The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13
A NOVEL RACE.
A Boat VS.. Horse Race Won by the
Former After an Exciting
Contest.
Telegram from New York city,

Telegram from New York city.]
A steel-gray horse and a skeleton wagon
In which sat determined looking man
wearing a linen buster, with straw hat tied
under his chin, sped away from the corner
Of Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh
street at o'clock this morning. Simultane-
ously catamaran sail boat scudded into the
East river from the foot of Twenty fourth
street The race between Ezra Daggett's
horse. Boston, and Frederick Hughes cata-
maran, jesse to Stony Greek, Ct, ninety
miles away, for $1,000 side, had begun.
Trainer Schenck followed Daggett in a
square-box buggy. When the trainer
pulled rein on his tired nag in front
of the Huguenot Hotel in New Rochelle
at 1880 o'clock in the morning, he
had the pleasure of seeing MI Dag
gett hop nimbly up behind Boston
and whirl away. The owner ha in half an
hour rested his horse and ref1 sshed him
self. The groom said that Boston had not
turned a hair in his jaunt OF eighteen miles.
At 7:5S o'clock a crowd on the shore of the
sound saw Jesse sail by Two minutes later,
Mr.. Schenck, with fresh horse, was pur-
suing Boston. New Rochelle was excited.
1t had bet $500 variously on the race At
LOS p. m reporter who had gone to Bridge
port by rail saw Boston approaching in a
cloud of dust Half of the dust belonged to
Mr.. Schencks horse. Boston had come the
forty-four miles from New Rochelle IN
six hours and three MINUTES. The
distance of twenty three miles between
Stamford and Bridgeport was trotted in two.
and a quarter hours. It was race nearly,
all the wav great crowd gathered at the
stable. The wind had shifted to the south
since 10 o'clock, and was now favoring the
boat. At / AZ o'clock the horses turned
their heads toward New Haven. The sun
was blazing down They were soon covered
with foam, but the road was fine, and they
got over eight miles to Milford in thirty
eight minutes. City folks in the summer
residences, who knew the New York horse
was to pass their way, were out looking for
it Before the travellers reached New Haven
they were almost certain that the boat was
ahead of them.
A steady southerly breeze had been bio w
ing for five hours, and must have carried
the boat beyond New Haven, barring an ac-
cident, but they urged the horses on 1t
was $50 p. IN. when Boston trotted through
Water street, New Haven, past the railroad
station, with ten miles yet to go TO Stony
Creek. He was going about six miles an
hour. Here Mr. Daggett got word that he
had lost the race. The catamaran had
passed New Haven at $50 Crossing Tom
l1nson's bridge, the cool breeze from the
harbor struck Boston and chilled him to
the bone He dropped into a walk, and Mr..
Daggett halted under q clump of
trees and rubbed him down and poured
"a few drops of spirits down his throat
He rallied and spun over another mile to the
Four Corners House, reaching it little after
4:3o. A telephone message announcing the
arrival of the catamaran at Stony Creek,
greeted Mr.. Daggett, here, and he rested his
horse until 2, and then drove leisurely to
Stony Creek arriving there at S45 Time
for ninety miles, fifteen hours and fortv-fve
minutes The horse was in good condition,
and was treated to feed of hay and bran
mash Tonight he shows no signs of having
covered ninety miles since morning