Frank Hewitt v. Horse and Ricer.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 3

Frank Hewitt v. Horse and Ricer.

-> = £.- -100 TARDS MATCH. It has lon& -been a modtquestion whether a man eon) d beat a -horse for a short di«- ', tance, and the question was. discusped on : board the ship Kenown, recently arrived here from England, with the result that a wa^er of >liso a side was made between two of *he pajsengers, ia which, one undertook to find a man, and the other a horse with : rider, to run 100 yards. The money wsg staked in the hands of Captain Wildasn, who consented to act as. starter, and his. chief officer as judge. As a matter of course, the the. biped,, on his arrivt)?, lost no time in a^rta^n'gvrhb was the fastest ped: ip "the^colohy, atid •equally as a matter of course Frank : Hewitt was pointed out 'to him, and being "inter, viewed?' satisfactorily, the match was at once " clinched;'* So the imeautime^ ithe. : backer of the i qnadruped t^aa^ equally/in^ ;; : dußtriousin seeking out «,' nag combining^ the I qualities. '-of' speed in gallVping ; jinq qiiickness insetting away. In this.pursait ' ' he was eminently auccessful' for ih the Ptsbles of Mt Tyrrel, of St^ Kilda,' he found the' gem he desired^-a rather, tall ' Arah-bred; pony;,, .known as -Telegraph, : tbe.wjnnerof many races in the suhurbs. The horse was in training at. the,.time» : and . repeated trials proved that in'.lOO yards he ' could' break hibe eecbhds. Aa ehe.t/me aporosched, 3 to 1 was offered "on^he hjorse," which so staggered the backers of the'niaW that but very i little .betting >took ' place. Soon after, the appointed tpie, sides'and: endji ; being chosen. Telegraph, ■; (w|th { bis owner up), and Hewitt appeared <^n the scratch. We may , mention ) that Hewitt having stated, to the would „hold up bis -Wm ! ' , wfiefts r ffe ,v waßv ready, 1 did so and «tarted, : -but as there was w report he bad t6 rreturn.:(: A second' attempt at a start resulted • in the horse getting away at * pace which made Hewitt's friends^lpok .blue: . fitill,^ere, iwaa? no' fe^bt^ and tbe tfee* scratch: ;; , Thft exekernent' wa^n^w^reat, I ifa spectatorsf^eibg; bu the tenter 'hbokslbf : expectation^ both *t)Tped - and{ quadrU^d ' ■ ready to jpring.^and. the starter- i»er*oUsly < ■ , to:: giyers thei;sign»l* mMxc tiaraey £ d g^ißKghsyv«^ . W>hM ; bAnd,;thalb.e.,w 1 ready, ajid/^tarta, - pof6« 'heard- l %e >»^?^o_^gg'li?lilSr| , a pace that he is quite seven yardg a.heaijli - bdore the horw is in moti:«i. The ract !

: was then in earneat, and at aimo*t]rW«BH speed. Hewitt seemed 'to" tiffi 4^ M3_BI nevertheless 'decreasm'g'fthe' ''"gap; It^ffl^fl stride, v At $oyard*0 yard* theihorse -wm^ui^^H sp fast that it seemed inevitable - that Jj^H man must be beaten. ; Fraipk, ne^erifu|^| persevered, and with a fine spurt. bjeal^HJ tbe line first ; five yards uiorc and the; hq|H| would bave passied IMC We need acaT^Hl c&y how jubilant w<?r£ tbe bao&ele'k%tm^_m man at the unexpected vlbtory— tme^Mcl^H alike to both parties— neither fa it piwmSH to d « ell upon the cobg^atulations ehdwer^H on Hewitt !on succeeding- in -draegu^&j^H stake put of the fire. , It will ftiiffieeMM tbat the backers of the; Horse are not ; aH| satisfied tbat the reanlt of this race;ifflß| Bati-lactory fiolution of the problem ♦'t^H j r&ttive speed of roab i&jtisbnriie. v '