Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-11


We clip from the Chillicothe Register of
Saturday. the following account of. the
race on Thursday, at the Ross County
Fair. in which Mr.. Hays mare. Molife.
got away with the Ross county -favorite.
Index, and broke the ChiIlieothe crowd:
The race of the day, however, and the
one about which centered the most inter-
est, was the mile heats running. NJ B.
AIace's Index was the favorite, but the
Fayette delegation seemed disposed to
back Mollie very strongly. Nellie d. was
not much thought of, it being well known
possess good staying qualities, and, in
turf parlanee, can not repeat.
The trio, after several breakaways. and
attempts at Jockeying by the riders, final
ly got off to a fair start, Nellie D. and
Mollie doing the driving. On the back
stretch the bay mare went ahead, and
Index virtually gave up the contest. 1t
was evident that he did not propose to
run for the first heat, but would lay away,
and let Nellie ID. attend to Mollie. Nellie
held the lead up TO the head of the
stretch on the last half, and looked all
over like a winner, when all at once she
appeared to quit, and the Fayetfe filly won
the heatin 40.
This put a new face on the matter, and
of index. MIR. Mace's tactics were to
make IA waiting race. He had been conf
dent of his ability to win the two first
heats. and it is easy to see that the Judge
ment is correct now, bnt he wanted to
save his horse. If Nellie had won the
first heat, Index could win the second.
The Fayette mare would then be sent to
the stable, and he was confident of an
easy victory over Nellie for the remain
ing heat. He prepared to fight for the
second heat, however, and at the start
MOllie was in pocket, with Nellie and
Index leading. On the back stretch she
freed herself, however, and like twin
bullets, the two chestnuts went by the
bay filly. After sharp fight Index won
the heat in :4915 Mollie length behind
him.
The Index men hailed this result with
enthusiastic demonstrations of delight,
and evidently regarded the race as won.
Better, however, is the party who boast
eth when he taketh his saddle from the
horse than him who braggetE when he
putteth it on. Nellie ID. now having been
sent TO the stable for not winning one
heat in two, the race was confined to the
two ehestnuts. After fine race together
for the first half, Mollie assumed the lead, !,
and was never headed afterward, win
ming the heat and race handilv in :52
Then the Fayette men threw up their
hats.
1nFirmary Directors Report.
From the report of the Board of In
firmary Directors of Fayette county for
the year ending August 81, 1879, on file
in the Auditors office, we take the fol-
lowing figures:
The total cost of the Infirmary and the
subsistence of the poor outside the In
firmary for the year 1879 was $9, ,395. .58; ;
same for the year 1873, $l2, $40. .O6-a diff
ference in favor OF the present year of
$3,174.48. The total cost of the Infirmary.
for the six months ending August 81 /,
1879, was s., ,545.3 .32; for assistance to poor
outside the Intirmary, 81 ,653.45; total,
81 1877. Net cost of Infirmary (de-
Quoting $l94.30 paid for permanent inn
provements on the FARM, 81, ,351.O2 Net
income of the farm for the six months,
81 ,446.98. Whole number of inmates in
the Infirmary March l, 1879, 81; num-
ber received during the six months, 4S;
total, 142. Number discharged during
the six months, 43; died, 8; total, 48.
Number in the Infrmary August 81,
1879, 81; average number during the six
months, 1929; cost per inmate, $22. 40 :;
cost per inmate per week. &c.. cost per
inmate per week in the corresponding six
months of 1873, $I.l2. Number of chill
dren of school age in the Infirmary, Of
36 males and 10 females. Infants, Z; col
ored inmates, 12.