Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-21

Monday RveninS-------Nlarch ~. 1870
Fayler's. Great Race As.ins, Time-Einy
Miles inside q Eve Hesra-fho Feat
The great race against time over the
Carson Course, by Johnny Taylor,
took place yesterday pursuant to no
tice, and In accordance with the pro-
gramme. He was to ride fifty miles
in two hours, j. u. Daniel, Of Viz
ginia, betting $500 that he could do it,
and James Orndorff betting that same
amount adversely.
THE EXCURSION.
At ST. o'clock 4. N. the excursion
train left the depot ut Virginia, with
about 100 persons, bound for the races,
including Taylor, and those most inn
mediately interested In the race At
Gold Hill the train stopped n few
minutes and took OH board nearly as
mlny more persons, and subsequently
switching of upon the Silver City
branch, down to that town, about 100
more were added to the party. The
day was cloudy, yet plcasant-iust
right for the race, and after a pleasant
ride anon the deep cuts and romantic
meanderings of the railroad, about III
o'clock the train arrived at Caason, the
Virginia Brass Band playing gaily as
the hilarious party rolled into town.
As the appointed time for the race to
commence was l2O'clock NJ, very little
time was given for cruising about
town, but soon, following the band Of
music, the general line Of march was
taken toward
THE RACE CoURsE.
The track lies in the eastern out
skirts of the town, and is the best In
I'm. State. being very level, smooth, on
a light sandy loan with no stones in
IL whatever. Ii was in splendid con-
dition, being dry, yet not at all dusty,
and the weather and everything else
was as favorable n could be for the
race. The horses to be- used were
ranged along by the fence near the
Judges stand, and there were plenty
OF helpers to assist Taylor m making
his changes from II animal to apother
as speedily rs possible. The arrange
ments were indeed rs perfect rs posi-
bic. vet u passing glance ut that array
of riw-boned and dilapidated looking
stock hardly induced the belief that
the time could be made with that lot.
Looks are nothing, however; "blood
will tell" Numerous carriages and
horsemen kept arriving upon the
ground, from all parts of the country,
and BY noon q pretty lively scene was
DrrSented. The ladies' stand was well
iilled with the fair sex, while the gents
occrpied the other stand, or the grounds
in front, or wherever suited them best,
os long rs they kept ont of the way OF
the horses. Betting was very lively
throughout, and thousands OF COLLARS
changed hands.
TIE RACE.
At Just II o'clock Taylor made his
appearance. mounted and ready for the
lray. lie il a light-built, darkroom
plexioned young man, rather good
looking. and weighs us pounds. Amer
4 few minutes preliminary arranging
of details. away he dashed on the first
heat. We have seen = better
rider. Perfectly erect and steady, he
rode firmly in his stirrups, and seemed
seemed no impeding weight for a horse
TO carry. but on the contrary, light,
lively and anything but a dead weight,
Johnny knows just how to ride q horse.
that's certain. We did not time all
the heats separately, rs that would be
too lengthy a matter for publiShment,
hut the shortest was made in two min
ut.s and two seconds; the average
was about two minutes anu eight
seconds. Some OF the horses
he rode twice round, at 4 single heat,
and one three times; most Of them.
however. he rode only once round. At
the farther side of the track, in the
vicinity of the half-mile pole, he had
fresh horses also waiting, and had to
change at that point on two or three
occasions. When coming in on the
home stretch, if the horse he rode was
observed to be failing, q fresh horse
was taken out to meet him II eS-
changed; this was done also two or
three times. One very interesting lea
ture TO notice was the extreme rapidity
and facility with which he changed
horses ut the stand. A fresh n ready
saddled and bridled was held there,
and when lie rode up, two or three
men would seize his horse ana assist
him to leap down and INTO the saddie
of the other horse, these changes mus
occupying far less time than 1t takes for
II, TO write about them. Indeed
tine last dozen or twenty heats he was
not allowed to touch the ground ut All,
bu, was simply picked Oft u saddle
and placed into the other, with . slap
bestowed upon his horses rump In Or
der to start him of In a hurry. IL was
= little the livcliest horse Navigation
most people ever saw. About tue .ou
mile round blood was observed coming
from Faylor's mouth aud one ear, De
ing subject to bleeding ut the Jung 0n
such occasions. under the feariuiiy
sever exercise, but as he kepta "stln
upper lin" and about that time also
shouted for some one to get his watcn
and bet that on the race, We felt assured
that he would live through it-and ne
did. About . O'Clock p. NJ. he nnisheu
the race: time one hour, ffty-eight
minutes and thirty-three seeonds' OF
one minute and twenty-seven eeoI9
within the two hours. As ne roae
in from that concluding neat
looking still quite vigorous anu any
fling but exhausted, he was taken
from the saddle amid loud cheers OF
triumph and hilariously carried OH the
shoulders of his friends to the front OF
the Judges stand, from which the re-
result was announced Immediately.
Fayior being called upon for a speech,
replied, thanking his friends for their
efforts in his behalf. and expressing
the hone that he would be rs successful
in the great race he is to run OF
two hundred miles In ten hours, at
Jerome Park, New York, IN May next.
Faylor had procured h horses Tor ms
race of Yesterday, but he had to use
three more OH account OF IN OF them
getting lame.
IL CONCLUSION
We would say that we have never
seen ANYTHING better or more satislae,
torily managed than was this race anu
all its details, rs well rs the behavior
Of people generally. The down tram
left on time. the race commehee9 On
time. was put through OH time, anu tne
eycursionists returned OH tinle' arrrI,
~- Xr;.u;u;o ,t ~. o'clock Il. II. all