The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-08
Yours, truly,
EMILY MrLyIL1E { or any other l3 ma
A Race with a Bull.

Some forty years ago the managers OF race
course near Brownsville on the Mononpheia,
published notice of a race one mile heats, on
particular day, for purse Of $500. Free for
anything with four legs and hair on" 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 determined to enter
him for the race.
He said nothing about it to 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, and would keep
the right course He rode with spurs, which the
bull considered disagreeable so much so that
he always beloved when they were applied to
his TANKS
On the morning OF the race, Hayes come upon
the ground on horseback-on his bull. Instead
of saddle he had dried ox-hide the head of
which, with the horns still on he had placed on
the bulls rump. He carried short tin norm in
his hand He rode to the judges stand, and Of
fered to enter his bull for the race but the own
ers of the horses that were entered objected.
Hayes appealed to the terms of the notice, in
sisted that this bull had "four legs and hair onp
and that he had right to enter him. After a
good deal of swearing, the judge 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
horses took their place.
The horse-racers were out of humOr at being
bothered with bull and at the burlesque which
they supposed was intended, but thought il
would be over as soon as the horses started.
When the signal was given they did START
HAYES gave a blast of his horn and sank hi:
spurs, into the sides ofthe bull, which bounded
off with terrible bawl, at no trihing speed, tht
the dried ox-hde Tapping up and down and rat
ting at every jump, making a combination o.
sounds that had never been heard on race-courst
before. The horses all flew from the track, eve
rv one seeming to be seized with sudden, deter
mination to take the shortest cut TO get out o
the Redstone country and not one OF them coule
be brought back in time TO save their distance
The purse was given to Hayes -
A general row ensued, but the fun OF the thing
nut the crowd on the side Of the bull. The horse
men commended that they were swindied out o
their purse and had il not been for Hayes horI
and ox-hide, which he ought not to have beer
permitted to bring on the ground the thing
would not have turned out as it did. Upon thl'
HAYES told them his bull could beat their horse'
anyhow; if they would put up hundred dollars
against the purse he had won he would take OF
the ox-hde and leave the tin horn, and RIM lali
race with them. }e, IS,
His offer was accepted and the money staked
they took their places at the starting point, ant
the signal was given Hayes gave the Dull an
other touch with the spur, and the bull gave {
tremendous below g..qs 81
The horses, remembering the dreadful sound
Thought all the rest was coming as before
Away they went again in spite OF exertlons o
their riders, while Hayes galoped his bull arouRs
the track, and won the money asisfsIo =.
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