This great affair, which was to have
come off nt Detroit, on Wednesday, did
I not come off fts put down in the bills. Il
seems that the track was very heavy, and
the owner of the Buffalo horse, despairing
of the ability of his animal to perform the
task, paid lhe forfeit. There was an im
mense crowd present, at?d the owner of the
Detroit horse urged vehemently that the
race should come oft! At last, Buffalo,
who relied on speed proposed a race of 20
miles, and Detroit, who relied tm bottom,
refused, brrt, afterward?, consented- The
race was rtin,- therefore, for 20 miles—the
Detroit horse winning. On tfie last mile
the Buffalo horse fell from eihaftstion, and
no effort with the whip could induce him
io proceed faster than a walk. The, fol
lowing is the time of the race ant? of each
Miles.- fn.s.- {files. ftr.-s.
Ist 2.55 J Ith ».?2
2d 2.52 12»h 820
3d Z. 53 13tb 3.27
4th 2.54 14th 3.27
sth 300 15th 3.34
6 til 3.05 10th gU#
7th 3.06 I’7‘lfr 3-39
Bth 3.09 18th 4.0?
9th 3.13 l ; 9ih' 3.56
10 th 3.18 20th 3.54
The first five miles were run in 13.54;
the first lOin 30.25; 15 in 47.25; and
the entire 20 miles in 1 hour, 5 minutes
and 50 seconds. Ti e Free Riess says:
The Belden (Detroit) hofse came in ap
parently qiirite fresh' a id unscathed by thte
trial. When the state of the track is ta
ken into consideration—it having been
flooded by several* weeks of iaita—the fime
made is extraordinary.
jOF’The Herald, Dubuque, lowa 1 ,- is one
of two journals, out of five printed M thnt
place last August, that has withstood* rfiA
crisis.
ONE OF THE SCENES.
