North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-02-19

HAYS AND HIS Bull. We do not know wbe,o q
following came from, but take it from newsn,r .ne
on our Exchange list. Redstone, (now BrownsuiEHft
and Bridgeport, in Fayette county, PennsvvsnilIe
was the scene of many bloody border fray, befor,J
and subsequent to the Revolution. Its locaI;,u
here presented in a new and most comca Gnh.
We never laughed more any tale in our life snI
it is commended to every sury reader of this papar
as good tor the blues. Bat. Amer
Some forty years ago, the managers of race CON-.
near Brownsville, on the Monongahela, publishsJ
notice of race one mile heats, on particular dav
for purse of s 100, - free for anything with Leo,
and hair on. p" man in the neighborhood, nameeS
Hays, had bull that he was in the habit of ridna
to mill with his bag of corn, and he determined u
entered for the He said nothing about :,
any one but he rode him round the track numb,
had the hang of the ground pretty well, and would
keep the right course. He rode with spurs, which
the bull considered particularly disagreeable; 81
much SO that he always beloved when they wens
applied to his sides. r - r o.
On the morning of the race, Hays came upon bo
ground on IS horseback ''-on his bull. Instead off,
saddle, he had dried ox-hde, the head part of which
with the horns still on he placed on the bulls rumn
He carried short tin horn in his hand. He rode r.
the judges stand, and offered to enter his bull for the
race but the owners of the horses that entered
objected. Hays appealed to the terms of notice; in
sisting that his bull had four legs and hair onr
and that therefore he had right 10 enter him. After
good deal of .scussin' and discussin' the Judges de-
cared themselves compelled TO decide that the bul
had the right to run, and was entered accordingly.
When the time for starting arrived, the bull and
the horses TODD their places The horse-racers were
out of humor at being bothered with the bull, and at
the burlesque which they supposed was intended but
thought that it would all be the hor
ses started. When the signal was given they did
start. Hays gave the blast with his horn, and sunk
his spurs into the sides of the bull, who bounded off
with terrible bawl, at no trifing speed the dried
ox-hide tapped up and down, and rattling al every
jump, making combination of noises thai had never
been heard on a course before. The horses few
the track, every seeming TO be seized with sud-
den determination take the shortest cut out fine
Redstone country, and not of them could be
brought back in time to save the distance. The
purse was given to Hays, under great deal of hard
swearing on the part OF the owners of the horses
A general row ensued, but the fun of the thing put
the crowd all on the side of the bull. The horsemen
commended that they swindled of their purse
and that if it had not been for Hays horn and OK.
hide, which he ought to have been permitted to
bring upon the ground, the thing would not have
turned out as it did. Upon this Hays told them that
his bull could beat any of their horses any how and
if they would put up hundred dollars against the
purse he had won, he would take off the ox-hde and
leave his tin horn, and fair with them. His
offer was accepted and the money staked.
They again took their places at the starting post,
and the signal given Hays gave the bull anoth.
err touch with his spur, and the bull gave tremen.
dous below. The horses remembering the dreadful
sound, thought all the rest coming as before.
Away they went again, in spite of all the EXERT ons
of their riders, while Hays galloped his bull around
the track again and won the money.