Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-11
As any bruised reed.
Rutland County Races.


this place, was one of considerable Interest
and anxiety to lovers of that noble ami
NAL, the horse, in this vicinity, not on ac
count particularly of the large amount o
money offered in premiums, nor for The
fast time made, but by the fact that the
horses entered have somewhat of a loca
celebrity for speed and were very evenly
matched, The day was all that could bt
asked for, bright warm sunshine making
it delightful over head, while under foot
there was not dust sufficient to make il
unpleasant, with not wind enough stir
ring to raise it, yet enough to make the
atmosphere agreeable. The track was il
splendid condition, just such as the
drivers and owners Of the horses thought
peculiarly fitted for their respective ami
mails, and on the favorites their friends
were willing to go their bottom dollar,
which many of them did, as q large
sum must have changed hands Oh the
result of the second race, which was the
event of the day, but little interest ,eing
manifested in the first one, which was for
a purse of fifty dollars for four-y ear ODDS
mile heats best two in three. For this
four entries were made, as follows:
Andrew Chamberlin enters bay colt
Young Columbus.
@. r. Todd enters Honest Dan.
Lester Fish enters Belle of Vermont.
]. B. Potter enters Young Hambleton.
ian.
About 2,30 the horses were called up,
and after the choice of Gen. n. II. Baxter
of New York, q. Nearing of Brandon, and
Col. E. s. Stowen of Cornwall, as judges,
a protest was entered against Honest
Dan," it being claimed that he was over
age. The protest was sustained and Dan
ruled ont, when the other horses were as
signed the following positions in the race
Young Hambletonian the pole, Columbus
second, and the mare outside The horses
scored considerable before getting off, the
driver of Belle manifesting a fear that his
animal would in some manner become
frightened, she being, he said, $50 big"
Finally, however, a send-off was effected,
and Colu mbus at once took the lead, which
position he maintained easily to the end
of the heat, making his mile in 3 80. The
second heat was but a repetition of the
first, the others apparently having no
business with the bay colt, and he came in
on an easy jog, the victor in 1924 winning
the heat and race.
The second race, which quite a thousand
people had congregated to witness. was,
IS we nave said, the one fraught with in
5erest, and pool-selling, from what we
noticed of it, must have been profitable
business. The entries were Honest Dan,"
Fanny Root" "Kitty Slocum," and
''Flora." The race was mile heats best
in ., to harness, for purse of $3.50, and
as will be seen below it was warmly con-
tested, six heats being trotted in all. In
the pool selling before the race, Honest
Dan" was the favorite, though many on
the ground, having witnessed the splendid
performances of Fanny Root" at the
State Fair and elsewhere the past three
years, believed that she would be victori-
Gus, and backed their belief with stamps"
Again, the 2.40 gait of ''Kitty Slocum" of
the day previous and the knowledge that
"Flora" had done as We'll in private with
in brief period made the two latter a
strong "feld," which found its hackers.
IN of o.
$65.50, Fanny" $3.50, and "The Field"
$4,000. Other pools were sold before and
during the race, in about the same pro-
portion.
About 3 o'clock the hor sea came on to
the track, and after draw ing their posi-
lions, which were Exit Slocum" the
pole, "Honest Dan" secon, !, Fanny Root
third and "Flora" outsid }, went to the
distance pole and began eoring for the
First Re0t.-At the st Art Fanny and
Flora took the lead, Kitty retaining her
pole position, though behi nd, with Honest
Dan just leading her. I this position,
they went some fifteen " twenty rods
from the judges stand 7hen collision
occurred between the VIC latter. men
toned, throwing both d rivers from their
seats and slishsly cutcin g and scratching
both ani4aals and drive RS, and rendering
the Sa1ky OF Dan hoT III combat Fanny
.Id Flora kept on al GU nd the track, and
the white was the victor, after close
contest. The time made, though not an.
nounced, in this he,,t was 2.49. AS to
the smash-up of co urse there was a di
versity of opinion 8 to which driver was
to blame, and after hearing arguments or
both sides, the jndg',s no doubt concluding
that Dan run into Kitty, or Kitty run in
TO Dan, or both rull into one another, an6
they couldn't tell. which, declared "nc
heat" and called the horses in fheiT
original positions for the
Second Heat Altogether too much
scoring took place, and at las1 The Judges
becoming tired OF waiting, gave the wore
"go," though it was an uneven start, Dar
leading and Kitty trailing badly, with
the others occupying intermediate posi-
tions. As they passed the judges stand
all were doing their level best and more
for over exertior broke the VII ole before
they had gone 20 rods. On CO ming down
again the horses, took their pc> tions Oar
first Fanny.seccn Flora thir0 and Kitty
last, and trotted about four rods apart
to the distance post, where Kitty gathered
and changed places with Flora. With
this exception the horses crossed the
score in the order above given. Time
2.4Oa. ....
Third Heat-More unnecessary scoring
but Dan finally leading, with Fanny
second and Kitty trailing worse than be.
fore. Fanny soon outstepped the stallion
and passed by him slowly until she had
gained vantage of couple of lengths
which she held to to the end. Flora