The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-15

An Inojdont trom The Carver az
Small Hopoo, the 1oundor.

Thk b the tiuse of year whea Tie
ringesS ase doing The mort Wl1chtof.
The eo0ntry fai1S are tue p0lnts aim
Cd q BY The boys with the inss horses
for slow claoDeo, but once IN . while
they ut smoked" The chances
az deteoeloa are greater than in yeaTs
gone b., but nevestheleos The prac.
dec y 81 10 means In . mosi6uDA
conditiou. The Breesier's tIa<etEe
cites The oa0e AZ 6aDall aopes, and
tells story In connection With the
horse:
'1One OF the best Of these b 10 ~
latjo0 to the 0oto9joelo email Hopes,
now the property oe NJ. Vandesbilt,
that ID tie lhll of 1876 made the t.
mons campai,u u outlswry which
rssolted ID the expulsion ft00 IA
tioual association tracks Of the horse
and I'll who were connected with the
AMIR Charley Peskins, Q resident Of
Rochester, New York, and we'll
kDown sporting chaeactef, va gen.
cal manager Of the expedition; the
other parties Interested In the same
scheme being Deyo, . Michigan
hocseman Who owned Small Hopes
and BILLY Michigan, the driver. A.
ter . saicceooful career In the west,
where 1mall. Hopes troited - I.othair
Lapha,n, ETC., Jump Was laaets to =
email town in Nassachusets for the
purpose VI giving the horse rest:
While there the entries tOr y fall
meeting, to - held at BOst0n, were
about to close, and on the night when
Il wxs necessary TO make the nOmi-
nation, Perkins aud Michigan were
seated In the readinx-r0onl Of the
hotel where they were stopping.
Ac(iuigau secured pen aud paper AMI
Vas ready 70 write out tlIe entry.
what classes sllall We pat him
in::'' he asked Perkins.
1.-The 500 and no." was the reply.
IAN right. What shall We call
him this iime::"
Perkins hesitated for y moment,
but could think Of nothing suitable.
Finally Nc0ulgan's eye was attract
el By the heading In big black letters
Of q uewsrapee article which lay On
the table. 1.-The Wexth10Ok Trag-
:.ly:" read %eo"'s"" aloud "w"''''
"That's it," said Perkins. ''caD
him Westl,rO0k," aud - the entry 81
Weslbrsx'k was duly forwarded.
"Wh~n the day Of the race At
rived" said Ac(auigan, telling th''
story not long ago to party i: A..
quaintances, 1.-THE little horse co:a:d
70 like . shot. The 3:'U claae VIM
the first called, aud there were nine
starters. Perkins and / lad ezsn-
vassed the situation. and concluded
to 10y small Hopes up the lint hest
In order to make the betting gOo0.
SO when the word WAS given l took
hin. In hand and tinished last, q cry
mare winning the heat In cc::ss99, end
be.ing evidently the hest ont In the
lot. A. small Hopes could lrot In
abo It SS:lG We felt easy, snd bought
every pool an our horse. When n
start for the se,cund heat was made
gave small Hopes hi. head. aud the
little fellow went around the ilrst
like q ghoa$. just l'eiorv reaching
the quarter pole I noticed lhst two
other hOr,.ss were alOngsis)e Ut me.
aud 10 when We gOt int, the hack
stretch cluckell ~ nay horse, aud ~
he at once struck = -: X1lt con-
cluded that the pair would soon b
far In the rear. ] went "a the halt
mile pole ut a fearful clip, and so0r
after paxsing that point happened Ia
ls,olk arOund over my right shoulder;
here were the other two h0nses lying
on my wheel ~ uuconcernetl - II We
were only out for . jog. I was con-
siderably surprised, but supp0sesl that
10 some uuacc0untsble manner small
Hopes must have lost his speed, ~
otherwise I could mot imagine how
the Others had kept ~ cluse to me.
drove along and s0On saw that my
horse could beat them, although he
had to keep hustling to do 1t. Down
the hOnlestretch we came neek aud
neck, hut just Ut the finish let l0t'se
Of small Hopes little, and he won
the heat by u nose.
''Pretty som the time was an
nounced-::::::.li. and then the secret
was out. There were two other ring-
en- besides small Hopes In the rnce.
and each man had laid up his horse
In the 0rst heat to get gO0d betting,
aud got It, hut It didn't do 10 any
good, for the judges declared race,
pools and everything else Oil, and We
cOnsidered ourselves lucky 10 get out
Of the town alive"