Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-26
SOME FINE HORSES.
EXCELLENT RACING AT LouDouN
COUNTY FAIR YESTERDAY.
THE ATTENDANCE MAS LARGE.
s,r,c Of the Prizc-Winncrs--A VnIu-
able Mare Injured-School News
and Republican Poiisics-ReIiaious
and Personal Items.

rTrSBJRG, VA. August 25.-(special)
WIN me thermometer in the nineties, but
. pleasant breeze tanning. all the races
-. me Fair-Grounds are proceeding. Con-
.5er.ng the intense heat, the late
t.r bush meeting. and the popular
,.mp-mccung just ended at Bontons
woods. the attendance Is very good. The
,-,miums Will be announced this eve
ming. and information concerning them
cannot now be had, but the following has
.- been obtained from the secretary in
r..srd to the racing and jumping con-
Costs.
ghc first stakes race. two ffths Of
milo and repeat. with six entries. was
NON by Winter owens Briggs, with J.
ID Tauts Congo Dick second, and T..
r.vne's Orange third. The second race.
stake. four ffths Of a mile, and repeat,
with Eve entries. was won by Owens
Cr.y. with r. NJ. Utterback's Bedford
second and H. Rozier Dulany's Lavasa-
Wan ta.rd.
THE COUNTY HORSES.
The third race. for county horses. only
$50 af,hs Of a mile and repeat, was
v.. 1y Mcintosh & Titus's Carrie with
d. s. Orrison's Fred Munk second. and
IL p. DuIany's Little Beck third. There
v.-a four entries only.
Ir the green hunter class, with nine
entries. Chichester & Carter took first
premium with No Name. Marshall &
r---c-- took second and third with The
Hustler and NiscOunt.
The first for lightweight hunters was
given to e.. r. Smiths Maggie; the Sc
e.-I to chichester & Carriers Leap Year,
and che third 10 5. f.. Mundays Dandy.
There were seven entries in this class.
i'm ,he heavyweight hunters CORTLAND
H. smith took first premium with Tor
rlf1. e.. A. Gauant got the second with
Thunder and W c. Helm the third with
queen OF Diamonds. In this class there
were five entries.
ACCIDENT TO 4 FINE MARE.
4 serious accident TO the fine $500
Kentucky mara Of Mr.. +. b. White is
deeply regretted by all. Being driven by
bis brother and having taken a ribbon.
size became frightened and owing 10
some dsarrangemcnt of the harness
grew unmanageable. Mr.. White was
thrown out and dragged some distance,
will. the mare was badly hurt by the
end cf one Of the shafts running deeply
Hrl her shoulder.
Besides the attendance at the fair, the
town is filled to-day with the colored
people Of the county Of the New School
BAPTIST Church. engaged in the services
~ their association. The exercises and
preaching at nisht take place at the
Or.ra-H0use. and are largely attended.
T.sh0u-Coadiutor Gibson, of the Epis-
oau.l Chdrch. will preach and administer
the rite Of confirmation in st. James
church here on Sunday morning next.
PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The teachers IN the public schools here
flr the next year have been selected, as
follows. For the Graded White School
IT. S. simpson principal; and :. Y. Wat
fns. Miss A. d. Johns, Miss Hattie
Pierce. Miss Lizzie Lewis. and Miss Car
r5 Wise. assistants. For the Colored
Sehool-W. a. Ash, principal; >. B. ASH
and Mary Waters. assistants.
Afr. George a Dodd. a well-known citi-
zen of this county. died in Montgomery
county. Md, and was buried in Middle
burg. in this county. on Sunday. He was
s. years OLD.
At Republican county convention on
MONDAY 40 Purcellvile. delegates TO
congressional convention in Alexandria,
August Mst. were chosen. They are ia
vorab'e t0 the nomination of Park Agnew.
Rev. Claudius Smith, of Abingdon. late
" called. has accepted the rectorship Of
the Episcopal churches at Upperville ana
hddIcturg.