The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-13
no. q . Of old f.Pason" drown
lows Dead Beats Turned a
Race-Horse into a Mig
GER M skinned the
1aK-heeIs

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Col. W. ID. Stokes, who wa. a Reuub
lican ma.ubar # Conrre. ,.ri,g III,
3.rf r.. r \,
'e'
tue If'i'" 'hH story about the Race
"Aric!' why died at week
"Ar.el wa. reckon. the fastest opa-
~ter-n5r~e the world ever knew. He ~,
an irou-1ray. l.. hand, AMI inche.
high withpu, H. shoes. IL ! rac. m.
scIl3, Wa rett.r AZ ,g-r.uy from 81
to - feet. ia a dead level iu, average
was about - feet, aud Oh a decliyity Of
gentle doNn grade on a firm track he
would stride - 10 . feet.
"Ariels dam was the postum FLY,
owned b. Mr. PerN.r-, near Natchcz
She was an ira1-Lay. IL tal4 high
aud fine length. aud Of tie celebrated
Pac3.er stock. Sc vas the fastest mare
IN her day Tor i t#ou>ard yards, aud
beat all the racers that caiLe against her.
You see, We lennesseeans nave a power
oil ialth ~ Tue dail' ana ! suppose Arle'
o"el MS HGe.he>S a. wen a. hls Color -
ms dam. Ierkins furnished a man by
tn name OF HAWKINS VINO was a trainer
VI iart MUSES. dhu "' WI 'Hc oay loLNe
ahd foN.um my got ABOARD OF the
steamer Arlei anu ihoEed up hed l.ycr'
anu oeioIe ue 23t t7 A,tAahifia me Day
slpIcd M hdltet hhd Joiued the mare
III thG othe. stan. 40" that all can
tel ABOUT Arie4 petlk'ee' ahA you can
Se' 'Ho ''-eI0e % liiS'-c = necessarily
u -. 1nr tFHtii
my : '""' "@S hdmOd A'iei' aItci Ihe
steamer
il@NNu gave ann sGtclii attention 70
the t'''' my ia ,oii discovered thIt tie
P2i i "oT.a-'e1lef ne h'i Won seve-
al races JEioie lie "d> lput years d..
A*the -Pif'i' u Ia a. HAT -.jlpn ct
@o"3''y 9i Z. ~. mat i.eu eHs"moa
Sock c.u4d not c pe with hinl, dai then
Il "a that Hawkins put forth his chal-
rH3e [" run nun AGAINST any horse IN
tie word win iiSht weights, upon has
WI track several sporting men re
>r3hted To- thiN Challenge, and among the
number OF ruhuefs matched against HIM
"a, the lhoma, maze. from Kentucky,
4 that tune regarded the fastest nag III
me State. \ large amount was bet, aud
Niiel > owner W II, Tor he TAXED her
opt IA short order. ell, ms lame be
came 80 general that he Just remained
there IDLE Tor a year or more. The
hor>emen were afraid to 70 there and
run against him, Offering as Excuse that
the ltuat affected their stock, and they
would not run against him. Several
wears later | purchased Ariel, paying
81 900 casn down, and two or three of
rs organized a syndicate aud sailed forth
IN quest OF whom we might devour. We
went all the way to Tennessee to make a
race with McGehee and AInsworth, but
tailed. We then went to DdhIOncga,
IRA ran him against Harrison ; mare for
two or the hundred dollars. Of course
We won 1t.
Colonel Waters. concluded his mare
mare could beat Ariel. SO we closed a
race for $1,000 a side. Large amounts
were bet, and ARIEL, a. usual, beat her
competitor nifty feet or more Then we
travelled over the country for sometime,
and won several races, but ArleIs fame
was such that 1t was difficult to make a
match and pay travelling expenses. Then
II was that we conceived the idea OF. dis
gulslng the horse by painting him a sor-
reil or bay color, hence We started and
travelled from town to town in search of
a doctor or some one who could color
hun, and at last; after travelling hun
dreds OF miles. L 0undm myself at Blount'
n ~
"a no;nt tba, wa,,d - - -
mt snrreI The m;xtnr. was wb;t;ng
I.tberage and unslacLnJ Iimo IT, 80,
,nro w. anr,;oJ I'D - - IN, -
,;f,I cLoSnnt SarroI IT, -,
g., H. dantor ~. - - ~ IL
na;nt ont Of ~ ~ ID thanAnu "
Lnt ,brongb a mistatn ;nStao5 ~ -,
;nr VS. vasbcd Tho m;1tnra M ond H.
nn.lacle5 I;me neolad eyar, nart;nIa nf
ba;r oG af hin oxcont . H. -,
~ boaJ nd 80 - "a I'll "
..WnU ~LancbinoIr con,;n,od tbo
CoI ..of oorrsn tb;S Loh ir;oi % -
aoI Pr We ~ ~ "nro i
cir af cio.bn. a,5 tm 80 - ~ $500
naIIanL ~ 81 Rutindno,. nna It -
rIn for five or six mon1bs and he ha;r
rev ont aGa;n hnt - nnrcaatIn
White and his nans boaJ ond I'll
fiarr IooE;ng rod wb;cb co., I'm $50
NAV ;n,,g;ra varv noauEar "a IA
apnaarancp Bnt atier nnttino him -
tr,;ning again Far fve Nv Nv woeLS wa
r,nnJ RI no. va 49,, ~ H. - w
81 h. ~" i " n"l ~
-, y nne pdineins "nu .omPolai1 loss vi
nn ,hn on = eo' l'"uS "nu ''a''eu
. ''"iP 90
WHO WAS T
Then we went rO RalpIrh, North Caro-