Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-07-06
THE STANDARD.
Local News.
BARTON.

ny anu Scut W uoJ VIC oCllulllS IL W DOStoH
to be stuffed, has got back to Barton again,
all safe, and is a noble looking bird. From
the ends of the front and hind talons is
seven and three fourths inches The ca
gle is now on exhibition at our office.
Charles w. Smith has sold the Kendall
Bartlett farm to John j. Drown; consider
alton of deed $500.
FELL.--Austin Mossman in coming down
stairs one day last week had fainting fit
and fell to the bottom, injuring him about
the shoulders quite seriously.
H. o. Whitcher has a COW from which
he made last week eleven pounds of butter,
and ten and half the week before.
A GOOD BAND.-Music for the races at
this place was furnished by the Gree rs
bOrO Brass Band, a new band under the
leadership of w. w. Goss, who showed
evidence Ofexcellent musical talent They
discoursed excellent music and we should
be glad to hear them again.
The RACES AT ROARING BROOK PARK.
The races 50 extensively advertised to
come Off over the track of the Roaring
Brook Park, July 3, came off on the day
agreed upon, though not exactly as was adj
vertised, though every member of the Fair
Ground Company exerted himself to the
utmost to perform his part of the contract
Much dissatisfaction was expressed by spec
tators at the entertainment offered them,
and this feeling was felt by none more
keenly than by the company themselves,
for where the arrangements were so extern
sive and 50 perfect as those made by the
directors of the company and holding the
promises they did, and then to have a fail
ure where the most was to be expected,
brought only feeling of disappointment
and deep chagrin. The match for the purse
of $3.50 to be cOntended for by Snowflake
and Chestnut Dan" did not take place in
consequence of the failure of the latter to
appear, of which appearance the company
had previously held the strongest assuran-
ces. The result Of this failure in brief is
As follows The horse is the property fan
unsettled estate and is owned jointly by
Geo. r. Holmes, Charles Holmes and the
mother of Charles.
Eight thousand dollars has been offered for
him. Charles Holmes, who Is poor, wishes
to sell, Geo r. Holmes, who is rich. wishes
to keep him. The mother sides with
Charles. To keep the horse from coming
to Barton the latter took him and locked
him in the stable Geo r. Holmes, got
out a writ, took his nephew for stealing and
released the horse. Thwarted in his first
attempt, Charles procured bail and inform
ed Selling officer his uncle the other
side of the Line that Chestnut Dan had
been smuggling III times past, thereupon
the officer, who sympathlZed with the young
man, seized him and now holds him in Gus
tOdy OF course the seizure is all a sham,
but that is what the FAIR Ground Company
cannot help, neither can Geo. K. Holmes.
Thus were we baked in our endeavors to
get up a good and an exciting race between
these celebrated champions for the honors
of the turf, and many will blame them
when they are not deserving OF a whit. G..
W. Smith and NJ. w. Joslyn spent from
Thursday noon till Friday night in trying
to induce Charles Holmes to let the horse
come, even offering him $3.50 for the use Of
him in that one race, but all to no purpose
They came home Friday evening. At two
o'clock that night Mr. Ballard, the owner
of Snowflake with Mr.. Joslvn, went to
Stanstead again when Mr. Ballard tried
his powers OF persuasion, with the same re-
suit rs before. As the case stood a match
had to be made between Snowflake and
Lady Cassius-both horses being owned
by Mr.. Ballard. These two competed for
the purse, being about as good a match as
a kangaroo and a grasshopper might be
supposed to make when pitted against each
other in jumping match. Thus endeth
the first lesson.
The $50 purse was trotted for by the
Miles Colt, Honest Bill four year old,
and by "Pocahontas," an eighteen years
old mare, owned by c. b. Merrill, both ex-
cellent goers, but Lordy what a match
four years old colt and an eighteen years
old mare put in competition with each 9TH
err! The colt fOots splendidly, and the
mare shows splendid metal Not many
wears hence he will stand high as a trotter,
if not killed by entertaining in its youth,
but if not spoiled it must have better treat
ment than it received the three weeks pre-
yious to the races. 1t is now great favor
ite with the public who like an honest nag.
The race excited great deal of feeling in
consequence of decision of the judges
giving the race to PocahOntas on the third
heat in consequence of foul driving on the
part of Honest Bills driver at the begin
ming of that heat, who crowded PocahOn-
tas into the bank. The first heat was ia
ken by Honest Bill, the second by Poca-
hontas, and the third to Pocahontas also,
in consequence of the aforesaid foul, al
though lut mart WAS DcnluN. lllC IdCG
was for the best three in five, but the race
was given to Pocahontas when she had ia
ken but two heats, through a mistake Of
the Judges who supposed the race was for
the best two in three. A second call for
the horses was then made to finish the race
The driver of PocahOntas refused to bring
the mare to the score, claiming that by the
rules Of all race courses his opponent was
distanced and claimed the race in cOnse-
quence Honest Bill then went it alone
and the race was given to him. Both sides
mad as hornets.
The purse of $40, open to double teams
was competed for by teams owned by John
Bean of Barton and Geo. w. True of New
port. Beans horses won because they went
the fastest, but True's nags done the most
trJtting.
There was a running match, open to all
horses that chose to enter for the purse Of
SO. Five went in and three came out
+. <. Rowel won, while Gust fell down
and broke his crown, and all came tumb-
ling after
There was a race in the forenoon between
a horse owned by Grovenor Drown, one BY
Peter Mcintyre and one by Mr. Wiley, al
Barton horses. Drown ahead.
We close by saying that the day was mos
dreds more would have been had the new.
not been sent abroad that the Holme'
Horse would not be in the race. But if
the trotting was not the best there was
great amount of first class swearing anC
drinking on the occasion, while the sprink
ling of greenhorns and of those who tall
great deal with their mouth was liberia
in the extreme We still decline to thinl
well Of horse trots." They are in no man
uer calculatedto promote a growth Of grac
i'm the soul.
CAMPBELL's MENAGERIE AND CIRCUS
The best Endorsement of public exhibi
ton is what the press and people can sa
of it after it is gone. Speaking of Camp
BELLS Menagerie and Circus, which is to b
in Montpelier on Monday, the 2Sth inst
the Rutland Herald of June 18th, says:
"The multifarious duties of an edito
have prevented us from hitherto giving eX
preston to the qualification the recent eS
hibition of this Company in Rutland a da
or two since, afforded us. We believe W
are but echoing the opinion of the publ,
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