The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-09-01
8 E L E C T E D
From the Spirit of the Times.l
Cousin Pete'S HOrSe-RaCe.
BY MAJOR JONES.


a everlastin fool about horses as Cousin
Pete. You know there's some people
what don't know anything else but
horse knowledge, and don't know any
other kind of history but horse history.
Well, that's the way with Cousin Pete.
Uncle Josh sent down to Augusta TO the
Dr.. Factry what they've got thar-and
which may be said to be the begin
ming of domestic manufactures of Geor-
gy-to try to make doctor on him
But it was no use When he KEN back
the only kind of anatomy he knowd
ANYTHING about was 10 tell the good
pinis in horse, and his Histology ony
enabled him TO tell one horse from an
other ihout knowing ther names He
was a monstrous site nearer horse
doctor than medical doctor, aud un-
derstood curin the distemper, the bats,
and such horse ailments, CRATE deal
better than he did prescrihin for the
fever'n ager. He never red no other
book but the " Turf Register" aud takes
no other paper but the Esprit of the
Times" and when he went 10 see the
gals all he had 10 talk bout was hosses,
and if he could gil 'em to listen to him,
he would give 'em the pedigrees of all
the race horses in the country, from
their dams clear back to their everlastin
great great gran-dams.
He always had two or three of Uncle
Josh's horses in trainin, and every now
aud then he was tradin one of 'em off
for blooded racer to some Yankee
pedler or other, when he never missed
gittin cheated all to pieces. Uncle
Josh used TO raise mnss about his
horse trades sometimes, but Pete was
termined to have crack nag. as he
called 'em. and every man that passed
through town was certain TO get BAN
ter for trade, if his horse had any
pints about him, which Pete was al
ways the first one to discover.
One day sure enough, he jamped up
q real Eclipse-a regular crack nag
The man was takin him to New Or
Jeans, and didn't want TO part with him,
as ne was entered for the great Sweep
stakes. But Pete was bound to have
/; the horse, if it cost him all the money
and horses he could raise. Two of Un-
q Gle Josh's best horses, and $500 in cash,
was the mans lowest notch, and Pete
closed the bargain. The man left
Pineville the next day and Pete was
the owner of a racer, crack nag-a
real Eclipse.
He was 50 completely tuck up with
his bargin, that he didn't talk of nothin
else but his thorough bred crack nag
for more'n month, and two or three
times day old Saul had to carry it all
round town to exercise it. Pete had
two or three of Aunt Mahaly's best
blankets and sheets cut up to make pro-
fessional garments for his racer, and
you may depend it cut a swell bout
PiBeville, kiVered all over to the very
ears, and its eyes lookin out through
two holes bound round with red fan
mel.
Every body was quizzin him about
his racer; but he didn't care what
most of 'em sed, cause he knowd they
wasn't no Judge of horses
g What upon yearth is you gwine to
do with that creeter, doctor ?" ses Mr..
Montgomery to Pete one day.
sWhy, Mr.. Mountgomery," ses Pete,
j" that's one of the first blooded horses
IN all Georgy - real genuewine
Eclipse, whose dam was a"
Well, weli,n ses the old gentleman,
As what of all that? What's the animal
good for, doctor, that's the question 2n
HWhy, he's-I can tell you-he can
.heat any horse in Georgyn
AT whatp ses Mr.. Montgomery.
Rnnning mile heats" ses Pete.
Well, what's heats good for % ses
che old man.
sWhy," ses Pete. to show the blood
of the horse.n
nWell, what's the good of his blood,
il he aint good for nothing but to run
heats %
4 heapp ses Pete. SThe fact is,
Nj. Montgomery, ! see You don't know
much boat horses. Spose. now. / was
TO have patient three miles of, what
was gwine 70 die il ] didn't get 10 him
ia ten minntes-wouldn't my horse be
worth something iEen Z"
Indeed, don't think it or its master