Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-02
THE RACES.


The trotting races last Saturday, under
) the auspices Of the Buchanan Co. Ag-
ricultural Association, on the Few course
west Of town, were in the main success
Owing to the inexperiencc or inefficiency
of those having the matter in charge, the
arrangements for the first race advertised
were very imperfect 1t was found that
but one horse was entered for the race,
or was likely to be entered, and q delay
of two hours was the consequence, dur
ing which the crowd, waiting in the hot
sun, grew impatient and then slightly
cross. The tediousness of waiting, how
ever, was partially relieved by an improv-
Used race for running horses, half mile
dash for $40, for which were entered three
horses, viz: Bay gelding, Bud" by
John Bailey, of Jesup; Bay colt, "Prince,"
by NJ. r. Farris, of Jesup; and brown
gelding. entered by John Klotzbach.
The horses came to the winning post in
the order named, the time being 80 Sec
onds. BY this time another entry had
been secured for the $50 purse, the race
being omen for all horses which had not
beaten 1855. The horses entered were
Andy Alderman's black mare Bet" of
Cedar Falls, and black horse, belonging
to G. N. Gould, of Fayettc. But two
heats were trotted, both of which were
taken easily by the mare, in SOL and 500.
Now came the event of the day, which
was the race between 'Slccpy john" be-
longing to A. H. Trask, Of this city, and
"Homely Jim," owned by Andy Alder
man, of Cedar Falls best three in five,
for purse Of 5000. Much interest had
been felt in this race, and both horses
had warm friends and hackers on the
ground, each confident of the ability of
his favorite to win. The judges were H.
s. Cole, H. Birmingham and Jim Curtis,
who gave excellent satisfaction by the
impartiality and promptness of their de-
cisions. The horses were in splendid
condition and everything gave promise
of a close contest.
FIRST HEAT.-In the assignment OF
position, Homely Jim drew the pole.
Two or three Intellectual attempts to get
off were made, but finally the horses
were sent off side by side. At the word
ego" Honey Jim broke badly, and in
twinkling John rushed to the pole, and
before the first turn was two lengths in
the lead. Going down the back stretch
jim nearly recovered the loss, but broke
at the turn, and fell behind five or six
lengths. He made splendid dash on
the home stretch but without avail, John
taking the heat two lengths in advance in
2:3G. This heat was the finest trotting
of the day.
SECOND HEAT.-Considera time was
spent in scoring for this heat, and when
the word was finally given the start was
none of the best. The heat was closely
contested John took the lead at the
first turn, but came near losing it on the
back stretch where he made bad break.
Coming down to the work again, the
horses were neck and neck to the last
turn where John again opened space of
two lengths. which he kept down the
home stretch, and took the heat in $3.50.
THIRD HEAT.-The same delay in get
ting the proper send off occurred in this
heat az in the former one, the horses
coming down to the scratch several times
only to be sent back for another start
The word was finally given and off they
went neck and neck This also was
sharply contested heat, Jim making the
best effort for the lead he had yet shown.
They were side by side down the back
stretch to the turn where John drew a
length in advance, and maintained the
some to the end, winning the heat and
race in 2:43.
The crowd in attendance was larger
than was anticipated, the array of car
riages about the starting point contain
ing ladies curious to see the sport, being
quite imposing The track was in splcn-
did condition, the vclvcty carpet of
turf on either hand very pleasing to the
eye and all the ingredients of the scene
agreeable save the extreme heat and the
delay before mentioned. The amount
taken at the gate was about $3.50.
Go to A. Myers for all your Cloth.