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Show T lit Uacoi. Yt t r.iy nhcnuh'ii, the altoial-nre altoial-nre t I'u' .;n. il'.nr.il Purli no llnuk uir, I'ousideiiuR I ho up town rttir'H'PoiiH i-on lerence, null uee, hate. gun.-, etii. Tluttxeiie men I, amusement mid oiitcrtniuiaent were- eup)ed by all, and tho goinl leoling manifesttd w.u an evidence that the cporU pollen up by Use Driving Park association are not unly appreciated, but would be moie liberally patronised if conducted uu tho iitmu luiMiness like principle- ai vai yesterday's programme. Tlio gronndc, spectators', judgea and pre9 people's stai.ds, track, ai;d tonerrtl stir ion i id in gs have been arranged with a view lo permanency, and give great satisfaction to all who , should the a.'eociaiiou persevere in catering to the spurt-loving portion ol the public, the driving park will prove a source, of amusement that will keep within the city much of the means and money that are uow lioat-iug lioat-iug out of it in seeking euteitain-ment euteitain-ment elsewhere. Tho first a running race was a good one, and was the cause of considerable con-siderable pooling and belling before tho start. Tho only animals which ran were Moses Thatcher's chestnut horse- "Biruey" and Joseph Plulpi' grey horse "licar Lake Hoy. " The race was a half mile-aud return, and was won by "Barney" iu two straight heats. Time, 5o. Foilowuifi thii, as per aunouoeu-ment aunouoeu-ment by dodgers, Mr. B. W. Carring-ton Carring-ton was to hare run half s milo in four minutes, drawing a 60 -pound sulky, but as ho did not show up, a volunteer eub" uuitrtook tho feat and accomplished it in S.Cf. Many remarked that tlio "sub" William Yideto ( colon. d) was a "tiwutl," and ahead of the "regular." Arte sevecty-tive yard loot tacq waa participated in by four individuals, Fred. Rich, David V. Rich, Johu Thomas and a culled pusson, tbe drst named winuing and the others coming in in the order here written. An exhibition trot came next be tween Mark McKimniinV "Nettie Crawford" and H. P. Kimball's "Stonewall Jackson." The mare came out first best in 3.071. Mr. McKimmius then decided to trot his little marc half a mile against lime, and made the circuit ot tho track in l.'SX Another tbow of speed for ft miie followed here, Mr. S. S. Walker's : double team taking the inside track against Mr. J. K. Morreil's "Pilgrim." "Pil-grim." The last named horse wai tho winner. Time, 2 56. .. Aa impromptu pony race quarter i mile daaii was next, thii auim&ls i entered being a bay owned by Mr. Short and a, gray beJcngioc, 6 Mr. Stevens ot Oden. Mr. Short's quadruped quad-ruped proved the fleetest of foot and came in ahead. A fot race between the two brothers, broth-ers, David P. and Fred. Rich, closed the sports of the day, and was won by the first-named after his having given the loser threo feet of start. At the wind-up of the afternoon's exercises, it was announced that on Monday (to-morrow) there would be other attractions oQered, among which were a free far-all mile trot, & match race and a foot race. |