Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-25

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Considerable INCEST was manifested
in the open ring for mstchec- horses, al
'h02gh only three entries were mace, "a
i. 49, by AesEr5. Long, Coggeswell
follU slinS9n. The premiam vas
and To Lopg and the certificate to
given to Mi.
Mr.; Coggeswell. $sy, he%eyer, and,
The event OF the "a Fair, Ess the
trotting match = harness,
over the course, mile heats to hun-
best two in three, for a purse Of Oh 20
bred dollars. There were but three =
tries made, but two Of these were wei.
known fast goers, and each had any
quantity OF hackers and friends, 50 the
affair was very lively indeed. The entries
were as follows, placed In the order iD
which they come: Cockrell enters g. h,
{" John :" Kellogg enters b. g., Screw
driver F" Montgomery enters g. M,
Peggy" The scrrel horse was
the favorite when brought out, by
8 long odds, and bets were freely
offered two to one on him. The
grey mare had her friends also, and
q good many of the offers Of the friends
Of the sorrel were taken, up. She was in
splendid condition, evidently, and the
JILL NGE1E LLA z ONHOAOA6 20 W 1V6A
was that she was q little too gay. Her
driver, evidently, felt this, as no took her
around the track q COO ple of times to
"cooln her down. Screwdriver YVES
aot altogether without friends, although
they did not show their hands very
lively, while some seemed to have q faint
confidence In his being all right. The
general ide a was that +" the darned old
rascal wo i'd come tarrsin' out benin,
and max bis poor hackers lose their
lEs' dime.'
Conside able difficulty was experienced
Ia getting q start, and several Intellectual
attempts we're made before the "go " was
finally given. They got off rather stray
Cling, the first hear, the sorrel leading,
S~crewdri'1er coming next, and the gray
mare breaking up into q gallop, way
behind" There was, Actually, no match
in'tbis heat, the sorreI hsV ing things his
own way, and coming In q long ways
ahead. Time 3:22. The second was
declared by the judges a dead hest.
The grey mare crossed the string about
half g length ahead OF the sorrei, but I'M
fortunately broke just on the string, and
hence she decision. 6creEdriver was
distsnced both heats. The third heat
was Won by the grey mare by several
lengths, the sorrel coming in second, and
Screwdriver making a most wretched
third, being a hundred and fifty or two
hundred yards In the rear Tbs fourth
and deciding heat was won by tire grey
mare by about three lengths.
The sweepstakes for horses for all sges
camS next, and also excited considerable
interest. The entries were as follows :
Joe OdeII enters two horses, s. B. Beau
mont, Geo. G. Holmes, Sam Cowan, Il.
L. Long and Joe SeligmAp. The ami
mails on exhibition were driven and rid
den around the ring by their owners,
and the judges finally made the follow
ing award Premium to Joe Odell and
certificate to s. L. Long.
In consequence of the lsteness Of the
hour and the amount of business to at
tend to, the election Of officers was post
poned until next Thursday at 10 O'Clock,
In the Chamber of Comraerce.
The ridlng-ring for gentlemen, In which
there were seven entries, wound up the
J exercises Of the day, just ss the son was