Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-30

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their decision If they saw fit.
The track was a small circle of
one.sixth Of a mile, and the general,
knowing the superiority Of Silver
Heel over st. Lawrence, instructed
Abrams, his trainer, to hold up for
him, and then pass him In front OF
the stand at least four times in the
mile. This instruction Abrams full
filed to the letter. Silver Heel was
declared winner amid the widest en-
thusiasm. The decision of two days
before was reversed, and the $4,000
premium was awarded to Silver Heels
owner.
The general gave breakfast on the
following morning to q select party at
one of the principal hotels. James
Clay, the owner of Mambrino Chief,
was q guest. The horse question was
OF course, b prominent feature of con.
versation. Clay was especially eulo-
CYSTIC Of the colts Of Mambrino. He
declared that the colts of the Chief
had outfooted everything or the turf,
and that they would continue to do
so. His Boosting nettled Singleton;
after standing 1t as long as possible he
Ripped out: "Now, look here, Clay; I
have two colts here, Sallie Lee and
Swiftness. They are two.year olds,
and neither has been trained. I will
take one of these two colts, give you
the whole Mambrino breed to select
from, and I will trot you, on q day to
be fixed next summer, for $4,000 q
side."
Clay laughed and told him 1t was
sheer folly to make such a bet, IS he
was certain to be beaten. The Gen.
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 So, 900 each,
the balance to be put up a week be-
fore the race.
The race came on In the following
summer. 1t so happened that Clay
and Singleton were both elected dele.
gates to the national democratic con.
vention which was meet at Charleston,
and which sfteward broke up In q row
and adjourned to meet in Baltimore
Well, they both resigned and repaired
to Louisville, where 1t had been ar.
ranged that the race should 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 all.absorbine
topic, and that Clay's horse was a great
favorite. Odds of two and three to
one were freely offered. The general
opinion seemed to be that Clay would
have q "walk over"
Singleton had arranged with some
parties In st. Louis to send him what
money he wanted, and he telegrapheo
for $40, 600 He failed to get any
response. Ill was afterward learned
that his friend In st. Louis, learning
of the apparently sure thing which
Clay had, purposely disappointed Sin
gleton, in order, as he thought, to saw,
him. Singleton then went to som'
friends In Louisville and succeeded IL
raising about SO, 900. He had abou
81 900 besides this with him. o
his two colts he had selected Salli'
Lee for the race. He went to hi
!, trainer, Abrams, and inquired in wha'
condition she wan. Abrams replied
that she was 'bright as a lark ant
|. steady as the old brown Setter" Blu
if Clay's colt could do what they said
she stood no chance. He inquiries
!, what they said, and when told deolare'
.. II a id lie, asserting that no Nam
J bf,no colt ever had or ever would d.
! ally such thing.
8 On the morning Of the race Clay en-
! tertained a party of fifty at breakfast
During the meal he said to Singleton
"See here, Singleton, you and I ar,
. friends, and l don't want to see you
lose your money. 1 know the $40, 00(
:, you have up with me will not affec
> you, but don't get rash and make 9th
or bets, for l have a sure thing"
"Well," replied the General, don
let your friends a~ggravate me-"
One of the party spoke up: Gen
eral, l would like to %aggravate you t,
the extent of a basket OF wine."
! The wager was accepted, with an
other Of the same kind, and it RAJ
around tie table, resulting in a gen
eral bet of fifty baskets of wine.
, When Singleton got quite the tract
. his trainer sent for him and advised
him to employ q man who was on tn,
: ground, and who HAD the reputation
of being a very expert driver. Thi
, he positively refused to do, tellin,
: Abrams that he could trust him, ant
that hA would pAIxy mn ponn NtkA. "
then instructed him, If he found h,
could beat Clay's colt, to give Clay tn,
> first heat and win the two following
. The track on which they trotted lie
!, by the side Of the railroad, and tn
. point where the trains stop Is just a
. the half-mile pole. They got Oft vel
together. The race was a very prett,
! one the first half mile. Just as the,
i, reached the pole an engine on tn
. track outside began to blow off steam
and it's bell rang. Clay's horse, hav
ing been trained here, paid no atten
ton, but Ssllie Lees head went Int
the air. Fortunately she did not los
her feet. Abrams brought down tn
t whip three times. Still she kept he
feet, and came to the three.qusrte
: pole like a frightened deer. She hA
. widened q terrible gap between hersel
: and Clay's colt, and as she turned int
q the home stretch her pace seemed I
o Increase. She came to the wire like
hurricane. Abrams forgot his instruc
tlons about heats, and let her hSv
!; her head. She not only won the heat
Q but distanced her competitor and We
with ease.
Theexcitement and enthusiasm wer
n Ind escribable. Singleton ordered tn
fifty baskets of wine and enough add
i tional to give champagne to every lao
on the grand stand. He gave fire.