The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-27

Ab-NAf'
Seygtsi u the leading business house.
oi Wheeling, have their representatives,
here, and they all DO q good business.
"I.arney' Car il representing Logan,
Lit y Co.; Will bennington !, aocom.
m5ia,ing the people, and Thomas Hughes
by ceiling good clothes; and Noble, litter.
ally A. well a. nOminallyi. selling hat.
for 5. y. Pra,her.
H0E.E TRAINING AND HORSE RACING.
will stake Levi. county against the
World iDr hOrsc trading aud horse racing
and 4 believe | will venture to 60 it
alone The country people out this way
have an inherent disposition to swap
horses, and Il no opportunity il offered
for the qualification Of the propensity,
they pine and die at once While going
out to the fair ground. this morning, il
W.. 4. much .. wc could DO to get
through the frantic crowd Of hor-emeu
thu, had b.JckadCd the road, and were
engaged every one Of them in arguing
abou, the spee,l Of their respective hor.e.,
and in enumeFaiing hundred or more
good qualities which they never posses.
ed ! have never seen ,uch an array Of
"rlr..7 ince I left Florida last winter,
and have heard 80 much talk about
hgr.c. within the last two days that | am
,oreIy di.gus,ed with hor'e flesh Of every
kind. These trader. have peculiar
slang Of their gTn which i a. musical n
a. anything ever produced in the mining
IL IT. Ill.,. . . !.
wi.he. 10 -,rik = trade with another he
say.
How'LL rot CIT?
"Lot me plough your field fyr you, OF
Use. other phrases with the same force
Of expression about them. | heard Of
one trade yesterday in which bottle Of
whisky va given by one party to the
other i. boot. The man Who got the
shi.ky drank it up; and then he and the
other fellow got into fight to settle the
question az to WHO should have the bot.
tie. In another case a quarter vas agreed
nTCn A. the difference in value Of the two
h0f.e', and after the money had been paid
over and the trade closed the two men
vent 10 tossing coppers To see who should
have both horses. After leaving the
grounds lat nigh, came up to the
Bailey House expecting 10 get out Of the
range Of the turbulent traders, but had
no, been in town very long until the
street. we're fairly swarming with them. |
satdown on the stepsoi the hotel and gave
way to disappointment and distraction.
The trading stock Of the country il very
poor, but there are sOme Of the
BEsr BLOoDED HORSES
here that have seen at any Of the fair.
thi- fall. In the vicinity Of Weston,
there ia a good deal Of interest
taken in the raising Of thoroughbred
hor.e. Mr.. lOuis Bennett's sorrel mare,
CaflOtta. by imported Australian, and her
colt, Ieyerie, by boswell, have bcen adj
mired By all lovers Of the noble steed
who have attended the fair. The sire Of
Reyefie ha. been mentioned by the editor
Of the Trf FUH and Farm "a having one
Of the hest pcdigtees Of any horse in the
United State.. Mr.. VIC. bennett, the
President Of the Fair Association, has
horse from Kentucky
which haa attracted fair share Of sight
sccr'.
There we're probably 1850 people here
to-day 10 witness the race, some Of which
we're quite interesting.
A WALKING RACE
came oil just after dinner, in which eight
young counltymen contested. Calvin
won ii, tied the red premium
card to hia ear, and circulated through
the crowd to cIhibi. himaeli Calvin was
the subject Of much admiration.
IN the trotting rare Of the three min.
ute elias, Virginia Wnggoner won in two
.,raigh, heat.. Time, 3:l7! and 1924.
The race II the $3.50 class Wa. won by
Lloyd lIursey's horse in 1871 and $50.
In the pacing race Of the three minute
rlasl Eismans bay horse came out ahead
in 3.lss and 3.Ol In the $40 race Da-
VISIONS bay mare won in 3:l9i, 3:l2! and
Bill.
THE swEErsTABEs PACING RACE
wa, won BIZ the inevitable Grey Dan in
IA and 3i2i. The big race Of the day
c,Wecn sweeIstake trotters did not come
III till very late in the evening, after
many Of the country people had gone |
home. The race was not very fast one, |
lut was close enough 10 lie exciting. |
There we're three entries Moscow, Belle |
lie Blonde and Joe. Moscow, owned by
stidland, took the first premium Of 800 |
IN 2iGt and 2j2. The second purse Of
SO was awarded to Belle de Blonde,
owned By Curl, Of Pennsylvania.
The crowd wla not more than half 60
large to-day as it wa' yesterday, Braxton
county having gone home lasteyening af.
Ter the balloon ascension. The Lewis
'ounty Fair Of this year haa bcen very
,ool one-better indeed than any have
ret attended.
CHow.CHow.
Bishop Kahn, Of Wheeling, attended
lie fair this afternoon.
"lke,n johnson, from TYLER county, rep
sentative Of the RENTER, delivered his
ecture on "Nubhins," last night, to a
'ood audience. The lecture il Gust
plendid' a. a woman would put it, and
he lecturer more so. He compares so-
.iety to a corniieli, and the individuals
o the different varieties Of nubbins.
Are you good ear or nubbin? Come
ut and he huskel or acknowledge the
.orn, va. a cute advertisement | saw on
he side Of floral hall yesterday afternoon.
The husktng last night was Sn enjoyable