Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-12
Som, on. suggested ,h., 0.,lIns

ootuT ouN stkA'st't N.-s o-'ssa
should drive. "No," said the old turf.
man. "s boy who Is capable Of bringing
Q colt ou, In such form 10 oomps,snt TO
drive" Lancaster before his new hitch
vas . different appearing horse, and |.
be passed before the grsnd.s,And received
spplsu.ss for hh beauty. Albre,ia's
friends though, they could distance the
inbred Morgan. whose grsndsies bore
the nsm's OF the aneien, almanac maker.
and to help them =. the start Albrs,ts
had the pole. Az ,hey came down Al.
bre,,a which Vas pilo,sd by Al eIper,
and crafty driver. vas In the lead. Ben
j.rked his head and the word Vas given.
The country boy had no idea Of prolong-
ing the scoring, and be could trail /.
veil ., frs, s ., any time. The quar-
ter Was reached in 80 seconds with Ian.
caster q length behind, where he stayed
until the half va, reached. Ia l;l7.
When around the lower turn Ben called
on the nsmesake OF the Red Rose and
wen, to Albre,ts's head; up the back
stretch they wen, like . pair. The
third quarter wss tro,,ed Ia IS seconds.
and ., the ,hree-qusr,er post Lancaster
vas In the lead; thus they s~sp, into the
stretch for home aud came very fast.
Lancaster holding bis advantage. Ben
90, cree, In his sea, and drove With his
arms and voice. When q, the distance
he glanced At the grand stand be saw
little form lean ou, over the track hold.
ing oa to = poe, for support !, vss
Bert. Who shouted, "Bsnbys . beating"
benny. . be.,ingr" The sish, Of
this little fellow nsrved his arm anew. {.
|, had done ,hs, day ia the June sun
shine. On he came. faster every
stride. and s~ep, under the wire winning
the hea, in 2;32. Lancaster ". nov
the f.vori,s. and Gstlins tended the
cooling out. While the hes, Vas in
prosre. the old deacon had arrived with
the .alky. aud when be learned VIA,
bad been done be threw bis hA, into the
aif IKE school.ooy.
The colts came on, we'll for the second
heat. and bead TO head they we're sen,
away. Hen VI. Determined tha, Ian
caster should no, lose the pole, aud VI.
eon,sn,ed TO ls, the Kentucky scion 90 q,
hi. side. which he did from the star, 10
the third quarter. When Albre,,a got
to Lancaster. head Hen would rally him,
and In . stride would draw away from
bis rivsl. Ben vas eonhden, be had
speed TO spare. though he WAS riding
faster than he ever had before In bis life.
Down the homs-s,re,eh they came every
step seemingly faster Up 10 the stand
the same little voice shouted the same
words. and ~ Ben said. "l felt ! W. go-
ing to pay the mortgage ja', . 'oon as
the hsa, was flashed" Lancaster kept
bis lead. and s~ep, under the wire win.
ner OF the heat. race and added
money In the wonderful time OF $50.
The tastes, for ,-o.year-old ever made
Ia Maine. Ben 20, bis purse. aud ee-
fore he left the track Gs,ling introduced
= gentleman who paid the f.balOu' price
for q two-yesr.old Of $1,000. And al.
though G.,lins "a. well paid in the end
for hi, kindn.ss, Ben could no, refrain
from asking the deacon why should be
50 befriend mel" because" said the
old man. "he is . Chris,ian man you'll
find them. boy. amongst horemen."
The mortgage vas paid aud gocdly
sun left over which vas duly banked.
Ben though, be., TO keep the old mare.
although he bad tempting offers for her.
She vas = good mother. ani then she VAS
hi. fathers las, gif, Ben'' 'uecs. did
no, turn his head; he vas eonten, TO fol-
low the plow behind oxen aud cultivate
the .oil. When Thanksgiving came.
which Ben bad been preparing for,a coup
le Of fine turkeys and pair Of chickens
we're carefully packed and cent to the
man ~ho had 50 kindly helped him when
with the col, he accomplished wha, he
dreamed Of that fair June day. paid the
mortgage on the f.rm."-lSpir Of the
Hub.