Show THE RACE i Prospects and Probabilities for ToDay Today the big race between Ewing I Ew-ing and Bickford for a purse of 3000 will take place The race is set to go no matter what may be the condition of the track or the elements No race that has eve taken place here has occasioned such general interest and the result is that betting has been high and heavy As before stated II Ewing was the favorite and odds of 5 to 4 were given that he would win But 4 Bickford under the training of Mr Lewis has devel9ped speed tha it was not thought could be gotten out of him and in view of this and the fact that he is believed to be a better stayer than U Ewing he ha rapidly come forward and the bets are now about even Few persons but think the bay is the more footy of the two but it seemsto be the impression that the yellow has virtues vir-tues over his competitor which will make the conditions about equal The rain early on Wednesday morning has given those who bet on fast time the blues Should it rain again to any extent the track will be badin which event it is believed Bickford will come off victorious as it is thought he can labor under the disadvantage of a bad track with greater ease than Ewing can Mr Lewis says Bickford is by no means in fine condition though not in bad he is fairiy fitted for the race Ewing was worked out on Wednesday on the mile track and took the work well the condition of the track taken into consideration Should there be no rain the track will b ° very good In addition to this race there will be one between Mr Walkers Barber Bar-ber and Mr Randalls Chromo for S 00 a side which will probably be sandwiched in between the big race and wll add to the general interest in-terest In cise no more rain falls there will also he a running race in which four horses are to be entered and three to start It is probable that Charley Carrington will enter Victress and the grey pony from Grantsville and that Ben Evans will put in h Duffer There was some talk of sending Octopus but as he has not been worked it is hardly probable he will be allowed to go Should the weather prove fine I there will be a large turnout a fine days sport and heavy betting |