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hurdle sport, in truth, was very amusing, and was the life of the 

 forenoon. While the Judges were consulting, little Mary McFadden, 

 of Yolo, rode upon the track on a rat of a mouse-colored pony, and 

 made the "horse for a hit" show off his best paces. The Judges 

 then announced the awards, complimenting the ladies, and truth- 

 fully saying that they all rode gracefully, managed their horses with 

 marked skill, and had cause to be proud of their accomplishments 

 as equestriennes. They thanked Miss Cross for appearing, and paid 

 a warm tribute to her excellence as a rider. Mr. Maslin, as the 

 spokesman of the Board of Judges, announced the decision as fol- 

 lows: First choice of prize to Miss Mouton ; second, Miss Slight; 

 third, Miss Perry; fourth, Miss Lovdall; fifth, Miss Ellis; sixth, Mrs. 

 Stevens; for May McFadden, honorable mention and recommenda- 

 tion to the Directors. This closed the tournament, for which Mr. 

 Hancock had labored for a long time, having secured, through his 

 personal exertions, the contributed prizes. 



The ladies who rode in the tournament last evening chose the 

 following prizes : Miss Mouton took the money prize of fifty-five 

 dollars, offered by the society; Miss Slight took the saddle presented 

 by Stone & Co.; Miss Perry took the silver cake-chariot presented by 

 W. K. Vanderslice; Miss Lovdall took the toilet set presented by H. 

 Wachhorst; Miss Ellis and Mrs. Stevens iiave not yet made selec- 

 tions. The Board will present Miss May McFadden the ivory- 

 handled whip contributed by J. T. Stoll. They have not acted on 

 the recommendation of the committee of a special prize to Miss 

 Cross. 



THE RACES. 



There was an unusually large attendance at Agricultural Park 

 yesterday, considering that Friday is generally considered as an off- 

 day, and especially as the two first races were looked on as almost a 

 foregone conclusion. First on the programme was a purse of $1,200 

 for the 2:30 class, in which Crown Point was held first choice at $60 

 against $15 for the four others contesting with him, namely, Major, 

 Cassie Mack, Capt. Jenks, and Susie, the latter alone being considered 

 likely to make a struggle with the favorite. As the horses scored, it 

 was perceived that the driver of Cassie Mack had a pistol of horse- 

 marine power protruding from his hind pocket, and a great deal of 

 merriment was caused when Marshal Bryte objected to such an 

 armed coalition, and Dave McCarthy was obliged to return to the 

 scales to make his weight good. The admirable manner in which 

 this new method of the drivers as well as the horses being heeled 

 was squelched, merits the approbation of the entire community. As 

 was expected, the race resulted in a match between Crown Point and 

 Susie, the former leading the entire circuit, but Susie so pressing 

 him at the wire that there was but half a length between them, all 

 the others being distanced, the Major when last caught sight of, occu- 

 pying the rear position at about the three-quarter mile pole. Time, 

 2:28. The betting was now $80 to $15 in favor of Crown Point, and 

 this time Susie was bound to make her effort, and at a clipping gait 

 she reached the half mile first by a length, and thence she led well 

 to the drawgate, when she was off her feet, and dancing and pirouet- 

 ting from side to side. Crown Point won in a jog in 2:261. The 

 little betting there was might be classed as $60 to $10, the sporting 

 men taking the long odds; and although Susie again made a good 



