The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-09-27
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Bull against Race-HOrses.
he BEATS THE YIxLD.


Some forty years ago the managers of q
race course near Brownsville, on the Mon.
ongai ahela, published notice of race,
one mile heats, on particular day, for q
purse of S100. Z" Free for anything with
four legs and hair on" A man in the
neighborhood named Hayes, had bull
that he was in the habit Of riding to mill
with his bag of corn, and he was deter
mined to enter him for the race.
He said nothing about it to any one, but
he rode him round the track 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 con.
sldered disagreeable; 80 much so that he
always beloved when they were applied
to his Aanks.
On the morning Of the race Hayes came
upon the ground on horseback-on his bull.
Instead of saddle he had a dried OK hide
the head part of which, with the horns
still on, he had placed on the bulls rump.
He had 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 that were entered objected.
Hayes appealed to the terms of the no
tice, insisting that his bull had four legs
and hair on" and that he had q right to
enter him. After good deal of swearing,
the judges declared themselves compelled
to decide that the bull had the right to
run, and was entered accordingly. when
the time for starting arrived the bull and
horses took their places. The horse.racera
were out of hup,or ~ ho;nr ho,h.roJ xr;xb
bull, and ut the burlesque which they
supposed was intended, but thought it
would be over as soon as the horses start
ed.
When the signal was given they did
start. Hayes gave blast of his horn,
and sunk his spurs into the sides Of the
bull, which bounded off with terrible
bawl, at no tri8ing speed, the dried OK
hide Tapping up and down and rattling at
! every jump, making combination of
sounds that had never been heard on
! q race-conrse beforo. Tho horses all Aew
the track, every one seemed to be seized
| with sudden determination to take the
shortest cut to get ont Of the Redstone
country, and not one of them could be
brought back in time to save their dis.
NC puiSC was SiFeu W hayes.
A general row ensued, but the fun of
the thing put the crowd ON the side of the
bull. The horsemen conten led that they
were swindled out of their purse, and had
1T not been for Hayes horn and OK hide,
which he ought not to have been permit
ted to bring on the ground the thing
would not have turned out as it did. Up
on this Hayes told them his bull could
beat their horses anyhow, and if they
would put up hundred dollars against
the purse he had won he would take of
the OK hide and leave the tin horn, and
run fair race with them.
bis offer was accepted and the money
staked: they again took their place at the
starting post, and the signal was given.
Hayes gave the bull another touch with
the spur, and the bull uttered tremen.
dous below.
The horses, remembering the dreadful
sound, thought all the rest was coming as
before. Away they went again in spite
OF the exertions of their riders, while
Hayes galloped his bull around the track
and won the roney