, 1879-03-20
+" TATER" GREEN.
Ills Wonderful Trottsur n,

AlH F81aHGtbAl 1E0titNE $1X.
]aH&srfHe f0.1 Ebfrespandenr4 Cincinnati r.u.
JnMarcl 1850, "Tater" urecn md Ara r,nr,d
left their homes ID Northern Ohio Ia thc yl.,",s
Of Findlay, Hancock County, With tha aro..',
intcntion Of inukInE their fortunes nt r,ko. n.
or Cherry Creek dtggings. Eycrythlur .sss sss
all right with the party until tley cro,,,1 ",as ,s
Arlsansas, whom feeling OF homcs,ckno,, -. luz
gan to make itself felt among tho cmir,,n,.
Men would become stck for sight ofeiyliizat1on
nnd break oil With the party, causing ecnen,
diVldc' IN this way They would spmatime, IN.
wagons In tHo,' and cYcn. Green says, ,e onc,
saw an OK cut In two. Green's partner was IN.
OF tho dlsaHcctcd, and, in deciding to null, n,
stakes, division OF property wns made, h
taking ono or md tho front wheels Of lie waonn
0rccn taking tho other OK Ht,t} tho hind vf,ess
Out OF these ha made sulky In which he d,o..
gan to meet him. Dlsgusted miners pushns
for hotnB met them cyery day. The tide tutnsa
aud threats OF burning 81 Louis we're ma ~
Indeed pnrtY "as orRanizcd for that purnoss
but ncycr cunsummated It. Checked bY The nsv,
Creek dt9glngs, "Taters y squattctl on is2
asto 81 tract, upon which, by tito way, Goldsa
pcuver, In the days OF 1859, was probab,y 4,
fast place as any city On tho contnsnt. h
Huo l4s0 IAlHt HEClS NFFlltHAt&Oll InCt the Hfti.
erncss. The fortunes tnado In bonanza mn;nq nfa,
were spent hero With an open halId. Gao dsy.
"a Green vas driving bis OK from hts hotr, r,este1E
Into Denver, some fellows on lorseback Al.
tempted TO pass him, The OF, moved by ths
eued Its steps until It went on ID swlngis o. ttSt
leaving the horse behind. This was the lrstiosl.
nation Grcen hal tint his bob-tniIcd OK III VIZ
hoh-tal1cd) could trot. Thu idea then presenttd
itself TO h,tn that II no could only nccustom hs
tSx$ A1$& H.
piccc Of ground 10 cona oul.trot any hor.s a..' ID
tile nctnhhorlood. There was q gambler BY tbs
nnfne OF lsaadnte, from Illinois, in Denver Al
this pGslodt WHO owned q hors1 that could do
lts milo In 2:d0. Randalc WIS quito chum ot
Green, mil would occasionally drop into bis
q two aftor GREEN'S discovery Of Ills ox's power.
Rnnlale dropped IN OH him, ind, as usual btt.n
stalking h0rsc." Watching his chance, 0ften
remarked that h0 fnd m OK tint could bx,t
Randalc's horse for $50 yards. Ranlale laughed
ten to ono That IT could not bo done. Tie htt
was promptly taken, and they adjourned to tlo
prcnarcd place: Tile OK waS backed IN to little
hantl-eatt, hall yoke put around hIs neck,
couple Of snpl!ugs servcd as SHIFTS, aud the w|es
Knndulc was TO do tho scoring, md control ba
horse subject to tie attlnn Of Ills boylno adyer.
easy rs Green kucN very we'll It would ptser
do to trtao With Ills ateed. When oyerTtbIu.
was ready, away they wont. Green, with hls
Ok, and RnntIalo swearing like n trooper 1T bis
3 40 nag. Sure enough, ut the end of 100 yards
tho OK calno In alIcad. On tho spot RunlaIo
bought l,Alf tho OK for $500. Tho next day he
was .pittcd agatnst two horses, Rn.t Tie whole
cnon, trott!ng OK. Again was tc victorious,
md nsnid tho Widest excitement he passed ,he
line six lengths a!lcnd.
Every day tllereattGr ho defeated horse Or