Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-18
CHERRY CREEK RACES.

The sports Who Have Returned
Some stay to Get Eyen"-Mauy
DOn't want 10 Come Back ON
FOOt-A List of the winning
Horses.
At about 8 o'clock last evening the first
to return from the Cherry Greek races
came into Eureka. They were Messrs.
Trask, Geo. Stitt and Hugh Bradford.
The two first left the race track Tuesday
morning with the racer, Dick Ford. Hugh
left yesterday morning about daybreak
and rode into Eureka, on a little black
horse, before 8 o'clock last night. Gener-
ally speaking, for an soo-pound horse to
pack q man weighing ls5 pounds from
Cherry Greek to Eureka in that length OF
time, it is ''tolerable" travelling. The
distance is not less than 80 miles by the
shortest route.
porter gathered several notes concerning
the races, as follows:
The Eureka horses got into Cherry
Greek but a day or two before the races;
they vent in soaked with water, and amid
a driving sleet OF snow, consequently they
were not very timber for racing.
The track was a good one, but was two
or three miles below town, and there were
no stables on the ground. 1t is located
just below the mouth Of Egan Canyon.
People, male and female, were there
from every point Of the compass-Jeff Da-
Wis Peak, Deep Creek, Wells Station. The
cowboys, prospectors, ranchmen. miners
and everybody turned out in full force,
and they all had money. About the track
there were about as many in attendance
every day as were at the Willows during
the racing season OF the Eureka Jockey
Club, though the weather at Cherry Greek
was frightfully cold, and quite stormy q
portion Of the time.
Some idea of how lively betting was can
be arrived at when it Is stated that not one
Of the advertised races came off without
there was upwards Of 81, 300 in the pool
box upon each one Of them, and some
races put 50, 500 in the box.
Gambling of every class was carried on
with a high hand. and the town was boom
ing day and night.
In the half-mile and repeat race Benton,
Snowden aud Euchre were entered, and
Benton walked away with the two first
heats.
Single dash Of one mile nowden and
Euchre were entered, and Euchre corraled
the sack.
A three-fourths mile dash was run be-
tween Snowden, Euchre and Benton, and
Benton threw dust in their faces again,
winning easily.
In the quarter mile dash, Skaggs, Dick
Ford and Big Indian started. and skaggs
won by q couple Of lengths.
There was Q single dash Of one-half mile
for three-year-olds. The horses entered
were all from about Cherry Creek, and
we're known as Fannie, Black Bess and
Cloud. Black Bess won the race.
The race for saddle horses, one mile, was
contested for by Raphael. Skaggs, and Jim
Blaine. Skaggs won.
The advertised races were no part OF the
affair when 1t comes to figure on the num-
Der run. Match and "scrub " races were
continually being made up from last
Thursday morning until the time when
Mr.. Bradford left, yesterday, and several
were set for yesterday afternoon.
The White Pine boys had "got away
with the business" pretty wholly. and thu
Eurekans were keeping their horses there
TO get aver IL possible.
Hugh thinks that Is a bad country over
there; lots Of money. and all that, but hi
says they got away with the coin and le
us run our W horses.
Reports agree that Cherry Greek is 9
booming camp.