Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-17
THE WILLOWS.


BY invitation of Luther Clark, we
found ourselves yesterday morning
behind a spanking team en- route to
the Willows. Luther is an enthusiasts
tic sportsman, a lover of the horse,
dog and gun, and the object of the
trip was to witness the morning exer
cising of the flyers gathered at the
track, undergoing their training pre-
paratory to the five-days racing mex,
month. We had an early start and the
SENTINEL representative got to observe
an unusual sight for him-the glories
of a sunrise on the Base Range. The
air was cool and bracing, the team
struck a swinging gait and soon
landed US at the track with appetites
sharpened by the ride. A bountiful
breakfast o o satisfied the inner mar
and we adjourned to the porch and
talked horse with that prince Of train
ers, Wilbur Pierce, who has charge of
q number of the thorOughbreds at the
stable. After a short delay the horses
were brought out Of the stables and
put through their PAGES, gradually
warming up under the blankets in
which they we're enveloped. After
this preliminary exercise they were
stripped and gently gaIloped around
the track until the trainers were salts
fed with their condition, when they
were led to the stables to undergo a
process of rubbing. All the horses
seemed to be in fine condition and will
no doubt give a good account of them
selves during the race meeting. There
are several thoroughbreds at the track,
The first that came under our notice
was Red Jacket, a Woodbnrn colt
dam, Nancy Knight, a mahogany bay,
owned by Luther Clark. Hardie is
training him and he is as fine as.
silk. He was never entered in a.
race before, but takes to the track as.
kindly as an old horse, and will not.
dis2rac his pedigree il no accident
happen him before the races come off.
Tom McGOvern has a brown mare,
Duck, IN training, under charge of
WILDER Pierce. 1t is a Ritieman colt,
dam, Jenny Hull, and is a full sister
of that noted racer, Nell Flaherty.
Duck resembles her sister, having all
the points of Nell, with the exception
of size, she being a trifle SIN ,ller that
her noted relation. Pierce is also
training Emma Skaggs, a bay mare by
Norfolk; dam, Molly Music; owned
by w. IL. Sweeney. Emma has run
several races in California and has a
good record. Besides these flyers,
Fred. Germans chestnut sorrel mare,
Belle. was on-the track, and looked as
il she would prove a dangerous antag-
oni>t to her stable conn anions. She
takes to her training finely, and Fred.
shakes his head Knowingly when the
question of speed is under discussion.
Among the others, we saw Tyler, q
chestnut sorrel, owned by VIM. II.
Sweeney; Pat Mulloy, a gray horse,
owned by Richard Walsh; Searcher, a
strawberry roam, owned by w. A.
Montgomery; Tarantula, a black mare,
belonging to Dr. A. q. Bishop; and
Pumpkins, n chestnut sorrel, owned
Try Andy McGiniy. Besides the above,
w. Nichols Is working Coal Burner,
Mystery snd another horse, ut his own
track, and will enter them in the vari-
races. Thos. Proiiin will he at the
Willows this week with three horses,
having engaged stable room for that
number, and Mr.. Delaney will put in
An appearance with a fine Oregon
mare.
1t will be seen by the above list that
there will be no lack of good horses to
contend for the liberal purses Offered;
and we a safely predict that the race
meeting will be u OF the best ever
held in Eureka county. The Hardie
Brothers are TO be commended for
their enterprise and liberality in offer
ing fat purses; and the interest taken
by owners OF horses in this neighbor-
hood insures the success of the meet
ing.