Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-07

Yesterday. long before noon. the town
was all agog with preparations for the
,a..s. There wers double teams and
four.horse teams, aud single horses aud
saddle horses. and mule teams and all
sorts of teams, being brldl-d and sadd,ed
aud done all sorts OF things to. in rs red
hot, fiery haste as ever Sir Walter Scott
described, even at the celebrated wed.
ding Of young Lochinvar. As to our
selves, we had made arrangements for q
brace of fiery, untamed ste-ds, attached.
not to Roman chariot, but to a tine
Concord buggy, though We ought to say
that the said buggy. when VI got back,
was fine only in the. sense which meaps
segregation of the particles of physical
matter. However. We are not going to
anticipate. Along with the rest. some
wh-re about midday, III company with u
well-known citizen, We climbed into u
buggy, and, AS Dickens says, Shiny
yniian handed US the ribbons. We
then essayed to commence the journey
to the Four Mile House. but our steeds
were observation-disclosures wound not, ana
the other iutinlated by n terrific rumblipg
In his corpus that he could not go. We
were lncreduious, and thought our
Arabian chargers were playing possum
on us. So IN order to secure an advance
in the direction OF the race track, we got
Shiny William to put some shavlnss be-
meath the respective abdomens of our
painting steeds and thereunto apply u
match. The effect was remarkable. No
sooner did those snorting coursers feel
the flames licking aff-cuonately along
their TANKS than they started; and such
start! Our friend, who is prominent
mining Superintendent, Tell out sudden.
ly behind, and we would have followed
SUIT had it not been for that remar kab e
self-possession which always prompts us
to get behind brick wall when the boys
get playful with their pistols, we held on
to the reins, because the burned things
had got somehow entangltd with orr
fists, aud We couldn't let 70. Well,
away we went, but brought up at the
lower part of Main street to pick up our
lost passenger, aud to reht generally.
The damage done was considerable. viz. :
four bottles of whisky broken and their
contents meandering about the bottom of
the buggy, two bottles of champagne
ditto, three bottles of cocktails ditto,
though luckily real Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup had escaped destruction.
We scooped that in with great alacrity,
and was speedily joined by our compan-
ion. After getting fresh supply of
stores, We again made start, and this
time were successful, for we only lost
our hat, while our friend bit his cigar in
two; but We did not notice those trifies,
and bowled along to the course majestic
ally. We caromed upon several OF the
vehicles OF our friends as We went along,
but as it took oil their time to prevent
their horses running away, they had
none to spare for us, though We thought
occasionally that they must be out OF
humor with some one, for they did some
terrible swearing, especially when we
happened to lock wneels with them.
However, we reached the course in
safety, and found gay, bright and live
ly scene. The Jockey Club had con.
ns,ron,,.., ana Tho scsns wss sniivsn. A
go. n,r,h., n, ho,s.,nan and
~ ,n hr,a;.s w;,h emit. = srr;nL.
ing OF lady eQuestri-nnes.
~, W., C,,,h u IA a, w'rL s.ip,nn nnnis
with q volubility and readiness that
made one think that that must have been
his metier. As the time wore on and
the horses were being saddled and taking
their preliminary gailops, the excite