The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-11
Horse Race Extraordinary.

ORWELL, W., March Z, 1874.
AS horse trots and trotting horses are
claiming large share of the public atcn-
ton through the columns of THE GLOBE,
thought brief account of race that came
off IL Orwell would interest your readers.
Orwell has lots and lots of fast horses,
and lots and lots Of men who talk horse
men who talk all day, and get out of bed
nights, and talk horse. This state of af-
fairs think is peculiar to Orwell Il local
malady as il were. While some were taiE-
ing of their fast horses, two of our "ladyes
far" proceeded to Lemon FAIR" Ga cor
ruption of the original name, "Lamcntablc
Affair, " and then and there did astonsb
the men who talk horse. Your reporter,
from secluded, but somewhat distant
position by the aid of doubled arrecd
field-glass, was enabled to take the follow
ing notes.
TRoTTING oN LEMON FAIR MARCH %. 1874
Match for oyster supper half mile heats
best 2 in 3. Judgcs-Dr Martincau, DR.
Woodward, Miss Blanche Haskins
Miss Ann Smith entered b m Peggy"
Miss Della Hammond entered Lower
Canada.
After several Intellectual attempts,a good
''send Off was finally got. Peggy taking
alightcd TO examine the harness, when
Lower Canada closed up on her at ter
rife rate, thereby causing Peggy" to break
and put for the east shore-about mile
distant. Miss Hammond on discovering
this state of affairs allowed Lower Cana
da' to jog in, winning the heat hy-wcll
some distance. Time 1921
In the second heat Miss Smith became
desperate, and aftera few words of advice
to Peggy" the word was given to co.
This heat was closely contested from the
start. " Lower Canada broke badly
on the last half of The second quarter, al
lowing Peggy to 90 by, which she did in
fine style. Miss Smith after waiting at the
home-stretch some fifteen minutes for Miss
Hammond to come in, drove TO the south
shore and cut switch, returning III time
to see Z" Peggy come in recling with foam
Time $1:23.
After the partakng of lunch Gas it was
high noon the ladies prepared 10 lrot the
third heat At this juncture Miss iIa,kins
declared she would have to leave. as She
must build that redngotc for the next sur
prise party. After an hour of earnest en-
treaty and eXpostuaiion she finally agreed
to remain and ''see the end out
While the horses were being led back
preparatory to trotting the third heat, your
reporter by persistently rubbing two drv
sticks together "a la lndian) succeeded in
starting a fire The cold was intense and
even newspaper correspondent could not
be expected to freeze even if it was during
a horse race. After eating handful of
ice felt prepared for the trying moment
which would soon come.
Allowing the horse, to blow fifteen or
twenty minutes. Miss llaskins, the starter.
said something more about rednGotes, when
both horses pricked up their ears and
event. Talk about Joe Brown, he would
have been nowhere. Both horses realized
the importance of the moment, no doubt
and amid the shouts of the spectators,
(your reporter, strained every nerve. AT
the quarter bush they were (the horses,
not the spectators) neck and neck, and
Lower Canada" by Il tremendous effort,
with Miss Hammond gushing" on the
lines with all her strength, succeeded in
reaching the half mile bush three inches
in advance of Peggy" Time S1,24a.
Thus ended tie race of the season. These
horses are young and full of spirit, (their
drivers ditto, or they would never have
stood the strain" We may look for some
more trotting by the same horses ere long.
when | will keep you posted as to the re-
suit will add 'yours truly" hasn't had
an invitation to the ''oyster supper" so
am not biased in making an impartial re-
port of the race. The following is a sum
mary of the race
SUMMARY.
IeBgy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l