The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-26
THE EXPOSITION.
The Second Day of the
Fourth Week of
the Fair.
FifTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE
GROUNDS.
The Races General Notes.

attendance, despite the recent bad
weather and the absence of any specially
attractive features, was exceedingly en-
The special attraction of the day was
THE RACES.
As announced in Yesterdays TINES,
the bad weather of Tues lay and the
Democratic parade of Wednesday caused
the trotting races for these days to be
postponed until Yesterday, and the re-
suit was that tour races were attempted
to be trotted yesterday, to be followed
by four more to-day.
The first race was for the ]. l.. Car
rington stakes for $50 for three year
old colts and fllies which have been
owned In Virginia or North Carolina
for six months previous TO October lst,
mile heats In harness, best three in five.
For this race there were four starters-T.
NJ Hewitt's b. f. Miss Thompson, II. &.
Chamblin's b. C. EgwoOd, Charles L.
Stokes b. T Minnie d., and j. W
Bethel's b. c. Jolly Friar.
The first heat resulted; Jolly Friar, /;
Egwood, 3; Miss Thompson, 3, and Min
ME d., a. Time. BOZ.
In the second heat the horses, after q
good start, came under the wire In the
following order Miss Thompson, |; Min
ME D., 2; Jolly Friar, B, and Egwood, A.
Time, 2.52
The third heat was declared by tie
Judges 10 be as follows Jolly Frisr, +;
Miss Thompson, 2; Egwood, 3, and Min
ME d., distanced. In this heat Miss
Thompson really came in ahead, but the
Judges claimed that she won II by run
ming and not by trotiing, and ruled her
out. giving the heat to Jolly Friar. lnas-
much, however, as she had run the ilrst
heat, and subsequently won other heats
in the same gait, the justice of this de-
cision was not clear to the spectators.
The fourth heat resulted; Miss Thomp.
son |, Jolly Frisr 2, Egwood 3. This
gave Miss Thompson the third heat and
the race, and her owners and hackers
contended that she was made TO trot one
more heat than was necessary, since IL
she had been Justly ruled out OF the third
heat, she should have been ruled out OF
all
The second race was the 2:4O class for
premium OF $lO0-for the first horse
5000. for The secoad S10O, for the thir ]
$50, and for the fourth $40 best three
in five
For this race there we're four entries
w. B. Dangerield's Florence ID, George
Scattergood's Charles Dickens, j. II.
Morrow's George Gheen, and ;. B. Mel
sons Vivid.
The first heat resulted Vivid first,
Charles Dickens second, Florence ID.
third, and George Gheen fourth. Time,
2.47i.
In the second heat the horses got of
well together, and the betting WAS two to
one in favor of Dickens. The horses
came In at the finish in the following
order Dickens fist, Florence ID. second,
Vivid third, and George Gheen fourth.
In the third heat, after several trials,
another "go" was finally obtained, the
betting still being decidedly in favor Of
Dickens. Vivid made splendid squirt,
and was 10 the lead, Dickens being close
behind. Unfortunately In the second
round on the track collision occurred
between the sulkies Of Dickens and Vivid
by which the spokes OF one wheel of the
latter were smashed into smithereens.
This threw Vivid out Of the race and
Dickens came in an easy winner, but,
owing TO the foul, The heat was given TO
Florence d., who came In close second.
The horses came In at the close Florence
ID. 6rst, Dickens second, Vivid third,
George Gheen, distanced. Time 24lt.
The fourth aud fifth heats were easy
victories for Dickens, he winning both
and the race 10 2.42i and 2:ili with Flo
renee ID. second aud Vivid third.
The result proved the judgment Of the
beiters 10 be correct, as the horses came
10 under the wire, Dickens an easy first,
Florence ID. second, Vivid third, and
Geogre Gheen distanced Time, 2:45.
The third race was the 2:30 class for q
premium of S400, of which 5000 was to
The first horse, $500 to the second, $50 TO
the third and $40 to the fourth-best 3 in
five.
There were four entries j. II. Nor.
rows Circulstor, Bedell * Johnson's
Major Ulrich, A Johnson's Milton Black
wood and H. Kengls's Kate Clark.
Owing to lsteness the of hour only two
heats were trotted, resulting as follows: /:
First heat-Msjor Ulrich first, Circula-
tor second, Kate Clark third snd Black
wood fourth. Time, 2:4lt
Second heat-Blackwood first, Major
Ulrich second. Cireulator third and Kate
Clark fourth. Time. 2 AZ.
TO DAY'sRAcEs.
The 2:22 and 2:30 classes will be finished
to-day, after which the regular pro-
gramme of three races will be carried
out.
INTERESTING RELICS.
Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter
of exPresident Tyler. Yesterday sent 10
the Exposition the following interesting
relics:
A medal struck In 1856 on the twenty
fifth anniversary Of the inauguration OF
L opold L., King of Belgium, sent to
President Tyler.
A copper medal commemorative OF the
treaty between John Tyler. President OF
the United States, and the Indian tribes OF
the Northwest in ls4l. This medal con-
tains on one side portrait Of Mr.. Tyler
and on the other clssped hands, with the
motto Peace, Prosperity and Friend
ship"
A piece Of the original submarine cable
presented 10 Mrs. Semple by Mr.. Morse
In Liverpool, England.
A banner carried by the Williamsburg