The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

under Jockey cap Ql DiacK. ders lace wa
fresh and animated, and her movements Were
quick and energetic. As she mounted Tom,
handsome bay horse, and rode up before thu
judges stand, she created most favorable
impression As the two ladies sat upon theil
horses, the eyes of the vast assemblage turneC
critically upon them, they made a picture O
robust womanhood that could not be excelled
They are both large women, well formed, and
the very picture of health Neither are beau
tiful, but both are fine specimens Of the strong
self-reliant women Of the West.
/ Judge Tough announced that Miss Pinned
had kindly given the pole position to Miss
Curtis. Miss Curtis gracefully acknowledged
| the compliment with a bow and smile, and
the crowd showed It's approval in the usual
way by cheering.
| Then the ladies drove their horses above
the wire and scored for start They were
on q line as the judge dropped his flag and
gave the word go. 1t was exactly forty min
utes and thirty seconds past three o'clock If
| the entire race had besn us interesting and ex-
citeing as both the start and the finish OF the
| first mile it would have been one of the great
est exhibitions Understanding on record. Tom,
Miss Curtiss horse bounded eagerly to the
! front under the singing cut from his fair
riders whip. Miss Curtis kept this lead past
the first quarter post and led by several
lengths at the first half AS shesped by, Miss
! Pinneo closely followed on Missouri Bill, the
| tmes&aepef's watch registered 1s01 for the
ffsg shalt. Miss Piaiiaeo SIT ,hcf hose ssssa.
fully and urged him forward wish heF slender
riding whip Missouri Bill slnarted under the
lash, throwing down his head, increased HIS
speed, passing the Kansas lady before the poleI
on the third quarter was reached; but the
later regained the ground that she had lost,
and on the the last stretch Missouri Bill andl
Tom Numbered through the dust side by side /
passing under the wires nearly tie, Miss
Pinneo being, perhaps, neck ahead, havingI
made the first mile in 2:10
Miss Pinneo's place for changing horseswa
few rods north of the judges stand. Thel
horses were kept inside the enclosure, bel
tween the tracks, and were led out to the oppo-l
site side of the track Immediately in front of
the lower end of the grand stand, ready forI
the mount. While Miss Curtis was specdingl
on around the track to the first quarter post,
where fresh horse was waiting for her, Miss
Pinneo reined in Tom and droveep alongside
bismarck, who was standing quietly alongside
the fence. Without touching the ground, she
jumped from the saddle to Bismarclx's back !.
and, almost before the spectators knew that a
change had been made, she had given her
fresh horse the whip and bounded off after
her competitor, who had not yet reached her
changing place. Before Miss Curtis was seated
on the back Of Cub, her fresh horse, Miss Pin
neo was spinning around the course, nearly al
quarter OF mile ahead
At the end Of the twelfth mile Miss Curtis
suffered greatly from fatigue, nearly faintingl
when taken from her horse Her face was
batbed and her head tied up in a handkerchief
and with her hair still flying, she started on
her thirteenth mile. Miss Pinneo made herI
seventeenth mile, four miles ahead of Missl
Curtis, in2:34&. Miss Pinned made her eigh- 4
teenth mile in 2:504, before Miss Curtis ran herr
horse under the score, fms ing her thirteenth
mile in 9:093. She did not appear again on the
track as Miss Pinneos competitor.
The latter made her nineteenth mile \
in 2;353, After she had made the first half
OF her twentieth mile the girl from Greeley dis
mOuAted from her horse, and, with step as
lively as that of any man on the track, she
walked from the spot where she had made
eighteen changes in the past fifty -seyen min
utes, and mounted Startle, Mr.. LeFeyre's cele-
brated running horse, and amid the loud APP
plause OF the thousands assembled she sped
OFT her last half mile, making it IN 1:091, the
mile in 2:164, and winning the race in IS min
utes and 81 seconds. The two contestants
were then called before the Judges stand, and
with flushed and happy face Miss Pinneo re
celved the announcement that she had won the
race and the $4,000 stakes
While the two riders were still on their
horses surrounded by hundreds Of people who
were anxious to rejoice with tie victor and Of
fer consolation to the yanqulshed, Judge Bel
ford appeared at the front of the judges stand
and in brief and happily worded address he
presented Miss Curtis with handsome pair Of
bracelets on behalf Of The people OF Boulder
county, and q handsome gold medal hang
ing inside a horseshoe from the people OF Col
orado
A tear dropped from the eye Of the Kansas
lady as she received the gifts. She had done
her best and felt her defeat keenly Denuer
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