The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-06
DAILY EVENING TUESDAY sErEMBR G. 1864
NATCmRz uACwa

The faN races prematurely opened on the start
ing ground, (cOrner Of Commerce aud Frank lin
streots), near Perrin's fruit stand last Friday AZ.
ternOOn, without previous announcement.
The competitors consisted chiefly OF yOunRish
cOlored volunteers. After considerable nig9ino
and false starts ftOm the "dead-line," scratches
mostly were made between chunkey Double
Smut and cream -colOred "LOng-shanks The
'scrouging" was heavy; but by the time Pearl
street corner ("coming out place, was reached
Double-smut was mo whar."
variety Of impromptu "goes" were then made
BY Inferior "animals." In fact, few, IN anv.
Thorough breds" were visible Several Rst 6gbts
and "bandlgos" followed with the usual chan
AND there is no knowing what else had happened
q spectators had not been favored with stretch
like (Rollo's)
--''Ichabod Ide
Had good ride,
And lost his pride
Something ahead of Cowper's famous 0lIpip-
(JOck OF lslingten)--by ga citizen
Oforedlt and ren1un."
HoWbeit as the raciug "gin out" Several of
the foot "cuils" being dead. blowed" with heel.
ing II for the "fer comer'D Il 30 chauced that
hynhecr Schnickerritzer's black breeding SOW.
fresh frem fragrant gutter up street, greassfuy
waddled to rear OF that suff burnt "krowd," All
npe for rascality. In twinkling, PiRgy's caudle
append age was grabbed by ajuyenic Scip (heigh-
ho) Airicanusl And, from grip, opuoaily spRn-
ming the space 'twiXt head aud tail, he leapcd on
his Ptg-asus Irish classic for Pegasus--Jnpter'a
"winged horse'D and
TO horse my brave boys, and RWayr
This was the even. seasons "handicap. -.
stern reality, b,iaiing with excitement.
What with the thumps and scrceching Of some
hiteen or twenty noisy negro brats, several small
white "ieilers," brace of dogs, shouts of armed
men and passers-by, the result may be imagined
Away went niger neck or naught
Away went boys and pig,
Who little wot Of being rid
In sch style By mig
In the words Of an old racer, II was the "yyorst
est kind Of n scrub" and only a "quarter race
lsuch az Pharsalia or Metarie never had) but as
little four year old said 'Oh my III sugh, wasn't
il fun"
Heavy as "Bacon's Works" may be, no bacon
with his "back up worked harder than piggy
in question, towards the far corner.
IL was regular "sweep sticks" swlped and
lathered as piggy was, nigger on back, over the
ley troop in hot pursuit. Obstinacy, however en-
tiers into the pOrclne nature and that it was which
abruptly ended the contest-thOugh hog dis
tanced fat atigued, hooted huTed, tail. pinned, and
exacerbated beyond all swinish endurance by the
descendants upon Ham-at last "trew to natur,"
poTky stopped short In his "hOgs head"-Ong ca.
reer, and presto little niger was "no whar"
Two ebony shiu-shanks twinked in the air, as
twilight "twithered" on the dusky "ground and
lofty tumblipg." Whe-like a second-h hand
cracked bombconic, on quarter charge of pow
der from short stock gun-old sousy Numbered
on, leaving "litte mig" with his nose In the mud.
Night dropped its Natchez curtain on that sable
scene.
"The dogs eldbark tho children screamed,
Up few the windows all;
And every soul cried out, well donel
Watcher Courier, 3d.