , ir1a s-F h0iifiri i~IA4
,4u0 pace, WAS dlTSduY dS Lue
= horses went under the line and the watches
ticked the start. rs +
ez g teri T., : - -, -
- ssOne-seven," said the time-keepers when
the half was reached. ~ ei1 . e-f-
- In a cloud of dust red against the sky,
= onward sped the fyingfee 80
With difficulty the excited crowd was
kept from the track, the iinerring watchers
swiftly marking the seconds as they flew.
1.-TWO ten.I a. lisss1 h.le lass tlF III l.a- "5
'sTwo-ffteen" without skip. 100 =,
"TWo-seEeHteen," aud the horse touched
the shallow OF the line and was gone like
an arrow.
-r5aA Wild roar Of applause swept up from
the assembled thousands and rolled away
IN silence as the crowd, leaping all barriers,
rushed up to the stand to hear. the official
- 1.-Two, seventeen and quarter.'' sais,
"a Again and again the cheers went up !;
sd@Dexter,n Doble,"s'tFawcett," "The Buff
falo Park, in fact, everything and every
body came in for g. share of the wild en-
srthusiasm, which would not be reprcssed.
rilf The pleasant gentleman whom nobody
knew was by this time safe in the press
stand, when Mayor Wells turned to the au
dienee, and looking down upon the sea Of
e5upturned faces, said: s;;.i ~ :? =? z
80 GRNTLEMEN / am pleased to announce
- you thaesshe mag agHffCcnJ animal whose
triumph you have just witnessed. has been
DurCDdSeQ UY hOUEIb,DO0Il0T,O -NEW 1OTk.
h Hewill trot once more here and once in
Chicago, and will then pass into the finest
private stable,ia the world. -isi .1et
Words fail to convey, any idea of the
agscene that followed. There wassemething
that seemedsto strike the popular fancy in
the moment before very few knew, but
whom thousands recognized as ii by intui-
.tion when his name was spoken. l.-,s.
se Amid perfect tornado of applause the
quiet lo6ker-on stepped forward in answer
to loud calls of Bonneri Bonner and said ::
20 ssGENTLEMEN Like my friend General
Grant, cannot make speech, but l can at
least return to you my sincere thanks"
1t was better than many words. and the
vast throng once. more. roared out their
i hearty admiration of Bonner and Dexter,
-dand with an eager look at the gentleman
In the linen duster they turned away salts
fled with the glory of having seen in sim
yagie day the master of the Ledger and wit
messed the fastestrtrot in the world. ~
-" You know" said Mr.. Bonner, turning
= to friend, II always had the ambition to
have the largest circulation and the finest
horses in the world; at last think have
both," and he Immediately wrote the fol-
lowing characteristic telegram to friend
,foy -TdTg .54 .BUEFAEo, rAuga14, 1867.
81 saw Niagara Falls this morning for
the first time, and Ieame down here this
50 Dexter, trot where he beat the world, hav-
ling trotted in the unprecedented time of
-s2171I. You know how 1 like to secure all
-,;the best things, and as. 1 could not buy the
Falls, did.the nextthing and bought Dex-
ter. He will 90 into my stable Sept. TO-"
Dexter will trot once more this-week.
and then go to Chicago, where he fulfills
two engagements. On the 10th of Septem-
ber he goes into Mr.. Bonner's stable, and
will thereafter disappear from the turf
From that, time he will never trot again
aifor money, but in consideration of the fact
= that, the, Buffalo Park has witnessed his
two greatest achievements, Mr.. Bonner, it
Is said, has promised to show him here
next summer, together with his other
horses, which are as follows: ttC
Peerless, who has made the best time on
record to wagon, 2:3414.
sqstThe Auburn horse, eight years old, who
ecanTbeat 2:20. ,.aaG' .1ayafi aE
ePocahontas, who can go in 2:23.g ti-
Palmer and Flatbush, who have together
made 5:0l Il to road wagon.
The price paid for Dexter is as yet a Sc
cret, but it is over $4,000, probably con.
siderablyF more. - y.r,-r ...,--4
Coal and Iron in Europe.
The imports of Prussian and English
coal into Belgium appear to have consider
ably increased this year. Thus the deliv-
cries of English coal Attained total of 80,
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