The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-08-19
TIE RACES.


The races which took place at Bullion
vile course Saturday afternoon, con-
sidering how largely they were adver-
tised, and the amount of interest taken
in them by all classes of our people-the
saints as well rs the sinners having put
up their loose change on their favorite
nags proved failure, with the excep-
ton Of the first race, and disappointed
the sporting fraternity who had come
from Phoebe and Bristol to witness the
fun. The race for 81 000-S500 a side
that was advertised to come off on Fri
day, the 18th inst, would have been de.
cided on that day, but as the Jockeys
were about to shy their castors on the
turf heavy rain commenced falling
which filed the track with water and
made it unpleasant for those who were
clothed in summer garments and who
were unable to get place beneath the
canvas saloons that were erected for the
occasion. After it quit raining the peo-
pie were informed that as quick as the
track could be scraped the race would
take place, and after waiting patiently
in the mud, with nothing to break the
monotony of the occasion only very
tame bouts of wrestling. which must have
been very unpleasant to the party that
got rolled, it was given out that the race
was postponed until between the hours
of 10 and ~, A. NJ, on the following day.
In the meantime the friends of both
horses became more sanguine as to the
result; the owners putting up stool; to
the value of 81 200, which made the issue
at stake between them $1,000. As the
horses came on the track next day the
excitement ran high, and bets were freely
offered and as quickly covered by the
friends OF both. After the horses had loped
on the track, strange as it may seem, the
Nyswonger pony was the favorite, and
an excited individual, with somebody
elses money, offered to bet two to one on
him, but he did not get chance to bel
low such odds more than once as all the
money ne had was readily covered. 1t
was quite evident to any horseman after
seeing the horses make their preliminary
canter, that the stud would win unless
he should fall down, as he lined his
tracks well and covered over Is feet,
whereas the poney's tracks were all over
his ground. When the horses were led
to the scratch the stud showed consider
able sulkness by rearing up and jumping
in the air, and as your humble scribe had
all his loose change on that charger, he
felt his heart thump like mashed Pana-
ca females, but it was only for few
moments. As they came speeding down
the track with the stud fifteen feet in
the lead as they crossed the wire, the ex-
element for the moment was intense,
and reminded fellow of old times on
the turf. As near as we can reckon it
there was 81, 900 changed hands on the
race. The pool races did not come off as
advertised, which fact spoiled the days
sport. The cause Of them not having
taken place was that they could not agree
on the classification of the horses, each of
the parties wanting to have dead thing
before investing dollar. Toward even
ing there was couple of scrub races over
one of which well-known race man
showed reckless disregard of his repu-
tation as a sporting man by betting $40
on the race that he judged, pronouncing
it tie, when the other Judge, who was
disinterested party, gave decision of
three feet in favor of the other horse.
BULLIoNvILLE, August Is, 1882.
ROVER