The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-18
NOW THE OLD MORSE WON THE BET.
From the Atlantic Monthly.


Tue horses paw and prance aud neigh.
Fillles and colts ike kittens play
Shining and soft as silken sktns
Wagons and gigs are ranged ABOUT,
fiere i sisndi Iesen yosthia' jShms cream
The JQinted tandem. ticsish team
fhe tpienacrs * he i iourin sSb SdI'
On iautlcss lies and glossy tiles
tThe styiyss re man so HOOKS avow;
The styles the woman anyhOw)i
From nOuuccs frOthcd with creamy lace
Peeps out the puvdog's smutty face,
or stares the wiry pet of skye-
Owoman, IN Your hours OF case
50 Shy with US, 30 free with these
Gq% ass e. Inn I DO Rf' y9nI ITP y to GP' pone
what wac It who was bound to do +?
! did not hear ana cant tell yOl,-
Pray listen I'll my story's through.
Scarce noticed back behind the rest,
ny cart aud wagon rudely prest,
st ne 9IS,sgn edq ana h. oSS! Day shaw
"a funerM-sO tae sexton sald;
HIS mothers unce's wife was dead)
Like Lazarus bid 10 Divcs' feast
50 iook,d the poor fOrlOrn Old beast;
His coat was rough, his tail was bare,
The gray sprinkled IN his har
sporslnen and JocSeys knew him not,
And yet they say he once could trOt
Among the heeics, Of the town,
Al something craeked aud broke him down.
Ana arc We then 80 soon forgotg"
~ me dou9t II one OF i9u o.
Whose fame through all this region rung
In those OLD days when was young!
" Bring forth the norser' Alas he showed
Not Ike tue one Muzeppa rode:
ScHnt-maned sharp backed, and ahaky -kneed,
Inc wreck OF what was once a stecd.
Lips thin, oyes hollow, stu IN Ioints;
l"t not without his knowing points.
Tue sexton. laughing IN his sleeve
As { Nere all make believe,
Led forth the horse, aud ~ he laughed
unhitched the preceding from SHAFT,
unclasped the rusty belt beneath,
Drew forth the snatlie from lis teeth,
Slipped Oh his beadstall, set hlm tree
FROM strap ana reia-a sight to sec!
So worn, so lean in every limb,
y can't DC they are eaddling MIN
Ans AM. P 5c .n ns Ps sks ssr ts,
With look Of mingled scOrn ana inrth
Lhey buckle round the saddle nrth.
A youngsier throws his leg across.
Ana 10. his rider on his back.
They lead HIM, imping, TO the track.
To lumber out each stifened JOINT.
one plying look old Hiram cast.
80 II, ye cripple, while ye can"
"A Fast-Day dinner for the crows ~
Budu DoDc's soothing shout arose
Slowly as when the walking beam
Llrt reels the gathering head OF steam.
WI Nun Hsrn , e9ugh AND threatening where
At nrst with cautious step tedate,
A. II he arugged coach OF statei
Hes not a colt he knoss fun wci
n
The handicap VI twenty year..
4at oG ars ssf nss sr99s e % sa hsna
Beneath his jockeys featnef weight
And now ana then a .tcp is tried
That Nuts Of something IKE stride.
" Goln-Through his ear the summons stung
the un6erins Instincts long unstirred
Start Al the Old tauuiar word
What me m his twenty years to hun 7
Tue savage 0low his rlder dealt
Inc spur iea! pTicsed his .tarns hido
AnKc 90 him are spur and rem,
He steps hve-jesr.old again
Before the quarter pole was mast.
old bran SAID. "He's going fast"
Inc chucsling crowd mad ceased TO laush
Tigt ter MS frightened jccSey chung
A. IA mighp stride he ssung,
he de sf n,,ns o az, Ne ers laid back
lie tail cxtC nded all the wlIie
Behind him Ike rattail ME!
S Snos TH i1e i Quiet mi from II ' ssa
The quaking Jockey shapes a prayer
From 'sr1ls OF os'Rs D. used 10 swear;
lie ciutcnrs ncrctly Tor name;
hcli iose MS hold-he sways and reels
H. !. sndt beneath those trampling heels
Inc knees 81 lnahy hVrstinan quake,
sf.s s,V IN sries ' H STi tiSt uoud ITCH,
ICING round MS NECK aud don't let go
That mace can't nold-thero steady whoa.r
Sut lac lie sable stced that Dore
The spectral lover Of Ignore,
lIis nostrils sugrtng foam and nre,
No stretch hls bouy limbs can tire;
Aud now the stand he PUSHES by,
Ana stop Ann ,-stop him 90 is the cry.
stand back he's only just begun
Hes having out tnree heats M one
" Dou rush ia trout he " sulis your brainsi
OH Hiram 'Poss. a bsSS ~ heard.
And sprang impatient az the word
Budd DoDe started On hs Gay.
Old Hiram followed on mr. gray.
Aud Oh they sprins agd round they 30,
Look twice they follow at ms heels,
AZ round ne circng course he wheels,
Aud " iris with him that elm gtng boy
Like Rector round the ~als Of Troy
sui on. and on. the thlra time rodndl
They 'rc falling on They're losing groundl
budQ bonlt's nas bekiIs to tau
Dan rioiiers sorrol ~hisss ar tai,
Ana see , 10 spito uf hip ana shout.
Now Tor the huish, al The turn,
The old horsf-a' the rp-t Rsiern--
Comes swinging IN With easy u0t;
by Jovc' hes dist@aced al Tue lot:
That trot no moral could explain;
Som, SAID, old pnchniau CO ne agsinr'
some 10 a his uIc-lt leAsi they irleu,
Ru' wnat II wa, cpuli none decide,
one sad he couldn't understand
What hanpt ncu % his second hand;
Que said e;io, Ht' cOulln't be
More lAe two tNeuty two OF tAree;
Ola Hiram settled IL At last,
" The time was twJ-iOO dee.vcl-lsh faetr'
The parsons horse hai won the bet;
IL cost him something OF sNeati
Back IA the Jne-nOr,e SHAY lac vent;
ihs vaison @oneerra Nhai y meant.
And pleasant tNlnsic of the eye,
Tint funeral must nave oeen rick.
snOudu't Wonder. declare,
II brother Auiriy made tn payerr'
Ana mi. IS al have TO say
ABOUT tfe parsons poor Oh hay,
lne SANE mat drew ihe on~horee shay.
Moral for which TINS tale l. told;
A "a fftF al n -. al