Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-05

dered what they wonld do with all
their wealth.

| tRelr wealth.
| SATURDAY.
2:35 trot, $lO0, $45, Sl5.
Bay gelding Sherman ......2 2
Bay mare Cora.
| Time: 2:463. 2:45, 2:4l.
This race was fraud. It was we'll
known that Sherman could easily beat
the mare, and, at Brownsville the week
before, had distanced her. The driver
of Sherman would wait for Cora at the
three-quarter pole, and on the last heat
he see-sawed the horse and made him
break, so as to let Cora get ahead. The
judges saw all this, and debated among
themselves what course to pursue, but
decided that they could not do any
thing. 1t is supposed that the owners
had their strikers out, picking up bets,
as Sherman was the favorite in the
pools. Cora invariably broke on the
lower turn, and Sherman would get
one hundred yards ahead, and as Cora
would overtake him before he reached
the home stretch, the waiting could
have been easily detected by any one
who watched.
There were several scrub races dur
ing the week, but as the bets were pri-
vate, and the horses were not brought
on the track until ready to start, there
was not much interest taken in them.
One race between a fat, old, gray plow
horse and a trim little sorrel, excited
some talk. Everybody thought the
sorrel would give the gray at least fifty
yards III the quarter, but they started
even, and the gray came in a length
ahead, and did not seem bit tired.
Saturday afternoon the association
offe red the owner of a couple of race
horses $40 if he would give them a
race. He brought the horses on the
track and started them, but one of the
horses had urgent business at his stall,
and refused to run beyond it. He
dashed up to the fence, and stopped
so suddenly that his rider shot over his
head, and landed on the opposite side
of the fence. The horse was caught,
and the rider put up again, but he
would not 60. He was taken out and
severely whipped, and another rider
put up, who beat the horse over the
head with club, but it did no good.
The horse had made up his mind not to
run, and he did not.
There was a horse named Frank
James in one of the stalls, and some
young men conceived the idea of "gag.
ging" the 'sgrays." They selected a
man as dummy, put him in the stall
with the horse, then carefully locked
the door, and told number of persons
that Frank James was in the stall with
one of his horses. When anyone ex
pressed desire to see Frank, they told
him that Frank was dead broke, and
they were charging 25 cents to see him
that Frank was asleep in the stall, ant
when he awoke they would give hin
all the money they took in. If the re
quired money was produced, the stal
door would be unlocked, and the visi
tor allowed to cautiously peep in at tn,
sleeping hero. One of the workers of th'
scheme claims that he took in $25 OF
it, and that the disgust of tn,
victims, when they saw through thu
"goak," was the most amusing sight b,
ever witnessed.
The weather was very favorable dur
ing the entire fair. There was a nota
BILE absence of pickpockets. There wa
very little drunkenness at the fair or il
the town; of course there was some
The officers of the fair were all polite
and accommodating. 1t bothered somt
people nearly to death to know tha
they could not get return checks at the
gate, and if they went out they would
have to pay to get back. The refresh.
ment stands were able to supply tn,
demands of all customers. The music
was very good. We saw plenty O.
persons who had won, but none who
acknowledged to having lost on tn.
races. We are in favor of giving solit
silverware, such as spoons and cups, in
stead of money, for premiums, but they
should be valued at their real worth.
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The New York Sun prints, without
comment, under the head, "Two Can
didates for Governor" the following
news item: -" "Senator Evarts anG
Judge Noah Davis had an interview il
a private room of the supreme court
after the adjournment of the cable
railway hearing yesterday. The in