Middletown transcript., 1869-08-28
LOCAL AEEAIRs.
Trot MT SUFFOLK Park-Hop VS.. Ironsides
The Little RatIer Beaten.

The Little Ratler Beaten.
We take the following from the Philadelphia
Morning Post, of Tuesday
The trot yesterday between Ironsides and Hop
attracted quite large eoncourse of people to the
Suffolk track the major portion Of whom went
thither to witness the operations of Hop, who has
been entered for one of the purses at the Point
Breeze fall meeting. Considerable has been said
about his speed il being confidently asserted that
he could show z 30.
e He is o new animal TO the Philadelphia turf,
and up to yesterday had never crossed the score
in public. He is from Middletown, Delaware,
where he was bred and raised. (This is mis-
take; he is owned near Middletown but was
bred at Newark, DELI His sire was one of the
Napoleon stock, but Of the pedigree of his dam
nothing is known. In the pool-selling, which
preceded the trot, he at times was first choice
and at no time did he sell lower in the pools than
in the proportion of $15 to $50.
The first heat showed that he had not been
overrated, as he made his mile in ga easily Iron
sides not pushing him a bit. After this heat no
pools were sold as it was evident that the Little
Rather had been overmatched. Hop is O pretty
trotter, his only drawback being u too free ac-
ton of his knees which has necesstated rather
large quantity of leather around the upper part
of his fore-legs.
FIRST HEAT.-The horses got off well together
on the first score; but on making the first turn,
Hop broke and before he could get on his feet
again, was two lengths behind. lronsides was
trotting well, and on passing the quarter pole in
| thirty-eight was over two lengths in advance
| Hop being well down to his work gained pretty
rapidly until reaching the half-mile pole, when
| he was almost side and side. Between this and
the three quarter pole the horses were iapped but
in going by that pole, Hops nose could be seen
on the lead He gained gradually and on enter
ing the home-stretch was nearly length in ad-
vance. Levitt piled the whip to the Little Rat
tier but he was doing his best and crossing the
score two lengths in the rear, Hop won the
heat in 2.34.
SECOND HEAT.-Another good start, the horses
keeping side and side until reaching the quarter
pole, when Hop drew gradually ahead, until 60
ing by the hal;-mile pole there was length at
least between them. This distance was not only
maintained to the three-quarter pole but enlarg-
ed Ironsides losing another length Doble now
finding that he had an easy thing of it drew up,
and even then logged in an easy winner in 2 2.42.
THIRD HEAT.-This heat was a repetition Of the
second Hop coming in almost on walk in
2.47.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS return thanks to the
: following gentlemen for basket, each, of deli
cious peaches viz:-Rd Clayton, J'n. Townsend
B. F. Hanson, Sam'l. Townsend, E. r. Cochran
Capt James Kanely and George Derrickson, Jr
of large "Mountain Sweet melons, weighing
80 lbs EACH Mr.. Cochran has sold large mum
ber of melons in this market, this season, and w
have never seen finer. Also, to John A. Jones
= Esqr. of Wheatland, for basket of early Joe
and HPeck's Pleasant apples, and some very
fine Delaware Grapes. We have never seen
finer looking or more luscious apple than th,
specimen received from Mr.. Jones. We are in
; formed that he shipped so baskets of Rives Fa
vorite peaches last week, which brought hin
50 per basket. We do not believe that the nor
e ticUltNra, productions of Delaware can be sur
e passed anywhere.
h POCKET PICKED Our fellow townsman, Mr.
James N. Wine, had his pocket picked on Tues
: day last in New York, at the Merchants Hotel
G He kept his eye upon the fellow who he suppose
| to be the expert, and followed him into restau
:. rant, and while he was taking something for til
b comfort of the inner man, Mr.. Wine withdre,
and procured q writ and policeman. Return
! ing the thief was taken into custody; and MI
,s Wine, recolecting the contents of his poke
book described them accurately, when the th
e WAS searched and the pocket-book discovered.
10 contained $3.50, and some Other articles, So
which had been spent by the thiee. Mr.. Wiz
l. also paid $40 for detective, making a loss
10 $500. The pickpocket was held to answer.
J, Walter Griffith, son of Mr.. VIM. S. Grifitl
near Head of Sassafras, received injury, on WeC
J. nesday, by being thrown from wagon load
IS peach boxes which he was taking home fro
Georgetown, Kent county, Md. At Swan Tow
MS nOrSeS anu eltner upset u
,g wagon, or caused the boxes to fall off, and Il
. driver with them. Mr. Griffith was taken up
a. state of inseusibilitv by the driver of the Che
a. tertown stage and conveyed to his home.
" suffered severe confusion of the head but is I
lie covering.
D. Horse stealing has become the very "error
the moon," within fortnight past. JOSEF
Watson, coored man Blackbird, had
horse stolen from his field on Saturday night la
n IIo
and DR.. a. Sudler, of Sudlersyille, Queen Ann,
county, both had a horse and carriage stolen frC
tie them at the Sudlersyille camp, last week. \
: Edward Coppage also had a horse stolen frt
lin at the same camp.
The annual reunion of the Forest and ORA
70. yers Presbyterian Churches, will take place
Re- the old Drawyer's Church, near Odessa, on
rm second Sabbath Of September, when st. Goerg
mo Port Penn, and Delaware City Churches, are
,ai pected TO unite. The day has also been set ap
nd for special prayer in behalf of the reunion of
ish New and Old School branches of the Presbyteri
th- Church, throughout the United States
len Mr. VIM G. Etherington, of Sassafras Neck, /
IN IN very valuable horse, on Saturday last,
aus which he would not have taken $500. He loar
req him to coored man who had had death
llz- his family, TO go to New Market, in Kent coun
no. Nd. and shortly after his return the horse d
ons from heat and from being over-ridden.
TO DRowNED.-On Thursday, the 10th inst. W
B. Hall, son of Mr.. Vim. James Hall, of
mington, eleven years of age, was drowned
- the Sassafras river, al Fredericktown. lie
>. sided with his grandfather, Mr. Lewis Price,
of Cecilton. 1t is not known how the accident
CURED.
va Lieut. Frank Barr, late Commander of
ose u s. Revenue steamer Manu. has been orde
In, by the Seer etary of the Treasury to special d.
my for the inspection of the Cutters on the Lal
re- and the selection of new stations for Reve
Cutters on the Western rivers.
on Middletown, Ginns S Crossing, Townsend Bra
on and Armstrong;, paid to the Rail Road
and freight on peaches, last week, $2O,395 c
t.o $40, 600 MAS from Middletown alone, the lar
''e' business ever done at this station since the
of has been in operation.
om- One hundred and fifty-six car loads of pea
passed over the Delaware Rail Road, on Tues
last. This was the heaviest days work Of
season. Eighteen car loads were despatt
from Madlctown