Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-24

IOND. VA. FRIDAY N
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Wa.hing'on COMPANIES, and leaves the
he'o 10 the twofrom Alexandris and Farm
vile.
There are prizcs offered. too. for the best
u,'hou H'Ihefy aud cavalry companies.
The rules as at frs, laid down required two
OF each 10 contest. hut the Uowitzers and
Stuart Horse Guard have no competitors
entered. Rather than the entertainment
shall fall through. General Wickham his
arrapged that n the Howitzers drill up 10
certain standard tor artlllprymen they shall
take the first prize; II below that and up
70 certain other standard, then they shalt
take the second prize.
In the cavalry drill the stulrt Horse
Guards will have the benefit OF the same
irle.
Therefore there will be good militlrS
display at the Falr-Grounds again to-day.
and there viii be the unusual sight OF drill
ing OF Infantry, OF cavalry, OF artillery
the three branches OF the army service.
The StuaIts and the IIowItzers have
great community Of friends here. and no
doubt many representatives thereof will be
present to see their performances.
PLOCGurHG.
Next to yesterdays military display,
which was fair In itself. the most notable
Attraction WIS the steam-ploughlng. IL
was new tbing 10 most Of our people, Tor
owing to the bIOkon or unclean chirlcter
Of Virginia lands generally, they have not
had much Of n sale in Virginia
There were two OF these ploughs, both
sefL Ia
exhibited Ly II. II. Smith & Co., the other
the Eclipse, bv Ashton starke. One was
Iigeed for p!ougbing six furrows; the
other for four. The ground broken was
very hard naturally, and also from the long
drought, but these powerful machines went
through il easy enough.
The ploUghing match. IN which shc
"horDy- handed son Of toll" displayed his
scqllirCUenis, also drew crowd. II was
interesting, but not exciting; not rs excit-
ing, al any rate, as a horse-raee.
INVENTION.
In Machinery Hall there is 4 minute en-.
rine in operation and attracting great at
tenlion. Il is the work Of Anderson ID,
Cosby, very young aDd promising me
shanic, who has in il a Valuable invention
in the way OF "cut.Of,' which enables
him TO reverse the motion almost instantly
neOusly.
There was some misunderstanding as 10
time Of starting the races. The papers an-
nOunccd O'Clock. aud the Society had
determined upon | O'Clock as the hour.
As il was,
The First Rdce, though called at ten min
utcs past l., did not commence until a
quarter OF 2. The grand-stsnd was
filled with spectators, and the attend
ance wss unusually large. The judge.
for the running races were Colonel X.
snOvden Andrews. Captain William X.
Johnson. Winfield Scott, Esq, and Cap
tain L. u. Staikc. Duke Of Westmorsland,
Edih Brown. and Abd-el-kadir responded
TO tie sound OF the bugle, having their
positions in the order amed. They were 20
contend in running race, best two in
three.
At tie word GO" Abd-el-kadir got
OF lady. Duke OF Westmoreland taking
the lead. Edith Brown shot ahead OF
tic Duke. and maintlined that position
throughout, winning the first heat, fol-
lowed by the Duke about three lengths
behind, with Abd-cl-Kadir a good third.
Tine. 1924.
beautiful contest. Edith took the lead
and maintained II throughout, winning
the heat and race. There wss a spirited
contest between the Duke and hbd-el-
Kadir, these two being lapped at the half
mile and on the thfec-Qiarter. As they
reached the third quarter the Duke took tie
second place. when Abd-slkadir stumbled
aBd fell to the ground, throwing his rider
hcadong. and apparently rolling over him.
This mishlp caused some excitement, but
it was soon asctrtained that the boy had
received bruises. but was not badly hurt.
Time, 1852.
Second Race This was trotting 10 har-
ress, mile heats. three in FIVE; feur to en-
ter, three 10 start. Free TO all horses thar
have not made record under 2:3o. First
horse, s2C0 second horse, go: third
horse, $50.
The Judges for the irotting races were
Dr.. ID. &. Watson. G. =. Stokes, Esq. Cap
tain L. ID. Starke. There were nine entries
FOR this race. OF which number FIVE re-
spondsd to the call.
pro;est was entered against Tempest
and Alice Addison, in that the former had
not been entered on October 7th. the day
announced for closing the ez'ries, and
The latter bad not paid all Of her en-
trance fec vt the proper time. The prote'ta>
10 Alice Addison was waived. and the race
proceeded. The following positions were
given: Kingston first, Frank Stlnley Hope
second. Alice Addison third, George Il.
fourth. and Tempest fifth.
When q good start was made Frank
stanley Hope was iouled by George B. on
The first quarter. Kingston was slightly
leading. Tempest took the lead on the
second quarter and maintained it through
out in a hard fight with Alice Addison,
and won The heat: Alice second, George
4. third. Kingston fourth, and Frank
stanley distanccd. George B. was dis
tancCd on account Of foul driving. Time,
2:35.
Tic contest was now narrowed down 10
three. At the word SEQ" all got on wei.
Tempest at the pole took the lead through
cut, winning the heat: Alice broke on each
quarter, hut was promptly pulled down
each time, and came in second. Kingston
was dStaHccd. Time, 1884.
The third heat was between Iempc'' and
Alice Addison. II Was beautiful tug be-
tween these two grays. Alice broke two
or th,cc fines, but always came down
promptly to work. Tempest won the heat
and rsce. Time, 2:G3.
lAFf Iftff- tuhHllr.s INV h''hs . W
this race there were FIVE entries. A protest
was entered tlat two of the hOrscS-Cigaf-
etc and Jesse .IamcS-were barred the
race. they not being hahitually used as sad
dIe-hor,qS. The former was ruled out. AS
to the latter. the protest was not sustained.
The following horses came to the call IN
ihc order namcd: Experiment first, Jesse
James second, jose third, and Joe Gibson
fourth. II was pretty and wcl!-contested
race from the word $50" T. the finish.
Joe Gibson got Of badly, but won the
race, coming up beautifully at the half
mile. His rider. Mr. Muscoe Garnet,
broke his stirrup as hp ncared the string.
II ws~ a close run for second place be-
tween Jesse and Experiment. Jesse, how
ever, came IN second, with Experiment
third. and jesse James fourth. Time. l:1'
Fourth Rae: THIS was milc-dash Tor
gentlemen riders. There were six entries,
Oiwhich three came to the start. Th'f
positions were: Harry Scratch first, Dan
second. and Joe Gibson third. From th'
star. Dan took the lead. pressed closely 10y
Harry. At the half-mile Dan and Harry
were together, with Joe closing on them.
AT the third quarter Joe Gibson was lead-
ing, with Dan second. These positions
were maintained to the finish, Gibson Nin'
ming the race. Time, 2:02.
hr. Garrett rode Gibson IN each OF Ihe