The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-29
inaoissE r.. POWaEL7Ela,, 1850
EDITOR AND pfE6PRIErOIi..
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. MISCELLAN N EOUS
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~ Some forty yeais age, The manages Of a
d. .sacet G urse near Brownsville, on the ,Mopon
4bela, published a nohce ns, a race, one, mile
hetis, on a particular day, for a curse et one
hlndfed dollars, ''Jne. for anything Wits1 14Hf
Iets and hair on. e5 iss4>,5s .4ae
A man in lic ncighhorhood. named HAYS,
had bull that he vas in the habit Of riding to
IN Il wnh his bag Of corn, and he Determined
TO enter him for The race. He said nothing
abbutit il 10 any one; but rode him around The
track a number OF times on several moonlight
nightsuntil the bull had the hang ofthe ground
pretty well and could keep the right c9arse.i
llo rode Wth spurs, whcl the bull consuer-
ed particularly diSagreable; somuch So, that
gthebclluwed when ahey were Implied TO his
sides sa.i.3sste,E .ta4sg Il f1fi a,ss h
On the morning Of the racr, Hays game up
on lie ground "ln horseblck" on lis bull,
Instead Of saddle, he had dfiedox hide, the
: head parliof which, with the horns still on,
he had placed upon the bulls rump.3 lie car
ried short lin horn, in his hand. He rode
10 The Judges stand and offered to enter hi:
hhlI tJr the race; bM The owners of the
loMHsest that we're cniered objec ell, Hays ap'
peaIed to the terms ofihe notice, insist ng Fba
his bull had "{om, legs and aAoirl on" fant
that tberlore he had right to enter, him
After good deal Of 'cussin' and dscussn',' !
rhe Judges declared lhemstivesco complled1c
sdecide that The bull hid the right ioEIm, AND
was entered accordingly. ,.H Issyefai b..a
When the time for Starting arrived, the bnl
and lhe horses look their plnces. The hTse
racers we're out Of humor al being bothere
q with The bull, and at the buresque whicl
Ihay supposed was moi intended, but though
ihat il would al beaver as soon as the bnrse
started Wnea The signal WIS given they dla
HAYS g1ve blast with his bntn and sunk hi
spus in the bulbs sides, who bounded oifIwit
terrible ba'yl, nj Iu triffing speed, the drie,
Ok hide fllppng up and doma, and ratlling a
q, every imp, mixing o combination Of noise
that had neye been heard On q rice cours
bsivre. The hulscs all flew the track, o'
AIRY one seem ng TO b. sc,Zed with Tie de C
nm ia ,Olt,ta!t, the short st cut 10 get out {
fgthe Reds one etuHry, anl not one Of ihet
.. cou be brought back in time 10 save the
distance. The purse was glyeE TO llevs, I'll
der great deal OF hard sweating on the pal
of the owners of The horses. 4 general ro
beensned, but the fun of the fling put tho crow
NIL on The side of The bull.a The horsenie
atcontended that they were swindled onl of ii
-npuisa, and that if It had no, been for Huys
"a horn and the ox.Ilide, which he ought nri
.1.I,1ye been permt'edto bring on the grount
g1,hc thing would not have turned out asild
HaUpoMli This, Hays fold !hem that his bah coul
shbeat any Of th,ir horses any how, and Gthe
would put up hundred GollaIs against Il
4, purse which he had won, he would take {
The ox4hide and leaVe his lin holn al
rim (airrace with them, His offer was a
d uepled and lie money staked. They aga
itouktheir places at the starring pnst, aud Il
signal was given. Hays gave the uuIlnnolh
.6s5uch with the spur, and The bulhgave auoih
1, tremendous below. The horses remember
bf the horrible sound, and thought all the re
otwas comng.as beforc. Away they went agal
in spite OF all the exertions Of their ride
while Hays galloped his bull around the TIA
Ggain and won lllc money, From thnl tiI
they ncknamed him Sham HAYS. lie ;
ti9Jerwafds removed 10 Ohio, but his uic
name stuck to him rs long as he lived. io