Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-06-19
agricultural.
The Turf.

tile New Yaik Tribune OF i,ir- 81,
\ grand race rewarded the course goers
no Yesterday went to the Fashion To see th
champions of the trOtting world do the seconC
Of their serial matches. The attendance wa.
on Y moderate. not more than one third per
haEs one urth, a numerous the first en-
gagement last week OF the thousands who
then disappointed, Yesterday. confident Of al
easy and assured victory u Dexter. stayeC
away. there is not one who will not regre
hIs absence All who were there were deli hit
ed with the ght Of the best mile ever trot
ted to wagons
An incident of the day very interesting
was Il o sac of the famous old mare Pocahon
tas. To this hour she stands the foremost
pac-r of the world. Years ago she went a
mile IN III, and it has never since beer
eIualed. To Ethan Allen she bred Mr.
Bonner's beautiful and wonderful mare "a
trotter)- 1Oung POcahontas, for which he
gave SIS 900. The exhibition of such an ami
nal, old though she be, was an attraction
and crowds gathered about her. Though
>tIiened by age, and faded in beauty still
there Were the lofty wither and Obliaue
shoulder. the archcd loin and grand quarters
which IN the days of her youth made her
beautiful. fleet, and famous She brought a
thousand dollars Nav she long live 10 wear
her honors. and be the mother of sons and
daughters that shall follow her in her noble
career
THE RACE.
1t this day to be the lot of Dexter to
write new chapter in the history of the
trottIng-horse- lie had, under the saddle
done what no other horse ever done brought
the mile down to 2:lS: here he wns and is
alone: but others, in harness. had trotted
mile IN 2:2l- This he has never vet done
Others. in wagons had gone the mile in 2 %
Until this day lie had never done that But
on this day he Overdid it, and without skip.
even, much less a break, in the grandcst man
ner- seemingly all within himself. with open
mouth and playing ears, trotted the mile to
wagon in ~. Flora Temple had done it in
2:25, and she is the worlds phenomenon,
never yet cqualed in her mile (2:2l) in har-
ness, and until now never surpassed to wag
on But Dexter has now the glory OF the
greatest mile t. wagon, added to his great
and unequalcd feat Of , Is under the saddle
Ii only remains for him, when he finds the
occasion and the competitor that can force
him To the pace TO 90 his mile to harness in
2:2O. and then all past glories will have been
dimmed and his glory crowned. And it is
here reelected that, whenever the time and
the rival shall show themselves for that feat.
he will stride past the winning stand with
his banner blaz0ned with 22O.
The race was won in three str, light heats
the first being marked by no special charac-
ter, and done in bad time Lady Thorn broke
IN this heat badly, and there was no contest
and only 2:32 was made
TIE Farsi III Til. odds were ) to |
The bell rang out It's first warning to the
hOrs, TO come forth, and they moved along
the course in their preliminary dashes Both
showed great condition Lady Thorn seemed
quiet. and gave promise of steadiDess for
which she is not noted and for which she
suffered bad defeat in the opening match to
harness of the serial four. second clang
of the bell called them to the score, and af-
ter single failure, got away beautifully at
the second try Lady Thorn had the pole.
and Dexter went off with the least lead At
once, the pace. rattling one round the turn
to the quarter pole, carried them at 2:2O
gait Lady Thorn lay on Dexter's wheel
and went beautifully. but as they drew away
from the curve the pace grew too much for her.
lifted her off her legs, and she broke Phfer
caught her quickly and brought her back to
her work, and lost only couple OF lengths
Dexter dashed past the quarser pole in 50
seconds This was wonderful speed on tie /
curve, and no wonder the mare went up, and I
equally wonderful it was that she came back
50 quickly to her trot. for her temper is none
of the best When the turn was don Dex.
for half the stretch went like the wind.
Again the pace proved Overmuch for the
Lady, and at the middle of the straight run
she again broke, and now her temper would
not allow Pfifer to calm her back to her work,
and she went to the half-mile stake in n wild
canter, waved and pulled till worried out
Directly she broke, and fell off so badly, Do
bic eased Dexter away, and the gal, that was
so grand. fell off Had it not he would have
hn half Ia.
pulled back, be passed the pole in lib
Sweeping ON to the turn, ne was still harder
neld and though he had opened away from
the IN ire nearly distance, Doble took no
advantage OF Lady Thorn's nlishap. dropped
Dexter down to a 2:4O gait, and kept him
hrmly by the head all around the Flushing !
turn, and allowed the Lady TO settle herself
down to her stride and work up. Once re-
covered, her ladyship was driven at a rush
ng tate after Dexter. and with her flight
and his abated pace, drew to him and was
we'll up as they finished the turn. and were
about to enter the straight run home Her
adyship had now got steady, and the brush !
he was called on to make was made honestly a
md the pair flew up the stretch hOmeward c
It great trot. passed the stand, going with {
he steadiest of strides and topmost speed c
The Lady came home with her nose on Dex !
er's rear wheel. The heat was an easy one
% the horse and he came home like a lark
he time was of course bad, He had done L
he half-mile in ID and came home in 90 /
The last half mile was done in I:I9. Had v
)otlc forced Dexter throughout the heat, he b
would have distanced the mare, for the ca a
erness both OF herself and Pffer would have t
her coming back to her gait, and L
s in the prior race she would never have re- q
overed Doble's pull and wait saved the t
isrance. and left the race open for the great r
eat that followed. a
Second Heot-The first one over the odds t
7ere 100 to ). and no takers Dexter had 0
ooled out perfectly, and looked as fine as D
efore starting. She had not done 80 well, n
ut she was all animation. without fighti- n
sss. The hat had cooled her down, and it o
as eviden. that she would be AVE very well n
,w. 1t was certain that she would force
eat time out of Dexter. The horse now