The daily gazette., 1877-11-30
A NOVEL SCENE.

had the story directly from the lips
of an eye witness of the spectacular
old man, when 1 knew him, who had
been with Nelson at Trafalgar, and who
had come to America to spend the even
ing of ripe old age with son. 1t was
in the autumn of 1890 that the event oc-
Cured.
A master-baker, Of Hammersmlth,
whose house and shop were on High
street, had laid wager of two guineas
with the sfat landlord of the Crown and
Anchor, that he would lead five-and-
twenty quartern 1oaves of bread upon
his little cart, and that himself and his
mastiff would set forth upon the road
with it, and run race with the slx-horse
stage coach called "The d Hammersmith
Nj aid, :" starting at the StoneRridge Cross
road and extending the race to the SEQ
ond milestone beyond, making the dis
tance about q mile and a-haif. When
! the coach arrived at the inn from London
the driver readily agreed to perform his
mart of the race. His horses were fresh,
and his load not very heavy. He was q
Jolly fellow, and rather jaMped ut the
idea.
But the baker insisted upon one inn
perativs condition the coach horses
should not be allowed to gallop. Should
they break into gallop, the driver
should pull them down to proper gait
a. quickly az possible, = neglect to dc
which should lose him the raoe-and
| there wsuld be judges enough upon the
road to deside fairly upon the result.
Tho stage-coach reached the Crown
and Anchor at half-past two in the after
noon, the six horses fresh and strong the
baker was at the starting point, with HE
himself stationed by the mastifSS side
ready for the start when the coach should
reach him and all along the road from
Hammersmith to the second milestone
! were gathered an expectant crowd o.
men, women and children.
The moment the heads of the leadine
coach-horses were up with him, the
baker, with whoop and a loud halloo
started, his dog seeming to comprehend
instantly what was required of him. The
fhorses would have shot ahead rapidly
had they been content to trot propel
gait; but when they saw what manner o
Team was thus boldly daring them, thel
tossed their heads Indignantly and brok'
into q furious gallop. or course, thei
driver must pull them down as quickly a
possible, and the bringing OF six cage
horses from a swift tgallop to a staid tro
is not An easy matter before 1t had beei
done the baker and his dog had shot
goodly distance ahead.
when they found full sure that the flour
grimmed man and the big dog were run
ming them a race, they few once more int
the air, and away upon the .gallop AM
again the coachman had to labor might
lily to reduce them to the stipulated gait
In short, the baker had calculated
rightly. He had not believed that tn
proud horses could be held to tro
while opposed by such ridiculous oppc
: | mani Al Rnra1U u thaV came I'm wit
him, just so surely did they strive to ru
away from the mongrel team, and tn
time lost by the coachman in pullin
down his restive beasts allowed the bake
and dog and bread barrow to reach tn
mark good distance ahead, which rt
suit was hailed with loud acclaim by tn
/ numerous witnesses.
1 The landlord lost his wager, but i
, another direction he took in more tha
: enough to makeit up. Really the quair
! race was q great thing for the Crown an
Anchor.