The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-20
NEW FEATURE ON THE COURSE.
sos Mile Race by Mexican Mustangs


The great mustang race OF Fleetwood
park commenced Thursday morning, the
run to be SO5 miles inside of 10 hours, 30
horses and rider. AT exactly 4 q. m.
Parker mounted the first horse. The judges
were W. A. Bates, T. X. Watson, L. Il.
Foster, $. A. Bryant and A, G. Foster.
But few spectators were present early In
the morning except newspaper reporters.
The general impression seemed to be that
the race would be failure. Parker was
full of life and bets we're made that he
would last ii the mustangs could. The lat
ter were ridden mile at time. At 5:12
a. m, after completing the 25th mile, Par
ker was fresh. He had taken no refresh
ments except glass of water. At $50
new horses were put on the track but they
proved mulish aud finally had TO have u
running mate before they made start.
The Both nile was run in 2:4St The RI
der's average time had been about min
uies.
The first 100 miles were completed In
hours and al minutes the fastest mile
was made in 2;41. At the finish of the
l40th mile he was 10 minutes ahead of
time The $50 miles were made In hours
and 10 minutes from the start. The 1S0th
mile was made in hours and SO minutes
| from the start. The ram has now ceased
but no crowd is present. The track ia very
heavy and the accomplishment of the feat
| is very doubtful.
THE LAST HUNDRED Mills.
1t was not that he had lost pluck, but he
had no physical strength to back it. He
had foolishly ridden the race wholly in one
direction--s most fatiguing exercise. He
had spent the best half of day without
food, and had filed his heated body with
cold water. He was almost unable to
steady himself on horseback, and those
who saw him were apprehensive that he
might either drop or be thrown from some
one of his horses. Finally, at twenty-five
minutes psst three, as he finished the 22Gth
mile, and was supposed to be about &c
mount the relay at hand for him, he stag.
gercd like drunken man, and feeling
along the front of the judges stand as :
man moves in the dark, with hands out
stretched, he entered the doorway, reelet
one way and another, and dropped into d
chair. From the chair he fell heavily into
Tue ufmo VI tnc lhuthCi0S anu hbstiCl D.
They laid him IN the floor, and bathed hi
head until physician arrived 81 al
stone blind" the PROSTATE rider moaned
"Oh shall never see again"
The physician examined the riders eyes
Vision had really fled from one of them
He told Parker that the ailment was onll
temporary and urged him to mount
horse and continue the race. Parker said
painfully Il am blind. / never cal
ride any more If | wasn't 30 l would We
wiz the race"
Others urged the rider to mount an,
ride again, and to them he replied "Yol
want to kll me. am not strong enoug
, to move"
With difficulty Parker was raised to hi
feet. The physician asked him question
, and in reply he said that his eyes had neve
been diseased and he did not believe tina
anything hard had struck the blinded RICH
eye in the race.
Seven or eight thousand spectators wal
ed anxiously for the PROSTATE man to rear
pear and ride again. Their numbers i,
creased by TAIN and wagon-loads, and th
utmost excitement prevailed as the rider d
appeared behind the outbuildings, and ther
without any demonstration, they qaietl
dispersed. A long train, full of bushes
men hurryng to the race track, arrive
just as the foremost among the spectator
reached the depot, and all returned t