Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-08
Rutland TrOtting Park.

Rutland TrOtting Park.
The first day of the second meeting of
the Rutland Park Association was in
augurated yesterday by two trots, both
of which were in general respects hand
some ones, though in some respects liable
to censure, as for foul driving, whipping,
running, etc, to none of which we propose
to devote space to enumerate, but merely
give general statement of the races and
their result
The first race for purse of $50 was
contested for by Trollope, Young Column
bus, Shoe Fly, No Name, and Tam
| OShanter. 1t was for colts years old
and under, and Tam" being only two
year old, and remarkably small in size,
excited the sympathy of the spectators,
and when he exhibited superior speed in
the first heat he was loudly theered. he
is a good one for his age, and with size
and years on him, he will make fast one.
The race was won by Shoe Fly, who took
the second and third heats, Tam O'Santer
winning the first and nearly distancing
the field. Time, $40, 311, 3 10.
The second race was for purse of $40,
mile heats, best in 5, to horness, for
horse. who had never beaten 3 minutes
and there were entries as follows:
Nor h-rn Light, Nelly King, Kitty Hast
ings. Backbird, No Name and Dennis.
On coming 10 the score d protest was
entered against Dennis, it being claimed
that he had recorded time inside of 3
minutes The claim was considered, but
he WAS al owed to go under the protest,
the judges reeerving their right not to al
low him the money under the rules, If he
Won, and Mr.. Mcdonald, the driver, con-
senting to trot him under such q decision
T We heats were trorted, the first, fourth
and MN OF wnIol, were won ny Dunni-
and the second and third by Kitty Den
MS wa. evidently the fastest strotter, and
came in ahead in all the five heats,
though he driver could hardly be called
as honest as his animal, for on the second
and third heats, Kitty would evidently,
a. we saw the race, have passed Dennis,
who was 81 far ahea d on each start as to
secure the pole just after the send-otf; but
ON the little mare com ing to his wheel or
breechen, the horse would go off his feet
and un4ccountably gain length or more
| Two heats being decided against Mr.. Nc
Donald Tor this kind of work, it was evil
dent he had to promise better fashions.
So on the fourth and fifth heats, he took
his usual place at the start, and trotted
Dennis fair and square throughout and
attained such lead as to make his oppo.
nent narrowly escape distance in each
heat. The race was awarded him and the
time given, 2,49, 248E, 2 A. ? 464, 2.49.
LECTUREs-We are glad to be able to
report to our readers that the 7. M. G. A.
lecture committee have been faithfully at
work securing lecturers for our course
next winter. They have corresponded
with long list of former ''stars' but
Coughs health will not permit him to
lecture many times next winter; Senator
Wilson finds he cannot lecture next sea-
son Oliver Wendell Holmes will not
speak out of Boston; Geo. w. Curtis re-
grets that ne cannot accept the invitation
Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Sumner,
E. II. Chaplin, and Prof Murdoch are on
the temporary retired list, etc, etc.
But, nevertheless, we may be somewhat
disappointed by not having some of the
aforementioned names in our list of leo
turers, we do not hesitate to say that the
committee have exercised excellent judg-
ment in selecting the names they have so
far as the list ia made up.
The course will be opened early in
November by Miss Anna E. Dickinson,
who is great favorite in this vicinity,
and too well known to need any special
notice.
The orders of the lectures has not been
arranged, as the list is not completed, and
we can only speak of the lecturers who
have already been engaged, in an intro
ductory way. 81
Prof w. G Richards has a splendid
course of scientific lectures. and whole
course by him would not only be very
beneficial to our community, but would
be most entertaining. He will probably
give US bis Matter King" which is a
careful and comprehensive memoir of the
royal elements in the Cosmos: crowded
with the most brilliant experiments in
combustion. The testimonials before us
in favor of Prof Richards are most fatter-
ing. At first thought it may seem doubt
ful that a sufficient amount of apparatus
to we'll illustrate these lectures can be
transported from place to place, without
mourning an expense too large for lecture
committees generally to consider but the
Professor has his apparatus all adapted to
his use, and promises us lecture second
to none in his department He has sew.
eral lectures especially for the instruction
of public and private schools, which fact
our board of education would do well to
consider.
Mr.. Justin McCarty, the distinguished
essayist and lecturer, whose connection
with the London Morning Star during