The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-25
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: the horses were all fairly together. /,
was thrilling sight to see them fIy
along neck and neck, for a few mo.
ments then begin to scatter. The great.
est interest was centered in Jack. E.oils
and Bessie. Colonel Ringeur had clam.
ored up on the stand beside the Judges
whence he could take in the whole
course at a glance. 3 sesaa
| Jack led the van from the start, Etoile
was noses length behind him, and
Bessie q full length behind Etoile. Fol
the first mile these relative positions re,
manned unchanged; at the first half OF
the second, Etoile was neck and neck
with Jack, while Bessie had fallen he
hind nearly another length; the last hall
of the second mile saw Etoile a hall
length in advance of Jack. and Bessie's
nose almost Touching Etoile's hind
quarters. At this momentous instan,
Ringeur sprang from the stand into the
course, and rested his right hand on the
butt of his long navy revolver All
eyes, however, were riveted on the rs.
GERS, and his action excited no comment
except, indeed. that Charlie Tauter. who
stood close bv, turned rather pale and
edged near to the watehfnl colonel aaa
In the first half of the third mile
Etoile still led, with Bessie's nose a,
her saddle-eirth. and Jack a full length
behind. Suddenly. Bessie shook. he,
head violently. sprano s;dewayss and
nearly stumbled a .friohtfnl imnreca.
Etion burst from R;noeurss male lins. and
| he exclaimed in bnskv. oratino tones
e .ledoess lookI tberei That oal has
balked INV marei DON'T va 500 be,
saving on the off rein ? cnrse SherI
Curse herp' ~ ..sdla'Iss .baai
T. Drawi,q bic revolvor P;nronr crool.
lad b;s left arn 90 q rost ond Iovo,od i q,
IRedlin's heart Rv tb;s time tho horses
we're on The bomestretcb Eto;le and
Jack neck and neck Ressie a length and
! half in tbe yaar
aWhano p and a crv Of horror rano
ont an tbe air no Radl;nS tbrow nm ba,
arms screamed family and tumhlad out
bgfs the saddle to the gronnd
Freed from her rider. Bessie s3rane
! forward like lightninp. nassed Jack anf
Etoile. ran under the wires three length,
in advance of them all. and whinpied a,
she rubbed her pink nose on the colo
nel's shirt.
The scene of confusion that immedi
ately ensued was appalling. Hurting
aside Chinaman standing in front O
him, Tauter, blind with rage, fred twice
at Ringeur, and missed both times
whereupon the colonel cried, s'Now
Tauter, you've had your shots; hold or
a while, and I'll give you square figh
tomorrow. l want this other affail
settled first" No sooner had Ringeul
fired than he was surrounded by hi
friends, who, in accordance with Yves
tern custom, were bound to prevent hin
being arrested or lynched. Turning It
the judges, who had remained calmly
stoical and apparently needless of al
that passed the colonel exclaimed:
"Now, jedges, hand over the stakes
| Ye saw the gal trying to break my
mares pace, and ye heard me !ell he
1'fore she started to ride to orders ant
pile in on the homestretch. She's beer
bribed, and can prove it. But I wan
the stakes, then I'll back Bessie will
my whole pile-eighty thousand Mexi
can dolIars-against any horse in tn
country. and give any horse or mar
tfull three lengths" ss
I Comparative silence reioned for fe,
minutes after this speech, end the Judge
held hurried and WHISPERED conyersa
ltion. after which the spokesman said:
! .sWall. kernel, after some scrimrnaci
we've decided this hyar race 10 be
k,raw, We intend to consider the poin
as to whether the race shall 60 on agai
Tomorrow. There's no doubt the Inju
lplayed a foul hand, and deserved wins
she got, and we kinder think your mar
would have easily won, but until we'y
lhad time to talk over all the point.
we'll retain the stakes. Is that satisra,
tory?''
i ..Yes, yes,'' cried some. "No,. no,
] others protested; and innumerabl
lc]ick- -clickinps sounded ominously thre.
lenino Pushing aside his friends. Rir
eeur drew and cooked both Of his r,
yolvers, and said, cooiy:
Nov, look heer, gentlemen, there
been shooting enough done for one day
The next who cocks il shooter near m
is a dead man, unless he's quicker O
the pull than Colonel Ringeur. An
! if there is any one here disputes M
words and considers himself a goo
SHOT. let him step cut and III shoot wit
him tight here on the course at or
pace or a hundred. / can't do an