The Mineral argus., 1883-09-27

AANA MNAAN kANWA AAAAAAAA ~ ~ ~ "a 10
ceiyed an e~lectric shock. Tho numbers
and names were Just now run rp the
board, and the horses and their lockeys
we're publicly proclaimed. "Blueskin
runs away With a. said a man ia 4
group near me. |Who rides hlnlPS
asked another. "Cluney," was the an
rwer. "0b, then he should not he lost
sight Of" said a sh%arp-loOking little fel-
low, with a card of the races in one
hand D a pencil In the other. "But Is
Cluney's name up as his Tider2" by
Jove, mol" was the reply. "Galgey
rides Blueskin; and let me see-yes
Quincy has the leg W. on Queen Bess.
That Is strange. Quincy Is the
best steepiechase rider in the kingdom,
and should be on Blueskin against the
mare" ''Ihe thing is over" remarked
another. ''If any OF you want TO win
money go and put it on now. Captain
III ick, the stable commissioner, / konw
Is piling on every ihrthing he can act on
biueskin." You known" inquired a
ke~en-looking individual in the group.
How do you known, "Well, / was
present when he put on a pony with
Watts az " TO one and he saidt that it
was the last farthing he could invest lnr
the stable" The keen individual turned
aside. That Is good enough for me-"
he nut cred. 81 know Black, and il
Blueskin was 10 win, he would not be
going round the ring taking buffers into
nus confidence. Whatever wins, Blue
skin won't win" And then after DELHI.
Grating seriously, he audibly continued
II put a flyer on the m re, Queen Bess.
Clupey rides her. and | am not able TO
lead large PRINT u II Is not meant 70
land a heap OF coin tor the captain aud
his eronies." | saw him go TO a man in
"a nut OF farming red, hand him a c5
note, and get a card in return, and then
he lt a cigar n appeared satisfied.
The horses were ndw being stripped
and saddled and the jockeys weighed
MY brother Harry "a 40 and asked me
To have q look at the horses. There
were twelve starters, he said, but there
Was only n horse wltha chance-Blue-
skin. Blackleg, his owner, had Told
hm go. lilo had a mare, Queen Bess.
III u; but Sue was merely on trial. TO see
What could no made out of her for a few
hundred pound plates. Aud 81 we
found ourselves in the paddock. HOfses
and grOOms predOminated. There was
bluesktn, a splendid animal, liver-col-
gred, with an eve all light, and a shining
coat-the admired of the ring Queen
Bess, a grand looking steel-gray mare.
hN&AANA ~ AAN hNNtn VIII tllN tAhAn~tlI
ears and dclteate nOstrils which show
breeding, had her circle of admirers. A
gray horse called Rupert was much
spoken of, and many believed that moth
ing could beat him. There were three
Nhers ON whose chances a great deal OF
mony 1 understood, was rlsKed. There
was a magnificent fOur-year old, a bav
colt, named Stream; a great, powerful,
slashlng mare, called Calypso; and to
eyes a mean looking animal, whose
name was Steelribs. This was the
horse at which the " gentlemen. Cap
Black and his friend Colonel Black
leg, were looking when l met John
Brown. His coat WAS uneven; his bones
appeared 70 be sticking in an awkward
ashton against bis skin, aud he had a
shabby trick OF hanging his head. did
not hke ms appearance, but he was
backed 70 win an enormous stake. 1t
vas strange that, thoSgh at a little dis
lance ne looked rough ald unkempt. /
when you examined him closely his skin
smOOth and glossy. The uneven
hess waS under the ska. The Jockeys
were U going cut for the preliminary
There goes your money, said Brown.
Nou can't mistake him-whi,e Jacket
scarlet cap. No other white Jacket
mt race. When the white Jacket dis.
appears Your money Is gone
1T is gone already" said l.. since
the day l was born I never had one Bat
lucS. viii NOT be a shit the worse
" without IT,"
lit bias not gone yetp said Brown.
Ard taking my hand he continued: at
be n of the sweetest DAYS cf my
lte n L could say that l Was instrument
Al IN restoring the friend Of bovhood TO
Position Of Whlch be Was robbed "
The hrst animal 70 leave the paddock
MAS Steelrihs. He went u ike a cart
excitement. nc praacing. bat
slth MS head RAISED somewhat-not As
ne stood IN the paddock. with a quiet
al round and a drm foot under
hlm. When bis rider called on him il
vas a picture 10 see his movement. He
vent < piece OF machinery. The
sr0und seemed 10 disappear before him.
AMI he did not tOok As If IL cost him any
eXertOn 10 owe.
He would Nin, whispered Brown up
D me, '0ut there l. c0uutrv boy up.
- Niuney we're Ou >teelribS, from what
1 nave lust beard, he would run away
roaA IA LSG'
The starter nov took them in hand.
and they wentt 10 the starulgpos some
the sJeeds xere fracl0us ami wanted
to >ta-s before the dtg fell. but the good
o u Veil trained animals waited Without
lfi'aca i-tHsahoucs. The .eagsh - the
was three miles. and the course
FaS alm0st urcuiar. Ine n0r-es started
ifom ne eaeyafed gu0and opposite. 5ut
scout 8 quNreer Oi mise distant from
the slaud house. This structure was iust
b edge o. the circle. A I0ngstraisht
Ted mp u rom the right ami the race
vas To be on the third round, tie