For Blood And Oysters

The "fast'ems" were out Wednesday afternoon and took advantage of the fine sleighing to test the speed of their respective trotters, pacers and runners. For the afternoon sport a series of six matched races was arranged and "trotted" over the quarter-raile stretch on South University avenue from State street to East University avenue. Regular officers of the course were selected, B. F. Watts acting as I ing judge and J. R. Bach and A. T. Harrington as judges at the finish. A crowd of several hundred spectators lined the avenue frorn start to finish and cheered their favorites along the route. There was considerable amusement in the races, speed being the object and it didn't matter whether a horse was running, trotting or pacing, as long as he had the "git thar" gait and crossed the line first. The races were for an oyster supper which the losers paid for and the winners enjoyed last night. The first race was between the pacers of Alderman A. P. Ferguson and Mei Clements, the latter being granted the privilege of running his horse f rom start to finish. Four heats were paced, the city official capturing the first, second and fourth, the third being a tie. The second race was for trotters, the handsome new bay of Roy McClure's being matched against Wm. Clancy's grey roan. This was one of the best races on the programrae, and was finally won by McClure, who took the first, third and fourth heats. The third race was between "Pascarell" owned by Wm. Kapp, and Homer Moore's pacer, the former winning in three closely contested heats. The fourth race was between the Burke and Blaess trotters, which were evenly matched, Burke winning the race by capturing the first, third and fifth heats. The fun of the atternoon was in the race between the big sorrel belonging to John O'Hara and the tle chestnut owned by ex-County Treasurer Brehm. The little one won the second and fourth heats, but his legs were two short and the race was won by O'Hara, who took the first, third and fifth. The closing race was between exRepresentatives Gregory of Dexter, and Sutton, of Northfield. The former drove a grey colt "Trixie," and the latter had a bay pacer that goes like a whirlwind. lt was nipand-tuck, Dexter capturing the first two heats and the Northfield statesman came in on the finish and won the last three heats and the race.