Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-24
rHEy DuDN,r 60 FISHING.
How n senate Cesssssssee spent sunaay
I'm the Indian Territory.

During last summer senators fiaff, Cuiiom ana
blackburn. under a resolution OF the scnate.
visited the Indian Territory investigate the DIS
position under the present administration OF In
dian tradershtps
The committee reached the indian Territory at
avery desirable season Of the year ana during the
pleasant weather. They managed 90 employ
themselves In making Inquiries abOlt tradcrships,
until IN the due course % days ana nights SUNDAY
came. senator Blackburn had been lnQu.r1ng 90
speak English as 20 the STRAINS IN the ,tcinit, and
the Kind OF rsh they produced. lie had learned
that some OF the finest hlack-bass streams IN tbs
Mvrid mere within easy reach. 80 be proposed %
has colleagues that they turn what would a her
wise oe dull sunday into day ~ recreation by
angling. but senators Plat and Cullon objected
20 nshing ON sunday. senator RiseIburn srruei
that as they were outside the pale uf CIVILIZATION
they would not be held 20 strict accountability tor
ooseryance OF sunday laws Has Arguments tailel
60 move The other two senators
How THE nAy MAS srFNr.
"Me didn't so fishing, remarked senator BLACK
burn IN giving an account Of that Sunday. .sbus
III tell you how we spent that day. IN the fore
noon We went 60 an Indian war dance. ar which
the Warriors exhibited the scalps they had taken,
All the afternoon We spent In loukial az RACES l,e-
tween Indian ponies TAX about horses running,
TO nv. ''1''
AN IspI,s roSy RACE
They run in a straight Tine and Un the turf for
about three-elghths or half a nile. I saw an IN
dian lead pony by halter 90 the top Of hin in
fun view. lie stood there holding the halter ana
inquired what a. meant That was MS challenge
20 a race. Very soon an Indian near "a led out
pony and that was \ signal that the challenge
vas accepted They run from hfteen 20 twenty
i've ponies in a race and keep e up Tor hours H.
fore race is starred two Indians one "a front 90
the other ana carrying long pole on their shoul-
who want 20 bet on he race hang Their wagers'
consisting OF wearing apparel, blankets, furs. am
munltion, beads, &c. on that pole - the two In
wagers have been collected the whole mass -
dumped " pile on the grass near 60 half a dozen
or more OF the Oldest men Of the triOe.
THESE MEN ARE THE JUDGES
OF the races. and they sit nat upOn the ground
forty or nifty yards from the nnish. There are
no starters. The riders are an bareback aud each
armed with a long whip so 60 the siarting-post
ana start as they please. one may get on twenty
or thirty yards In front and that Is al right Nor
Is any attention paid 20 weight. one rider viii 10
a boy weighing about sixty pounds and NH.sida
MN man weighing two hundred viii oe mounted
Ia the same race When nearing the finish each
nder leans forward ana from beneath the nerI u
his pony h.
WHIPS THE OTHERS IN rHg Facr
50 as 10 keep them back. That Is regarded as fair.
When the race Is over the owner Of the winning
horse takes the entire 'boedle.' Al that was
stsked In the race goes 20 MIN, and he divides u
among his friends upon some prime pie that gives
satisfaction. The old warriors who SIT OF sain.
the unaided eye There Is no wire 10 help them.
and. though Tor the life OF me couldn't zoe how
they could tell which horse finished first. there As
never any appeal from their decision.
''sHEEwD HoRsE-JoCkKYs-
white men-have occasionally gone down there
with crack race-hOrse, 1Xed up with cookie burs
in his name ana tail, 80 10 give him the appear
ance 81 country tackey, with the idea OF putting
up JOB on the indians But those who vent %
shear have usually returned shOrn. The Indians
manage 10 postpone a race With any strange horse
nntil they and an opportunity at night 10 steal
the stranger out and ascertain has best speed.
Then, II they have anything 10 beat hun. they con-
sent 10 a race and win d. IL the strange horse =
too neet fOr any OF their ponies they refuse 20
at all. I've never enjoyed hOrse-racng." said the
senator. lh conclusion, 'more than On that sun
oay evening"