Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-30


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SACRAMENTO, Sept. 90, 1872.
EDITOR News: Well, the Fair aud
big race" are over, and Sacramento
Is preparing to take her annual sleep
The last two days were very
exciting. On Friday, the favorite, May
Howard, was roundly beaten by that
little steamboat
Moscow.
Next to Lady Blanchard, he was
the handsomest horse here. Coal
black, shorter bodied than May. but
round and graceful, with long flowing
name and tail, when coming down
the home stretch with head up. ears
forward, eyes large and positive, as
though determined not to DO outdone:
nostrils wide open and red. name ana
tail streaming back and his long strides
seeming short. so rapid were tiiey
taken. he was the most beautiful sight
imaginable, and completely filled ONE
idea Of a perfect horse; and tnen no
seemed to know he had won, Tor wnen
driven up to the stand he looked at
the Others with au expression which
plainly said, 81 told you l would beat
YOU" It IA variously estimated that
from $50, 700 to $l50.00O changed
hands on this race. some pools selling
as high as 5000 on May Howard
the night before. At the track saw
after the first heat n $500 pool on May
Howard sell for 81 50. and a $500 poo
sell Tor $3.50 This was far the most
exciting race Of the whole. Yesterday
Tho Great Tros
Between the Eastern mares, Lucy n
Goldsmith Maid, came of and a per.
feet sell It was, from first to last, with
the exception Of the second heat, which
you know was made in 2:l7A, but
Budd Doblo acknowledges that there
was a mistake. He said he "did not
think they were going SO fast" Ev-
ery one said it was an imposition In
every respect. In the first place, they
had the race tho day after the Fair, so
the Fair tickets were If no use. Then
they charged twice the usual price to
90 In, which WAS 81. and 50 for re-
served seats, and after all they only
spceded the horses. for It could not be
called a race where one horse was
kept Just so many feet behind the
other, no matter what time was made.
Gsidsmith Maid.
Lucy I have described. Goldsmith
Maid Ia much smaller and more grace
fully formed, with a heavy tail that
sweeps the ground. They are about
the same color-dark bay. Next Sat.
urday they are to try their speed
against the California favorite, Occi'
dent, ut the Alameda track. Then
there Will a race worth seeing.
Oecidcst ~
Is by far the handsomest horse Of the
three, and made some very good time
at a jog trot yesterday. The Califor'
mans are wild over him. o When the
racers were presented with their beau
full clothes. the day before BY Main &
Winchester, the crowd shouted and
harrahed until they were hoarse, every
time Occident pricked up his ears,
| switched his tail or any II spoke hi:
name. Many n thousand dollars vii
be staked OH him through that feeling
| OF rivalry more than through Judg'
ment.
The pacing race. which took place
| afterward, appeared to be an honest
one. though little interest was taken
In 1t, hundreds going away before II
came OIL. Pools were selling, anyhow
Grand Exodus.
Everything that could carry passen'
gers went of last evening craumed te
suffocation. People rushed ell masse
out Of this place as Don as they could,
and all went cursing 1t in tones both
loud and deep. Every II here seemed
anxious to out-do the other In getting
the most money tor the least possible
accommodation. They call the State
Fair a subsidized horse race"
Chsieo stock.
"Chloe," Maj. Bidwell's COW, which
I mentioned in my last letter as the
largest one here. Is Ish hands high,
and weighs 1900 pounds, and her cal
| Of three months, between six ant
| seven hundred pounds. Among the
horses there WAS. besides a number o.
remarkably fine draught stations, q
cream colored one OF three years,
weighing 100 pounds. called Young
John Bull. which tor grace and beauty
combined with strength aud dociltty,
excelled all others So much for the
raceS and animals, which. In reality,
was about all Of Importance there WA
about this fair. Now let Us take a
peep
AZ the Pavilisa.
10 get there one has to run the risk
OF breaking his legs or neck falling
over the rough sidewalks, II such cor
duroy strips with hole, between de-
serve the name, for it is dark Us Egypt,
the city not having pride enough to
light even one street for u week. But
what can be expected Of such meiI a.
are the trustees Of the city common
scrub butchers, etc, who never had
anything themselves, and do not know
any better. Well. after a series oi
ground aud lofty tumbling that would
do credit to Jack Wilson's circus, We
find ourself at the pavilion, out oil
breath, and In a-profuse Precipitation.
although the evening Is delightfully."-
cool, but thankful that we have no
bones broken. What q jam! but by
vigorous exertion we crowd In and
slowly. by going with the current.
make the circuit. However, we failed
to find ANYTHING particularly remark