Year: 1873

The second day of the meeting at the
Rutland Trotting Park took place yes
terday under very favorable circum-
stances as regarded wind and weather.
The day was one entirely too good for a
Vermont October, being as warm and
mild as September. The track was, if
anything, better than on the previous
day, and was very fast for this locality.
The attendance was an improvement on
the previous day, there being fair dele
CATION in the grand stand and the usual
crowds around the judges stand and on
the quarter stretch. The attendance of
ladies can hardly be said to have been
large, yet it can safely be said that there
were twenty times as many present as
on the first day-which may be explain
ed by saying that only one woman was
seen on Wednesday.


First on the list was


THE FORTY-sIX RACE.


The pool selling on this race was
rather slow, Langdon being the favorite
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pole and went off with a good lead,
improving it at the first turn by Lang
don's brake. At the back side Storm
King had opened a strong lead and Dan
was little ahead of Langdon. The
latter shot forward as the party passed
the stand and on the back stretch footed
very prettily, oyerhauling the leader
fast, and passing Dan without ceremony.
Down the nome the struggle was an ex-
citing one, barring Langdon's running;
but Storm King had too much lead to
be overhanled, and won by a neck only.
Dan barely saving his distance.


The pool selling between the first and
second heats was quite brisk, Langdon
being still held favorite, though he lost
the first heat. The send-off was a clean
one and Storm King went away a good
lead, which he held to the quarter pole,
where Langdon laid alongside and,
aided by skip, edged in ahead. Storm
King kept close up for the remainder of
the mile, but could not get his nose even
on the bay gelding's wheel. The pair
held the same position to the wire, Dan
amusing himself with good running,
which just brought him in ahead of the
flag. He probably trotted less than
half mile in the two turns, result of
getting into too good company.


The third heat was one of the pretti-
est exhibitions in the meeting. Lang
don went off with the lead, and by good
square persistent trotting led to the close,
never being once headed. Storm King
drew up on him at the third turn, but
the pace was more than he could bear
and he left his feet in the effort. Again
at the first turn in the second half he
fairly Tapped the leader, but again had
to fall back to catch his feet. Dan was
never seriously in the race from the
start, and the flag fell in his face by two
lengths at the close. 1t is, however, to
his credit that he trotted nearly the
whole of this mile


The word for the fourth heat was
given to the pair on the first attempt,
though Langdon was not squarely on
his feet Before he could recover Storm
King had slipped in and by good footing
showed in front at the third quarter.
Here he left his feet for a moment and
Langdon resumed his lead as they round
ed into the home-stretch. For the half
that followed, the trot was a splendid
one, Danforth's horse tapping nearly all
the way, but never showing in front.
Down the home-stretch he made another
desperate attempt, but the pace was too
great and he broke near the distance,
giving the heat and race to Langdon.
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