The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-02-13
From the Picayune.
MULLINAVAT RACES.


A STORY OF THE WIDOW HoGAN's COW.
The following story was told few even
ings since by an Emeralder to one of his
companions, the latter Of whom is some
thing of turlman and had that day been to
the Louisiana Course and Witnessed very
interesting race which he was Dragging a.
bout.
'Arrah, be asy IA. wild yer sthories iv
yer great reees wild Sary Bladen an Grey
Medoc, an Boston an Gano, an all the ris.
iv yer nags an creaihurs, whin all iv them
would be nothing intirely, kimpared wild
the racing animals iv ould Ireland, that'll
rim their two mile an three quarters in half
the tims, an thin tossh Of CLASH ov whis-
key wild the company. Shtop bi. till l
light me pipe, an I'll infarm We iv race
lhat'll bate this country or amy other.
'Ye see the boys iv Mullinavat had jist
returned from the Limerick races, whin
what should inter their heds but TO mex up
race jiss to Place the girls an be way iv
making little shpors; but therc was no race
horses to be had, no. the divil the one
Well, ii consequence iv having med all the
arrangements widout thinking iv the horses
at all at all, the boys were forced to TEX Lar
W9aT Hsss, oad aps bPrse ses a Was s bs
COW for ye; sure, she'd outrin the divl an
all his imps in the bargain amy day an
there wasn't sowl in Mullinavat, nor twin
ty miles to the back iv that, barrin' the Wild
dy Hogan, could come up wild her. Well,
the performanshs iv the day begun wild a
lut race iv quarther of mile hate. which
was beautifully contisted betwane Pat Nc
Guire an Micky Coggins the shoemaker,
an no doubt but Micky would iv won, if
Pat hadn't run agin him jist afsher they
shtarted, which Micky resinted and shtruck
Pat blow un,her the leg, an thin KEN
three rounds aich, fair play, the last ov
which settled poor Micky intirely. Thin
the lut race being over, the 'Sprig iv Shil-
lelah,' as signil for shtartin' an off they
wint, Larry mounted on his ould baste an
the Wildly Hogan ashtrlde the COW, wild
all the boys iv Mullinavat rinnin' after thin
for the bare life. Fat an be jaibers but
the biting rim high that time. 'Twinty 10
one on the Wildly 'Done,' siz the
praisht. 'I'll wager yees tin month ould
pig agin couple iv murphies on the horse,
sed Barney Maloney. Done,' siz Pa! Nc
Guire. Name time away they wint amidst
the shouts iv the boys. Och, whack 60
it Wildly Don't be bate by COW, Lar
ry,' an so on, till the cow, catching sight
i, the horse passing her, (for the ould crea-
thur had his lame leg creased an but IN Or
.her, and wint shmart,) shtuck her tail in
the air an med at him full tilt, an het him
a blom that sin, him an Larry, one be the
other, nate an comfortable on the grass,
whilst the Wildly kep on. till the Ind iv the
coorse, an thin KEN shport. The boys pill
ted the ould hourse wild turf, an Harry pill
ted il back at thin; an wild that they piIted
one another till it was all, Phililoo! Tar
Shtand clare Away wint turl'
an murphies, an shillelahs; off winI hosS'
an bang wint shillelahs OF the h'ds' an
ma.hurs wint to great height whin 'he
girls interfared: the ould piper shtaried JIg'
an from fghtin' they all wint TO danela'.-
The boys broouhed barrel iv vhlskey'
and a natter shindy niver occurred in Null
linavat from the lime iv Methuselum 10 THIS