The Sierra citizen., 1855-02-03
Tight Race.

ATight Race.
The following is an Alabama boys ac-
coant Of famous hofse-race that took
place down South. The riders were a
pioas old lady and a Methodist Parson, on
their way 10 church.
MAN war ridin' slowly along, thinkin'
how sorry she was, cos Chary Dolin, who
always led her off, had sich a bad cold !,
an wouldn't be able to 'sist her singin' to-
day. She war practisin' the hymns, and
had got as far Is whar it says, 4 have a
race eo'run,' when the passun huv in sight
an IN boat'the dodgia' Of diedapper, sh e
found thar war truth in the words, for Il le
toN, hearin' the boss comm up behir.d,
began'to skcw symptoms of runnin'; l,ut
when he heard the passun holler 'wo wo ?
70 his boss, he thought it war nam shoatin'
go /! and sure 'nuff off they started jis as
the passun got up even; SO it war fair
FACE. Whoop! git out, but it war egsitin';
the dsst feu, and the rail-fence appeered
strate IS rifle. Thar war the passun, his
legs fast to the critters fanx, arms lockt
round his neck, face as pale as rabbits
belly, and the white flag streemin' far be.
hind-and thar war Nam, fust on one
side, then on t'other, her new caliker
swelled up round her like a bear with the
dropsy, the old lady so much surprized
she cuddent ride steddy, an tryin' to stop
her colt, but he war too well trained to
stop while he heard go! Nam got 'sited
at last, and her eyes gan to glimmer like
she seen her daddy's ghost akin If he ever
trained up child or race-hoss to be
'Eaid of small brush on Sunday she
commenced ridin' beautiful she braced
herself up in the saddle, and began to
make celebrations how she war to win
the race, for it war nose and nose, and
she saw the passun spurrin' his critter
every jump. She TUX off her shoe, and
the way number ten go-to-meetin' brogan
commenced givin' hoss particular Moses,
were caution to hoss-fesh-but still it
kept nose and nose. She found she war
carryin' too much weight for Colt, so she
'ran to throw off plunder, till nuthin' war
- t.t be,. saddle and close, and the spurs
kent ir W ssstis' still. The old woman COM
menced strippia' to Hghten, an tnen "nen
she found il war no use while the spurs
lasted, she got cantankerous. 'fsssun,
said she, 'I'll be Gust if it's fair or gentle
manly for you, srpreacher of the gospel,
to take advantage of an old woman this
way, usin' spurs when you know she can't
wear 'em-taipt Christian-like nuther,'
and she burst into cryiu'. 'Wo! Miss
Hibbs! Wo! Stop Madam Wo! Your
sop.v- he attempted to say, when the old
WOMAN ,tuk him on the back of the head,
and 6llia' his mouth with right smart of a
saddle-horn, and stoppin' the talk, as far
as bis share went for the present.
GBy this time they'd got nigh on to the
meetin-house, and the folks were harkin'
away on old Hundred and wonderin'
what could have become of the rassun
and nam Hibbs. One sister in q long
beard AT another brethren in church, if
She'd heered anything bout that New
York preecher .runnin' way with wo-
man old enough to be his muther. The
brethreus gin . long sigh an groaned lit
amt possible marcifal heavens you don't
,spicion r wen the sound Of the hosses
pomin', reused them up like touch of the
aeur, an broke OF their sarpent-talk.-
Dadrun out to see what was to pay, but
vhan he seed the hosses 80 close together,
the psaann spurrin. and mann ridin' like
closa var ikaee whar she cum, he knew
her 6x in = second, and 'tarmined to help
her; 50 sliachiH . saplin', he hid hind a
stump bout ten steps off, and held on for
the hosses. On they went in beautiful
style, the. passun's spurs telliH terrible,
md naams shoe operatin' mo small pile OF
punkins'- '-passun stretched ont the length
oftwo hosaes, while mann sot as stiff and
btrate as bull yearling in his fust fight,
hittin' her nag, fqst on one side, next on
tothsr, and the third for passun, who had
shaved the horn till little of the saddle
and less Of his teeth war left, and hi!
voice sounded as holler as jackassnickel
In an old saw-mil. But I tell you, oil
hos, Nam won the race, though she los
s,sn smost everything else, to speak Of"
- Down East they have got to sole
ine shoes with cedar shingles, veneerin@
%ko mood With a sheenskin.--Uni0n.