The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-13
A Slight Misunderstanding about
= Horse Race.

"A OlSAt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES @oout
Horse Race. 81 /
There was horse-r e-raeing over sat the
Blank Eourse one day last fall, ago hut
terwick attended tofwitIIess ~. On his
way home in the Reading cays III the
afternoon he encoun, cred the Rev. Dr.
Potts, a clergyman, who knows no more
about horse-racing than a Hinuoo knows
about seven up. ButterWick, however,
Louk it for granted, in his usual way.
th at the DVotor was faMlltafgwtth itle
su bjecl. and taking q seat Reslos nam,
he remarked:
81 was out at the Blank Course to-
day, TO see -LopgtellaW.D y-A
"Indeedl Was he there? Where d.
l.you say he wasf' ma I8htl{ I'd. .fE
/ "Why, over Yer at the course ! saw
| lhIm and General Harney, and y lot more
o, 'ein. lie run again General Harney,
land il created a big excitement, top; put
Ihe beat the General baIAY, and the WAY
the crowd cheered him was wonderful
rhey say that a good deal OF money
changed hands. The act is i mad smal
bel upon the General mgstil."
| You don't mean 10 say that Long
lfellow actually beat General HarneyY'J
l s.Yes, L aoi Beat him the worst kind.
| lYoud hardly've Thought 1t now, would
YOU? was never more surprised Ia my
lliie, Wha's queer about it that he
| seemed lust as fresh afterwafd as De-
lfole he commenced. DiaRt taze him IA
Ibit, Wny, instead of wanting to rest,
Inc was jumping about just as Ysly, ana
Iwben the crowd began TO push around
hmm ne kicked boy in the siomach ana
doubled him all up-nearly killed nm.
OnI he's wlckedl Wouldn't Ifust INN
as lar as coutd see him."
"This is simply astonishing" SAID Inc
Doctor. ~ wouldn't have believed 1T pos
. sible. Are you sure 1t was L3hgieliow,
MT. Butlerwick!"
"Wny, certainly, of course; Eve seen
Inim often before; and, atters breathing
), awhile, be and Maggie Mitchell came
out, and as soon as tney stepped OH ne
nut on an extra squirt or two, and led
uer by aneck OF. Two & all around the
place, and she came in putfi IS ana
u.owIng and nearly exhausted. L never
took much stock i'll her any way"
"Led her by The neckl WY, tins Is
the most scandaouS cohuucb L ever
heard OIL MIR. .ButterWlck,y you certainty
must be joking"
II ~ pledge YOU my word it's the solemn
truth. | saw il myself. And after that
Judge Fulierton and Gen. Harvey, they
look Lufn together, aud that was the
; prettiest contest OF the day.. First, the
Judged beat the General, and then the
GeneraFd put IN the big llcks anu give IL
! to the Judge, and the two'd be about
even Tor aWnII and all oil q sudden the
General would give a kind OF jerk OIL
TWO, and Leave the Judge just.noWnereS,
and by the lime The General passed the
tuird quarter tue Judge keeled over
against Tue fence and gave in. Ihey say
lne broke his leg, but l aont know II
: Itha4s, SO or not. Anyway, he, was USED
lup. Ii he'd passed the quarter, he
M ght have been all right"
Il "What was the matter with the guar.
ter? WASN'T IL goodF'
sOu, yes. Bul the Judge must have
!. lost his wind or something's and,
; reckon, when he. lumDled, 1t was some
: thing like aialht, you Know"
"Served aim iIgnt for engaging in such
O brutal contest." tt
"Well, dunno. Depends on how vol
y look at such things. And when that was
lover, Longtellow entered WITH Maltl'
. Evelyn. He kept shooting past her al
: the time, aud tHlS worried her SO thai
; she ran i little to one side and some
: how, dunno how ithappened, but ais les
, Kinder tripped her, ana she rolled ovel
, Ion The ground, hurt pretty bad, i think
while LongielloW mad his les cut pretty
q near to The bone." .......
"Did any of the shots strike hery'
; ii don't understand YOU"
i "You said he kept shooting close t.
: her, and thought some oil the bullet
, !, might nave struck her."
s1Why, meant that he ran past her, Q
a course. How i'll the thunder could Ii
. snooL bullets at herW a..,..... .-. gei
i II thought maybe he had gun. But
don't unders Land any of III. 1t is th
q most astounding thing ever heard 0
v at any fate.p ~ ---t-
"Now, my dear sir, I want to ask yot
: how Longlellow ceald use gun?'
IT "Why, as any other man does, {
course" ssi --- @nl-e thsiTa
.. "Manl mani Why, mereifui Nose!
= Eyou. didn't think 1 was talking aboL
= human beings, aid you? Why, Lon!
"a fellow. is a horsel THey were racinl
II running races over at The course tn
- afternoon, and was trying TO tell yo
N about It," If.ti.t1if A.->s
n ''You don't say" remarked the Do
IS ltor, with sigh OF relief 'Well, d.
4. clare. L thought you were speaking (
~ the poet. ana l hardly knew whether
,e believe you or not; IL seemed 50 strane
nj LnaJ he should behave in that manner
II Then Mr.. ButterWick went into tt
\. smoking ear TO tell the joke 10 b
~ friends, alfd the Doctor sat refleetif
d upon the outrageous yimpudenee OF tt
d linen who name their horses after +
.s spectacle people. e.-[Wilke's Spirit Of tt
10 Times. t's -t
~ MUSTARD PLASTER