The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-28
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The grra, fonr-mile race OF Saturday killed
! McDiuiei's Hubbard, IL IL had Ia turn
Killed L,ngfei.ow, kinaiisher and Harry
/ Dasseri. THIS time Arizana, bay mare
owned 10y A. L. franklin, Gaiisiin. Summer
county. Tennessee, completely vanquished
| The venerable Mechanics. Mr.. Franklin is
almost new mfn in the field lie is q
gnier, farmer looking man about iii;y years
I'D. DARN: the race, which WAS In ruin
| t.is racer or ru, $4,000 ia lis pocket. he
j stood with his trainer in front OF the judge 5
s;abd rs qnie, aud nervele-s a. ii sitting in
church. And sill the time the silver-iIaired
Mechanics was walking up and down the
track with his big cane swinging ia tie i
Ike an agit,r.d d,um-major.
Mr. Franklin tells me t;,at he purchased
Arizona at the Alexandra sale: that he
trained her first on The little home tack At
,Iallatip, and then TO i; her TO Nashville,
where she won the one and Gne-haif mile race
with WanGer.r, il | read nay blurred memo
raIdum correctly. Thea -" :os: the ionr-
mile heat race with kns Henry at the
Branch.
Before the race, Saturday, McDinieis rad
JUS, seen Joe Daniels beaten by Harberk's
EoIus, aud he was feariuily cut of temper.
He slorr,ed and ravei, cursed the track,
cursed the jockeys, and bsai the air with i.is
cane.
When the two horses started, Hubbard
Was the iivafie one hundred 10 zen. No
one thought about the modest bay mrra.
McDsniels ofisrei to bet $40, 900 against
81 900 with Mr.. Franklin, but the modest
Trnaesseesn was too timid TO take it.
Tie race was four-miie heats. the best
two heats in three. Everybody thought
that Hubbard would !eir Arizona - bniiy
la the frs; heat thu: there wuGid he no
second heat; bnt you ca judge OF oar sur
prise when Arizona ended up the FIRST four
miles ahead. IA iIe-h Is IA colt, viii Hub
bard came in behind. painting AMI used up.
The excitement became Intense a; The
second heat. People thought Old Mac was
footing and trying to break down Arizona bv
making him run three heais, or Twelve miles
Before the commencement Of the second
heat Mr.. Franklin took Billy Lakeland, his
jockey, one side, and said:
''Now, Billy. you gallon sinwy, but
gaiiop just ahead Of Hubbard"
As The horses came ~ ;he grand stand at
IL. end # she frat mile, Arizona wis ahead.
Then Hard Durham, frankiiu'S old Ken
iucky trainer, pulled of his old s!ouch hat,
and InoiioHed Billy along rs conductor
motions on train. Faster, Billy, faster.
he shngted.
At the end Of the second mile. the Cd
slouch hat swung faster, and the old trim r
shouted: Go on, Billy, distance num-" and
Billy veat.
at the end eli the third mile, Arizjna Was
twenty lengths ahead. The people shouted, |
the Gari,ies sh;ed their hats in the air. the
old trainer handed his watch 10 bys.ander |
and nofiDnsd violently with both lands |
He f.iriy struck the air with the old siouch |
hat as he sh,,irsG, TO ahead. Billy , Cit |
Gu: him gu, ~ Then Billy |, ~ ike lie
WIN !. Arizona cut ahead Ike i FOX, COM
ing bv the Graad Stand at the the enG of the |
las mile - fresh as deer 10 til" morning.
As Huhhard came in tired and psniing,
DID 'lac'. sane fell TO the ground. lie WI.
s:c;; sad sr' Take him 10 the stable, boy"
he sa;,i. see then he to;tersd on h-.ini lie |
has no hr:r f0r the remaining race. ON; hs /
een! ;;;it by the Stable, leaned his head over
his caEe. ani mu:ie'ec 10 himself Hi. pet
Mss ;aea;sn and beaten, he mur;bu-sd be-
wesn his ise;., ''hy dcsOn mare. "-Itdiiy
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