The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-05-03
The Race Last Saturday.

Last Saturday the consento of the owner
of "Mallet Flag" was obtained to allow
hertz run againstMr Peck's graystallion
again, she having beaten him the Satur-
day before. The "boys" found it i'm
possible to get bets on the horse, except
in a few instances where they bet two to
one on the mare, OF allowed the horse
from fifteen to twenty feet. When the
horses were brought on the track both
were looking in fine condition. There
was not that excitement among the
friends of the mare that there was on the
race before, as all felt confident of the
race, and as some of them said cit was
like highway robbery to take up a bet on
the horse.n A dozen feints were made
while attempting to start, when the
trainer of the mare, fearing that it was
beingdOne blythe opposite party to excite
the mare, had her unsaddled and lead
arOundtOsOothe her. The horses having
been r~e-saddled we're again brought to
the starting point. Two or three feints
were again made, neither horse being
letlOOse. About the third or fourth feint,
the starter of the horse said "ready," and
the starter of the mare, either on pur-
pose, through carelessness, or some other
cause, gave the word Co." although the
two horses were inside the polls, and the
mare standing across the track, Or very
near it. She, Of course, sprung off her
track the first jumps, about thirty or
forty feet, and ran in that way until
within about thirty yards of the end,
when her rider brought her into it, and
Event for" the horse, who was several
yards ahead. 1t was too late for her to
recover her lost time and distance, and
the horse came out five feet ahead. Al
though the horse started ahead of the
mare, yet the judges could not give it in.
as they started inside the polls. The
blame was entirely thrown ON the starter
Of the mare, who certainly deserved it
It was by an accident that the horse won
the race, and we imagine the owners OF
the horse thought so, for the "Boys" OF
OpelOusas could not get them tOrun Ovel
again any distance, or for any sum ovel
one hundred dollars. We give the horse
all the credit which he deserves, by say.
ing that he is meet to the best horse in
St. Landry, and that the best is "Mallet
Flag" II the owners or friends of the
horse think we are not correct in Oul
opinion, if they will call around at this
office, we will direct them to a friend Of
ours who has two hundred and fifty dol.
lars that he is spelling" to bet that the
mare beat the horse, from one hund,
red to five hundred yards. We woulc
not be surprised if five hundred coulC
not be raised in two hours to back the
opinion Of this paper. The gray stallion
is a good horse and does the owners
great credit, and we guarantee to say
that he will yet make his mark, provided
he never attemptstO beat Flag" again
The little mare will run, one week from
to-day, MAY 10th,) against the Kildare
mare at the Junction. Opelousas will b.
on hand to see their favorite run agains
what is called the best Quarter mare il
st. Martin or any of the seven adjacen
parishes.
We earnestly hope the little a vii
have O fair show when she goes among
our neighbors living at the Junction, an'
we feel certain she will, from what w
personally know Of the owners of tn,
Kildare mare and her hackers. We earn
estly hope, in our first issue after tn
10th, that we will be able to chronicl
the good news that "Mallet Flag"
triumphant.