Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-30
Derby Driving Association.

They Test che Speed of their Horses at
 the Milford Fair Grounds-A Good Att
 teadance-The winners.
 The members of the Derby Driving asso- citation had meeting at the Milford fair grounds yesterday. At the time set for the race @ o'clock) there were probably five hundred people on the grounds and about fifty teams. The larger portion of those present came from Derby and vicinity, al- though there were g number of hprssmen from the various towns between New Haven and Stamford. The classes advertised were three minute race and wagon race free to all. The purses in both races were the same, $25 to first, $10 to second, $5 to third. In the three minute class there were thirteen horses entered, but only ten of them put in an appearance.
 The judges selected were: pr. T. F. Mar tin, Bridgeport; M. J. Lambert. Stamford; John Hurd, Stratford. Timer, s. L. Knapp, Stamford. The first heat in the three minute class was called shortly after 2 o'clock, when the following horses appeared in front of the l judges stand.
 1 M O'Brisn enters Sleepy Tom. | E 0 Wixon enters blk Wonder.
 E Gessner enters b m Lady Victor Won. | s w Gledhiu enters gr m Alice L. | Ruth enters m Daisy Wilcox. l Rider enters ch ID Sparkle. D Baldwin enters m Nettis B. Washburn enters b m Fannie D. Bradley enters blk m Mary Pond. l II Nash enters John H.
 In the drawing for positions Fannie D. got
 the pole, Mary Pond second, Sleepy Tom third, Lady Victor Van fourth, Daisey Wilcox fifth, Sparkle sixth, ! Nettie B. seventh, John Fl. eighth, Wonder
 ninth, Alice l.. tenth After several unauc-
 cessful efforts for fair start the word 'tgo'' was given. There were so many horses in
 the race that it was almost impossible for the l judges to keep track of them and name them as they passed the stand. The first heat was | quite an exciting one and was won
 by Mary Pond by about half a length in 2:59 1-4 with Wonder second and l Sparkle third. In the second heat Mary Pond was the favorite and she easily won
 the heat, time 2:58. In the third heat John
 H., who was eighth in the first heat, came to l the front and won the heat in 2: 49 If. The l fourth heat was also won by this horse in | 2:5O. This necessitated trotting the fifth l heat and there was considerable speculation as to which horse would win the heat and race. The betting was about even between l Mary Pond and John H. In this heat the l owner of the Pond horse changed drivers | and George Carpenter took the ribbons and
 drove the mare over the course without 8 break, winning the heat and race in 3:50 1-2,
 Wonder second, John H. third. l Following is summary of the three win ming horses:
 | A Bradley, Huntington, enters blk
 c Nash, Nash Stamford enters b John H.. s sf
 E c Wixon, Huntington, eoters blk
 Time~2:59 i.2, 2:5s, 2:49 i-2. 2:5o. 25o i:2 1 In the free to all there were four entries as follows:
 ! Nash enters b Tom Gould. | Theodore Baldwin enters s Charlie (pacer) l James H Lewis enters Louis Napoleon. | John Farnham enters br W Ripley. | This race which was to wagons was quite a spirited one and very good speed was shown. The send off in the first heat was accomplished with but little difficulty. Louis Napoleon had the pole, followed in order by the pacers Ripley and Gould. The race was
 won by Napoleon in three straight heats. with Ripley second and Gould third. Charlie is
 said to be tWenty-three years old and his
 wind did not hold out. He was drawn after | the second heat. The time for the three
 heats was PAY, 2:51, 2:51.
 The races were finished about 5:3O and the
 prevailing opinion was that the meeting was ' n