Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-30

Extraordinary Race-SSFree to All Animals
with Four Legs and Hair;'-A Bull Trt-
umphant Over Horses,
The last number of the Knicker5oeker re-
lates this droll story which we have seen be-
fore, but which will bear repetition:
Some forty years ago, the members of
race course near Brownsville, Penn, on the
Monongahela, published notice of race,
one-mile heats, ON a particular day, for a
purse of 500, free for any thing with four
legs and hair on"
A man in the neighborhood, named Hays,
had a bull that he was in the habit of riding
to mill with his bag of corn, and he deter
mined to enter him for the race. He said
nothing about it to any one, but he rode him
around the track a number of times, on sew
era moonlight nights, until the bull had the
hang of the ground pretty well and would
keep the right course. He rode with spurs,
which the bull considered particularly dis
agreeable so much so, that he always bel
lowed when they were applied to his sides.
On tho morning of the race, Hays came
upon the ground on horseback-on his bull
Instead o. a saddle, he had dried an ox-hide
the head part of which, with the horns still
on, he had placed on the bulls rump. He
carried short tin-horn in his hand. He
rode to the judges stand, and offered to en-
ter his bull for the race; but the owners of
Iue uOISts ODJtCltu. I1dlS dppedl6u 10 IQe
terms of the notice, insisting that his bull
had -four legs and hair on" and that, there
fore, he had q right to enter him. After a
good deal of swearing, the Judges declared
themselves compelled to decide that the bull
had the right to run, and he was entered ac-
cordingly. ,,'
When the time for starting arrived, the
bull and the horses took their places. The
horse racers were out of humor at being
hafhorol With ha Nd % Nhoh h,r IL
which they supposed was intended, but
thought that it would be over as soon as the
horses started. afF .I-.
When the signal was given, they didstart.
| Hays gave blast with his horn, and sunk
his spurs into the side of the bull, who
bounded off with a terrible bawl, at no
trifing speed-the dried ox-hide Tapping up
/ and down, and rsttling at every jump,
making q combination of noises that had
never been heard on a raee-cour before.
The horses all flew the. track, every one
seeming to be seized with a sudden determ-
ination to take the shortest cut to get out of
H the Redstone country, and none of them
could be brought back in time to save their
distance. The purse was given to Hays.
A general row ensued but the fun of the
thing put the crowd all on the side of the
| bull. The horsemen contended that they
were swindled out of the purse; and, if il
had not been for Hsys's horn and ox-hide
which he.ought not to have been permitted
to bring upon the ground, the thing would
not have turned out as it did.
Upon this, Hays told them that his bull
could beat any Of their horses anyhow, and
if they would put up 800 against the purse
he had won, he would take off the ox-hide
and leave the tip-horn, and run a fair race
with them. His offer was accepted and the
money staked. They again took their place,
at the starting-post, and the signal was
given. Hays gave the bull another touch
with his spur, and the bull gave tremen-
dous below. The horses, remembering the
dreadful sound, thought all the rest were
fO%hg ss SHfITe tSs nwgy sney ,Se Ten! again.
while Hays galloped his bull around the
track again and won the money.
Bully for the BULL ..FE..-.