Wilmington journal., 1876-01-28
TEE CnAREEs'EON RACES
Mary a.Ong Again Victorious

TWO MILE DASH.
The Charleston Ne,Os and Courier
describes the pool race on Friday last
as follows:
THE FIRST RACE.
! is dash OF two miles for all ages, for
purse of three hundred dollars, of
which seventy five are to go to the
second horse. For this there are orly
two entries-Mary Long, the mare that
yesterday SO gallantiy bore off the VIC
tory from Lottle Moon in the mile and
a-half dash for all ages. and chestnut
mare. Mary, from Sterling's stables.
The two Marys got well under way at
the tap of the drum, and push quite
prettiiy round the turn, but at the first
quarter Mary Long goes to the front
and, gradually pushing ahead, lends
by a length all down the back stretch
This does not satisfy tue chestnut's
rider. He feels that he is not pleas
ing his friends, so he calls on his mare
who puts her best foot foremost, and
for while, just at the three quarter
Eoia, lups the skirts of her contestant.
The speed is too much for her. and she
cannot maintain it. Mary Long re-
gains her advantage and dashes down
the front st, etch, the chestnut just on
her heels. In this position they pass
under the string and are away again
round the turn, the bay keeping well
ahead, but the chestnut refusing to be
entirely shaken off The whole last
mile is in this same way, the distance
alternately increasing Z aud diminishing.
At the last turn, Mary's rider tells on
her and uses the whlo vigorously, but
it is of no use, and Mary Long comes
under the string a length ahead. Time,
1921.
For all ages, two mile dash. Purse
$500; 1926 to 1st horse, $s75 to 2d horse.
VIM. Wyche enters Mary Long by
imp.
Westminster. dam by Tar River.
w. d. Startling & Co. ente ch. m.
Mary by Patriot, dam Fanny Fisher 2
Time, 3m. 524s.
An G1inViting Plate OI SausaSe.
Persons who eat lunches in saloons,
says the Courier Journal, should be
careful as to the kind of food they get.
An instance of the necessity of this pre-
caution occurred few days ago,
Sometime last week the students of
one of our med cal colleges h ID occ.-
sion tt, 1 ssect tn body 0f "a dead ne
gro. During the wo.k of dissection
one Of the students cat off the
index finger of the hand of the
dead man and put it in his pocket,
determined to play joke. The next
morning, very early, the student went
to saloon in the central part of the |
city and slyiy placed the fiugar IN the
sausage plate among the PIECES |
of sausage. It was rather dark |
that morning. aud as the plate was
standing on the rear end of the counter |
in a dark portion of the room, no one
noticed it. The patrolman OF, the beat
stepped in to get glass of beer and
proceeded to eat some sausage He |
reached over into the plate, picked up
the dead negro's finger and COM
menced chewing it without Noticing
for the moment anything wrong. There
was, however, big nail to the finger,
and this he struck W th his teeth He |
looked, and in an instant all his appe-
tite for sau sage meat had fled, and he
took rapid departure from the sa-
loon, leaving the finger behind. The
barkeeper saw it soon afterward. and |
knew at once what caused the hasty |
exit of the policeman. He afterwards |
learned whence the finger came.