The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-19
.RlI.A CT. WITH a Bull.

SoME forty years ago tile managers Of
q faee-eouFsc near Brownsville, on the
MonongaheIa, published anotice of d race,
ono mile heats. on 4 particular day, for d
purse Of $100, Free for anything that
Ind fonr legs and hair on. Z I.
man iii the neighborhood named
Hays had d bull that he was ifiSthe habit
Of riding To mill with his bag Of corn, and
lie determined to enter him for the race
He said nothing about it to any one, bnt
he rode him around the truck d number
of times, on several moonlight nigh until
the bull had tho hang of the ground
pretty wei, and would keep Tie right
course He rode with spurs, which tile
bull considered disagreeahlc, SO much So
Tint he always beloved when they were
applied to lis sides. ,..
On the Horning Of therace, Hays came
upon the ground OH horseback on his.
bull. Instead Of asadalc, lie Ind dried
an x-liide, the lead pnlt Of which, with
The horns still on, he had placed OH thc
bull ) ruinp He carried o short lin horn
in lis hand He rode TO the Judges
stand, and offered To enter lis bull for
the race but the owners Of the horses.
that were present object Hays APP
peaIed to- the terms 81. the notice; insisting
That bis bull had "lonr LEGS, and hair Oh, B
aud that therefore he had ii right to enter
him! After a good deal Of swearing, the
Judges declared themselves compelled to.
decide that the. bull had the right 10 rum.
and was entered accordingly & Il
ss yVhehthe time for starting arrived, the
hull and the horses took their placed.
Tie horse-racers were out of hnnIor at:
being bothered with the bnll, and at the.
ibnrlesque, which they supposed was in
tended, but thought that il would be over
as soon AS the horses started Of .5.s.
S When The signal was given. they did
start. Hays gave d blast with his horn,
and sunk bis spurs into tho side OF the.
huil, who bounded or with q terrible baWi.
at mo trilIing speed, the dried ox.Ilide
iIapping mp and down. and rattling ~
every jump, making . combinationa Of
noise that had never been heard on q race
course before. M.
The horses all Few tile track, every one.
seeming to be seized with sudden deter
nfnation 10 take tile shortest cut to- get
ont or the Redstone country, and not one,
of them could be brought back ia time to
save their distance. The pnrsc WINS given
10 Hays al general row ensne9;; Int the
2fun Of the thing put the crowd all on the
side Of the bull; The h0rseneil contgnded
they were swifdled out OF their purse, and
that If Id had not been for Hays horn and
ox.llide, which he ought not TO have been.
permitted 10 bring on tho ground, the
thing would not have turned ont as itdld.
Upon this, Hays told them that his
bull could beat any of their horses any.
how, and il they would put up q hundred
dollars against the purse he lad won he
would take off the: ox.hide and leave his
tin horn, and run a fair race with them.
His offer was accepted, aud the money
stakpd :..: -.
They again took their places at: tho
starting posi-, and tho signal was giyea,
Hays gave the bull another touch with
his spur, and the bull gave a tremendous
heIIow. The horses remembering the
Edreadfal sound, thought all the rest was
coming as hefore. Away they went again,
In spite Of uli the c xertiolis oil their riders,
while Hays galIoped the bull around the
track and won the money. = .:e-s j. s,.
j 81 : o.