The Red Cloud chief., 1886-09-10

and depending solely on the generosity
oi the drinkcr for remuneration: At
intervals a race-horse. mufiied up 10
the eyes in heavy nummads. is hurried
by to its place
\ sudden stir announces some cause
Of excitement. and the next moment 4
LUCE Turcoman horse comes tearing
along the track. with a youngster Of
about four years hanging 10 the POM
mel with one hand. and holding des-
perately TO Il long lance. which i trail
ing along the ground. with the other.
a dozen men rush forward 10 stop the
horse. but he cludes them. knocking
one down. and il il not until half the
course has been ~travcr,cd that he is
stopped opposite the grand stand. the
child having stuck TO him and the lance
with the greatest determination. TO the
delight Of the people. who cneer the
plucky little fellow rs Justify As they
know now. 4 rope j. now stretched
across the course; four red silk bags.
continuing the prizes. none Of them
over two hundred dollars. are laii on
III" ground. There i, 4 great stir. and
a dozen tine horses. all Turcoman-. are
Jed forward. The jockey, are dressed
in top-boot-. wide trousers Of Man
chester cotton. gorgeous goli-lacci
coat and have gay coiorcd shawl, over
their heads.
One old sta"cr. who has led hi. horse
some twenty wards ahead, under the
wal. suddenly gives q wild Yell,
lOD-"ns his horses head. and before the
Mirshah or head grcom. vino acts a,
starter. q DO any thing. the whole
dozen are after him. yelling like de-
mons. and the race has commenced:
the shan. L. whom the horse belonged.
evidently enjoying the joke.
Til, race j, siE times round. equal 10
twelve mile. which. Onsideriug the
nature ot the course. and that the
horses galiop all the way, i, "a severe
trial. and many Of the horses pail up
hopcl.>>lv ru ned. The time occupied
wa>tw"nty-Sovcn minutes, twcnty-ri"ht
seconds; won by onc Of The principal
merchants. The next race. ten miles.
"a won by a horse owned b. the
Na;b-i-Sultina. The third race, eight
miles. also Naib-i- Sultana. The fourth
race. sin miles. was won by u Of the
Shah horses IN twelve minutes, iiily-
live seconds. In this race the third
horse came in ridcrlcss, having fallen
and broken his Jockeys thigh. This.
however. did not lose him the third
prize. The last two races. four miles
each. were Won by the Na~ib-i-Sultana
and "A merchant. respectively. \ pc
culiar feature in the racing here is the
absence If all betting.
This perhaps may be- partly accounted
for by the fact that whenever a horse
not owned by the Shah appeared likely
TO win. his (thc Shah's) offic;ous at
PENDANTS rushed forward with sticks
Az III dhu ~ W ut1NV
the prcsuming rider back: this was the
cause of the ac:idcn: in the fourth race.
one horse shying and falling. the next
one ,umbling on top of him.
After the racing there was a march
past of the troops. which occupied two
hours. First came a company Of sap
-. ,t,., nx.V9 a..
of many of the sightSecr'. who did not
understand soldiers fighting with such
weapons. one critic near me remark
,iAss@.lhaEn~st be the grave
'diggers!" These verc followed by
some two thousand ssinfantry. who pre-
sented quite a respectful BE appearance.
compared with last yser. and had they
been sorted a litth, hto equal sizes.
and taught not to qusrrel. talk in the
ranks. or dodge arouna the puddIes in
the road. would h;Ss passed muster
very well.
Here and there taking n place in the
ranks u boy in civilian dress wa,
marching. all UNCONSCIOUS of being %
Of place. In anothe: in>tancr. when
ordered to keep in EIses a dozen voices
from the ranks Grid out: There's
no room; the road is 20 narrow" etc. |
Immediately after the Infantry. an en-
terprising gentleman - horseback. in
a borrowed suit u oncicnt armor.
mace and shield cor 1plcte. solcmnlv
rode into the ranks ard c~ndcayored To
march by the grand Qand. He was
seized and led away amid the jrcrs
and laughter of tho oolookcrS Fol-
lowing on came fiftv brass nIuzzlc- !
loading guns. eScorted by tive thou
sand cavalry. the horS.soaScarin- heavy
silver neck and Chez bands. each
squad Of t~wenty-four being led hy
officers. some with Rwn swords.
Others with drawn foS-whipS. bu,
but all with massive 81 trappings on
their horses.
These We're in turn bucccedei by
three thousand cavalry. Nth plain har-
ness, but well dressed. Wll mounted. !
and fairly well discip 81. Next in
order came some five As8rcd Persian
Cossacks. escort,ng t,eo handsome
breeehloaders. These ky galloped
by in excellent style. soad the pro-
graume WAS completed
The scene on the rc:srRourney was
n of picturesque COP 0on. an ire
pressibie boy taking adNN,a-e OF the
same to climb over the . al carriage
unmolested. A, the cie ~; tn ROYAL