The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-29

ue cleEsr cog becsmss 90 accustomed
10 tho perfoEmanes that without de ne
cessity "a beng bid. hs made i'll duty
70 wa1cb the wei constsn1y I'D sc
fbstsAe uough siwsys hAAinA s1n-
Gent supply Of water ID Keep III COP
pens OF the blooded stock cool Mr..
Clay loved the dog, and was very fond
OF watching him 90 through with the
treadmill performance. He would al
ways have the performance exhibited
to his visitors. and when the good old
canine finally gave up the ghost he
bad him respectfully buried, and erect
Cd 1t the head Of bis grave an elegant
marble slab. Z
IN PREsrpEsTIAI. BEE.
In speaking Of Mr.. clay's Presiden-
tial contests, Eli said. regretfuliy shak-
ing his head: .Ds old mars alters ct
clar up TO de cha, but somehow or
nuther he couldn't knock de passimons.
1 thought be war going to get in shnah
in 1913. Den everybody war . sinRin'
a song dat went liks dis:
".whes Jsekssi Wa ths Prssidns Gee
And Adams was LEFT behind. 4AleR@
/ hs s sls Ss kaaas.a .:a iisrty.,i....i
.sOls marse didn't take de day, though,
but he fit 'sm like . oon wild four feet
in de water and his back half kivered."
Mr. CLAWS oRAToRY. d
He was . speakin' man. though"
continued Eli. as his enthusiasm began
to carry him away. He war de most
best speakinest man in de whole our
Try. 1rsmember when dey war . try
in, Of dat man. Fayetts Shelby, for q
KILN Of Marss HORNE at Lexington
When It came time for de old marss TO
speak he jist had AL de benches q . do
cheers moved out in d. college yard,
and Gee. how he did let hisseh loose.
He gotto talkin' about4ds scriptur,. an
de women folks dey begin to cry. Den.
you sec. de old marss was maxim his
pint. aud bimeby when de proper time
come, he Jest let loose all holts IN fell
back like he was Q faintin'. / seed de
ole marse. dough; his eyes was . blink
In like . toad's in . thunder storm, an
he was o ohucklin' In his kleeve. Be
.warn't no NO faintin' dan You Is at do
present moment. He wxz = maxim his
pint by workin' on de sympathy 81 D.
crowd. sn' he made 1t. too. Oh. I tall
,yuu, dc old marse WINS - click - Dc
very debbil. Kiyi." chuckled old Eli.
''you orter seed de trick he played on /.
al dem lawyer folks onct- Oar ws q
stole n hog an he cum TO Marse
Clay an told him he wanted him to de-
fend him in de courts. De ole marse,
you see, he goes TO work an makes de
kill de hog an cut m square in
two. Den he takes one part hisself.
gives de udder to de thief, an when dc
comes along Marse Clay he gets
up an tells de lawyer folks dat do pris-
oner didn't get mo- of dat hog dan he
did hisself. He tole de truf. too, an de
thief he got off on Marse Clay's say SO
without de least bit of suspicion.
hoSs THE scoURsE.
In speaking Of Mr.. Clay's fondness
FIN horses. Eli tells of a line race mare
the statesman owned, called the Golden
Cup. Upon n certain occasion the mare
was matched to run a four-mile race
against u famous horse owned by Colo
mel Sidney Burbridge, The race came
off at Lexington, and everybody In that
part Of the country was Imcicnt.g Gem
cral Abe Buford. Old Man Shay and
distinguished tnrfmen werc back
ing the mare, while Colonel urbrihge.
General Warfield and other ~well-known
horsemen were playing the horse. 1.-The
wur rum" said XII. cfrenl eend 70
ecnd. an when dey came out q putin
an n snortin' ut de end of de four miles
de Golden Cup was Jest de length Of
her name In de lead. De old marse he
Jest fell on de mars neck an laughed
like he had gone clean mad. He kissed
de Golden Cup an sent her home, an
after dat nebber allowed her to do an
other. lick of work. An l tell YOU"
said Eli, growing confident, 'Marse
Clay Jest won $50. 900 on dat race. case
I seed de mopey all in big bank bills. !
an de very next week he went to work
hisself an guy me a pair of brown-lined
shoes, dat cost him free dollars ut
n
AT THE BOARD. II
Eli says that the last time he saw
his master was at a dinner party given
by him at Ashland the night before he
to Congress in the year he died.
Gen. Breckenridge. Col. Shelby, Tom
Marshall and other distinguished gem
tlemen were present, and altogether
they had q glorious time. Eli says his
derived more delight from his
dinners than from any other source. and
when ut homo gave one or two every 4
week His master, he said, was very |
fond Of field larks and blackbirds, and |
one Of his ervants to the expert |
use OF the gun in order that he might 4
kill them for him. Eli says he has rid |
den many n time in the old carriage that |
was exhibited at the exposition here a
few years ago, and that he remembers
when it first vent into use. -