Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-29
THE WILLOWS.
Yesterdays Races-An Honest Deal
and n Delighted Crowd.

oeVeral hundred people, lncludIn
many ladies, assembled a the Willow
Course yesterday to witness the grea
four-mile race, which had been tn
topic OF conversation among ''hoss'
men for the last week or two. TIL
day was auspicious, barring a disagree
able wind storm of short duration, an,
the track was in excellent condition
The Messrs. Hardie Brothers ha,
made ample arrangements for the &C
OF spectators, and thei
bar and restaurant were both LIBERAL,
patronized. The brothers were es
pecially OblIging and attentive t.
guests, rendering the stay of their pat
rons extremely agreeable. Pool sell
ing was early commenced at thu
course, George Davis singing thu
oTening chorus. TIE first speech b,
made was To the effect that Chess
the horse entered by John burning
was lame and could not start in the
race. He also stated that those who
had bought pools On the lame horse
could get their money back on applica.
ton at the pool box. We noted the
horse "Chess' move and can vouch
for his Iameness. He was one of the
best horses entered and there were
many regrets that he was not able to
start. The withdrawal of ssChess"
left "Tom Moore" entered by Hardie
Brothers, "Cannella," entered by c. c.
Carpenter, and ''oearcher," entered by
Tom McGovern. to contend for the
purse. Tom Moore" is a large, like
ly iron-gray colt, and has a streak of
warm blood in him. "Cannella" and
'S%earcher" are both strawberry roans,
closely resembling each other except
as to size. ''Searcher" was much the
smallest horse in the race. He is OF
Indian extraction and a mighty good
nag OF his inches. "Cannella" seemed
not to be at himself and behaved ac-
c%ordingly.
Promptly at 2 o'clock the horses
were called up for the start. "Can-
nella" drew the pole, 'Searcher :" sec
ond and tom Moore" third. Captain
John Il. Platter, Charles Moore and @.
A. Fletcher were selected judges and
Luther Clark time keeper. The patrol
judges were Andy McGinty, William
Hale and &. ID. Stuart. VIM. Taylor,
green %colors, rode Cannella," Charlie
McAvoy, brown cap and jacket, rode
''Searcherh and Frank Roble, a Next
can boy, with scarlet predoininaling,
manipulated tom Moore" 1t was
hard work for the little fellows, con-
sidering the cold wind and the meager-
ness of their clothing, but they all
stood it maufully. The horses got off
at tie first attempt, Cannella" and
"Ioore " about ever and 'Searcher F"
fifteen feet behind. "Cannella took
the lead and kept it until they turned
into the home Wretch, when Moore "
forged ahead and passed under the
wire a length ahead in 2:2l. "Cannelia"
second and "Searcher" third, but all in
a bundle. "Cannella - again got the
advant .ge and continued in the lead
for the second mile, passing tue grand
stand closely followed by the others in
sos. On they went, and down the
back stretch it became apparent that
the race was between "Searcher" and
"Moore.n 'Searcher had been trail
ing from the beginning, but it WAS now
observable that he was gettingdown to
his work. The little fellow did splen-
didly, and on tie completion of the
THIRD mile he was still in the lead, pass
ing the wire in S:22. Matters were
now coming to a focus, and the excite
ment was intense. ~"Cannella," at the
quarter pole on the fourth mile
- sClked," and retired from the
contest. "Searchsr was leading
and down the back-stretch the best
running of the race was made. At
one time it appeared almost a fore
gone conclusion that the lille horse
was to be the winner, but this state
of affairs did not endure, and soon
Tom Moore" had asserted his
snpe. iority, coming in three lengths
ahead and winning the race
and money in l0:43. The time
was nothing to brag on, but the race
nevertheless warmly contested,
aud was just as exciting as though
the horses had been the fastest on the
American turf. All parties agree that
IT was a fair, square trial, and so all
came away well satisfied with the
days sport. After the main race,
several scrub C were gotten up for
the amusement OF the crowd. Mike
Walsh and W. A. Montgomery put
their saddle mules around at their
best, and succeeded in creating much
hilaSity among the spectators. Mike
won; and here we took up our line
OF march for home.