Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-11-23

| good as tother, II you tool away so much
| Of your time with horses This keepin OF
race horses is nionstrous poor business,
DR.. Jones. It's more degeneratin to the
character Of men than it is improvin to the
blood of horses; and whenever l see a
young man gettin SIGH foolish notions in
his head, can't he'll but think of the piece
of poetry what read in the newspapers
when | was boy
t'John ran so long and ran so fast,
No wonder he out at last /:
lie ran in debt, and then to pay,
He distance, all, and ran away.''
"If you'll take my advice, you'll -"
But Pete was so oudacious mad that he
didn't stop to hear him out. Away he
went down to Mr.. Harley's store, whar
Their was a lot of the boys lookin at his
racer, what Saul was leadin about in its
blanket.
$40 you call that a race horse 2" ses
Bob Moreland.
ga genewine Eclipse" ses Cousin Pete
Jest leetle bit ahead of anything in
! these parts"
"Well, can tell you what, Doctor,
think you is most bominably tuck in in
| that critter, if you bought him for a racer
ses one.
SIT looks to me like it haint had good
feed of corn in month";" ses another.
81 wouldn't give my mule Blaze not
for two sich," ses Billy Wilder.
"I'lI bet old Ball can run it out of a ten
acre. lot," ses Bob Moreland. at Amt no
racer"
"Maybe you'd like to bet something"
ses Cousin Pete, lookin as wise as if he
was feelin somebody's pulse.
81 don't care about beitin much, but I'll
60 you few bits that l can beat it with
airy clitter standin at that rack yonder,'
ses Bob.
b. his time Cousin Pete begun to git
munstrous hot.
"l'll bet you five hundred dollars" ses
he, ''that Their aint no piece of horse flesh
in the county that can beat my horse, and
ifany you want to try it, thar's chance
Tor YOU ses he.
"Why, Doctor" ses Tom Stalins, 81
can beat that thing of your'n myself"
"Ha! ha!'' ses Pete, tryin his best 10 laff
mad as he was. "Well that's the best
yet" @ as'.
SWELL" ses Tom, "you was bantern
for race for your old mule in the blanke,
thar, and I've offered yon chance. Il
you is mind to back out you kin do so. =
ooh, yes" ses all of 'em, SITS clean
back out.'' 1850 ID ODD ae.a ~ a
stake home your horse. Saul, and save
his feelins," ses Bob Moreland.
swell, gentlemen" ses Pete, ''if you
wantto make race, ''I'm your man. anc
I'll bet you what you please. from five
dollars up, agin any thing you can bring
any distance, any time, any way, and
any whar. Now let's see who'll back
OUT"
"Nuff sed," ses Tom Stallns takes
that banter myself Now, skin your crit.
ter and prance him up here, if you want
to see him beat to all creation"
But" ses Pete, takin out his pocket
book, "you must remember. gentlemen,
don't run my horse for nothing. How
much is the stakes 2"
"Oh, jest something 10 make it inter
estin.'' ses Tom. t'7
swell, "ses Pete, "tbe largerthe amoun
the more interestin to me-" 7H
"Stand up to him, Tom, " ses Bob More
land. "I'll back you.''
''Yes," ses all of 'em, swell back yot
agin the Doctors pocket book, if Ihat'l
make it interestin t. him."
Pete was so riled to think that the fell
lers would dare to question his judgmen
about horses, that he was jestiu humo
to bet everything he had upon the face o
the yearth. He covered all the nUney
the party could raise. and wanted to be
'em two to one for their notes to any
amount. Ra1
"Now," ses Pete, after the purse wa.
all fixed. ''the understandin is play o.
pay" ~ @
ITO be sure" ses all of 'em.
"Halfforfeit?'' i =
"Yes'" ses the fellers. z7ai
''Well. now, when is the race to come
OH 2" ses Pete.sE i a %
sH1.Rite now, "ses Tom.
"Wharf' aa o#3 Ia iHe i
There, rite on this very grit 7" a
"What distance H. 1855 @. 4alaEa
!: "Five hundred yards two hundred ant
fifty yards and back to the place whar W,
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