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lied at fifteen dollars. There were seven horses entered, viz : 

 Young Cloud, entered by J, D. Bickford of Brooldine ; Brown 

 Dick, by A. G. Parker of Dedhani ; Athenian, by C. A. Mackin- 

 tosh of West Roxbury ; St. Lawrence, by D. W. Barrows of South 

 Weymouth ; Cinderella, by H. R. Bird of Canton ; and General 

 Grant, by C. A. White of Hyde Park. The horses were divided 

 into two classes, of which Young Cloud, in the first class, won the 

 first heat, Athenian coming in second, St. Lawrence third, Cinder- 

 ella fourth, and General Grant fifth. Time, two minutes forty-sev- 

 en and a half seconds. In the second class the first heat was won by 

 Brown Dick in two minutes and fifty seconds, Mark Twain being 

 second. For a second heat, after a protracted season of scoring, 

 the horses got away amid a pelting rain and over a heav}'^ track, 

 finishing the race in the following order : — Young Cloud the vrin- 

 ner ; time, two minutes and forty-seven seconds ; Brown Dick sec- 

 ond, Mark Twain third, and General Grant fourth. 



The second race was for double teams, mile heats, best two in 

 three, and the prizes the vSociety's cup and twenty-five dollars in 

 cash. R. W Hamblin of Hyde Park, entered black mares Kitty 

 and Jenny ; Eliot Southworth of Stoughton, dark brown mares 

 Kitty and Pony ; F. B. Ray of Franklin, bay mares Lad}^ Childers 

 and Belle ; C. A. White of Hyde Park, brown geldings Gen. Grant 

 and Brilliant ; R. Holmes of Boston Highlands, F'orest Boy and 

 mate, and H. Beckwith of West Roxbury, Greeley and mate. In 

 the first heat Kitty and mate and Lady Childers and Belle were 

 distanced. Mr. Hamblin's horses were first home, Greeley and 

 mate second. Time, three minutes and ten seconds. The second 

 heat terminated with like result, Mr. Hamblin securing the cup, 

 and Mr. Beckwith the second prize. 



The third race for double teams was participated in by R. B. 

 Forbes' Sand Fly and Montauk, the latter entered by W. Bell of 

 Milton. A third horse was entered, Lexington b}: James Gray, 

 who balked and refused to start. It required the united efforts of 

 the jocky and one of the marshals to get the refractory animal past 

 the judges' stand, which accomplished, he went over the course 

 alone, but on reaching the gate he bolted for the stable and was 

 seen no more. The contest between the two remaining horses was 

 quite spirited, and resulted in favor of Sand Fly, who did the 

 single dash of a mile in two minutes and two seconds, winning a 

 cup valued at thirty-five dollars, while his opponent received fifteen 

 dollai's in cash. 



The fourth race was dispensed with, also the bag race, but the 

 foot race for a prize of $15 was run by Hamilton and Bass, who 

 were in the race on Thursday. The Indian was the winner. Time, 

 six minutes and thirty seconds. Hamilton ran three quarters of a 

 mile, when he gave out and came back across the enclosure. Thus 

 closed in a driving rain storm the twenty-fourth anniversary of this 

 time-honored Society, which, since its organization, has had but 

 two rainy Exhibition days. But for the cloudy appearance of 



