Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-05
CARsOs RACES LAST pAr.-Th.

peal gives the following account of the
doings on the occasion : Mr.. Hemen-
way entered Reindeer" for the trot-
ting race against " Racket" entered by
HONEY. Mr.. Elliott withdrew his horse.
Reindeer Won the first heat in 3:2A ;
" Rocket" the second in SOL ; "Rsiu-
deer" the third and race in 2:59. This
was for a proprietor's purse of SIS,
with 20 per cent. entrance mouey added.
The next was a match race Of half q
mile for a citizens purse of SIS so and
S25 entrance fee added. Conner Gu
tered "Coal Oil Tommy" and Adams
entered "Colfax." The latter made
two false starts, by consequence Of the
Conner horse's old trick Of not starting
without "the bulge - and the Judges,
determined that the race should not be
delayed unnecessarily, proceeded to the
half mile pole and stated their deter
mination to tap them of pom the call
to start. When tho tap was made,
"Colfax" was moving aud got u long
start ahead before "Coal OIL Tommy"
crossed the score, and despite the SPLEEN
did running Of the Conner nag-whlch
nearly closed the gap-reached the
score nearly o length ahead, and was
awarded the race and money. This
was q rather surprising result to the
hackers Of the Conner horse, who had
been betting two and three to Que on
him. "a funny raco" was made be-
tween the PAGERS "Oregon Dan,"
I" Bally" and Roudo.'' Dan" won
the race and the cheers of the crowd by
d~istaucing his two competitors in
2:5l is. A foot race finished up the
days sport-between n Frenchman and
The Empire Chief"-a distance of 80
yards-wou by "The Chief" This
meeting Of the Jockey Club has been a
success, no accidents have happened,
and we are glad to know that it is the
general wish Of the Club to have an
other meeting in November. The mem
bers will probably get together o and
fix upon some definite arrangements.
PIPER's 0rERA HoUsE-" UNDER THE
GAsLlGHr."-The Opera House was
d~ensely packed last evening with a well
pleased audience. The proper sort Of
attractions will always bring II crowd at
the Opera House or anywhere else.
Stale, droning, played out dramas never
attract much here. They might per-
haps somewhere else, but they won't
here. Our folks need something highly
artistic or something highly sensation
al something novel and interesting al.
WAYS. We had it last evening, in the
famous sensation drama Of - UGaer tue
Gsslight." It was produced ut the
| Opera House only last April, yet it is
one of those pieces which wear we'll,
aud all seemed we'll pleased to sec it
again. The piece was well put upon
the stage, the properties worked we'll,
and everything passed of admirably,
as a general thing. We would suggest,
however, that a rope or " painter be
put to that skif in the Pier scene,'
to make her fast to the end of the
wharf; it would be a little more " ship
shape" wheatleigh's Smokey was, of
course, very excellent, AS was also Sue
Robinson as Laura Courtlnnd. Beatty
naturally made a capital Dyke, and was
consequently hated most cordially by
tue entire audience, and his helpmnte,
| old Judas-represented by Mrs. Cuarles
Poole-succeeded nearly as well. Miss
Helen Tracy also did very well as Pearl
CORTLAND. Melville, as the Police
Judge was good, and also as the old
signal station keeper but the latter
character was last April rather better
p~ersonated by Otto Burbank. Willie
Edouin made a decided hit as Counsel
or Splinter, in the Tombs Police
Court scene, aud Miss Maggie Lynch
was very amusing and effective in the
peculiar im~personation OF Peaehblos-
som. Billy Robinson's Ray Trafford
was also very good and Hamilton,
Caldwell, and some others acquitted
themselves commercially. "Uuder the
Gaslight' will be repeated this evening,
and to another densely crowded house.
Secure seats early and be sure to be
there. The two front rows of the dress
circle were already secured last evening
for tonight.
HAPPY CHILDHooD.-Thc children OF
St. Johns Sunday School, in Gold Hill,
this morning assembled at the church,
prepa ratory t gong on a pleasant pic
mic in company with the Sunday School
Of St. Paul's Church in Virginia City.
We dropped ia to hear their vocal exer-
cises, under their really kind leader and
instructor, Mr.. n. A. II. Ball, aud we
were highly pleased with the joy and
youthful happiness: which p~ervaded tho
assemblage. A large number Of schol-
ars, parents and teachers Joined in the
festive occasion-there being three ON.
nibuses aud u six.horse Pioneer stage
coach required to transport them to
Virginia City. Oh, the happy days OF
childhood.
Our early days how often back
We turn on life's bewildering track,
To where, DER hill and valley plays
The sunlight Of our early days!
GOING BgLow.-Our esteemed fellow
citizen NJ. Stern, the paternal partner
Of the firm of Stern & Son, leaves to-
morrow evening for San Francisco,
whittier he goes to contract for an ex-
t~ensiye supply of well-selected grocer
les, provisions, ETC., for his well-knoWn
s,ort at tue upper end of Main street,
and not to stump the State of C"lifor-
MIA for the Republican party, US Jake
Becker says. Mr.. Stern will be gone
but u few days /; meanwhile his good
looking son Emanuel will run the es-
tablishment to the satisfaction Of the
public and be a pillar Of the town in
his fathers place.
Mass MEETING To-NIGur.-A grand
Union mass meeting will DC held this
evening on c street, Virginia, opposite
the International Hotel. Hon. Thomas
Fitch will address the meeting, in his