, 1870-06-15
SPORTING MATTERS.
A Celebrated Long Race Rider in
Town Proposed Contest at
Dexter Park.
4 Marine Affair ef HszsF t-Challtase from
Rudslrhe to Joseph Dion.
The Turf,

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Johnny Taylor, tho celebrated rider aonInst
time, whose remarkable achievements In Calfor-
Ela and the Territories have attracted attention
throughout the world, hss recently arrived In Chi.
caso, On his way to New York, where he is to cx-
ecute one Of his stupendous riding feats At Jerome
Park. by special engagement HIS peculiar eoues-
trtan prowess consists In accomplishing, on horse
brcf. q velocity and distance within q given
space 81 time, s1,ch ss are generally within the
scope OF railway locomotives. TaylGrs 1rst feat Of
thif character was performed In San Frauclsco, In
H III a. w1lGn a5a a9s ne he Mss performer in Jaek
that he had boy In his company who coIl,d ride
200 miles in fifteen honrs. Taylor Accomplished
Ills next attempt was 10 Sacramento, where he
rode for pure against the San FRANCISCO time.
Undertaking 10 do 800 miles In fourteen hou.S.
THIS tlme be begaa before daylight In the morn
~ the cool OF the day. In the midst Of a dense
fog which arose at daybteak, the horse which he
had inst abandoned for fresh one got loose from
the assistants, and ran away along the track, In m
oppoaite direction from that In which TAYLOR was
ridlng: While gailoplng at full speed, collision
% ensued between the two horses, both the animals
broken leg and other severe injuries
In June, 1860, at sacramento, Taylor rode Ioo
miles IN -FOUR hours and twenty minutes. HIS Iast
last when be got over nifty milea In one hour f1fty
e!ght minutes and th1rty-three seconds, Eighteen
horses were required Tor this race Some OF the
AoahEa NC ioue IHlCe round, at single heat and
one three times; most OF them, however, he rode
only once round: A. the further aide Of the track,
IN the vicinity Of the half-mile post, he had fresh
horses also waiting, and had to change At that
poinf on two or three occasfonR When coming In
en- the home stretch, II the horse he rode W.s Oh
served 70 be failing. fresh horse was taken out
to meet him. and exchanged; this was done also
TWO or three times One very interesting featpre
70 notice Tas the extreme fapidity and facility
WIN which ne changed horses at the stand. 1
fresh one ready saddied and brtdled was held
There, and when ha rode up rTo or
three men would seize his horse and
assist HIN to leap down and into the saddle Of the
other horse, these changes thus occupying far less
time than 1t takes for us to write about them. IN
deed, the Last dozen or twenty heas he mas not
allowed to touch the ground ut ali, but was simply
picked Of one saddle and placed into the other.
with slap bestowed upon his horBe,s {umu Il,
order to start him Oh in q hurry.
In the absence Of turf events at Dexter Park. II
Is proposed that Taylor shall ride nfty miles
against time lE Chicago friend agreeing 10 stake
500 TINT he can do 1t IN TWO hours The pafk
management think well Of the plan, believing that
the public would be greatly Interested In wltuess-
Ing ouch test OF horscmansnip and endurance,
and 1t Is probable that Saturday June 25 win bp
selected as the occasion. Az q novelty, and m
RfIatT of exciting Interest, such a race could
srgr fall n q lam