The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-19
. T i FAIR..

i THE. EA1Ra-
Saturday was tle, closing day Of tue
Fair, and being TIC last day Of the week
as well, the attendance was not large
compared with that Of Friday. Still
there were several hundred persons on the
grounds, and the races were watched with
as much interest, apparently, as on any
preaea Ia'ths Judges stand We
notice qapt AZ Wilson and DR.. Hanson
ChapltneI both presidents Of the asso-
citation. Thesegentlemen, in conjunction
with Thos. Hornbrook, Esqr., served as
judges on the occasion, and were highly
comp'imented for the fairness and cor
rectness Of the decisions made by them.
The second race on the programme was
the first one called, by consent, and was
fora premium Of 800, silver plate furnish
ed by the proprietors of the stamm and
Kelm hotels-mile, heat, 3 best in s. The
entries were Kate Ferran, shrmisher,
Kitty, Wells, Andy johnson, Cat Bird and
John B. Only the three first named start
edt-the others having been Withdrawn.
The horses got away in fine style, and the
heat was one Of the most exciting wit
messed during the Fair. The speed was
not remarkable, but the marc Q1ate F.
and the horse were evenly matched, and
ran neck and neck almost the entire heat
The former, however, crossed the score q
short distance in advance Of her competi-
tor, 2:O14H Kitty Wells was distanced and
ruled out .s.,s
When the horses were called up for the
second heat some objection was made 70
Kate Ferran's rider, and the judges order.
ed another boy TO take his place. The
bell was tapped, and after some difficulty
The stranger got into the saddle on the
mares back, when she reared, and falling
over, came ii near crushing the rider. Her
owner then Withdrew heriand skirmtsher
ran the heat alone and wPs declared The
f,s. 70 u 75J9i"HlH "t ~ .-'
WINNER sbrnA14. na 9e
Kate Ferran. ......s:.-!.l Withdrawn
KittT wait. = dist ~ sl
Kate Eerran's time s:O14s skirmisheTs
not taken. g,.rg4 y7sy .rl
The second rage was double team
trot, for premium offered by Daily
City Hotel, valued at 800 silver plate)
mile heats, best 8 in 5. There were four
entries, viz: Roam Billy and mate; Black
Hawk and mate; Kate Kearney and mate;
Lucretia Borgia and mate. The first and
last named teams, only, started. Roam
Billsas mate, was Capt. Graham; while
Chante was that of Lucretia =Borgia. In
the first heat Lucretia broke badly, and
so demoralizeds Chanee,l that their op.
ponents wonlin 3:O84. THE second heat
was watched with more interest il posi-
Bile than the first. This time Lucretia
kept herfeet, and went squarely to work.
Chance, however, !" skipped " once or
twice. but was soon brought up by Mr.
Reynolds, who held the ribbons. Cheers
went up as Franks team passed the score
about two lengths in advance of Billy and
Capt. Grahnm. .4 ~ z ,o4lIgtaE
The third heat was repetition. of the
first-Lucretia breaking badly. Frank
did ALI his power to get her down to
the work, but it was no use. 1t was her
day for skipping" and skip" she would.
AS the result Of her pertinacity in that
direction, she and her mate were istanced,
which Of course ended the race.
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