Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-20
Virginia'S Exposition Of 1894 Now a
Thing Of the Past.
FEATURES OF THE LAST DAY.
Fine Trials OF Speed Followed by Bicycle
Haces-Tbc Dewitt and the Lion Loose
A Financial Success.

ness, save an occasional glmmer here
ard there from the lanterns OF the
| fakirs and slde-show proprietors, VINO
were busny engaged packing up their
paraphernalla preparatory TO moving to
fresher and greener fields.
The officials in charge Of the big show
have worked inIefatigably to make II
| success. and that their efforts have been
crowned with success there can be no
doubt. The average attendance was very
| gratifying, and would have been larger
but for the three days Of bad weather
| the openlng week. There were about
| 1900 persons out on wednesday last'
| which was designated as Richmond Day.
/ President Henry ". Wood. in conVcr-
| sation with a Dispatch man yesterday.
said he could not as yet give an estimate
| of tho total receipts and expenses or
| tho Exposition, and he WAS loath 10 make
! any statement as tn the financial condi-
| tion OF the society until the fgures were
| available. He, however. assured the re-
porter that he had very lttl" doubt that
| the organization would more thah NO"'c
| out even on the ten days
4 member Of the Executive Committee
| vino has been closely identified with the
| Agricultural Society for a number OF
vars. said yesterday that he felt posi-
! tive that not less than $500 would BE-
netted from this Exposition.
FEATURES OF THE LAST DAY.
As Is usual with the closing day, the
| crowd Yesterday was the smallest OF the
| ten. The few who lid go out Wal''N
| until the hour appointed for the races 10
| start. and a large majority OF them 50 NJ
| their time In the grdndstaHd or III 'i'
betting ring. watching the horses circI7
| around the course.
The racing consisted OF four events.
ali of which were exciting AMI interest
inr The principal feature OF the pro-
granme was the two heats IN tho Z;5S
! class trotting race that were postponrl
from Thursday. Il VIII be remembered
that the race was for purse ot S5yl'
mile heats, best two out OF thr~e. Inc
two heats trottcl Thursday were won by
Julia q. In a canter. she was the i1'o'
ite Yesterday, and she finally won the
prize. but she lost the first heat by the
merest accident. She got of ahead on
the bunch. and. although she broke IN
the first quarter. managed 10 hold her
| own. and there seemed 10 be- little cause
| to doubt that she would come In aheii
She ran far ahead Of the other horses
| up 10 the three-Quarter, but. aS Shr was
| coming down the stretch moving b-auu-
|
causing her 70 break. and before she
could be gotten on her feet Liza loiset
ahead and won by half Il neck.
| In the second and last heat, however
.ulia O. redeemed herself. 4 pretty start
was made. and Boston took the lead anu
, TIE pole. lie kept IT around 10 the nan
when he broke and. making an opening
for Julia o.. she promptly took the iroht'
She trotted beautifully from then on.
k.t 1 OF
Lila, who was moving very rapidly.
THE RUNNING TRIALS.
The second race. a running event for al
ages. mile dash. consolation purse ol $i"'
was won 10y Gypsy. Mr.. h. H. MadluN 7
mare. The other starters were KdHuo'p"'
owned bv / o. Thompson, Wild Huntress'
oy,r.d bv Mr. Watson. and Moderator,
owned by r. .. Il. Delaney. GYPSY went
- the front from the jump. ami kept
the lead into the finish. Randolph l'l-
loUed 4 close second. with Wild HunlfesS
and Moderator running clOse behind,
After passing tho half. Randolph fell be-
hind and finished last. Nild lluntre,
moved up close TO Gypsy, AMI at thi
finish was only hair a neck behind heI'
The next event was gentlemen .
rldlng-race. consolation purse $50. The
following were the starters. Reno, owh"i
q ". Rollisou and ridden by ". Benz
Emma Lee. owned and ridden by J'hh
NIonra. Hr1ck. owned and ridden by VIII
liam BERNARD; Cadet. owned 10y y. '""-
ninrharn and ridden 10y a. y. hohson'
Sandy Brown. owned by B. cunningham
and ridden by Edwin Woodbridge var
wick. owned and ridden by W. {. \.
Gregory. and Katie f.. owned ana rdheil
by Il. {. Mayo Brock got on hfst' t'.'
led the bunch for the first quarter
cadet pushei him closely anl came into
the half few inches aheai. IT, IN
creased his lead az every jump an' ran
av.,y from the group easily, winning ny
- ree lengths. Brock fell behind at tne
tnrae-quarter. and Katie =. ami Reno
br-aklnr away from their company TOOK
second and third plac-s respectively
STALLION TROTTING TRIAL.
The final event was a stallion race
rrr.e s3oo. entry fee. So FDir tro'tets
vrer. entereI-Gcnoral pashw0od. bldcfN
st.,uiou. by Simmln, 2..S. Iron Ear. gray
stallion. by Temple Bar, 2l' 5-l, 'lduN'
Melnott. brown stallion. by TooIlf-' Jr,'
and Nutwith, bay stallion hy Nut"o.''
| 2lst.. Iron Bar was by long "'ls ''
best animal. AMI took the thfee heilS'
All of the horses were good Ones now
.. .r.r ana the finishes were close and IN
tereatins. ..,,
. FIRST race-trotting. 2.S class. nle
heats. best three IN nye, purse 49, I'M, iia5,
heat-JulA q. won. LA Second. " tIi.'
! thirl. and W0eful fOurth-timc, -'',
! srfoud heat-Julis .. won. Liza secoiH'
! Charley Moore third. and Boston fourth
time. 30. third heat-Bost9n Won JUN
: .. second Liia thirl. ana thariry MoGf,
: | a. won. lila second, Charley Moore thrd,
and Boston fourth-time. ~ -. Jnli
| -. gets first money, iioston second Lu'
e | third and Charley Moore fourth.
second race-running, one-mlie dasn. loi
! a.4s consolation purse SlJp-'iypSy won
; | Wii Huntress second, and Moderator
third Time. lag. .....-.
Third race-running. consolation purs'
q SljO-Cadet won. Katie l.. second, anl
. | Keno third. Time, 81 IL.
, Fourth race-trOtting. best three IN hNe
: milk. heats for stations, purse >eo entry
fen S50-First heat-ffon Bar won, Nut
= with second General Dashw00d third, auo
t claude Melnott tourth-time. 20 second
/, Claude Melnott third and General Dash
, | wood fOurth-tlme 2:3S; third heat-lroi
: Bar won. Nutwith second, Claude Mel
D mott third. and General Dash~ood iourth
D Eetween the heats Of the last race Dr
I Anderson offered for sale his two horses
y Prince Edward and Duke OF wellington
, The Prince was put w first and only N@
was offered for him. He VAS taken dO"I
V and the Duke was not pat up.
/ THE CYCLE RACES.
horse-races tho bicyce-races commenced
They resulted as follows.
4 First event-One mile, Virginia Dlylsiof
? League OF American Wheelmen champion
shirs-X. d. Nye won, }. I. Temple Sc
cond. and W l.. Prentiss third. Time
20.
. shin. T. Temple won, Frank X. Ste
y second. and J. l.. Stines third. Time. 3:O5
n Third event-tWO-mle-team race b
n tween the Owl cycle Club. 7. Temple
A. l.. Jones, and NJ. |. Peatross-and tn
washington Road Club-c. T.. WOod-th'
e owl Club won. Temple coming In first
9 tones was second. wood third, and Pea
tross fourth Time. 100.
)t Fourth eyent-half mile. youths l6 year
|. and under-H. T.. Williams won. Emme
Whitman second. and ". 5. schaap third
| Time. l.22.
re FIffh eVent-one-quarter-m race-Ny
. won. Steel second. and Tignor third.
sixth One-hali-milc race-Ny
Is won Prentiss second.
70 | Seventh event-One mile, moonligh
race-Temple won. Williams second.
THE DEVIL GOT LOOSE
Considerable excitement was created OF
the grounds yesterday morning when
> became noised around that one OF tn
n animals in the Wombwell menagerie ha,