The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-30

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The General gave breakfast Oh the
following morning to a select party at
one Of the principal hotels. James
Clay, the owner of Mambrino Chief.
was guest. The horse question Was
of Course, . prominent feature Of con-
versstion. Clay was especially eulo-
Cystic of the colts Of Mambrine. He
declared that the colts of the Chief
had outfooted everything On the turf.
and that they would continue to do
~. His boas,ing nettled Singleton /;
after standing it as long Is possible
he ripped out Now, look here
Clay have two colts here, Sallie
Lee and Swiftness. They are tive
year oids. and neither has been train
ed. / will take Oue Of those two colts,
give you the whole Mambrino breed
to select from. l vii. race you, on u
day to be fixed next summer, for
$40, 900 . side"
Clay laughed and told it him il was
sheer folly to make such q bet, rs he
MAS certain to be beaten, The Cen
eral refused to receive such an answer
to his challenge, and they finally set
tied The matter BY repairing to one
Of the banks and depositing five
thousand apiece, the balance to be put
UP q week before the race.
The race come ON in the following
summer. 1t so happened that Clay
and Singleton were both elected del
egates to the ational Democratic
Convention which was to meet at Char
lesion, and which afterwards broke
no in row and adjourned to meet in
Baltimore. Well, they both resigned
and repaired to Louisville, where it
had been arranged that tine race
shonld come off. Singleton declared
that he would beat Clay On his own
ground. When the General reached
Louisville he found that the race was
an ali-absorbing topic, and that Ciay's
horse was s great favorite Odds of
tw" and three TO one were fire ly offer
cred. The general opinion seemed to
be that Clay would have walk
Over."
Singleton hal arranged with parties
in st. Louis to send him what money
he wanted, and he 'elegraphed for
$4,000. He failed To get any re-
response. 1t was alterward learned
that his friend in st. Louis. learning
If he apparently sure thing which
Clay had, purposely disappointed
Singleton, in order, as he thought, T.
save him. Singleton then went t.
some friends in Louisville and sue.
ceeded in raising about $4,000. He
had about 1000 besides this with
him. Of his Two colts he had select.
ed Sallie Lee for the race. He wen,
to his trainer. Abrams, and inquired
in what condition she was. Abrams
replied that she was bright as lark
and steady as the old brown setter,
but if lays colt could do what they
said she stood no chance. He in
quire.l what they said, and when
told declared it id lie. asserting
that no MembrigO colt ever bird o.
ever would do any such thing.
On the morning Of the race Ga,
entertained q party of fifty at break
fast. During the meal he said t.
Singleton, See here, Singleton. you
and are friends, and don't want t.
see you lose yeur money, know thu
ten thousand you have up with M
sill not affect you, but don't get rasl
and make other bets, for | have i
sure thing"
"Well, replied the General. don
let your friends aggravste me-"
One of the party spoke DIP: Gen
eral. / would like to aggravate you Il
tho extent of q basket of wine."
The wager accepted, with another o
the same kind. and 1t ran around tn,
table, resulting in q general bet o
fifty baskets of wine.
| When Singleton got out to the track
hi trainer zen, for him and advised
him to employ q man who was on the
ground, ana who had the reputation
Of being q very expert driver. This
he positively refused TO do, telling
Abrams that he could trust Tim, and
that he would rely ON none other. DE
then instructed him, if he found be
could beat Clay's colt, to give Clay
the first heat and win the two follow.
ing. The track OH which they trotted
lies BY the side of the railroad. and the
point where the trains stop is just at
the half-mile pole. They got of we'll
together. The race was q very pretty
one the first halt mile. Just as they
reached the pole an engine on the
track outside began to blow off steam