The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-04
TnE sARAToaA RACES.
Scenes on Tho GROUNDS, Etc.


OOrTe.pOhtleaee NSS York Tribune.
About 10 o'clock the visitors began 10
toll and trudge toward the race course.
Fast Congress street that leads TO II,
although plasteTed rs to It's fences and
dead walls with RdmOnltlonB and warn.
lnge apparently emanating nom some
troubled soul Of Second Adventist,
was soon alive with constantly aug.
menting crowds. On the ground Or.
Underwood was intentiy engaged In
selling pools, and the standing spots
about the front of, tho grand stand were
occupied by we'll known sporting men,
eager to increase their store by dImin.
ishinR those Of other people. The
drinking stands within the main build.
Ing echoed to the tramp OF Geores and
hundreds OF crapulous men; while on
the track there was y perfect kalsIdo.
scope OF little, low. .browed, 1lat.headed,
sllm-legged, riders In gay colors, with
regiment Of stable boys about them,
and thronR CT outsiders OF aeedy ap-
peafance, ambitious, no doubt, TO emu.
lale4he Btunled equestrlanB In their
WondrouB deeds on horseback. The
building was redolent Of the odor
OF common wine. and American
brandy, mingled with the irag.
rance Of cigar 'Smoke, acceptable
Incense 10 the powers that guard,
and protect, and cherish the manly
sport OF horse racing, and the edIfyinR
horse talk that enllvened the moments
not devoted To-. more material amuse-
ments, was most original, and very In
atEnctive 10 the unsophisticated Withal.
After the tirst heat OF the opening race,
It was amusing TO watch the crowd OF
stable boys and hangeFs.on, elk at
horse, TO care for the health and COM
fort OF the excited beast; but the con-
versatlon OF the interested, specializing
spectators was far more amuBlng, and
for some time l was unable to convince
myself that horse~raclng was not the
chief end and aim Of man'B existence.
When Wiley led Blddy Malone, or when
Blddy jumped length ahead OF Wiley,
or when General Ewell hlled up the
gap between himself and his COM
petitors, there was much Shout
Ing and clapping OF hands, and
the friends OF each horse In turn
rarely failed 10 console themselves for
any future mlshAp by tho comforting
assertion thatto them the result had
been a matter Of certainty from the be.
ginning. After the second heat, while
the pool seller in shirt sleeves easayed
to bring up the stakes 10 the ancient
standard, the Hon. John Morrissey,
surrounded by knot Of congeniAl
spirits, discussed the Heenan and
Sayers fight, and eulogiEed a, bystapd-
Ing 22O .pou nder for his akill as D aJntnps
er, his speed as a runner, his strength
and agility as a wrestler, and his gen.
eral excellence as flrst.rate fellow.
The third heat, Wiley and BEddy hav.
Ing won one each, was close one be-
tween, these tW6 and created much eX.
oitemeut. Up to.the three.quarter pole
Gen. Ewell had been doing full JUS
tice to himself and his bringing up, bur
at that point he began TO fail.
Sitting near me was brawny, good.
natured. Iris hman, who had .WAReFed,
money % the gray horHe with the eei-i
talntS OF winning; but, long before r
could detect any falling of on Ewell's
speed, the Hlberlan exclaimed In most
dolorous tone, ''0chI the dIVll--he's
gone up! WitLyeZ luck at the tail Of
him ?" discovered that when, In
race, Gen. Ewell'S tail begins to work
up and down like a pump handle Or
like the end OF u steamers walking.
beam, those who know him best trust
him least; and II they have risked their
money on him, at once hasten to
"hedge." Why the horse should use
this Sign Is u strange thing tome.--
Perhaps he has been trained to throw
out the signal OF distress as a warning
10 his friends aud hackers. = rs HI
There were but two races, as fully
set forth below. The second was quite
exciting, and large amount Of money
changed hands on the result. The death
OF Cameron's bay tilly. by imp. Learn
ington. 10 looked upon by turfmen asa
great loss. The ftly was one OF the
finest two.year.olds In the country, and
the trainer, Charles Lloyd !! q hoFseman
OF long experience, declares that the
animal was the best he had ever train.
ed. The openlug day OF therreHulAr
meeting as Wednesday nekG and
promises tobs one ot,the most eventful
IN the history OF the American turf.