Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1858-01-27
Horse Jockeys.


genuine, unmitigated, bona fide horse
jockey, they will possibly be able TO
spmpathize with Il certain Frenchman,
a passage of whose history has rccent>
tly come to our knowledge.
The emigrant in question, having
adopted this country as his residence:
wanted to procure for himself an mi>
NAL, the use OF whose legs should serve
instead Of his own, in the various per-
egrinations he designed making in the
prosecution ofhis search after knows
edge. Being little acquainted either
with horse jockeys OR horse flesh, he
was grievousIy taken in by cheat in
the purchase of Il steed. He gave him
a hundred dollars for miserable jade
of an old mare, that had been tattcned
up to sell, and turned out to be ring
boned, spawned, blind and winds
broken. The Frenchman on discover
ing that he had been cheated, Went to
the jockey to take back the animal and
refund the money.
'Sare,' said he, 4 have fetch back
the mare>horse vat you sell me, and |
want de money in my pocket back
'Your pocket back!' returned the
jockey, feigning surprise, 4 don't un>
derstand you.'
You not stand under mer exclaimed
the Frenchman, beginning to gestic
ulate furiously, you not stand under
me! Sare, by gar, you be one grand
rascalle-you lie like Sam-Iike Sam,
vat you call de leetle mountain? eh?
Sam Hill, suppose you mean
'Oui, Monsieur-Sam de Hill-yes,
sare, you lie like two Sam Hill. You
sell me one mare horse for one huns
dred dollar-he no wort one hundred
cent by gar
What's the matter with the beastr
'Mattair! Sacre! Mattair! do You say?
w he is all mattair-he no go at all,
he got no leg, no feet, no Wind, he blind
like one stone vid dat eye, he 90 vehe>
ze~o, veheeze>o, like one forge hammer
bellows, he no go over al Aide ground,
he no travelle, two mile in tree day.
Oui, sare, he is one grand sheat. You
must take him and fund de money
back
Refund the money! Oh, | couldn't
think of such a thing.
'Vat!' You no fund him back de
Yon sheaty me vid one huns
lred dollar horse, that no can 90 at all!'
4 never promised You that he would
co.
BY gar! vat is one horse good for
ven he no go? He is no better as one I
lead shackass, by gar. Viii You, sar,
AXE the mare>horse back and give me
ny money vat pay for hing
No sir, | cannot-'tWas Il fair bar
yain-your eyes were your own mar>
let, us we gentlemen Of the turf say
'Gentiman de turb! You be no gems
iIman at all, you be no turf: mon
Oieu! you be one Turqne, one SheW,
me sacre dam deceptione. You sheaty
rour own born moder, you play one
ascalle trick on your gotten tader.
Iou ave no principaIle'
THE interest is what | look at.
Yes, sare, your interest is 10 prin>
ipaIIe. You be one grand rascalle
heat. Mon Dieu! we're you die ven
'ou 60 to, ELI? lie Diable black he fetch
-ou no time quick, by gar
Failing to obtain redress Of the joe
ey, the poor Frenchman sent his
TO an auctioneer TO be
old. But the auctioneer proved to be
S great a rogue as the jockey, for he
ook care that the fees for selling
hould eat up the price he got for the
nimaI.'
BY garr said the Frenchman, in re-
.ting the story, i be sheaty all round.
le shocky horse, he sheaty me IN
'ade; and de auctionee:, he sheaty me
dispose of the hanimalIe. He sell
lie de mare>horse for ten dollar, and
' gar he sharzge me 'leven dollar :
II sell him. Mon Dieu! so | be take $
| round, in lose 'leyen and one hun (
red dollar all in my pocket clear for a
le sacre, dam, Iinp>lunb, yeheeze
nd, no see at all, good for nothing G
lade of a mare, horse, worse as niue
ell dead shackasses, by gar And f
we leave him. i
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