The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-31

carried norton cOtOrS, anu MS DaHueF WAS
the Pilot; his hackers were the carpet bag
gers generally, but especially those recent
ly known the Gins"
Gray, of Washington, entered the d
stager E. STAFFORD, but it was so evideLt
that he had been grass-fed and couldn't run
that he got no hackers, and was ruled out.
Then
THE JOCKEYING
began. Each side was afraid of the other.
Powers wanted ballot; Jacobs took a
scattering whack, Mason wanted 10 go
home; Hill, of Warren, wanted it utud voce
Pease ratified in while; Powers accepted
HIPS idea. Everybody wanted the floor
Avery moved that the contested delegations
divide their vote. Eggleston wanted the
pickering to stop. McMichael moved to lay
something on the table. Then TO about
ten minutes nothing was done except calls
for the Vote and Mr.. chairman - MIR.
Chairman! Parker wanted the present or
ganization, but McMicha could not see it.
aud moved to table. Gibb-, finding that
his horse was getting very FESTIVE and i'm
patient, called the previous question; but
Sullivan saw that the colt wasn't ready.
and so he and Gibbs and Handsome Mac.
had small round of words, and Parker's
motion went co the table. Sullivan and
Pease had round, and Modest Mus. made
point of order.
Chair: Point not we'll taken"
Mus: 4" Wait, sir, until state it,"
The Chair waited, and then ruled it out.
Avery got up his motion about contested
delegations, and it was decided that nei-
ther should vote. The boys by this time
(having now been working for about an
hour and halG) got impatient, and began
to call Justify, question. question. cues
tion!" The Chair, evidently very reluct-
antly, gave the word
The roam got the start by whole county.
getting six votes from Adams and then
three from Alcorn. 1t was now seen that
the yellow colt was beate.. at the lump he
made several false starts but finally got
down to his work by three votes from
Amite' They ratified along very lively un-
I'LL through the counties and had struck Co.
ahoma; then there was a dead halt
Campbell and Monroe claiming the
vote. A dispatch from one of the
Alcorn family was read saving he
wanted Campbell to cast his vote, and
wanted JAMES l.. sent as delegate to Gin
cinnati, which settled it, and they were off
again.
THE HURDLES.
Choctaw was the first hurdle (beiup no
1t was cleared by both
handsomely, and away they Went unti,
FRANKLIN and Greene-the second and third
nurdies-were reached; with a whoop from
the BOYS they were cleared by both. about
meek and neck. On through the coun- |
ties they went-the race was GETTING |
exciting. Itawamba, the fourth hurdle |
was reached, and as they had ;nst
passed Kinds and Issaquena, the yellow
colt cleared the hurdle first. Thew had now
reached the eastern counties, and immed,.
ateiy the roam passed the colt at two ar
three bounds, and passed over the sixth
hario-ll cas- ily-ahead by several lengths.
AZ Ne"toh' the seventh, the colt had gained
little; his friends gave him a cheer. and
ne skipped it beautifully; at Pahola the
colt got SIX hearty cheers Votes, They
cleared Perry, the eighth hurdle, again neck
ana neck, but before they reached Pearl
me ninth, the roan's hackers had been
providing him, and he went over away
ahead.
THE NEW HORSE.
just at this point the Rankin boys got huff
> win the race as it was going, and enter
"a another horse, old BEN NABERs: but he
lew the track Immediately, with only four
'otes' and didn't Interfere with the main
ace. lit was very evident that
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