Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-10-08
,,s,r TO THE TRACK.

r,s,r TO THE TRACK.
v,.,.r,sy James Cross, of the Jockey
r,s kind enough to invite us to
Wv, s ,ide to the race track, which we
''' s;lv accepted. After a pleasant spin
'0'. "a road to the Four-Mile House.
"" '. .rcb,sd at the track. Here we found
W.. a number of gentlemen who were
s s..ilr engaged in talking horse. Among
U We noticed W. L. Pritchard. E.
r,,,i.. J. Gilmer, W. c. Glissan, j..
wilson. D. Tarpey, ]. Finlayson, W.
n,rirg R. P. Dayton and several
'.s., piocbers. The track seems to us
;. h, in excellent order, smooth and
~.,, laid ont, We were informed that it
ma..,-ea one mile and three feet from
N. inside pole. A cOmmodious stand
,,o haep erected for the judges, and also
low ladies with their escorts. In
o oho,t everything seemed to be got up in
su shape. After looking over the
grounds through the good offices OF
Mr. Gross, we were permitted to take a
Iook at the horses that were i'll train
;no We first made the acquaintance
Js,suiuipe equine institution, named
I,sh Girl, the owner, Pony Brown, do
;rs me- bonors of the occasion. The
G, looked IN excellent condition, and
iufs il she could get up and dust, hav-
ingsbundance of muscle which seemed
shit we're put in the right place. The
Girl is entered in the quarter-mile dash
which comes off Saturday. In the next
box we found the little mare, Flush,
also owned by Mr., Brown. She seemed
as gay as lark and playful as kitten.
She was entered for the big purse, run
for on the third day, two miles, in b.
Our attention was next called to Gray
Mac, q trotter, the property OF w. w.
Davis. Mac looked as II he could and
would make some pretty nimble WORK
With those pins OF his. he Is entered In
@srottlng race which comes on to-day.
Bsies Mac, the contestants VIII be the
h-ss Colt, FRANK ana Duoiln Mad.
Mnext paid our respects 10 Mr.. fritch-
ads horse, Douglas. a good looking,
dik sorrei' plenty OF Done ana muscle.
Dug. appeared as II ne understood the
way 70 gu up ana gi'' ana AZ MS distance
VIII De dangerous opponent. he VIII
hgure IN the hali,miie dash on the sec
ond day and IN the quarter race on the
third day. bldding Dug. polte adieu,
We then called on Noriall, a hand
some oi0oa pay ana owned by Z. j.
lfa'is' Noriaii, 'nouSh ne mas such an
awkward sounding name, has nothing
clumsy ABOUT MN lie was Skipping
around Just as II me- IKE inc Guards OF
Waterloo wanted 10 pe up ana at EN-.
Alter leaving MS STABLE we were gravely
lshefed INTO the next, where we, note
DOCK IN nand, were ABOUT to enquire
tls pedigree OF the INDUSTRIOUS
charger before US, when big
saIaw from Inc crowd caused us to
LOOK li'tie closer when we found that
zoe tenant OF the aristoGrstic stable was
saaale mule AFTER mildly remonstrat-
ing WIN those VINO mad taken advantage
WI ulsusPecting innocence, we Tor
gNe mem anu passed on 10 the next box,
Slsfs we louno Liison S mare ADJ: The
Gi's lookeu iiesh ana neat and as II she
aa loI 'htehd 10 let vast amount OF
". .s. o YeBe'atlon sprout oeneath
r., iee. Sne WIN run To-Day with
rilIle anu Noriail ior the sl,o00 purse;
r -.s nsa's, peSl .nree III nVe. we then
VIVA peel az .roler-the barnes colt
, owned Dy L, }, Travis. The colt is
'-,s ,t lor Inc tfot today After wish
Rss 'u ST. vt,t 'Iyh, We maze our DOW 70
n sYo Soa .. n.Aa'u Tue morse seemed
msL A'o ons u, 't .i nnu appeared feady 70
bs A' t ono y. 'n3se long trips Tor which
,s.,an ,a sO. 49, ne Is entered as CON
w;n y. 'os 'ne ci'lZehS Sooo purse, which
tsa,. =. IT,. run u, On me second day; mile
lo"L o y, ua sniee IN I'VE. we then took