New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-19
HENRY CL4Y'S S0R&EL STALLION.

From the Houston Tos.
"Trccollcct Henry Clays turnout very well, said on
old resident of Washington lie had ono of the old
STYLE Concord bugge., with top that suggested
Mother Hubbard bonnet II was evidently 50 ond-
hand affair that Mr. Ga had picked mp in trade. and
nowadays wOdd do very well for old woman 10 haul
vegetables around town in The cushions studied
with moss, and well worn You could see the moss
sticking ont ~. the sides. ri hot Henry Clay didn't
know Mat laprobc was and for a whip. he didn't
have any He used to slash his old sorre stallion with
the ends Of the rens loud You could hear II block
off. The steps Of the buggy were gone and W. Clay
used to Jump the wheels. When lac wanted to get
IN lie put one foot the hub and swung the other
round over the wheels aud dashboard The wheels
high he had to let the top down 10 get out.
They had a,lcgrease in those days, but Mr. Clay had
evidently never found it out lie always drove hs
horse at and You could hear the whocl Of his
buggy squcakns NJ many notes It's there are on the pic
"Ah. Wen do / remember that sorrel stallion" con
tinucd the old timer. iicnry LAY won hun one night
at poker in John lancocks saloon, which Is stl run
ming the avenue, from Colonel Jim Bright who lived
at Falls Church. Va. liflt used ~ come over every
Ueck and pav poker with CLAW aud he generally went
back to Fall Church with pockctful Of money. But
that was Cinys luck' nj Dot. lie got away with 600
of Bgts money. his watch saddle and hildo, saddle
hag- new suit of clothes that were i'm the -addio bags
three finger rings and brcaspn' brace OF pistols and
f''' oh. you needn't laugh sald tho od-tmcr with
great animation; that's the way they played pHcr ~
Them DAYS 4 man went the whole hog nothing
Why didn't you never hear If the time Henry Clay bet
himself clean down to his uudcrshirt and he offered to
pull that on but the other fellow didn't wear under
shirt tn pnt up against II Well, sir, ita 80 ant how
and the Vrty table hc PLAYED the game on u the
front room over llancncks SALOON. It's nm old pine
table about three feet square with hole In The middle
to drop the percentage through for hrecs, iua ushes
and lack potr Well sir, about that old stallion. lie
wss we'll known around Washington for several years
lie always kicked when CLAY came near him Clay
rri,d pockeiml of shrllod corn, mud he gave the
borac handful every time he got Into the buggy The
bows knew the stallion we'll and They used to give him
ri,ces oi bread. cakoa nuts or ANYTHING OF the sort
He'd eat watermelon aud mont. and I'o seen him cat
wn,ls of unpor Though h" was trying Z" mako tho
bows laugh Wen, air. Clay had q niHgot named sam
ono dav he loaned the atnun tu sam p drive to Allow
audria Sum got drunk before ho left town. aud lac
started out on . falop llo didn't atop tn he got t9
Mount Vernon. twenty miloH" hen ho turned around
dropped dead VI The odgo oi South Wellington There
were over hundred boys nl tho funeral In revenge
Clay rud tho Niger a. Louisiana angnt planter with
pru,iao IN tho hll Of nnlc that the planter ahould
hitch san Ia hhaln nud work him Ia cane NH
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