, 1881-04-24
THE TURF.
Senator Beck's Fast Ride Behind
Old Lady Suffolk.
Creditable Performances by the
Americans in England This
Year.
In Offer to Hutch loarse Chief against Ill Despe'
ranaull or Independence kuoI.
SENATOR HECIS'S FAST RIDE.

"IAlS is 4 very last TRAIN tilaL HES oetNeet
New York and Philadelphia, but l don't
think they will ever get a railway train that
will gu so fast rs once was carried over tile
old BloaminSdac road.o So said Senator
Beck the other day to number OF h's
brother Senators. They were sitting i'll the
c1oak-room smoking cigars of varying ira
grancc. The new Senator from Nevada, Mf.
Fair, puffed ut Il cigar about whose richness
of flavor there could be no doubt, but lie BE-
came so Interested III the anecdnte that the
Senator from Kentucky told that lie permit
ted the cigar tu rest between the first anu sec
ond fingers long enough to lose the fla'ne
ami therefore the iragrance- Senator hutleE,
OF South Carolina, stood leaning against the
wall his face at times almost concealed ny
the tIcHcatc smoke that ascenued from Sen
ator Vests cigarct. The grave Senator FROM
Texas, Mr. Coke, was sitting in III armchair
Just within the threshold Of the c!oak-rnon1,
where lie could enjoy his partasa, ami ut the
same time sct and hear all that WAS going on
upon the flonr of tic Senate. But when the
first sentence of Mr.. Beck's story fell upon
his ears, the trolling utleranccs Of A1r. Dawes
and the dreury rul-call lost all interest.
There were other Senators standing near,
and their evident Interest encouraged Alr.
Beck tn tell the story with r:cn more than
his usual yivi'aess :f description.
.! don't reliItnsier just wilat year 1t was.
Mr.. Beck said, - but IL WAS before catllc 10
Congress. aud w:le!- [ was quite young
man that was in New inrk City. 1t wis
in tile days WHEN the DID l!lpo'Mlg'lale road
was Il f;tvnrlt drive for Newly orkerS with
and thought lad ridden behind so!ll".
UEe afternoon | wts uptown, q what was
1T that time uptown i'll New I ork, ami Il
gentleman, c:nnt: alnng whom knew. His
I,atne was Capt. Norris. llc was driving a
,lrcat!fully bony and ansuIar-ltmkinz mare,
and when he asked me If | would like to take
Il seat beside him was almost ashamed to
re. III behind SUCH specimen Ut liorscileSli:
Still knew that Capt. Norris was something
ot aloyer Of l,orses, and besl,!es coultnn't
slecpy.srcnlins old mare joSS,:l alung ia L
most &res,ll1e way. ller heat hung down,
and It seemed as though it was oil she could
do to .lraS her legs aloAE
"'WsIl s.O out OH the BlooHllngdale road
if you don't mind the Captain salt ';lld see
snnEc nj the sieppers.
..Wrll, thu; would be pleasant enough, for
I thought would have chance tn sci: q
hursc:; uf New York OF that t'ny. ! said to
the Captain that | almost wondered why he
WASN'T out with stepper himself, Knowing
low fond lie was Uf fast driving. lie said
that lle sometimes did take Z f;sst horse out,
AMI | remember locking ut tile d!n@y. bony
mare. and feeling fur the Captain c"f
tie shame which thought he ought to have
lclL for himself. NOTICED. toe, that the
people whom we passed, who recognized
him, were staring ut his mare, and Thought
that the, were wondering hnw it happened
that Capt. Norris WIS out with such il plug
as that. Well, By and By We got on the
Blou1nlngtiA!e road, u1ld me after another
team passed by. observed that no" and
then the gentlemen who were urlvin, notice
ably tinc and Speedy animals would turn to
the Captain rs they were alongside and i'll
tilnale desire to match speed with illm:
The Captain would shake his head. al'd
sometimes reply, No: you are III guon: ana
he said this in a bsntering way, us though
tu retEr1l banter 1nr banter.
*.Then. we jagged along, and I was really
getting sick ot it.
gentleman WHO was. driving looked, as he
passed, around at the Captain. / noticed
that tile Captain nodded, and that he took Il
little tirlaer grip of the rcinS The Een'le-
man slowed up little, sufficient to let us
BASS.
"'rry it, Cap, he shouted.
1.-The Captain nodded.
II saw that the MARI. lifted her head a lit
t!e rs the grip OIL the relns frightened, and
put some little animation into her feet. BY
and by We heard tile clat1cr OF hoofs back nf
lis. | looked around, and saw the gentleman
was coullng ut Il splendid pace.
See it he passes us: said the Captain,
and le made one ii,t!e ellirrup to tse ,aare:
uSht t.N.ftttF 4 ta'ts 1s,i+ 1tAA'9'nA '''"eA"t'
scenes. nave seen Tue OH man III the ups:;e
nf Faust changed Ill a1! instant to the
handsome Young !elinW. l nave seen poll
tlrla'l Change his coat, but l never saw
SUCH tfalls1tf1liatlon rs tnen HlppeHet.
The mare Htteu her heau. ~ lleF ears
nD longer hung !nlp. lhey we're
erect at1d tossed bae's to eaten tue SOUND
o1 those approaching hoo!S. tier dlnsy hnuy
now seemed To Etean. ana Aer le-s looked
like the Spikes Ut rapidly reSo!VlnE wheel.
She was ~ lire, ail ANIMATION, all electricity.
] colld think or nothing but i locomotive
rushing along at tic rate o1 mica lnlhute.
llenvens, low the wlnd cut my taceI
Look ont for ,,, your :. 1lat, beck, said the
Captain. anu pulled It t!nWl nvcr NY ears,
! glanced quickly al thc Captain. lle hel'l
the reiis firmly, and his eyes were f!Ne!t
ahead. We were pllnglng ahead OIL whirs-
wllId. thought what 4 beauty that l'lare
now is, and | thought that there was only
one eltl OF It :lIi -ailnlllllatlpn. gsaOueu
tho seat firmly with both hands, ant pressed
my feet against tile dashboard. The Wlinl
loa1lcd in my ea,S, although we, .llat!s; the
breeze ourselves. | could hardly breathe. |
could not see, except away ahead ! knew
We were passing team after team, and heard
The people cheer, shut my eyes. thought
the crash would come. l would have
bcggeh the Captain to stop, II the speed had
uttt hf.n stt great that speech NHS If1ut}S- =