The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-12-12
a Itull Race.

We have been heard to laugh some"
at times, in our Sanctum, we believe; but
we doubt if a hcarticr guilaw ever came
from il, than was awakened by the follow
ing =" Race with n Bull" for which we
have TO thank a new correspondent in
Pittsburgh, penn.) II almost cclipscs
the Cock Fight Of Havana" which we
published some time ago in which an
American sailor unbaggcd an uncOuth
bird in the pit" which, after receiving
unrcsistingly two or three powerful digs"
from Black Sultan" his game antago-
mist, put one claw on his neck, and with
the other-pulled his head Off! lie was
an American Black Eagle Like the
hOrsc-racers below described, the Spanish
sportSmcn" growlc,l and grumblcd; bat
they were compelled to submit to an ''ln-
glorious defeat
"Somc forty years ago the members Os
rarecourSc near Brownsville, on the
Monongahcla, pubi>ilcda a notice Of aracc,
one milo heats, on IL particular day, for Il
purse Of one hundred dollars, free for
anything with four legs and hair on
\ man in the nrishbOrhO0d named
Hays had bull that he was in the habit
Of riding to mill with his bag Of corn, and
he determined to enter him for the race.
He said nothing about it to any one. but
he rode him around the track number
of times. on s"vcral moonlight nights,
until the h'i)l had the hang of the groHnl
pretty well. and would keep the right
course. lie rod with spurs, Which tiir
Lr'! considered particularly di>agrt,alic,
so much 80 that he always beloved when
they were applied to his sides.
"On the mnrring Of the race, Hays
ca'nc upon the ground on horseback
his Lu,l. Instead of saddle, he had
dried an OK hidr, the heal part Of Wfi'h,
with the horns still on, he placed on the
bulls ru'np. he carried short tin horn
in his band. llerndc to the Judges stand
a!rd offered to enter lis bull tor the race !;
but the owHcr OF the horses ohjcrtcTt.
Hays Appealed to the terms of the notice,
insisting that the bull had four legs and
hair Oh, and that therefore he had II right
to cliter him. After good deal Of swear
Ing, III" judges declared themselves com
peeled to decide that the bull had the right
to run. and he was entered accordingly.
NV hen the time for starting arrived
the bull and horses took their places.
! The hurSc.raccrS were out of hu,nnr at
being bothered with the bull, and ut the
burcSquc which they supposed was in
tended, but thought that it would he over
as Sonn aS the horses started.
"When the signal was given they did
start. Hays gave blast with his horn,
aud sunk his spurs into the side Of his
bull, who bounded oil with a terrible
lawi at na- tri!ling Speed-the dried OK
hide ilaFpins up and down, and rattliug
at every jump, making u combination OF
noises that had never been heard on a
racccourse before. The horses all flew
the track, every one seeming to be seized
with 4 studded determination to take the
shortest cut to get out of the RclStnnc
country and nonc Of them could be brouh It
back in time TO save their distance. The
purse was given to Hays.
a general row cnsurd but the riln OF
the thing put the crowd all on tic si,ir o
the bull. The horScmcn contcnd,,I that
| they were swintlled out Of the parse; and
if it had not been for lays horn aud on.
hide, which he ought not to have been
permitted to bring upon the ground, the
thing would not have turned ont as it did.
Upon this, Hays told them that his bull
could beat any Of their horses any how,
and if they would put up one hundred
dollars against the purse he had won, he
wonld take of the ox-hidc and Leave thu
tip horn, and run fair race with them.
His olcr was accepted and the money
>takcd. They again took their places at
the starting post, and the signal given.
Hays gave the bull another touch with
his spur, and the bull gave tremendous
below. The horses, remembering the
dreadful sound, Thought all the rest was
coming as before. Away they went again
in spite Of all the oXcrtions of their riders,
while Hays Saloprcd his bull around the
track and won the money"
FILIAL AFFECTION gentlemen