The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-13

That's enough, rally,
3But there was no other way, ana the
blacksmith placed his money at last in
| tie landlords hands. which the sharpers
instantly covered.
"sDo you know him?' they asked, as
the old fellow moved off.
"No,' said the host; she has just como
in from Salem, he says
1.-THE preliminaries were quickly ar
ranged, and the afternoon but one fol-
lowing was named far the trot, over
the Upper Mill Dam Road. Everybody
had heard of the queer bet berore night
the next evening, and the road was filled
with pedestrians and carriages. The
challenging party lived in Charlestown,
and the horse they had named was the
crack of the time; so they cared nothing
about what was to trot against him, and
asked no questions.
"The day was clear and cool, and the
blacksmith had been upon the ground
full two hours. His gray mare stood at
the roadside in a wretched harness and
| worse gig Though the latter was light
and strong), and several times, as the
company gathered, she had been moved
and buffeted for being in the way OF gen.
tlemen. She bore her prosecutions meek
~, however, and the blacksmith in his
shirt-sleeves said nothing. 4f&
"tWhere's your horses' asked the con-
| fident jockey, who was to drive his COM
petitor. as e ssr<5aa E4
"sShe'll be here in time, now. Don't go
to given yourself any extra trouble about
hor hov Nc
full, I'm thinking, by-and-by. Void yer
give for that skillet you've got on yer
head9' ..es.-..-.,. III 1.a
"That's my riding. cap, Sawney.'
'Edsactly. And them silk fxins;
ar'n't them rayther costlyY' .aa aa.
Where's your horse2 Times up
"'Out of the way with that old crow
bait,' shouted one OF the fast boys, haul
ing up at this moment, and seeking TO
get the place occupied by the blacksmith's
team. 81 ..,.ss. -. ..-su r.,.G.s..fs
"But there stood the mare, with her
head dropping almost to her feet, SEEM
ingly jaded and woe-begone, when the
blacksmith hoped into the gig, looked
at his watch, and said: s.G
"'Ere we are, then, mister
"'But where's the horse that you are
going to trota' ,f ID @Nss ara5l-5. .sfa
"Here she is @ss a@i> .5.E.z..ts
"'Well, don't trot with no such a
skeleton as that, mind you,' said his op-
ponent, mot by {. long chalk o&s'g sssrs
Sand furious roar of merriment went
up from the crowd, who were in ecstasies.
"The blacksmith insisted. however.
He'd trot his mare, or claim the money.
And the animals were duly called to the
| start, mile heats from the crossing, best
! two in three. IS ",..# .a.
'tAt the word, away they went, the
horse fairly leading the way. The mare
| kept behind up to the half mile post, fell
away on the third quarter, and the horse
came into the post a splendid winner, in
2.42-the mare barely saving her distance,
coming home at half gallop and half
rot, amid the yells Of the crowd. --'.'5
"The blacksmith had friend in the
congregation who had had "a pile of the
| ready To be sure, no one knew this,
! and he was evidently q rich man. He
took all the side bets he could muster,
| At big odds against the mare. She blowed
badly at the stand, and the blacksmith
looked haggard and earnest. The crowd
roared again at the second start, but this
time the roar was brief. ~ 8f.sS. Pa.
"'Now go, thirty .ninev screamed the
blacksmith, as away they went on the
heat. And she did go. Instantly taking
the pole she stretched right along, passed
the half-mile mark, finished the third
quarter without misstep, and came home
five lengths ahead in 2.40.
'Money began to change hands again
But the horses came up for third heat,
and at the word, now 60, "thirty -nine."'
the mare made an awful gap between
herself and her competitor. The mare
led the way-aVe, every foot of It'll
from the start, and, distancing her COM
| petitor, passed the winning post we'll in
hand, way down in the thirties. She
was good un,'" added our narrator. Ia
| Sand what became of this beast?" was
asked. ,.tHs. }1ajlag
"Oh he sold her for thousand dollars
before he left Boston. She went South,
but died soon afterward. She cost him
with a new set of shoes valued at one dol
lar, forty dollars. He called her s.Thirty-
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