New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-03-26
Race VIII, = ztulI.

Some forty years ago the managers Of race
course near Brownsville, on the Monongahela, pub
lished notice of race, mile heats, partic
ular day, for purse OF slo0, 4 free for anything
with four legs and hair on
A man In the neighborhood named Hays had q
bull thar nc was IN the habit of riding to mill with
his bag Of corn and ne determined 70 enter him for
the race. He said nothing agsSt 1t fo any one. but
he rode him around the track number Of times,
on several moonlight nights, until the bull had the
hang Of the ground pretty well, snd would keep
the right course. he rode with spnrs, which the
bull considered particularly disagreeabie much
80 that he always beloved when they were applied
to his sides. z4s
On the morning Of the race Hays came upon the
ground on horseback-on his bull. Instead Of d
saddle, he had dried an ox-hide, the head part of
which, with the horns still on, be had paced on the
bulls rump. He carried short tin horn in his
hand. He rode to the judges stand, aud offered
to enter his bull for the race; but the owners of
the horses that were entered objected. Hays APP
peaied % the terms of thc notice; insisting that
his bull had " four legs, and hair on, and that
therefore he had a right to enter him. After a
good deal Of swearing, the judges declared them
| selves compelled to decide that the bull had the
right to run, and was entered accordingly.
When the time for starting arrived, the bull and
the horses took their places The horse-racers
were out Of hunlor at being bothered with the bull
and at the burlesque, which they supposed was in
tended, but thought that it would be over as soon
| as the horses started.
| When the signal was given, they did start. Hays
gave blast with his horn and sunk MS spurs INTO
tire side of the bull, who bounded off with q ter
rible bawl, at no triiing speed the dried ox-hide
tapping up and down and rattling at every jump,
making combination of noises that had never
been heard on race-conrse before.
The horses all flew the track, every one seeming
to be seized with a sudden determination to takl
the shortest cut to get out Of the RedatoDe country
and not one Of them could be brought back in tint
to save their distance. The purse was given i
Hays. sssss, ~
A general row ensued; but the fun of the thin
put the crowd all on the side Of the bull Th
horsemen contended they we're swindled out 9
their purse, and that if it had not been for Hays
horn sgd ox-hide, which he ought not to have bee
permitted to bring upon the ground, the thin
would not have turned ont as it did sg
Upon this, Hays told them that his bull coul
beat any of their horses any how, and il they woul
put up a hundred dollars against the purse be ha
won, he would take of the ox-hide, and leave b
tin horn, and run fair race with them. His OFF
| was accepted, and the money staked
They again took their places at the starting pos
Y and the signal was given. Hays gave the bu
another touch with his spur, and the bull gave
Il tremendous below. The horses remembering th
dreadful sound, thought all the rest was coming 9
before. Away they went again, in spite of all th
exertions of their riders, willie Hays galloped hl
bull around the track again and won the money.