The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-06-29
Great Race between Dexter, and
Ethan Allan ana Running Mata.

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tbs race between DaMins 10 harness, And Ethan Allen
June 9lat, a. the Fashion Course. KHAN uas about
ths ast horse whose name vas conneeed With that
tks c has been made clear that great deal dspends
upon The running horse. much more than The mere
Ssrsss nsi havs esen ans6s @ 20 better than aboai
~. 9os. In hauess, have boen luggrd along ~ the
as s g a. sssss z ~ se % ssss s,s s; 20
es against Fiala II a tme yhsh ihs little mare
had cleaned out az aniaEeasis sinss handed, and the
Ilhans runner al that time wAs called Socks but he
vas not the famous raeehefse eithat name The ars.
match tEoltsd on the 18th Of July, aud the team
von u In exceedingly good lime-2m. :aAs. This,
however, not quite good AZ fioFa had done IN
ala, 2m. n aud ninth seconds. Another match
trottcd the 2ath of Jay The team the nrst
heat In sm Hhs. and one eIth .ersl pieces q ras
By getting beat and IN order 10 DO ne broks kthan
Allen and came home with tuo runners instead ofone.
On the sth of August another match uotted with
the horses bat another driver ior the team lior
trouble % vim ths racs In three straight heat. Tins
2m. 3ik s-2m. % I'm az. Thew vas stlll ahelh
e match, and 70 thi. joel lioeome, Who, uiih Nc
second heat u this they equAc the time u foFa
In harness at Tallahassee They won In three straight
heats Time, sH as .-sm. ipAs.-2m. 2is
The crowd assembled TO witness this great trot ~.
tween icStcg and kthan Allsn uas tmmense-largeF
than the ar.i DAY between Lady Thorn Aad DEXTER
When u esceeded all former experience The roads
crowded iTom early In the iorunoon one cloud Of
dus, huns from Hunter folni all along Jackson Ave
10 the Course. Inside the enclosure the array
vast and grand The numhcr u vehicles incaicu-
liable. and every available spo, that Afforded glimpse
81 the Course was black Nth people. Yer some time u
seemed probable that all uoad cnd In disappointment
u tscame known that Charlotte " had broken doWn
:. any rate. had got such lee that % must CIV. way
u an attempt made 10 start her 10 uth the Ut
he horse Hut energetic measures had hren taken By
Macs and NJ Summons % sarply the need. We met
recommended tia, the black horse uho had the
mate 10 Brown George should he secured for kthan
osslhle u said ny that he had TIRED in The
race when he aldrd Geofse bat We held that ne had
tired hcanse the trotter had hung hack the brcchns
and had made him Pali him a. we'll The wagon aud
driver The eGatts 20 ket him succrcsi hut In order
that all might ~ satisfied M simmons raid farft Ia
the hrst match. which nuae all hets not play " pay
and then madr another Tor $50, 10 "a Immediate
H. The Irupic greatly pleased With this hat ths
trtttns ahutr tHp 20 IN favor u bckter. Tbs
httc horse looks better than uhen he appeared
With nchc in the sulky and the tace showed that hi
condition xocd fthan Ia prime order and tht
east rn cr q Ian Naee bore expression 81 inten
SHED resolution aud shreWdnrss. The black horse
seemed quite al honc, and thuugh stranger 10 Macr
handling u the rcins aud 20 Ethans troiug Action b.
save specimen q bis powrfs which gill cnaurr the
ANIMAL. 81 the Mace talents houevsr arr equal d
any emergency aud trottins action u EthAn Ailcn
have long thought unsurpassed BY that Of any horse
Fsrs Hsai -lcNicr drcw ihc pole aud this deem
81 great advantage AZ the wori the team took the
lead At rate q speed that was amaaing DEXTER "a.
nsary up with them the turn bat the quarter pss
IN So the stallion aud the black horse led lengths
ning rate and ,rottcd the second quarter Just the
a. The nrst A. the half mile In In Ots the team
lhrcc lengths IN advance Round the fashus end N.
team maintained The advantage. aud Increased the lead
20 four knights They thundCrcd up the stretch amid
intense excitement aud heat the little horse out b. ave
iengths IA I'm ibs Thus hgAttng the time BY Ethan
and Charlotte 10 the fast hest against brosn George
and The black Who heiI-d the stallion 3,
four seconds Il must h. remembered. howcvcr tina,
EiAAn hroke in that heat When ths time ~as called
thr excitement Sas rvdeuhled, and nothing comiar.d
70 u ever the course tcforc
Ifrrf-- h..fft IA.
many Judged that the team could held through
the to heats yst nesessafy 70 yin The Il vas
noS apshls that the loss u the n watch the black
horse hal ~ith Brown George not the faait Of
the runner but Gcorges They called up In dag
time, aud amer The it sgcmed that the pr,
dicions u thoss sho declared that the could
mAntain the struggle 20 the end about h. veri
nri soon AiieF ne sor Sas given the stallion broke
and GA ihe tarn ncAtcr lei length Al the quarter
The little hoTse led ave icugths bat kthan settlcd
And the straight uork % the hack stretch the team
% shut up the daylight that At the half mile Dexter
had eai ienEh The list q Il In ~. "a the Flash
ms end EikAn hrokc asain, and hcflIc he dos
Dexter vas 81 lengths IN The lead bat the stallion
settled and the back horse helping him In magnificent
style. they away with ccctric sreed and after
desperate struggle collarcd Dexter aud heat him b,
threc isnsths IN I'm ids amidst shouts Of applause
rA,yd htas The excitement really ovsTshelHs
ng and little h-iting donc ku stlil backed
BE- - crcn hc can b orermaiched hy tbs double ~
and tie runner The an hli strugst ia the nrst and
sscund heats both q shch be bal roticd In tctter
ihaa an % taken lnta Account The team had
Tie pole fhsy could - relied uTon O. - another heat
IN IN 20 and how vas Dexter get the pole away
tfom thea, ancss they male bad break Even u they
DID, Tie speed A. which they able come whsn
Ethan eaight "a. enormous when the horses we're
called up Tor the third heat the boil
inE roint They GOT the wori, aud the going 10
graf styie took the lead rhe ute horse strugring
% gameiy but All his Efforts collar the Old stallion
and his runner scr- frisitiess They the quar-
isr In IS 90 the half mile Ia I'm -. They sere
aeVcr seadrd and son ~ ave enshs amidst tho shouts
% Sen thousand p~ofls. In IN 10 The race prove.
we think that old Ethan Alien With good runner Il,
an o-ermaish hf an siasle horse that lived lave.
nos. " psrhaps ever Sil live, in harness
b-Iter's time, taken BY excellent men reported
In. t7s -9m -, and In gis
Time. la is-2 10
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