Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-24

In Town to be There-spiritual
Comfort Three Miles Below En-.
reka.
Awaiting himself Of the opportunity
offered by Mr.. A. e. Kaye, of Sweeney a
Kermeen's livery firm, q SENTINEL reporter
dropped in at the track in good time.
There was . good sprinkling Of ladies
at the grand stand. The opinion prevailed
in town and at the track, that the half mile
and repeat race was the event Of the adver-
tised programme, and it proved so. In
fact. the managers skipped the first order
on the posters-one-mile dash-and Or
dered up the horses entered for the half
mile and repeat. 1t was for the purse of
$500.
Mr.. Sweeney's horse, ~Snowden, is .
stranger in Nevada, but he has a record Of
running q mile in 1:43.
Jot Travis colt, Euchre, is one Of the
lightest steppers ever on the track at the
Willows.
Monahan & Hunter put in Tom Benton.
Not a bet against Benton could be had for
the first half mile. He is, undoubtedly,
one of the fastest half-mile, single dash,
horses on the Coast.
At 2:30 the ''steppers'' were saddled, and
at the tap Of the bell were brought around.
1t was about q stand-off in the buying
Of pools, between Snowden and Euchre.
The latter-named horse did such splendid
travelling on the first day Of the races that
he had many friends yesterday.
The horses were q long time in getting q
send-off, and it evidently worried Benton.
But at last the flag went down, and the
horses went from the start to the judges
stand in less time than was ever occupied
in such an endeavor on the Willows track.
Benton made the trip in 81 seconds.
Snowden was close by his rump, and there
was daylight between him md Euche.
This race chopped the pool-selling, and
Benton was first choice as often as any Of
them. The knowing ones" began to
weaken, and anybody could get any kind
Of a bet ne or she wanted.
In twenty minutes they were called
again. Snowden inside, Benton in the
center and Euchre next the wall. 1t was
a beautiful race, neck and neck they came
around, and there was no daylight between
us tACy SlObnEu tnO bIOAC IL
81 seconds, in the following order /:
Snowden, Euchre and Tom Benton. The
cheers were long and loud. Little Norris
kicked" He came upon the judges
stand as soon as he was ordered off the
horse, and made q claim that he was
"pocketed between Euchre and Snow
den-that is, his place was in the center
and the others on each side. His point
was not considered, and he followed in on
the third heat away behind, Euchre second
and Snowden winning by q close call.
Time, SO seconds.
So much time was lost in scoring for q
start that it was deemed advisable by the
management to make q good day Of it to-
day, and they adjourned all the other races
over.
Snowden jumps long and strong. He
never got off with the others from the
pole. He was behind every time, but as he
made the first quarter he crawled up beau-
tifully, appearing to respond to the cheers
OF his hackers.
Will be the attraction of the Clubs pro-
gramme. At IL o'clock P. M, sharp, the
first race will be called. Following is the
order and the list Of purses:
Purse of $400 one mills dash free for
all. Purse of $500 quarter-mile and re-
peat free for all. Purse of $500 /; half
mile dash free for all. Purse Of 81, 900
two mile dash; free for all. Purse of
$500 one mile and repeat free for all,
trotting or pacing.
Benton, Euchre and Snowden are en-
tered for the half-mile dash.
For the two-mile dash not an entry has
been made, and the managers have left the
books open until IL NJ. to-day.
In the trotting race there are three en-
tries alr~eady-Trump, Lady Rslston and
Tramp.
About as interesting a race as will come
of to-day is that OF q match between Pow
ellis horse FL Captain and Jim Blaine;
quarter-mile, and coin talks. This race
will not interfere with the Jockey Clubs
arrangements, but will be sandwiched in
between the regular order OF exercises.
A 100-yard foot-race will be run in the
same way, between the horse-races. Ken
nedy's ''pard," a very modest, retiring
sort Of q young man. is said to be q quick
and high stopper for 100 yards, and Al.
Skinner will undoubtedly entertain the
gentleman, and others are probably In the
ring. We have no authority for quoting
Q name in the foot-race, but one will be
run this afternoon.
Judging by the fact that nearly all the
buggies and carriages in town are engaged
for to-day, 1t is safe to foretell a big crowd
and much sport at the Willows. Coaches
will be going and coming at all hours, but
for the first races il is business" to be on
hand by noon. So much work has to be
done that the managers will crowd the
races to an issue in quick succession.
There is everything at the track any one
->1l~ L. Al. -v.~x - ,of,~k,.a,ka tcn1
etc., and people can make . picnic Of 1t or
eat irst-class hotel fare, as they see At.
Geo. T. Terry, Luther Clark and Frank
cleveland are the judges. and there has
been no complaint against their decisions
thus far. Messrs. J. @. Powell and Bony
Ayres were time-keepers on Friday, and ].
G.. Powell and o. L. Scott served yester-
day.
Pool-selling at the track.