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Show A JOVEl RACK. Sit'iwNliouft iiikI Iltirae 1'oMtr Affiilnst a Ftist Trollur. A big crowd collected to witness a novel race that look place on Main street yesterday afternoon, liily Kent drove a 2:30 trotted, which was pitted against James Christensen, who had t wo barrel staves fastened to his feet a la snowshoes, and he held to a long rope with a man on a horse at the other end. The race was three blocks up the street, turn and come back. They went up the street as fast as the horse could run. the snowshoes leading. On the homeward stretch, however, James lost his balance near the postoflico, pitched over in the snow and lost the race, the cutter shooting shoot-ing by like a flash. The procedure was a dangerous one and attracted : a great deal of" attention. |