The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-22

mile the horses would be taken off the track
to be rubbed and sponged before any further
progress in the race could be had. j watch
ed the fleet contestants as. apparently pretty
evenly matched, they whirled around the
far turn and sped down the other side. Now
the line began to break up. One noble bay
fellow with white feet and black name and
tail, forged ahead leaving clear space be-
TWEEN him and his foremost follower. Brown
boy appeared to be going finely but well to
the rear. His driver seemed to be urging
him little.
"Brownboy is bad fraud" 1 heard a
gruff voice say loud enough to elicit a muir
muir of approval and confirmation from a
number of the audience.
Coming down from the last t.Irn to the
point opposite the judges stand, which
distance is called the shome stretch" the bay
horse led finely with Brownboy, who had
quickenedup close behind, and so they
passed the line, forging on into
the latter half of the heat. Closer and closer
Brownboy crept until his neck Tapped past
the bay horses launches, but not another
inch could he gain.
A string, high enough from the ground to
allow the horses to pass under, had been
| stretched across the track from the judges
stand to the amphtheater to mark the exact
outcome of each heat. The young woman,
Linda, now came down from the place she
had been occupying and stood on the lowest
seat of the amphitheater directly underthis
| string. She leaned over the railing and when
the two leading horses, the bay and Brown
boy, turned down the home stretch, she
waved her hand. Her cheeks were burning
now. She was very close to me. / saw her
breast rising and falling tumultuously. She
trembled visibly.
| On came the noble bay and passed under
the string a half-length ahead.
some heat lost to Brownboy and the bay
boss ha'n't begun to trot yet" said the gruff
| voice heretofore mentioned.
There began fierce betting now. Thousands
of dollars were "put up" as they term it, all
around me. Everybody seemed to bet ON the
horse he wished would win, without reference
to actual probabilities.
After the lapse of some minutes, during
which the grooms rubbed and sponged the
horses, the bell again sounded.
The youth drove Brownboy slowly down
to where his mistress could reach his arching
neck, and stroke his flowing name.
Lawrence, can he win?' / heard her
ask. L think my ears We're so accute that
they caught what no one else could hear. II
don't know replied the young man,
whether he can or not. That bay horse is
a wonderful trotter,'
MAKE him win, and you shall be rich,
she murmured.
''Say that again and I will leave the race
at oncel" he Kissed fercely.
She stretched out her hands little and
gazed at him SO helplessly that his heart
famed with tender yearnings. / saw it in
his eyes, his brow, his cheeks. He softened
at once, and leaned toward her till their
faces almost touched.
ssIf Won will NOT love mo Linda CO no II
but 1 will win this race for your sake, and
for the sake of my wild love for your
/ can scarcely say l heard these words
But his lips fashioned them so perfectly that
it needed no sound-no voice to bear them to
me.
He turned and drove to the starting place
'She may coach her driver all she pleases
but her hoss IL lose the race all the same,
growlcd the ruffian behind me.
Again the bell rang for the start The
young woman kept her place blythe railing
under the string, her eyes steadily fixed in tn
direction of Brownboy. ! saw the you'll
pull his cap well down over his forehead anC
; gather up the lines resolutely. On came tn,
horses, all abreast, flying under the string
} with an even start. 1t was easy to see tina
this heat would be an exposition ofthep owe
of those superb animals. They knew this
t rs we'll as their drivers and the onlookers. /
flashed from their eyes, it quivered in thei
, nostrils, it played in the straining muscle
and vibrating tendons of their limbs.
} The bay led again with Brownboy crowd
} ing close at his flank The slower horses fel
, far behind all unnoticed by the strainin.
eyes of the multitude.
| A tall man, elegantly dressed with adecid
, ed foreign air, now took place close besid
the young woman at the railing. He wa
: handsome, evidently high bred, and b,
| the blonde side-whiskers an,
/ a certain self-satisfied mannerism in his bear
5 ing felt sure he was an Englishman. III
: leaned carelessly on his cane watching tn
rushing horses with eyes as calm and cool a
an evening sky in September. He was Lin
| da's other and fortunate lover. l knew thi
| at once. A worthy looking lover he SCENE,
: to me, strong, manly, handsome, distingui.
The bay and Brownboy came down tn
home stretch and passed under the strin!
} just as they had started, the bay slightl
i ahead. As they were going by, the youn,
woman leaned far out and cried:
'.For my sake, Lawrence"
e e The driver nodded.
$50, Brownboy, go, for my sake, gol' 81
fairly shriekcd.
The noble horse heard the voice and al
: eyes saw his back settle lower down and hi
I powerful limbs begin to reach further an
strike more rapidly. The strong bay kne,
;, in an instant that he must increase his effor
OF lose How they did troll The sound G
;. their feet was like thunder. The sulk
: wheels spun like tops. Side by side the
: flew until again they turned down the tina
: stretch. l hope l may neve
: again be so excited. Cold beads of swea
: stood on my forehead-I trembled-m
!, breathing was short and quick.
:. Suddenly, while the horses were plungin
: side by side down the home stretch, l SAY
= Lawrence lean forward over the launches {
: Brownboy and begin to pat him tenderly A
;, if impelled by some new power the horse pu
: on burst of speed absolutely frightful t
= see. He swept ahead of the bay and passe
: under the string far in the lead. As he wen
. by plainly heard Lawrence, who still leane
;, over him, murmuring: