Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-23

Mrs Amos Nichols, knit cotton stOcklngs
Josie Brown, WilkinsOnvie, oil painting; Julia
Weston, traveling-bag and tldy Charlie Stearns,
natural history specimens; Addie Strpeer, l46U va
retes of buttons; Jarebed Seropian, slippers
jacket, scarf and table covers; Ida Ielts wax 1ow-
crs Ella Chatie, Oxford, hairwOrk; Lizzie AngeS,
quilt; Mrs Lyman Pierce, West BOylston, mat;
Sarah Howe Sterling, carriage robe; Mrs Caro-
line Holden Lancaster, carriage robe; A Stone,
bed quilt Elizabeth Jennson, Auburn, 50 years
old, bed quilt; Mrs VIM II Sanford knit bed quilt;
Barnard, sumner & Co. California blankets; Hat
tie Morse medley picturei Phebe NJ Kelsey, Y,
fancy wooden ware,
The committe on colts did not submit their re-
port
THE TRorTING,
in the afternoon, for which crowd was waiting,
began with the class for gentlemens driving horses
By three O'Clock there were seven or eight thou
sand people on the grounds, the grand stand seats
being filed and the track surrounded by carriages
and standing gazers. The judges for the races were
c. b. Pratt John L. Russell of Leicester and L. p
Gomez of Fitchburg.
In this race Gilbert Walker entered his brown
gelding, Billy Button, VIM. c. CLARK bay mare
Flora. r. NJ. Oaks bay stallion Young Barney, and
Chas N. Rowland chestnut gedng Richard Ill.
The race was for purse of 500 $50 to first, $50 to
second and $40 to third, best two in three.
Carks horse easily won the race in three straight
heats keeping the lead in each the whole distance
The race was close between Rowland aud Walker
in each heat Oaks was distanced for running in
the first, and Rowland for the same reason in the
third The winning horse led the Others long dis
tance on each heat.
SUMMARY.
Gilbert Walker ms br g Billy Button..." 9
WmC Clark ms IN Flora. =. .,...,...,, l
II NJ Oaks rs Young Barney. ...,..... dis
Chas Rowland MS oh Richard H.. dis
Tines, 2:53 2:51b
The next race was in the 40 class for purse of
$3.50 800 to first, $50 to second and $40 to third
Geo X Spur entered his chestnut gelding Rob Roy
Billiard, brown geding John Allen, and j ID
Whitney gray stallion Gray Morrill,, which, how
ever, drawn before the start, leaving the race
between the other two 1t was won in three straight
heats by Rob Roy; time 2 49, 2:42 and 2 al.
The 2:45 race was called, but Jordan, Wesson
and HOyle, who had entered, refused to trOt their
horses against Spurr's Reb; the race was de-
clared off and stallion race, or rather race in the
. 35 class, was made TO take its place The entries
were Moses DOllen's Clifford and j. d. Whitney's
Gray Morrill,, and the race was an exciting one,
both horses showing some fine steps. II was for
purse of 800, S75 10 first and S25 to second, and
was won by Clifford in three straight heats, time
$40, 2:40 and 2:4la. In each heat the gray broke
at the first turn and lost slightly but in the first he
gained the home stretch rapidly, coming in only
about head behind, and in the second and third
heats he gained on the home stretch surprisingly.
Clifford made his first half mile in 1lS1z on the
first heat and in rs in the second.
The closing race of the day was that of the three
minute class for purse of $50 500 to first $50
to second, and $40 to third; best in 8. There
were six entries, but only i've started VIM. Sher-
j H. Washburn entered bay mare Lady Williston,
S. Green black mare Mischief, S. II WessOn bay
gelding Major, Davis & Bowker sorrel mare lib,
and Austin Richards bay gelding Ballard. 1t was
claimed that Mischief, driven by Sherman, was not
the horse entered under that name, and some time
was spent in arguing the matter. AT last she
allowed to start under protest but heat showed
her to be too fast for the class and sine drawn.
The first heat being won by Mischief it amounted
to nothing on his being drawn On the second heat
Lady WillistOn came In well ahead and Major and
lib were distanced for running, which left it be-
tween Lady WisIOn and Ballard, the former win
ming with ease in three straight heats.
SUMMARY:
S. Green ms. blk m. Mischief. ......,..... dr..
Austin Richards ms. b. g. Ballard ....... 3 2 2
Davis Bowker ms. S. m. lib. .......... 5 dis.
G. I. Wesson ms. b.. G. Major .;;:.;;:,.;... dis;
Time: 2:53J$, 2:5O, 253, 2:54.
Everything went off without any bitches in car
rying out the programme, and the trotting was all
done nearly an hour before sunset. An interval was
filled by the exhibition of Solomon Shumway's
stallion Strideaway, which is a handsome bay horse
with white legs eight years old and weighing 1859
pounds; he is a son of PocahOntas and recently