Daily Republican., 1879-10-08
OUR rRoTrING ASSOCIATION.

OUR TROTFING ASSOCIATION.
The First nay Failure-Ihe Pool
Sellers Active, But Honey Flat
Some Good TrOtting-An Entree
That Astenisned the Trackmen.
"Thres dollars bid for John and
who'll take the field Three dollars
Three dollars and four for the dsld :"
But seemingly no one cared for the field.
The pool seller beat the air with his
fists. He execrated and he howled, and
as he circumnavigated the extent Of
the ten-by ten platform, the three leg
ged table in the centre fairly trembled.
will yon give five dollars for the field!'
and he glared out over the empty
stretch; and no sound save that Of "No.
wins one dollar and quarter! who'll
try the next! stand back children and
don't crowd the mourners! Four for one!
step right up!" came to his waiting
ear.
There was enough noise yesterday
afternoon at the Schsutzen Park for an
attendance of two thousand. There
were two hundred present and the big
gest bulk Of that two hundred were
boys-little dirty faced, ragged boys
whose agility in scrsmbling fences and
slipping through the smallest kind Of
holes is only measured by the char
acter and reputation Of the races and
contest. The managers Of the extern
porized restaurant in one corner Of the
pavilion and the one-eyed man with an
apple stand in the other, sat behind
their respective stalls and hugged the
delusive phantom of expectancy but
customers came not. While the res
taurant tender and the o. .. a. IN. CO.
qustted the beer vender in an opposite
corner drew in the cash. The man
with the wonderful horse-"ths ply
sical phenomenon Of the age"-mut-
tered imprecations long and deep, but
from the impecunious crowd of gaping
youngsters he took in nothing.
The failure could not be laid to the
weather. The weather was fine, and
if anything somewhat uncomfortably
warm. The track was in good condi-
tion and the trotting in many of the
heats was very good. There were quite
number Of horsemen present mostly
from our own county. There was very
little betting done, it being crowd
composed of those never troubled with
a superhuity Of cash, and consequently
one essential to moral rectitudc was no.
ticed to be religiously observed.
The racing commenced shortly after
two O'Clock. The judges for the three
days racing are C. N. Rossell, of Phil
adelphia, Thos. Brison and Thos. Glib
son, of this city.
The heats were interesting and this
with the gymnastical performance Of
the man at the pool table and the not
unmusical utterances of the bowling
dervish who manipulated the tickle
revolutions Of the wheel made the time
pass pleasantly.
There was only one hitch in the ra-
cling and that was caused by the pur-
chase of the gray horse John. The
animal was scraggy looking concern
and looked as if it was built on an un-
certainty, made up OF the odds aud
ends, and by nature, thrown together
without any clear idea of construction.
He was entered in the $50 race under
the name of William McVaugh of Mill
Creek Hundred, owner. As he stood
upon the track there seemed to be a
disposition to poke fun at the
brute. The animal only smiled. The
little boy with his head through the in
terstices of the fence quietly remarked
there were "too many pegs on him fur
hoss and not enough for hat-rack."
Probably he did look like hat rack;
but appearance are so deceptive. John
apbled along leisurely in his scoring.
The word Ego" was given. And John
went. There were five starters; and
the way in which that scraggy looking
horse did lengthen was wonderful to
behold. The augularities of his frame
smoothed out in the very beauty of
symmetrical proportion. His gait was
leisure; but the power that lay in
those legs put all idea of contest on the
part Of the others out of the question.
He could have distanced the field but
he was held in by his driver.
In three straight heats he came in
under the wire good distance ahead.
His trotting so pleased the pool owner,
Mr.. Thomas +. Hughes, of Philadel-
phia, that purchased him after the Sec
ond heat paying for him a good round
sum. A protest was entered by the
owner of one of the other starters but
it was finally compromised to the sat
isfaction of the parties concerned.
FIRST RACE.
This race was for New Castle county
horses, with no better record than $3.50.
Five horses started, Annie Vim, John,
Star, Dexter and Swap.
Dexter 60: the pole and and had a
slight lead at the the start in the first
heat but was soon passed by Annie Vim
and John, and the race was between
these two, Annie V. winning by about
half length. Time 3.0l.
The second heat was a fine exhibi-
tion of honest rivalry and carried one
back to the days when jockeying was
unknown, the battle being between
Annie Vim and John. On the first half
mile John broke badly, and lost con-
siderable ground, the mare leading him
by about four lengths; between the
half and three quarter posts, however,
the horse began to crawl up and when
passing the latter point had reduced
the distance to length. Then came
the tug, both horses coming down the
homestretoh at magnificent pace, the
mare leading John by about half a
length which she held until within
fifty yards of the string, when a slight