The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-05-01
Race with q Bull.

Some forty years ago the managers Of
race course near Brownsville, on the No
nongahela, published notice of race,
one mile heats, on particular day, for a
purse of $iee "Free for anything with four
logs and hair on"
A man in the neighborhood named
Hays, had bull that he was in the habit
of riding to mill with bis bag of corn, and
he determined to enter him for the race.
He rode him round tho track number Of
times, on several moonlight nights, until
the bull had the hang Of tho ground pret.
ty well, and would keep the right course.
He rode with spurs, which the bull cons;d-
cred disagreeablc; 80 much so that he al
ways beloved when they wore applied to
his sides.
On the morning Of the race, Hay "a came
upon the ground on horseback his bnll.
Instead of a saddle, he had dried an OK.
hide, the head part Of which, with tho
horns still Oh, ho had placed ON the bulls
rump. He carried short tin horn in his
hand. He rode to the judges stand, and
offered to enter his bull for the race; but
the owners of the horses taat were entered
objected. Hayes appealed to the terms of
the notice; insisting that his bull had "four
legs and lair on" and that therefore he
had right to enter him. After good
deal of swearing, the judges debated them
selves compelled to decide that the bull
had a right to run, and was accordingly On
tered.
When the timo for starting came, the
bull and the horses took their places. The
horse racers were out of hulnor at being
bothered with the bull, and at the bur
lesque which they supposed was intended
but thought it would be over as soon a,
the horses started.
When The signal WAS given they did
START Hays gave blast with bis horn, AM
sunk his spurs into the side Of tho bull
who bounded off with q terrible bawl, a
no trihng sdeed, the dried OK hide Tapping
up and down, aid rafting at every jump
making combination of noises that haC
never been heard on race course before
The horses all flew tho track, every on,
seemed to be seized with a sudden deter
mination to take the shortest cut to pc
Oul VI tnc iscuStouo CuuuLIS, duu HOT OU
of them could be brought back in time t,
save their distance. The purse was givcl
to Hays.
A general row ensued; but the fan G
the thing put tho crowd all on the 81 10 O
bull. The horsemen eontcnded that the
had been swinded out Of ,heir purse, an
that fit hal not been for Havs' horn an
ox-hide, which hc ought not to lavo bee
permitted to bring upon the ground, th
thing woald not have turn out as it did,
Upon this, Hays told them that hi
bull could beat them anyhow, and that
they would put up a hundred dollars q
gainst tho parse he had won, he woul
take off the OK hide and leave his tin horr
and run a fair race with them. His otfc
was accepted, and the money put up.
They again took their places at th
starting post, and tho signal was given.
Hays gave the Lull another touch with h
spur, and the bull gave tremendous be
low. The horses remembering the dreat
tul sound, thought, all the rest was comm
as before. Away they went again, in spit
, Of all tho exertions Of their riders, Will
Hays galloped his ball around the trac
and won the money.