The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-09-09

Draw there a bead on some Of my game"
"Baron," replied the painter laughing
at would be more agreeable to me to
draw on Baron James de Rothschild for
10000 francs"
We'll, you may do so," said the Baron,
"but do not draw before the close of the
month for on the 18th inst. / have to
pay already more drafts than l like to see
come in"
The MATCH AGAINST Tine The San
Francisco Alta of August I'd gives the fol-
lowing particulars Of the late riding match
near that city: Nearly month ago wa
ger was made at San Jose that it was ini-
possible to perform the feat of riding 300
miles in fifteen consecutive hours. The
wager was offered by Edward Whipple, he
putting up S2,250 against $1,000 wagered
by Lewey Burns and John Cahill, that n.
ii. Mowry could accomplish it. At first
it was intended to have the trial made at
San Jose but finally 1t was arranged that
it should come off on the I'd Of August at
Bay View Park Course, on the other side
of Hunters point. In the interval between
the first announcement of the proposed
undertaking and the day of its accomplish
ment yesterday there had been many
side bets made that the rider would not be
successful, odds being offered to find takers.
At twenty minutes before FIVE o'clock
yesterday morning Mowry commenced his
task, riding his own horse for the first four
miles without changing. After that he
changed his horse every mile, or every two
or three, according as the horse seems ca
pable of doing the extra distance without
injury. He had several attendants taking
care of the horses to be ridden (of which
by the way, he had thirty and, as Mowry
came riding up to the judges stand, one of
the attendants would meet him down the
stretch and urge him to greater speed by
riding alongside of him. When he changed
from one horse to another he let the horse
start in the direction in which he was
pointed when the rider struck the saddle.
During the ride he refreshed himself from
a flask carried in pouch at his side, where
he also carried small supply of bread and
meat. He made two stoppages, of abont
twenty minutes duration each, to takea re-
freshing bath, and was occasionally treated
to a little dash of water on his face and
head, as an attendant rode beside him.
In changing horses, Mowry would inform
those having charge Of the animals about
the gait and ease Of riding, and any horse
which he found unsuited was not again
brought out. Up to noon he dismounted
and mounted again without assistance,
but toward the close of the task he was
assisted from the saddle and in remount-
ing.
At the end Of 200 miles rest was taken,
and placard was displayed from the judg-
es stand that the 200 miles had been ac-
complished in eight hours, two minutes
and forty-eight seconds-thus beating by
forty Minutes the time made dy Oshaldis-
ton, with race horses, in England. The
horses used by Mowry are California horses
or half-breeds
About o'clock an acquaintance of
Mowry's profered his horse for one of the
relays, to go mile, and after while it
was accepted; as Mowry finished the mile
he made motion as though he would stop,
but passed the owner, who was eagerly
waiting to receive his animal, and put the
horse on the second mile this was more
than he had calculated on, and so when the
horse came in on the second mile the owner
was ready to seize his property, but by
another feint Mowry got the horse beyond
him and started for the third mile, the dis
comfited owner clutching at the tail of the
animal as he moved off, and receiving
fall for his lack Of judgement in trying to
stop the horse at that end. The crowd
saw the joke and urged the rider to make
fourth-miler of the animal, but he dis
mounted at the end of the third mile, sat-
isfed with the lesson he had given.
At eleven minutes before seven o'clock
the three hundred miles had been accom-
plshed, in fourteen hours aud nine minutes,
and the intrepid rider went around again
"for luck" the last mile being accomplish
ed in little over two minutes, making
three hundred and one miles in fourteen
hours and eleven minutesl The fastest
mile during the three hundred was made
in 2:0S, but the average speed Of his riding
was about 2:30.
AT the end of the task, when Mowry
proposed to ride the other mile, his rela-
tives demonstrated, and when he actually
set out on the ride, it is reported that his
mother tainted The ride did not incom-
mode Mowry otherwise than by chafing
his thighs. which he attributed to loose
underclothing.
This feat seems to be unparalleled, the
only other cases Of long riding in this state
having been undertaken by Jack Powers,
in May, 1883, to ride $50 miles in eight
hours, which be ACCOMPLISHED in hours 43
minutes and 81 seconds; Tom McNab
subsequently rode 200 miles inside Of ten
hours and we have the case above alluded
to, where Osbaldiston, in England, rode
200 miles in s hours and AZ minutes.
n. III. Mowry is heavy man, weighing
100 pounds, and does not appear to be an
easy rider, but the result proves that be is
the best judge of what really is easy riding.
There was great throng constantly on
the ground from morning till night, though
they were always coming and going. The
roads were lined with teams about the
time the task was ended, a great many
persons having waited to see the thing
finished.
ETHICS OF DUsT.-Jewels and precious
metals are but dust after all, and common
er dust hath its ethical teaching. We