Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-24
RACE TO DEATH.

cannOt help thinking that there was more than the usual proportion of at- traction. But of all the girls who con- pelled devotion there was nobody quite so charming as Mary Mccartney. When she was presented at the castle, the lord lieutenant administered his official kiss with peculiar unction and was after ward heard to say that if his duties were always as pleasant he could bear a very frequent repetition of them. The vice regal opinion was very cordially rc-echocl by everybody, and wherever Mary went her progress was q scene of triumph The Two uundredth was de- voted to he, to q man. One dance ill an evening w..s l thing to be proud of. and if she deigned to give any fortunate man two hC was at once placed upon a pinnacle of social superiority.
 Finch and Seymour were her most devoted admirers and had it all their own way i'll her preference. l won't say affections, for l believe she could only have looked upon them as two editions of the same man. and they were so loyal to each other that they appeared to have the one special tendresse in common with their other properties.
 The Two Hundrcdth was about to have its great function of the year-its regimental stceplcchases- All the best of the animals that had gone through the hunting campaign were entered for the various events, and the mess table talk, which for months had run upon scent, find, finish and tho casualties of the chase. turned to handicapping, weights and racing conditions.
 Finch and seymour BOW, as OH Oth- CT occasions, took a foremost place. Each of them owned horses rather above the average in quality, and each had one entered for the regimental cup. As 1 said before, both of them were good performers i'll the pigskin, and it was more than probable that if they started Captain ScymOur's Mousetrap (did tell you that Seymour had just got his troop while Finch was senior suba!tcrn:) ..ud Mir. Finch's Sorcerer would start a$ equal favUrites. The two friends did all their training and gal loping together. and I believe that, though each int, ndcd to ride his horse out and do his Lest. they did not much Carc how they would be placed at the | finish, so lOn, ;iS one was first and the other Scc,nd.
 Of course we expected all our friends to como to our race meeting and made plentiful provision for their en- | terta;umcIit. Given the officers of n cavalry rJgilr, ut bent on making hOli- day; add ts..i-. luncheon. band and n | fine Suriu:, G: v, ;:Ed you form a series of attractions which will collect people from far and Hear. especially ill Ire land When the day of the meeting came it w;is all that could be wished. There w:tS q bright sun and soft wind. and there. had been just q sufficient | spriukling Uf rain overnight to lay the dust and l1.al.c the drive Ia the course | delightful, while thc few light clouds l in tl.r horizon were Eot di>COuraging l enough to prevent our fair fri, ids from l putting Cu tl!,ir fl, ~ho>t and Trctticst | toilets. Cu:;ch aft,-r coach rIttICd over | C&rllsi, ITi,.-t, each with q full load and each with bit Cf muslin un the l isvX; lT;;L,s. carriages and c,Ts innU- mcrsIlle, tl1a j.tIv,y~ doing honor tn the l OcC:sirus I.v vulltvS of Chaff, and many adornElcnts on their light hearted selvc; and their apparently equally gay and light hearted. we'll bred nags. Tho race course was about eight miles from tho city i'll the uowth direction, and if the day were to havc TO other pleasure tho drive down, with occasional glimpscS; of tho beautiful bay of Dublin, ccle- brattd i'll song, was enough of enjoy ment fer any Cne.
 We arrived at the scene of action, and the business If the day commenced. The subalt, ms cup was the first event, and, I lIuSt .;lv, the boys did credit to tho cli Two Iundr, ,lth. The senior subalt,rils were lying by for the regi- mental cup. and the juniors had the race to themselves. IT was won by young Molcsworth, whose round shoulders and uncOnqUc rably ugly seat had caused much conflict of opinion between him and the old riding master, but who now showed that if he were not destined tC shine i'll the nCnagc he had at any rate
 indiSputahlc nerve and enough scat anC [ hands tD take him over difficult COun : try. He aftCrwarl became enc of oul
 best men on n horse and won equestrian
 honOrS i'll many tiCklish places. TheI
 came au hours interval for lunch, bu
 Cf cOurSc those who were going to ride
 had tn put tho mUZzlc OH. I just looked
 into the tent before going to weigh ant
 saw Mary Mccartney, looking as swee
 as ever. Seymour and Finch were bOtl
 with her. .s-id she was wishing then ! good luck in their callop. As they lei her safely i'll the cylcEcl's charge
 heard keT s;iv: Now, mind, I expect vol two to beat everybody else, and I shal
 be particularly nice to tho one wh
 wins l may even give him two dance
 at the castle ball tomorrow night" ! The Two Hundredth were prett
 businesslike in matters of sport, an
 there was none of the fuss and delay i
 the weighing room that too often mark
 the doings of amateur jockeys. Punctua
 to time, the starters filed out of the pad
 dock. I think there were eight of us ' SeymOUr's cOlOrs were rose and blac e cap and FiEch's blue and red sash d MOuSetrap and Sorcerer were a long wa " the best of the runnncrs to look at Al Mousetrap was big, bony bay horse - with rather slack neck, but the bes
 of shoulders, tremendous jumping powe and great turn of speed. He require ; . workman to ride him, as his tempe
 was easily ruff1ed, but in Seymour
 hands he generally went like a lamb. ,a Sorcerer was one of those exceI ,t tional horses that can take turn
 anything. He had gone through trail
 ing in the riding school, and on occ
 sions was the best of chargers. He WI
 so good looking that when he had
 military kit on there was no horse
 the regiment that looked more show ;, than he did but the white hairs on
 chestnut coat and the silvery locks
 his tail showed the blood of old Wa lock, and he had large share of u
 pace, cleverness and staying power tn
 marked his great ancestor. As we TO
 down the course I could hear the fe