Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-09-15

angry manifestations Of deaances. Final.
ly, all bets were declared of, and after
the old man Pinneo had made speech,
half apologstic and half explanatory Mrs.
Burke consented to ride with Lizzie Pin
neo.
THE RACE.
IL is said that these equestrienne
matches originated in MinneaDolis-
There is just enough Of the dangerouS
and even barbarous in them to attract
immense crowds, and the interest they
excite is Of the most intense and dra-
matte nature. To-day the contestants
were nsaly the same weight. Mrs.
Burke weighing III lbs. and Miss Finneo
12O lbs. Both had five, swift running
horses, and at the end of each mile they
were to spring from the horse they had
ridden to another, which three men were
hardly able to hold. Mrs Burke rode
five horses, well known as running stock
in Nebraska, and Miss Pinneo rode five
wild and almost unmanageable brutes.
which she brought from Colorado. At
the word "Go! which was given at 3h.
20m.. the horses were started and plunged
wildly down the course. The crowd be-
came almost frantic with excitement as
the girls rode nearly abreast the first
mile around. Pinnee, stopping,just by
the judges stand, sprang from one horse
to another, which three men were hold
inn 10 10 hap 10,
while Burke, passing the stand, made
the change in eight seconds, and both
dashed down the course again. Burke
had gained on the change and gained
also in the heat. She came laundering
down the homestretch at least quarter
of a length ahead amid wild cheering.
and already tasting the sweets of victory
she shook her fists in old man Pinneo's
face as she went by and shout d. lyon
cowardw She MAIDS her second change
from her horse to fresh one in 6II
seconds. while Pinneo consumed 10 sec
onds. Both girls rode splendidly. Miss
Wright, the famous hurdle rider of Eng
land, who has but recently landed in this
country, was in the judges stand, and
could not repress her exclamations of
admiration. Pinneo lost from inexperi-
ence on making her changes. AS the
girls went flying around the track.
Burke gained steadily on Pinneo, and
as she rode by the Grand Stand her free
flushed with excitement, she hardly ever
forgot to shake her fist in old man Pin
neo's face and taunt him with his defeat.
Over Pinneo's lost heart, and her face
became the picture of miserable disap-
pointment when the fourth mile was run
and Burke came in nearly half head
the best on the fifth mile. Pinneo SEEM
ed to loose strength with her courage.
and her limbs seemed hardly able to sup
port her. As she tried to change to a
fresh horse she sank to the ground. but
her father, with an assistant, lifted her
to her horse, and the wild brute, spring
ing aside, dashed in by the judges stand,
crushing through mass of flowers.
with which her friends had prepared to
crown her victory. Thirty-one seconds
were lost before old man Pinneo got the
horse onto the course and with wicked
blow sent him laundering down the
track. Miss Pinneo's face was white
with fatigue, suffering and disappoint-
ment, but the crowd cheered with the
widest delight, with which people in
less civilized countries greet the cruelties
of the bull fight. Mrs. Burke continued
to gain steadily and Miss Pinneo came
around each time more discouraged, un--
til finally despairing altogether and near
ly fainting at the end of the ninth mile.
she begged her father, as she was beaten.
to let her off from running the last mile.
mo, you must ride if it kills you."
said the old man Pinneo, who few mo-
ments before had posed before the
crowd as the parent too tender of anoth-
er child to let her ride when ill. So Miss
Pinneo made the last mile, but withso
little courage or effort that, with what
she had gained before. Burke won the
race by over mile, and the Judge SO de-
clared. Her time fourteen miles was
21m. 40s., and Pinneo's time 23m 4Os.