The daily gazette., 1878-10-05
SECOND EDITION
The MiddietoWn Fair.
sIXTHoUsAND PEoPLEPREsENT

SIX THOUSAND PEOPLEPRESENT
FINE wEATHER-GooD TRoTTING-LEY-
MAN WINS TIE THREE MINUTE CLASS
wILDAIR THE 2.22 RACE-THE 2.40
RACE UNFINISHED.
MIDDLETowN, Oct. 4, 1873.
To-day was the big day of the Middle
town Fair. Assoon as the gates were
opened the people began to pour in, and
by one o'clock SIX thousand people were
an the grounds. Of these the railroad
brought about fifteen hundred, the bal
ance coming in carriages from the sur
rounding country. There being nearly,
If not quite, a thousand on the grounds
in the Afternoon. The people sit in some
of these all day long, surveying the crowd
from their elevated positionland enjoying
the fair at long range. The attraction
this fair is decidedly the horse races, at
least for the great majority of those pres
ent, and no people ever took more de-
cided interest Ill races, the favorites
being rewarded if they win by round
after round Of applause rs they pass the
grand stand and quarter stretch. In the
crowd to-day We're a number of distln-
guished gentlemen present, many of
whom were named yesterday, and in ad-
dition Hon. Thos. f. Bayard, Chief JUS
tice Comegys, State Superintendent of
Public Schools, j. III. Groves, w II. Bur-
mite, member of the last House, and
others.
The premiums were awarded yestter-
day, and this morning everybody that
had one, and almost everybody did have
one, f1auuted it, Premiums and diplo-
pie of the Centennial and the Paris EX-
hibition, everybody and everything re-
ceiving premium or diploma for some
thing, so that it was almost impossible
for the non-professional observer to tell
which were really articles of merit, as
everything that did not get a regular
premium got special one.
THE RACES.
| AS the races however were the feature
of the day, the state of the track and the
weather were the important points. The
temperature was rather high In the af
ternoon and the sky beautifully clear
The track was harder than yesterday aud
not quite SO dusty, though the horses
were sometimes almost invisible on the
back stretch on that account to-day.
The irst race for to day was the min
ute class, free for all peninsular horses.
This was very interesting race, six
heats being necessary to decide 1t; Clara
b. taking one heat, John q. two, and
Leyman three heats.
Six horses started. The first he at was
started with Clara b. at the pole, but
Frank took the lead on the turn. Frank
was soon passed by LYMAN, John q. aud
Clara B. in succession, and in this order
Lyman winning the heat, with John G..
second, in 2.40l. Frank and Mischief
distanced.
The second heat was started with Ly-
man the pole horse ON the lead, Clara b
shut in the path. In this order they
went all the first round, John g. pushing
Lyman all the way around, the horses
being neck and neck down the back
stretch. On the second round, on the
back stretch stretch, Clara b. passed
Sleepy Dave, and came up to third posi-
ton, and as they came on the stretch
John G. broke and Clara b. and Sleepy
Dave went ahead. On the home stretch
Clara B. came up and passed Lyman al
most under the wire, winning the heat
in 2.43t, Lyman second.
The third heat was started with Clara
b., the pole horse, little on lead, but
she broke on this quarter and Lyman
took lead, which he held unntil on the
home stretch when John q. went ahead
and was never again Tapped until on the
home stretch, when Clara b came up
and Tapped him, but could not come,
John G winning the heat in 2.45, with
Clara b second.
The fourth heat was started with John
G, the pole horse, with the advantage
but on tue quarter he broke and all the
horses went past, Lyman taking the
lead, which he held all the way around
and on the home stretch pulled down to
.jog,, comming in winner of the heat in
242f; John G, second.
The fifth heat was started with Lyman
the pole horse in bad position, Clara B
taking the lead on the quarter, which
she held until ON the home stretch on tie
first round, when John passed her and
was not again headed, winning the heat
in 244; Clara B. second.
The sixth heat was sent off with fair
start, all the horses being nearly up;
John G. having little the best of 1t, but
on the turn Lyman took the lead and
was not again headed during the heat
winning the heat and race in 2.41; join
9 second.
The following is the summary:
c. H. Palmer b. m. Clara c., 31242
l.. V. Nicholson, 5. g. Sleepy
L. G. richmond d. g. Lyman, 24l3 i
~. c. Mccoy, b. m. Mischief, dis.
Alex. Maxwill, 5. g. John c.,
l.. T. Hartnett, b. G. Frank. dis.
Time-240a; 2.44f; 2 45; 2.42t; 2.41.
The next race on the programme fol
the day was the 2.22 race. This was the
big race of the fair and though not trot
ted in fast time, was very pretty race
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out. Wildair and Scotland driving vel
together, but Nil Desparandum was ap
parently off and brought up the rear ius
inside the disdance pole every time.
The second race on the programme
only three horses started Nil Desperan
, dunn, Wildair and Scotland. The heat
was started with Scotland at the pole
Scotland took the lead with Nil Des
parandum second Wildair broke ano
fell back, but recovered, Nil Desparan.
dunn broke on the back stretch, and
Wildair took the second place which
position they held all the way around
Scotland winning the heat with Wildaii
second in 2.34.
The horses came out for the second
heat and after soaring several times
Scotland lost shoe and the heat was
stopped until the damage could be re
paired. The heat was then started with
Scotland the pole horse at disadvant
age with Wildair second improved and
took the lead which he held all the way
around winning the heat in 2.24, Scot
land second.
The third heat was started with Wild
air the pole horse slightly on the lead
which had he held all the way around
and although pushed by Scotland winning
the heat in 2.3l4; Scotland second.