Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10

National independence. Our village peo-
pie were aroused from their slumbers at
the unreasonable hour Of five o'clock by
the drum aud fife, to the music of which
the Antiques and IIorribles" paraded the
streets for about two hours. Those who
remained in bed during the parade for the
purpose OF "a little more folding of the
hands to sleep" don't hnow what they
lost. The appearances of the recruits Was
horrible i'm the extreme, while the charac-
ter presentations could not be improved
upon. We will not attempt to describe
their individual appearance, but invite
our readers to witness the next parade of
the kind for themselves.
THE ANNUAL RACES
at the Riding Park commenced at 10 4.
NJ. Only one purse-for horses that never
beat minutes-was trotted for in the
forenoon, Lancaster Boy" owned by
Mr.. Robert Champlin, being the winner,
taking the first two and last heats.
"Minnie Clay" bay mare, from Coati
cook, made the contest close, taking the
third heat. The following is the
SUMMARY:
Purse Of S1j open to horses that never beat
minutes.
6. NJ stevens MS. g. g. Lancaster Boy, 2 /
j. VI. Johnston, Coaticook, ms. b. IN.
Minnie Clay, l
Thos. Tricky, Coaticook, ms. blk. e,
Darkness, )
Time, 800, SOL, 2.55. 2.5j.
The races in the afternoon were also
closely contested and consequently ex-
cited a good deal of interest among the
spectators. As our attention was taken
up with the game of base ball in progress
at the same time, we are unable to give Il
detailed report of them. There were
three entries for each race and four heats
were required in the first to decide TIL.
contest.
SUMMARY:
Purse of 500 open to all horses that never beat
| 2.I5.
y. c. Sanborn, Concord, y. H., Ms. b.
m. Richmond Girl, |
j. s. Smith ms. b. (. Dan Trull, 3 ?
! G. NJ. Stevens ms. z z. Grey Eaton,
Time, go, 2.46, 249, PAS.
! Purse of 1928 open to all horses.
G. S. Locke, Concord, \. H., MS. b. 5.
! John Franklin, l
\. C. SanbOrn, Concord, n. ", ms. br.
III. Fleetwing, . 2 ,
G. NJ. stevens ms. G. &. Goodenough, 3
Time, 2.3i, 2.30, 239.
TIE BASE BALL MATCH between the
Auroras, of COlebrook, and the Stars, of
Lancaster, was unquestionably the most
interesting and best played game ever
witnessed in Coos county,, The Auroras
won the choice of innings and took the
field. 1t was evident at the outset from
the number of "fouls" struck by the Ian
caster boys that Woodbury's pitching
troubled them, and the three outs in tho
first inning were occasoncd by fly balls
from the bats Of players usually consid
cred safe strikers. Only four runs were
scored by the Stars in the first inning
and tbs visiting club took their turn al
the bat evidently full of courage. They
struck heavily, but exhibited too mucl
timidity in running bases; which was
undoubtedly OcCasioncd, to a great de
gree, by the vigilance of jackson
and Whidden, pitcher and catcher
of the Stars; as result only
two runs were scored during the
inning, three players getting left on thcil
bases. In the second inning the Stars
were retired with but one run, but they
went the visitors zone better" putting
them out without score. Ia the mex
inning the Stars were likewise white
washed, while the AuroraS were per
mittcd to score but one run. Thus Al
the end of the third inning the score
stood 3 to .. In the fourth inning thu
Stars made eight runs, aud by this time
appeared TO have regained their courage
and confidence III final success. The Au
roraS retired with three runs in the same
inning. In the remaining five innings thu
Stars got seven runs and were white
washed twice. In the same innings The
AuroraS scored three runs and were
whitewaShed in three. But two double
plays were made during the game boil
by the Stars, in the fifth and sixth inning,
, respectively. In the fifth VIII CoburN
short stop, and in the sixth, Burbeck
second base, captured flyS and passed TIN
ball into first base just in time to put gu
one of their opponents, in each case, whit
was trying to return to the first from
) which he had been forced by his sue
cessor at the bat. We noticed some par
ticularly fine playing by members O
the Colebrook nine, but not knowing thei
names we are unable to particularize. Tn
= final score stood 20 for the Stars and
: for the AurOraS, as follows:
STARS ATpnDtc