Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27
Last Weeks Races.

Inc rains Of Tuesday left the track and
weather in good condition for tho two days
OF trotting which followed. On Wednesday
afternoon the FIRST race was for those horses
that had never beaten three minutes. The
flrst money in this race, 800, was taken BY
storm King in three straight heats; time,
$50, 2.4S and 2.49. Storm King was entered
by A. II. Danforth of Rutland.
The second race for purse of $3.50, (sl25
to first, $75 to second, and $50 to third, }
open to all horses that had never beaten 2. 40,
was won by " Barney Kelley" entered by
L. NJ. Tierney of st. Adams. Time, 2.4O1,
2 Al and PA.
The number present Wednesday was quite
large, and the success of that day no doubt
enlarged the crowd on Thursday. The little
bay mare Nellie enlivened the exercises by
running away and wrecking what vehicle she
was harnessed to, having first spilled the
driver. She was not injured, however, and
did some fine trotting the next day.
Thursday afternoon there were nearly
5OOO people upon the grounds, and after
two or three heats trotted in the sun, tie
clouds came up and gave welcome shelter
from the August heat.
In the third race, which was open to all four
year olds, Ii. W. Gilman's Black Cloud took
the first two heats in 90 and 2.52. The
third heat Black Cloud fell behind, and YER
mont Belle from the Horse Stock Farm at
Shelburne, entered by O. F. Predmore, ami
T. NJ. Tierney's Fanny Street made dead
heat. In the succeeding heat the other
horses held Black Cloud in pocket, and
Vermont Belle came in ahead in 3.03. The
next two heats were easily won by Vermont
Belle in three minutes; she taking first
money and Black Cloud second.
The fourth race for horses that never had
beaten $50 saw in the first heat close race
between Henry Nute's Nellie and Storm
King, the two keeping far ahead of the eight
or ten others in the race, and almost side by
side the whole distance. Nellie won the
race in three straight heats; time, 2.424,
Alt and 2.42. Storm King took second
money; A w. Griswold's Black Knight
third, and Tierney's Colonel, fourth.
The last race was for purse of $500,
(Sl75, to first, S75 to second, and $50 to
third.) Three horses appeared to trot
Charles B. Billiards. Snow Flake, Jerry
Drew's Jerry Drew, and Tierney's Barney
Kelley. Jerry Drew did large amount oil
pacing before the start was accomplished
and Snow Flake did an equally large amount
of running after the word " 60 " was given
Snow Flake came in ahead, but the first hea
was given to Barney Kelley, owing to the
running in which the mare was indu, ged
In the second heat Jerry was distanced, and
the second and third heats were won by
Snow Flake in 33t and 2 37t. Snow Flax
also came in ahead of Barney Kelley in thu
| fourth heat, and was declared the winner.
was close question whether she had not ruI
sufficiently to give the heat to Kelley, ant
the crowd would have been pleased to hay'
had Kelley receive the benefit of the doubt
for his square work had enlisted their sym
pathies.
| The trot was the best ever had in tb,
State, probably, taken as a whole. Ih
number of entries was large and nearly pait
the purse money. This and the gate money
received was enough to more than clear tbost
who were interested in getting up the races
| Tho success of the whole enterprise WA
such that very likely repetition of it will
be seen next year. The judges were Georg
| Davis, L. t. Tucker and George Wilkins
The track was put in order by j. Warner
Bailey, and to him largely is the complete
success of the affair due.