Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-11-01
Humorous ] lasaOing,
Jack Rink and the Yankee.

Few eonmunities are more strongly inbueC
with a passion lor horse-racing than the goOC
.people Of Matches. New York folks talk so
lger' and engine 10 Paris they talkopera,' II
Matches they talk horse uey believe il
quandrupeds and nothing else-sll showing
.the existing diEferent degrees Of refinement
Toown the aeeless horse in Natehez is TO en-
Joy the fee-Simple Of an honor in comparison
with which a member Of Congress sinks .iaio
mere nothingness. s. ..-...
Ia October last the Fall Meeting, took
place, and led 10 more than the usual quantity
io( excitement and brandy cocktails. The last
race OF TIE last pay was sort OF Tree hghb'
opea TO every horse that had never won
sce.--purse $500, entrance $50,
Among those who proposed to gO-n was a
Yankee pedder, with sorrel eoitoi ra1ner
promising proportions. With this pegasus Oy
Ills side. he thas addressed one OF the Judges;
say, ca2s'n, should like TO 60 IN LOT
that ere puss,
'WhatRiLhP
THAT sonel colt.
Is he speedyP
Il cale'late he is wouldn't wish to risk
n load of tn ware on the result
Judge stares-'Do yon know the termsT
.Like book-puss $500, and entrance fee
S95; here's TIE dimes
b Here Yankee drew out a wallet which claim
ed seemingly an affinity with last century, and
brougbt ur two KS and V. Among those
witnessed The operations was Jack Rink, of the
Belleyue house. Jack saw his customer, and
Immediately measured him for an intertoin-
ment.
Afler the usual fuss and palaVer, the horses
were brought out, saddled and prepared for a
single heat Of two miles. There were com
petelitors besides the Yankee. The latter was
a smart sorrel colt, with fine eye, and lift
of the leg. that indicated speed and bottom.
Bring up the horses, said the Judge.
The horses were brought ap--the Yankee
gathered up his rens and adjusted bis stlrrups
While d ing this, Mr.. Rink went TO the rear o.
the sorrel colt and placed a chestnut burr un'
der his tail, The next moment the order to
GO was given, and away went nine horses
of all possible ages and conditions. The Yam
kee's sorrel was ahead, and kept there. Tin
ware. was evidently pleased with the way
things we're working, and smiled smile that
seemed to say, that puss will be mine in less
time than il would take a CREASED nigger to
slide down soared liberty-poe.'
Poor fellowI he hadn' / reckOned on that
chestnut burr The 'irritanr that Jack Rink
had administered not only increased the ami
mails velocity, but his ugliness. He not only
ran like a deer, but refused to do anything
else. AS the Yankee approached the Judges
stand he essayed to pull up, but it was no go
He might as well have tried to stop thunder
bolt with yard of log, The Yankee reached
the stand-Yankee passed the stand-Yan-
kee, 10 full career - went down the road
When last seen, the Yankee was pass.
through the adjoining county in old
John Gilphin' fashion. and at a speed t hal
made the people look as that comet that was
TO make It's appearance in the fall of 1884,
Where poor sorrel gin out il is impossible tc
say. All we know is that Yankee has never
been heard Of from that day to this, while his
wagon load of Tin ware still figures as one o
the great leading attractions in the museum o
lNatchez.