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W. S. Wells of Fond du Lac, naming “North Hawk;” J. C. McKisson of 
Bloomfield, “Grey Eagle;” E. Brown of Brodhead, “Berkley;” and H. 
Annis of Bristol, “Black Prince.” Three horses started. “ Gray Eagle ” 
was given the pole, “North Hawk” second and “Berkley ” outside. The 
race was led off by “ Grey Eagle,” who broke occasionally but trotted pretty 
fairly. “Berkley” broke badly and ran a good part of the way. “North 
Hawk ” trotted fairly and squarely and came in third. “ Black Prince ” then 
trotted alone, keeping well at his work, showing some very fine traveling. 
“Grey Eagle ” was awarded the first prize and “ North Hawk ” the second. 
The time made by “ Grey Eagle ” W3S 2.40|-. 
Next in order.was the trot of a single dash of a mile for mares, for a purse 
of $60 for the best and $40 for the second best. There were five entries—W. 
D. Bdgerton, of Beaver Dam, naming “Capitola;” H. M. Johnson of Mazo- 
manie, gray mare, “Dorcas Gray; ” E. D. Stanley of Lodi, sorrel mare, 
“Fanny Fein;” Geo. A. Mason of Madison, bay mare, “ Mollie Brooks;” L« 
Dearborn Janesville, sorrel mare, “ Mauston Maid.” A fair start was ob¬ 
tained, “ Mauscon Maid” taking tbs lead and keeping it, coming in ahead. 
“Mollie Brooks” came in second and “ Capitola” thiad. “Mauston Maid ” 
took the first prize, in 2.39f, and “Mollie Brooks” the second. 
Next followed a trot of geldings over five years, the first prize being $25 
and the second $15. N. B. Edgerton, Beaver Dam, entered sorrel gelding, 
“ Kentucky George ;” Geo. Manning, Madison, bay gelding, “ Captain Jencks; ” 
J. Boyles, sorrel gelding, “Robert Lee.” “Captain Jencks” took the lead 
and won the race, trotting very handsomely in 2.89J. “Kentucky George ” 
took the second prize. 
For the best and fastest trotting matched span over five years, there were 
three entries. Geo. A. Mason, Madison, span of geldings; T. W. Brandt, 
Milton, span of matched'mares; John Hayden, Lodi, span of bay geldings. 
Mr. Mason’s team took the lead, and kept it, winning the heat and the purse. 
Time 3.16. The beautiful and even trotting of Mr. Mason’s team attracted 
much attention. The second prize was given to Mr. Brandt’s team. Thirs 
concluded the races for the day. 
During the races a large number of distinguished gentlemen were on the 
stand, among them Lt. Gen. Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Merritt, Brig, Gen. Forsythe, 
Gov. Fairchild, Col. Chas. D. Robinson, Secretary Allen, and others. 
BASE BALL. 
A game of base ball was played during the afternoon between the Universi¬ 
ty nine and the Stoughton club, resulting in a victory for the University boys 
by a score of 43 to 14. 
To-day the Capital city club play the University club for the first and 
second prizes. The base ball matches attract much attention. 
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. 
A trial of fire extinguishers was had on the hill, just east of the track, 
which excited a great deal of attention. 
