The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-11
THE TRIALS OF SPEED.
Some Good Time Made in the Many
Trotting Faces,
MUCH FUN IN THE WAGON RACE.
Alice Addison, the Local Favorite, Away
Ahead in All Her Races-Dust and
Water on the Track.

vt all county fairs, one Of. ii not the
speed. On these many surmiScS are made
and many opinions vcutuicd as the par
ties stand around the track and study
their race cards. As interest WAKES warm
er, inevitably it is at a cost of fifty OF sew.
enty-fiye cents for grand stand or Grand
stand and quarter stretch ticket c0mbn-
ed. Then it is that the country sharp
man iuus against the city young man
sharper, and all the lions CT tigers III ere
alton cannot prevent this verdant youth
from falling into these skilfulIy woven
tolls.
On Tuesday, the first day, the attend
anco was not large CAS- it never was in
any past yealN, bua there vas fair au-
dience for beginning, and tie seats on
the grand stand were more than half Oc-
cupied, at one time. Towards the close,
iHterest Jagged, because OF the fact that
many persons supposed the drivers to be
joclleying. The first race OF The day was
the wagon race, two out Of thee, owners
to drive; $40 to first, SO to second, $40
to third. The start in this tiial was a
little cloudy, and what with the dust
from the track and the ditto kicked up
by the drivers, it was all through, misty
race. Mr.. c. BCulden.s (Chesap e axe
City, ''iiop'' put ID COED work, and took
the race on jog trot, in two straight
heats. without weltng a hair, il 252,
2.j2. 1t was an all-the way walk over.
The second race was ''irGefor-al
horses with no better record than 24J. :"
About dozen horses had entered for
this race, without putting up he stamps,
but only eight came to the scratch. J.
l.. Garrett Village Green, Pa, br g Ran
dolph; E. Postens. Philadelphia, 70 m
Lille S; J. II. Phillips, Philadelphia, ch
m Garry S; f. W. Sinclair, Wilming-
ton, G Bay Billy Geo. Scattergood 5,
Philadelphia, hr 6 Harry ): f. O. San
derson's, Washington, cE g Hastings; J.
&. McCay's, Crnowingo, lone; /. E.
Bird, Ravenna, O., g Tommy Bird. Car
rie ). walked away will, three straight
heats, and the race, III $50, 2.3i, 80;
nothing on the track apparently being
able to hold his nose on her wheel. Hast
ings took second, and Tommy Bird third.
The third race was the 2.34 class, for
which eleven entries were made, but only
the following went under the wire: f.
Postens, Philadelphia, br m Blanche; J.
ii. Phillips, Philadelphia, b m Cora Bell;
Geo. Nelson, ST., Baltimore, br 3 John
W; Jas. y. Wilson, Newark, b . Della
ware Boy: John Ridley, j., Philadelphia,
oh g Harry R.; Fred Kaufman, Phila-
delphia, br IN Moliie Mae: 5. r. Clark.
Jr., Belmont, g IN Alice Addison; Il. T.
Myers, Altoona, b m Alien Almont; 5.
Palmer, Waterloo, n. y, blk g James 5.
The end of this scrimmage was that Alice
Addison. who had soft time all through.
walked off with the prize [she could have
clambered of OH her knees. had she not
and lcf Cora Bell get the scent OF
her wheel, when by a vigorous appli-
cation Of the whip and all Indian
''whoop," Cora measured nose with
Alice's ears-time, 2:33!, 9:33!, 2:33D.
Some persons even Went SO far as to
claim that Cora passed under the
wire first but the Judges could not sec
it. Cora took second, and Alien Almont
third. We refrain from saying who was
ninth, but the initial letters OF his name
were James ).
The third and last Of the day, the colt
race, was Won by Cypress, entered by E.
b. Emory, of Centreville, Md, prom
Using young horse-an animal that will
make his mark, unless he is compelled to
take down shore promises in exchange
for oats.