Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-12
THE RACES

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entire trial.
THE RACES
were continued on Friday, the 5th instant
the first race being a running match, sin
gle dash of a half mile, in which VIM. B
Crawford entered his bay mare s'Trixey'
and j. Hoskyns his bay mare "Sylvia,'
both horses starting well and "Trixey'
| winning in 1:02.
TROTTING MATCH.
1 The second race was trotting match
best in 5, for horses which had not beaten
2:35; and purse of 5000, in which Brad
shaw entered his grey gelding ''Gayo,"
Moher & Darlington their bay stallion
'Don Carlos" and Smith his bay stallion
ssToodles." Gayo had the pole, Toodles
middle, and Don Carlos outside. In the
first heat the three started well, Gayo TAX
ing the lead soon after the start. and kept
it for the 1st, I'd and Sd quarter, Toodles
keeping well up, but on the home stretch
| Toodles pressed him heavily, and Gayo
| came in only a neck ahead, in IA.
| In the I'd heat all three started fairly,
Gayo taking the lead, and gained in the
LIST and I'd quarter in the Sd quarter
Goodies" commenced to rally, and took
the lead on the home stretch, maintaining
his own and coming in handsomely a length
and a half ahead in 2:40a.
In the Sd heat, heavy rain having com e
up, the horses started at a great disadvan-
tage, the track being heavy, Gayo again in
the lead, but in the I'd quarter Toodles
made q squirt and took the lead, and main
tanned it throughout, coming in in 2:51,
Gayo pressing him very closely in the Sd
and 4th quarters.
In the 4th heat Toodles, from the start
in the lead, and an animated trot was the
| result, though the track wasvery heavy.
Gayo endeayored to gain the lead, and
pressed Toodles from the word go. In the
home stretch the trot was most exciting,
Gayo warmly contesting for.the heat, but
Toodles seemed less oppressed by the mud
dy condition Of the track and came in
ahead in 2:599.
The last two heats were remarkable for
the time made in a heavy track and in the
rafn-the drivers at the end of this heat
were perfectly saturated with water, and
weighed about Is pounds heavier than
when they commenced the 1st heat.
This heat gave the purse to Toodles,
time 2:4Oa; 2:51 and 2:59a.
PACING MATCH.
In the interim between the trotting
heats, owing to the appearance Of a rain
coming up, the pacing match for $75 was
commenced with Cridland's grey gelding
"Gray Dan,' and Wilson's sorrel horse
BILLY FRENCH entered, Dan getting the
pole.
In the 1st heat, Dan took the lead and
kept it throughout, coming in about 20
feet ahead in 2:414
In the I'd heat Dan agsin took the lead
and came in about the same distance ahead
in 2:434.
Owing to the rain coming on the other
heats were postponed ill Saturday, as well
as the running match Keats, the trot for the
$500 purse.
On Saturday at 8 P. M, the pacing
horses were called to the stand for the Sd
heat when the start was made, Dan in the
lead and continuing throughout, winning
the heat in 1852, and thereby winning the
purse.
RUNNING RACE.
The next race was a running match for
$50, quarter of mile, best 2 in 3, in which
Woodson's Deception,' Clatterbuck's
"Buck Rabbit " and Hoskyns' "Sylvia"
were entered, Buck Rabbit having the
pole, Deception the middle and Sylvia
outside.
In the first heat a pretty fair start was
made with Buck Rabbit in the lead, but
Deception gained it in about one hundred
yards, and came in 80 feet ahead of Buck
Rabbit, and Sylvia about same distance in
rear, time % seconds.
In the second heat foul start was made.
and Deception's rider, a small boy, was
unable to hold him in, until he had made a
half mile at full speed. Finally, after sew
eral efforts, the three got an equal start,
Deception taking the lead. Buck Rabbit
pressed him much closer than before, and
in coming in made tremendous efforts to
take the lead, but the rider of Deception
piled whip and spur and came in three
lengths ahead in the same time-28 Sec
onds-thereby winning the race.
Notwithstanding the rain during several
days, the trials of speed were most ANNA :
ted. the matches being well contested by
the fine bred horses present, and are pre-
cursor Of superior trotting and other
matches in the Spring and Fall hereafter.
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasant
ness of the occasion to the number of spec
tators, among whom, as reported in last
VINDICATOR, were many ladies. Indeed,
the greatest interest was exhibited by all
present, which evidences that an improved
stock of horses in this section will be the
result Of the continuation, each half year,
of these trials of speed at the Baldwin
Augusta Fair Grounds.
We must not forget the praise due to
Mr.. J. H. Snapp, for the splendid condi-
ton in which he has put these grounds,
and especially the track, and the pluck and
energy he has exhibited in initiating lively
tests of speed in this vicinity.
| NARROW EsCAPE.-On Thursday night
last Capt. Garrett G.. Gooch, of Staunton
being detained at Louisa c. H., where the
express train does not stop, waved a light
| To ston IL to oct on The anoinaar slowed