The New York herald., 1867-06-22

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1ne nness Performance OF the trottlng horse
nibsed IN public took place yesterday afternoon the
FASHION Oosrse in between Ethan Alien and run.
ming maso snd Dexter In harness. match was mado
short time ago between these horses which il was
generally supposed would take place yesterday with
Nns' . as EIhan's running mate. Within day or
two was ascsrainsd that Charlotte was unit FOR the
task. from some mshap that had befa'en her. ana
could not run. 30 Il decided yesterday thai IN 'a
race, which for $1,000 Ethan would forfeit 70 Dex-
ter and that al bets upon should be declared on I'm
mediately after the declaration Of forfeit another match
for $3.50 was agreed upon between the parties 70 the
first affair." which TO be decided at once The black
mare thai had run with Brown George IN his
late match with Ethan Allen was now selected 70
keep the latter company In this race - she
was believed 70 be quite equal 10 the undertakings
belief fully confirmed by her subsequent performance.
Dexter was largely the avore before the race, being
iE' H .as pOOs ,Ss lo Mns Aen Ss ~
track, and bis fine rotng acton elected general COM
mendation. Ethan was not q whit behind him In ap-
over saw him. As the day and track particularly
fine very fast trot expected, but nothing ike The
dreamed Of as few persons are aware how greatly The
ottng horse has Increased In speed OF late years. or
rather since breeders have asceraned that the nearer
he approaches the thoroughbred horse IN blood the
more speed and quickness he is sure TO possess The
number Of visitors present was greater than We ever
remember TO have seen on race course: probably
twenty thousand would not be an over. estimate, while
the vehicles were In a corresponding ratio
II long time after the hour originally appointed
for the race 70 come on that tho horses made their a
pearance upon the track and commenced warming up
for tho task before them When all was ready. they
up for the work and went of with such locomotive
speed that hcy passed the quarter pole with Allen Lead
INK couple Of lengths, in tbirty-two seconds, ana
reached the half mile In the extraordinary time OF one
minute and four seconds During the remainder OF the
heat Allen continued lead and gained gradually AZ he
went along until he reached tho score four or i've
lengths in advance OF Dexter, who made something
like momcnary break skip just after entering the
homestretch caused probably by the wonderiui veocy
with which he rounded the lower turn. The team
reached the judges stand in two minutes and fifteen
seconds Dexter's tmc probably second or sec
ond and half longer, and the quickest trotting ever
made In pubic by any horse IN harness, and en-
trey ccpstng tho famous performance OF Flora Tenn
plo at Kalamazoo. In the second beat Dexter went
away vigorously that ut tho quarter poe which he
reached in thirtyfour seconds three lengths ahead Of
the teanl he looked very much Hike winner, and
trot,ed as steadily cockwork, reaching the half mile
pole in minute and six seconds, while the team
varied the programme by rnnning considerably They
conrtved however, TO reach Dexter near the three
quarter pole, and after giving him the go-by
rushed wildly up the homcstretch TO The score beating
him by two length, IN TWO inmates and sixteen
seconds In the third heat the team took the lead
almost immediately after the start and showed abou
three lengths in front tho quarter poe In thirty
seconds. This vantage ground they maintained and
gradually increased they progressed, until as they
entered upon the homestretch they were i've or six
lengths in advance OF Dexter, whose driver, new losing
AN hope OF winning the race urged him no further and
the team came In several lengths anead IN two minutes
and nineteen 5econds The following Is tho SUM-
mary -
FASHION CorRsE- -rRorI1Sc--Friday, June 2i-MAtcf
ness, against Ethan Alien aud running maze.
D. Mace entered b. g. Ethan Allen and male. IL ]
b. DoDie entercd D. & Dexter---.-......... -