The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1882-10-18

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Mad and Halls friends held caucus,
and il came to the conclusion that as
they only agree To- differ, the question
of who Shout | alone compete with Col.
| Wadd in the coming contest, should he
decided 10y race between Halls sorrcl
and IA gray geldIng Ia which Mac owned
half interest.
Much preparation was gone through
with IN order To have the horses Ia the
best possible trim; and il the day had
been postponed one week longer all the
cash IN Redstick would have teen
staked on the result.
The morning of the appointed day
was a. line, clear and warm as could he
wished for, and the country people
flocked into town in crowds to witness
the much.talked-of race between the
substitutes of Hall aud Mac.
With the exception of one or two
fights, which was II thing of course, the
day passed away pleasantly until two
o'clock, the hour appointed for the
riders to mount, atd the crowd To clear
the track.
Here difficulty arose about appoint
ing judges, some Of Halls friends want
ing IA majority Of that gentleman's
friends to he on the stand, and rice
rersd with Mac and his supporters.
AT length, Mae was allowed to choose
six and Hall six, which they did, and
the judges mounted with alacrity AN
old slipping shed, that was nearly IA
mile, as well as could he ;iscertained.
from the spot where the horses were to
start.
Three men Of each party were then
selected To start them fair, and the
crowd were ordered to clear the road
and allow fair start; hut the gents
composing said crowd were too busily
attending to the closing of bets aud
chatlering over odds To pay much at
tention to the shouting judges, one of
whom, waxing wrothy, pitched in with
horse whip To clear the track. II is
useless to inform any one at all ac-
quainted with the characteristics of the
Redstick people, that said Judge came
flying out of the crowd, head foremost
before he had cleared six feet of the
road.
At last when all the bets had been
taken, aud IA tremendous fight over
between two men who fought about the
color of the gray's tail, the crowd unan-
imously separated to the right and left,
and the riders were with much diff
Guilty hoiS,cd into their saddles, and "A
line was drawn In the road for Il fair
start. The word was given, and away
went the sorrel getting the start about
twenty feet. 1t is needless to say that
the gray did not follow.
After II great deal of fuss the sorrel
came painting back, his rider swearing
and yelling like IA madman; he wished
To whip the rider of the gray before
they started again, but was kindly pre-
vented.
At last, they got oil together, and
went pattering down the road nip aud
tuck" the riders whipping, squirting
and yelling as II the destinies of the
Union rested upon their gaining the
race. Backed by the noise of the crowd
the hubbub was awful.
Just as the two horses neared the
stand, combat ensued among the
judges, who all piled upon one man
whose orthodoxy in the questions
at issile was very much
doubted. He was accused at first very
mildly of being too good II friend of Col
onel Wadd to he an unprejudiced judge
of the race; and upon his politely in
forming the crowd that they might Ego
on voyage Of discovery 10 IA very
warm REGION" one Of them began to
mildly and kindly demonstrate with
him by hitting him uron the head with
a hickory stick.
At this juncture, the horses had just
started aud by the time they arrived at
the stand, there were no judges on top
Of the shed; the fray had brought them
to the ground where they had it rough
aud tumble.
The crowd at the starting point, per-
ceiving the state of affairs, ran down in
eagerness to participate, that those who
did not make almost rs quick time as
their horses, stopped out on the road to
have the matter out among themselves.
The disturbance ceased, and then
arose the question as to which horse
had won the race, none of the judges
were able to say anything about the
matter, and some of them were in u
more tit state for hospital than to de-
eide the momentous question then at
issue.
The riders we're appealed to, but each
one swore that the horse he respect
lively rode had come out ahead, and
they at the same time swore just as de-
cidely that each other was the biggest
liar unhung, and so-and 81 the race
had to be run over again.
10 BE- Continued.
What Tom Moore Said.