The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-07-12
THE JULY RACES.


There was q fair attendance at the
races on last Friday and Saturday, and
much interest was manifested. Onl
the
FIRST DAY,
At . o'clock Z. NJ, u running race, SIM
gle dash OF ] mile, came Off betweci
'frrifie,n owned by Ross, and "BuckL
skim by Gird, for a purse of SOD
with gate fees added. This was thd
prettiest race we have witnessed fol
many day, and it excited the wildestj
interest among the spectators. The
contest was SO close that it was impos1
sible to determine which would wiiJ
until the racers came on the home1i
stretch, when "Trihlea gradually gain
ed un ''Buekskin" and came out a fewI
feet ahead, making the best time ever
made in Linn county-1:isa.
Ats o'clock there was u trotting
race, l mile heats, : in 3, Tor u purse OF
500, with CUTE fees. There were
three entries, as follows: 'Bones.n by
Grid, "Minnie," by Montgomery,
"Antelope," by Coudell. The latter is
n fine t%rotter, but broke badly in every
heat and galloped almost the entire
distance around the track. Bones
took the first heat by a mere Scratch
.'Minnie'' took the second quite hand
somely, and "Bones" gobbled up the
third heat and race by a very tight
squeeze, "Minnicn pressing him all
the way around. Time, 3:Soi--3:sl--
3:3a.
G DAY.
At l o'clock p. NJ, running, mile,
purse 500. Grid entered "PIough-
boy" and Ross "Hiram AbiG.." The
former won the race in 81 seconds.
At = o'clock L. NJ, running, mile
heats, > in 3, for u purse of $500, with
gate fees added. ; Grid entered 'sBuck-
skin" and Ross entered "rrile." In
the first heat the horses had an even
start, but '.Triie" shot past her adver-
sary like the wind and took the track
in less time than You could say "Jack
Robinson" She kept her advantage
and came out several feet ahead, win
ming the heat in l:+9. The second
heat both horses seemed to be held in,
but the rider of ',Trifie" appeared To-
have much greater difficulty in keep
lug her back than did he of 'sisack-I
skin" The latter won the heat by
about nall a length, in 1853. On the
third heat the mare seemed To have
lost her ambition from the start, but
still she pressed ~"Buekskin" very
closely all the way round, yielding
him the heat and race by only u few
feet. She is a beautiful little animal
and runs like y wild gazelle, but
"Buckskin'' appea, ed to get the best
OF her on wind and distance. There
was great excitement exhibited during
the progress of this race. The a
was the favorite from the time of their
appearance on the track, and the
''sports" gave heavy odds on her,
Great was their establishment o nd cha
grin when "Buckskin" pranced off to
his stable with the iaurels of i cory
clustering his proudly arching neck.
Thus ended the July races, which.
passed of pleasantly to all concerned.
The horses will remain upon the
grounds and be kept in training for
our approaching County Fair.
THE OTHER SIDE.-A good one hap
pened at the celebration here on the
Fourth. Gen. Nesmith was one of the
audience who were intently listening
to the imprisoned and patriotic ora
ton of Ur. Curl, when q red-haired
specimen of the genus homo from the
''rural deestricks' sided up to "Nez"
and asked him if he was ''goin' to
speak after that man %(rneaning Curl
got through ?" mo, sir" answered
Nez, "I have no thought of doing So"
The man looked greatly surprised and
disappointed, hung his head for a mo-
ment, and at last looking up with a
still astonished gaze, blurted OUT
"Weil, amt anybody goin' to speak on
the other side?" Nez got out of there
so he could have an open field to fly To
pieces in case he should ''bust'' with
HILARIOUS laughter.
FROM THE CAscADEs.-Mr. Hin
man, who lives at Camp Polk, o the
Eastern slope of the Cascade Noun
tains, on the Lebanon and Oehoco
road, about so miles from here, arrived
in this city during the week with nine
head of beef cattle, which he sold to
Mr.. Harris, one of our Albany butch
ers, for 6 cents per ID. They were re-
markably fat and fine looking cattle,
one-of them weighing q little upwards
of 900 lbs. This is the first installment
of beef cattle ever driven to this mar
ket from east of the Cascades, but as
Mr.. Human has realized so handsom-
ly in this enterprise, it will doubtless
be a common occurrence hereafter.
THOSE PLUGs.lThem ornery plug
uglies disturbed the quiet OF our Natal
Day somewhat, with their stack-pfpe
artillery mounted on a log wagon and
a yoke of Ross Humphreys swift
footed gazeiles ('Buck and Berry'') to-
pull it. The goddess of liberty in full
Dolly Warden suit rode astride of