The Shasta courier., 1861-01-12
A.Extr..ral..ry Case.

An Extraordinary Case
We have been heard to laugh some" af
times, in our sanctum, We believe; but we oouos
ifa heartier guffaw ever came from It than was
awakened by the following race with Dull
for which We have to thank new correspond
ent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania u almost
eclipses the Cock Fight in Havana" which we
published some time ago, in which an Ameri-
can sailor unbagged an uncouth BIRD IN tne
Dit, which, after receiving unresstingiy two or
three powerful " digs" from the "Black Sultan,
his game antagonist put one claw on ois neck
and with the other-pulled bis head of! He
was an American Bald Eagle. Like the horse
racers below described, the Spanish sportsmen
Rrowled and grumbled but they were compell-
ed TO submit to an inglorious defeat:"
Some forty years ago the members Of race
course near Brownsville, on the Monopgahela,
published notice of race, one-mile heats, on a
particular day, for purse Of one hundred dol
lars, free for anything with four legs and hair
on"
man in tho neighborhood, named Hays,
had bull that he in the habit of riding to
mill with his bag of corn, and he determined to
enter him for the race. He said nothing to
any one, but he rode him round the track q
number of times, on several moonlight nights,
until the bull had the hang of the ground pref
ty we'll, and would keep the right course. He
rode with spurs. which the bull considered par
ticularly disagreeable. so much so that he al
ways beloved when they were appliel to his
SIDES.
On the morning of the race, Hays came upon
the ground on horseback-on bis bull. Instead
ofa saddle, he had dried an OK hide, the head
part of which, with the horns still on, he had
placed on the bulls rump He carried short
tin horn in bis hand. He rode to the judges
stand, and offered to enter his bull for the race;
but the owners of the horses objected. Hays
appealed to the terms of the notice, insisting
that his bull had " four legs and hair on" and
that therefore he had right to enter him. After
good deal of swearing the judges declared
themselves compelled to decide that the bull
had u right to run, and he was entered accord
ingly.
When the time for starting arrived, the bull
and the horses took their places. The horse
racers were out of humor at being bothered with
the bull, and at the burlesque which they sup
posed was intended, 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 his
spurs into the sides of the bull, who bounded off
with terrible bawl at no trif1ing speed-the
dried ox-hide Tapping mp and down, and rat
tling at every jump making o combination of
noises that had never been heard on a race
course before. The horses all flew the track,
every one seeming to be seized with q sudden
determination to take the shortest cut to get out
of the Redstone country, and none Of them
could be brought back in time to save their
distance. The purse was given to Hays.
general row ensued; hut the fun of the
thing put the crowd all on the side of the bull.
The horsemen contended that they were swim
died out of the purse and, if il had not been
for Hays 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 any how, and if they
would put up ono hundred dollars against the
purse he had won, he would take off the OK
hide and leave the tin horn, and run fair race
with them His offer was accepted and the
money staked. They again took their places at
the starting post, and the signal was given
Hays gave the bull another touch with his spur,
and the bull gave tremendous below. The
horses, remembering the dreadful sound thought
NIL the rest was coming before. Away they
went again in spite of all the exertons of their
riders, while Hays galloped his bull around the
track again and won the money.
Bully for the Bull l-Knicker6ocker.
PALNERsToN AS A LANDLORD.-Lord Palmers-
tbn owns many houses that he does not know
half of them when he sees them. The other day.
while Wis thug the Farburn estate, in West Rid
ing Yorkshire, he called at every house and
every cottage on the property, examining with
minute eye the condition of the land, listening
with great attention to the representations of
the different tenants and giving directions to
his own stewards for such alterations and i'm
provements he deemed necessary. Passing
along the irregular struggling hamlet, his at
tention was attracted by strong, heavy-look-
Ing stone structure, which stands frowning
Rrimy by the roadside. The dminutive but
firmly barred aperture, which alone supplies, in
in6nitessimal quantities, light and air to the
interior chamber, the stout, black, oaken door,
thckly studded with iron, and fastened with a
huge, heavy paddock, ominously betokened its
character. and the purposes for which. in past
ages, it had obviously served. His lordship
inquired what the building was now used for.
The reply was, I" 1t is the parish prison or lock-
up" The viscount, who had by this time
peeped into it, observed, " 1t is dungeon wor-
thy of Naples" and asked to whom it belonged.
" 1t is your lordshps property" said the vicar.
3" Then let it be pulled down at once" was the
order Immediately issued. Twenty-seven years
bad apsed since Lord Palmerston had last
visited his estate.-Boston Journal.