The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-06-08
ANorHER TIRE.
Exciting Race between two Dry Goods
Men.
Nerve vs.. Notwithstanding Conduct OF
the Juuges.
Spectators Frantic with Exciteme1

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All Previous Time Distanced-SceneG
and incidental
There was another exciting race at the
Lyon county Fair grounds, last Friday
and the result was to knock the bottom
out OF the dry goods trade. The Hon. T.
G. whitley, having heard that Geo. w.
Newman, Esq, had lately purchased g
trotting horse for the express purpose Of
going past Lady EIgtn, promptly decided
upon offensive operations and informed
Mr.. Newman that the mare was by all
odds the best horse. Mir. Newman nam.
ed 2 p. m. Friday. st the Far grounds,
as the time and place, and thrill OF ex-
element ran up and down Commercial
street as the news of the coming contest
was confidentialIy scattered around.
THE START.
The Central Livery Stables, with COM
mendable liberality and enterprise, fur
nished one Of its finest barouches, driven
by Deputy u. S. Marshal Gilchriest, to
convey the editorial fraternity to and from
the race, and exa city at 1:45 p. m, FRI
day the vehicle drove up in front Of THE
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ed to see the agricultural editor. He de-
scended the stairs in the ordinary way, one
foot at . time. with q quire Of paper and
bundle OF pencils tucked over his right
ear, and his left ear pinned to the rim of
his hat. and gracefully declined boquet
as he stepped into the carriage, observing,
that while the OMEN was q fragrant and
beautiful flower, 1t did not harmonic
with lavender kids, and had in his own
experience been known to entirely ruin
an intended declaration Of passionate at
lection. In the carriage was seated the
editor in chief Of the Ledger, and as
there was room for one more, His Honor,
Mayor Watson, became the third passen-
ger, and was loudly cheered by the street
| commissioner and his assistants, as the
coach and seven rolled over . couple Of
small, freckle faced boys, and sped along
9th avenue on its way to the Fair ground.
We call it q coach and seven because it
was. There was the coach, two horses,
the driver, three passengers and an okdu-
rate colored boy hanging on to the rear
axle, and II that don't count as a coach
and seven Mr., Milliken ought to devote
his time during the coming vacation to re-
vising ana correcting the addition table.
THE ARRIVAL.
As the distinguished editorial and OIL
cial party approached the grounds the
entrance was seen to be guarded by two
dry goods clerks,one from Newman's and
one from Whitley & Henson's, with their
arms full of hSndbills relative to the i'm
mense stock Of goods and low prices at
their respective establishments, and as
the carriage was wheeled up to the grand
stand cheer after cheer shIV cred the at
mosphere, and Mayor Watson acknowl-
edged that popularity was a pleasant
thing after all. An immense crowd had
already gathered, comprising many OF the
most beautiful and intelligent ladies of
our city, and everybody was chattering
in the most exciting manner about the
coming race.
THE TURF AND TRACK.
Mr.. Skinner, the superintendent OF the
FAIR Grounds, had rolled over and over
the track all night to keep it smooth, and
with the exception OF a mud puddle
about a quarter OF mile long on the
back stretch, caused by the preceding
nights rain, the turf was in beautiful
condition. The home stretch had been
thoroughly scrubbed and a boy with
sprinkler was keeping the dust down.
THE RACE.
The race was mile heats, best two in
three, the respective owners OF the hor-
ses to drive in open buggies, no betting
to be done, and no glasses to be used by
the judges or anybody else. Mr.. New
man insisted peremptor1ly on these re-
quirements, and Mr.. Whitley said thta as It
was to be q life and death struggle
that glasses would be OF no more conse.
quence to him If he didn't win. Hon.
Jacob Epstein, Captain A. N. Sommers,
and Thos. Price, esq, were chosen judges
and everybody requested to hold their
breath while the contestants were called
up for examination and Instructions.
Mr.. NEWMAN
appeared in full party dress, holding the
reins in his left hand and flag labelled
$50 to Newman's for bargains" IN his
right hand, and carrying his hat on the
back of his neck. His horse was poplin
gray stallion, with its ears pinned back
so as not to obstruct the vie w ahead. We
never saw a horse that looked more capa-
bic of swallowing q bushel of oats in 10
seconds.
MR.. wIBLEY
sat firmly, but gracefully, on the seat Of
his pants, with the peak OF his cap rest
ing on his nose, and the words, " whitley
s Henson's cheap counter" painted on
both sides Of his wagon. He drove his
nnHAk EAI Il HI~ws,.
she weighed 40 pounds less than Mr..
Newman's horse, the judges decided that
a 20 pound weight be strapped to each
of Mr.. Wibley's legs. Both drivers
were then searched for deadly weapons,
and required to make afidavits that they
had paid for their horses and had no notes
in bank. Mr.. Newman was requested to
leave his pocket book in care of the judg-
es, but declined, and Mr.. Whitley was
asked to stop winking At the lady specta-
tors. These necessary preliminaries at
tended to, the judges entered q written
protest against being debarred from using
glasses, the organist struck up Captain
JInks, and both drivers backed up about
q rod and then started for the Judges
stand as If they had been kicked by pile
driver.
FIRST HEAT.
The spectators were already excited,
and the Judges, after a hurried consulta-
ton. as the horses passed the stand, all
shouted together
500" And go it was. We have seen
we'll dressed men go before, we have seen
them
$50 when the hotel gong doth sound,
Go, when contribution plates are
sround,"
but man going for the neighbors when
his first wIfe's child has the Group is no
circumstance to the way those dry goods
men went flying around the track and
dashed into the mud puddle on the back
stretch. The organtst got through with
Jinks and began
When the organ begins to play
The monkey begins to dance,
Little boys get out Of the way
just see those horses prance.
and before he got half through with thi S