The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-02-04

and Old Tip. TWAS at once decided that
Undertook was entitled to the inner
track, in consequence of his having four
years ago taken heat on this course and
now, for the first time, I clearly saw why
the loco foco office-holders had been so
busy in clearing this track.
Bets were freely offered and taken on
both sides, and the puter inctum planked
up, and | frequently thought to myself /:
gentlemen take care in whose hands you
place your stakes, or you'll have more
Swartw The nags were brought
to the score. Old Tip was calm and un-
concerned, but Undertook seemed very
FESTIVE and anxious to get the start. The
drum tapped, the coursers started, and a
tremendous shout from the assembled
multitudes, came up to the Allegheny, and
was reverberated back to the Atlantic and
the Pacific. As the sound died away, my
driver. who had now arrived at the sum-
nit of the mountain, roared out: | say
Mr. passenger did you hear that? Why
don't you hurra for Old Tip?
Away they went, the starting post be-
ing in New Hampshire, Undertook a
head, Isaac Hill here giving directions to
his rider, to ply both whip and spur.
Old Tip was held firm and hard from the
start, but as they passed over the green
mountain part of the course. Old Tip
passed him and went gallanlly ahead &;
they soon passed over Michigan, Tip still
gaining. and turned the corner into Ohio.
Kinderhook's friends had spared no pains
in making this part of the inner track
smooth, and Allen and Duncan here gave
him loud shouts of encouragement, but
Old Tip had already run round him, and
his friends determined to show the locos
that Undertook had no bottom, told the
rider to let him go and the way he went
it was caution. The course went straight
ahead into Indiana. where Old Tip gal
loped at his ease still gaining or Kinder
hook in way that astonished the Hoo
Tiers, although Chapman still kept crow
ing till they passed the Illinois post. On
this part Of the track, Tips rider deter
mined to hold the old horse up as much
as possible and encourage Undertook to
come up and he did gain a little by be-
ing admonished by both hand and heel.
Old Tip stopped TO Craze short time in
the American bottom, and then went on
at his ease again through Missouri. Here
Humbug Benton shouted and threw up
his cap for Undertook, washed and dren-
ched him with Cologne, and gave him u
mouthful of mint drops, which refreshed
him little, and on they sped TO Arkansas
This part Of the track being short, and
composed of hills and vallies, Tips ride,
determined still to hold him up and save
the old horses bottom for a better portion
of the track. They now turned a pretty
sharp corner, which brought them into
Tennessee. Here the old horse appeared
to be rather out of humor, at being held
up so long, for here he beheld Old Hick.
DRY and CID Turf nag running at large in
the commons, who seemed to make sport
of his slow progress when suddenly he
took the bit in his teeth, and it was i'm
possible for his rider and all the rest OF
creation 10 hold him. Some declared he
outwent old rattler in his swiftest quartz,
race-and the way be shook the whole
Mississippi Valley astonished the natives
and Old Hickory thinking it was a New
Madrid earthquake, took fright and ran te
his stable.
When he reached the Mississippi post
Undertook was out of sight Here Prem
tice cheered the old horse by his presence
and on he went through Alabama, Lou
isiana, and Georgia still gallopihg at hi:
ease; while Undertook, all the time
nearly out of sight, was making the hes
head way he could, by cutting across al
corners, and shortening the course a:
much as possible.
/ In North Carolina the soil exactly suit
ed Old Tip, and the way he made tht
dust fly, and the North Carolinians shou
wasent slow.
/ AS he came near the post of South Ca
rolina, his rider held him up TO wall
till Kinderhook came nearly up. Hero
Calhoun, McDutlie and crowd of NULL
fers gave shouts Of encouragement tt
Kinderhool, and some one cried out re
member the specie clause, upon hearing
which Undertook made desperate eff
fort and for moment passed Old Tip
He did not long maintain his ground 70
in passing through the Old Dominion, the
old horse came up shoulder to hip, ane
Wise cried out barrel of hard cider OF
the Old Gray. This made the old horse
mend his speed | tell you Mr. Hawkeye
and into old Kentuck he sho: like streaE
of lightning. Here Clay and Crttendel
and Graves threw up their hats and shout
ed hurra for log cabins and hard cider
Undertook was again out of sight, ant
Old Tip galloped on through Maryland
Pennsylvania, and the Empire State
Here Talmadge enquired Of Tips rider,
Undertook had boiled he answered no
but he's more than double distanced
Undertook never came in sight again
and Old Tip continued on a: an cas-,
gallop to the winning post, except for
short distance in the Old Bay state, whe
he saw Webster's beaver wave, he show
ed him specimen of Old Double-head'
thousand yards running. Tip came on
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