Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-04-29

sHo~i>u how p''TcnMAN oNcE f
tOl II
AZ s,Tlnit.
| have seen sketches e numerous Quar-
ter Races IN itiD,. bat don't Trc.llet 90
ia,iur ever seen noticed ,cri,ailc Quar-
,cr Katr. that occurrcd somc dH,"n years
ago IN tue t. WI % i'---k. IN Md \,
the Irfiud alluded t. tat town was r,maTh-
able for good s,o,l. ard fat stock aud a
stranger udirsa decent looking couldn't
pas, ly. Niilo4t b,inc lartcr,d 8 run for
STAKE To- tell tie whole ,uith about thc
matt,r--if hc was ,crdant c-ougi g. thllh
his horso fast one. and bet 80 lam. be- MAS
Yer, sure H. Ind h,m Jn,i fast enough t. be
hard - i,Gi'
On a certain occasion an Ill PcuuNl,a-
via pu,clman arrived a, = with a
drove Of horses ior sale lie rode iirc
quarter nag. aud fast one too. H. was
celebrated in oll II,d'ord 'or Iii, qiio. time
over tie well wom Village course. and the
knowing oucs amonc the oid pulchmau =
acquain'anccS rrcd,clc,! tia, "l|ondet'
would some daN brirg li- owner a rich bar
vest If Il lhi. Tie pu,ciman'- stock
soon attracted e. attention If buyers and
"poudcr' was the talk IA all The sporting
,ircl,, Of the village Il, was determined
a. make a match, II possible. and make "a
srccA' on, e tie Old puichnan. who. h,
r..a. t ,'r'
men ii .i.un,c. liam, b.ornnau,s. lie
had sold ou,-al hu; his private mar and
he was looked upon ~ a peculiar God send
e. tie sporting gents \ match was agreed
ON for 1000 between Pans horse. ar 4 the
crack nag "i the county. aud Was t. BE- run
IA three days from the time naIncd Hans
objected caruosil, t. these term. a.d H.
sisted tia, the race should hc ~ "llic a.
way aud that y, should ride i, 'n.n,l,r'
although he weighed LITTLE shDit - twenty
stone The delay was agreed On finally.
aud Hans was persuaded 10 employ "oue pi
the very best riders in the State, aud who
could be had for a trilc, and whr had never
! staiacc' He was oxcc'diucll tenacious
on tbi- point. and wouldn, ,ic.l until he
was todd that to ius.ai on riding himself
wou.d break NJ the match Vel, re-
spoud,d Hans. Il VII dalc de- ride. vat i,
sloo poo,. and Va, mover loos' Ills set
tied the horse to run against 'noudci was
pu, in training, hu, Hans relying on Don.
1cr's spccd-which hcwas won, To- compare
to 'aundcr and liinin' was quietly kept III
the stable. Hans was perfectly willing Ia
win the $1,000, bu, it never entered lis
honest head to ID anything more than pat
the boy on lin and distance bis competitor
Bu, lac knew nothing Of the trick, OF IL,
town Of =
The day @! tic race lrou,h, with it oil
the country round as the Importance OF th'
stock and The q aractcr asciihcI t. 81,
nu,chman's hose, had cAcitcdin county n,
well as town. great curiosity t. wituos'
the race. The horses were led to til,
starting point, Nud AT the tap Of the drrm
"Dondcr' in few leaps was a third Wa,
down tie track. but 1t was no start; and ,E'
sane thinc occurred over aud over AGAIN
until peudor W., noticed To- show siels %
ne erours. md 40 ii',lc exhaustion Th
/, pulchuan bore /, as patiently - mat
could. Lc saw that be- wa, between two fire
1ihcrc wa- $500 ioil,it u,D aud be lad H.
good sclsc to keep quiet ~ lousih
start VA, made aud "nrd,t' vn- lett be
liudat the Winning posi q fall distance II
stakes were paid over To the winning part,
Hrucs l,f, + $1,000 poorer than lac entered
but nobody suspected that the "llclhori
Dutchmau' entertained tie least idea Tia.
h- bad been sviudlod IN tie horse race 49,
lie promised t. come down again in the ia
and den run auodcr Loss Vat would Yin Il.
race lie lc., town that evening an
halted a TOW miles cat Tor a few days to IL
, III, horse recover iroin the effects OF th
lh,sic that he Discovered too late had loc
> poured down him "Doot d-m Has
u'l ,sea-io. ~ - '-iw J ,ill 10 -
90. .... ,......,... j.. - ..... ......
! ual soliloquy. aud he Was a. hrnl bent g
. It A. was ever man bent On tilcoiing al
e pun, Sc. Nor wash long ia getting {
$ heu
Ou arriving a, home Han, kept his ow
j. councils. AID sct t. work To- Collect anoiht
e drove or horscs for the Mar, land marie
i lie soon lad las droyc complete, ard en-
ployci Young man from York County
= well known A. a trainer all over tie count
= to take down ms stock :: old IiAus
d PARTING with la. agent. remarked NV
u sbrgc. vim all der none, M, de pacin ho'
n i ,ill be chen vid dem dam ti,i Gro
. I.ll heed t, the adm .n.'i,u Il lis cmp.o,
" ~
ID a. cut1iu- J ---, 'he secr, OF 90
e pu;ch friend rode o long Lark l.ack hon,
Which at auc'i ~ tie spring when srI.c
B, valt l1w horses. would hnne about ID
/. H. tir.an ire.,,r "A inc III 90 H,urStl AZ