The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-27
A CHINESE MAzEppA.
a chinaman's wild Ride on re.a. Ste.

iour IniieS OF Inc ABOVE named town
there were three cowboys. Their ling.
ling spurs, their long-horned and brightly
monnted saddles, on which were coiled
like long, 1.-THE. timber snakes, rawhide
riatas, the predomiuance Of bright color
displayed in saddle blanket and clothing.
the CLEAN of the highly polished pistol
and kniie, and the rude. active health
and vivacity of horses and riders, made
them picture pleasant to look upon.
when such an inspection could be made
with safety. They were known TO their
associates as Jake McCray, Billy Folans-
bee, and Tom Dilworth but whether
these names were conferred on them at
the baptismal font was a matter of con.
siderable doubt aud conjecture. They
had been carousing in town, and were
then on their way back to their rendez.
yous. Suddenly Chinaman appeared,
laden with baskets, aud with dog trot
slowly approached them, and his little
pig like eyes showed that he had an in.
stinctive fear of the horsemen. This was
an opportunity for cruel sport which the
COW boys could not let pass, and Jake
McCray said to his companions: "Boys,
let's have China Mazeppa. I'll lasso
the Chinanian, an yous ketch steer, an
well tie John OH an run him through
the streets of the town." To this cool
proposition Billy and Tommy joyfully as.
sented. In few seconds McCray's RATA
was describing circles in the air, Ah Sin,
dropping his burden, fled for dear life
out alter few bounds the unerring RATA
encircled the limbs of the Mongol, and he
was Jerked and thrown ten feet in the air
by the bounding horse of the COW. boy.
In the meatime Billy Folansbee and Tom
Oiiworth had pursued q huge Texan
steer, and Bill had thrown his riata over
the animals horns, while Tom, by deit
underhand throw of the rawhide. had
encoiled the animals hind legs and
thrown him PROSTATE on the Ground
There he lay painting aud believing out
defiance at his captors, although in their
expert hands he was as powerless as an
infant Billy and his companion shout.
cd to Jake McCray to bring over the
prisoner, and added parenthetically: "Be
kerfui and don't kill the darn critter. as
there won't be any sport in giving dead
Chinamsn q ride"
Jake h1cCray was careful, but not as
considerate as he might have been, for,
when he arrived where the steer was
struggling the Chinaman had lost tho
best part of his blouse and about half
the cuticle from one side of his body.
They fastened the RATA to the horns, and
the trained animals held the steer fully
as we'll as though tho riders were in the
saddle. The trembling Chlnaman made
piteuos appeals to his captors, and even
hshed out four twenty dollar pieces from
some recesses in his clothing and offered
them rs bribe for liberty. The money
tr iofo foA o.,
dom was denied him. They laid the
prisoner. breast down, upon the steer and
pulled his hands we'll down on the shoul-
ders and tied them together. Then his
legs were pulled apart and secured firmly
on either side of the animals loins. and
the Chinaman was tied so firmly on the
back Of the animal that he looked. ns
McCray expressed it, as though he
growed there" The fasterings were then
removed from the steer. With blood in
his eye. and shaking his great breadth of
horn defiantly at his tormentors. he
charged successfully first at one horseman
then at another, while All Sin was veil.
ing alternately "Police I" and Murder r'
in broken English and Chinese, at the tor
of his voice, His captors made the air
fairly ring with devilish merriment. Fl.
nally the "fery, untamed" steer was
headed for town, and then began a race
which beggars description. Over gully
and ditch he went, making stupendous
boui ds each time these distractions were
encountered, and each bound being ac.
curately recorded by the Mongolian, for
he fairly rent the air with his screams.
and the length of the cry was regulated
by the distance covered by the steer in a
jump.
The COW boys were more than delighted
with the success of their scheme. The
steer would endeavor to turn, but his re.
morsele.s tormeniors headed him at eyerv
point; when endeavors to make these
turns would develop abnormal bursts of
speed, long. drawn. out walls would issue
from the unhappy Mongolian, and when
the animal settled down to an ordinary
run the cry would sink down low, and
thus, like the music of an Eolian harm.
would the means rise and fall. The
wild, irenzied bovine approached a gully
fully eighteen feet in width and. with n
fierce snort and bound, the steer gathered
himself in one supreme effort and cleared
it by n scratch. Jake McCray's horse,
following little 10 the right, and at
narrow place, also successfully jumped
across the dry chasm. But Bill Folans.
bee and Tom Dilworth, following imme.
diatcly behind the Chinese Mazeppa, both
came to grief and were landed, horse and
foot, in the bottom of the ditch. Tom
recovered first and hurried his horse along
the bottom for quarter of mile, and
finally clambered out but Folansbee Law
stunned in the bottom while his compan.
ious continued the mad chase. The steer
was turned at midday into the main street
of the town. All the dogs in the place
chased the frenzied animal and barked in
chorus; horses broke from their fasten-
ings and behind came McCray and Dill
worth, shouting like wild Apaches. The
frenzied animal, with his human burden,
followed everywhere by shouts, barks and
indescribablc din, slot through. street
and alley, was headed into square and
plaza, and finally succeeded in going
through the Orion saloon, breaking mp
two fiourishing poker games, making his
entrance through the front door and his
exit at the back. His Nemeses, McCray
and Dilworth, as though playing "follow
my leader" spurred their foaming and
reluctant steeds through the same pas
sage. and, although the proprietor pro.
tested with six.shooter, they too made
their exit with safety. Up the street,
with renewed vigor, few the unwilling
Mazeppa and the wild beast, the latter
running amuck now and endeavoring to
Pieres every living thing he encountered
with hie long, sharp horns. Suddenly,
when in front of the court house. the
steer stumbled and fell. Deputy Sheriff
Charles Smith took advantage of this.
and with n few oniclr cnfa of h;, kor;o