The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-17

directing all his energies, and 10, 30 10
speak, his pot hobby, lilo has tho post
wishes OF d host Of friends, for future
success,
How Black CLOUD Defeated Jerome hddy
Al Buffalo,
The following interesting story In
taken from tho Kentucky Stock Farm,
OF October Hbthi
tho Canadian Sportsman tells tho
following "reminiscences OF how black
Cloud defeated Jerome Eddy nv LUNA
10 ia 1859, 10 aaya' 'hlaok Cloud Ag-
uIed la Que of the greateht races
| ever BRw," said a Detroit patron OF
tho turf at Cadillac recently, I'll TO-
member when tho old horse Naa
brought here, lle was shipped 10
George VOOrhla for training, aud | was
down at the depot when h6 Landed, 1
never saw u more dlsguRted man In my
life, The horse was ono OF tho most
dlsreputable specimens Of tho equine
family ] over saw, His tpil WAS rubbed
bare, his hOofs were grown all out Of
shape ana his hair was long enough TO
shear, You'd no more take him for
trotter than you'd take u turkey COB
bier tor u 6ingiug bird, Gp0rgea limt
idea was 10 ship him back, but the own
on waH u personal friend, aud no con,
cluded 10 lind out what WA IN the old
horse, Everybody who knows any
thing about turf matters VIII remem-
Der tho old fellow 10 a eoIkef and u
bonanza.
ellis great race, In my estimation,
wah over the Buffalo course, M 1889, l
was there with u lot OF other DetfOiteru,
aud naturally disposed 10 back the horse
that hailed from Detroit. Jerome kddy
was pitted against Black Cloud, and
booked to win, tit lay In his power. .
The reputation OF the OwO6so stable
was NJ stake, and SO anxious were tho
friends OF the Michigan stallion to car
ny oil the hon0rs that they tried 10 TX
VoOrhia, lilo could hayp us much mon
Gy NJ stake and draw on the pool box,
but George vowed that u we'll stocked
farm would DO no temptation, aud that
he'd show them blood on the moon be-
fore the deciding heat was trotted,
Excitement ran high, aud when
Eddy was selling ut 100 10 80 against
Black Cloud, | made some Investments
on the Cloud, / told VOORHEES, about II
and no told me In good stlh Anglo
Saxon that | was q blnnked fool, Eddy
was q great horse, and Black Cloud had
been tr0ttlng some pretty hard races
that had lott him with very bad foot
aud legs, That put me 10 my gtumps,
but | was Just stubborn enough not 10
hedge"
"lhe first heat came on, and was q
guarantee that the race would be u
great Que, Black Cloud uad everything
liN own way clear around 10 tho draw
gates, aud then he went into the nir,
nobody can tell why, you know George
may have lOOsOned the reln6 on him
too suddenly, drawn them In with too
much force, or the horse may have step
ped into u hole. As II was, Eddy was
driven outln 2;tGH and the crowd went
wild"
81 walked down 10 the stall and
George looked like q thunder cloud.
He wa8 ordering the rubbers around
like an Oyerseer, aud telling them lust
what 10 do for the old fellows legs. 1
wanted 20 talk 70 him, but had TO hit
him just right, 80 | proposed o walk up
TO the club house and q mild indul-
genoe, lie accepted, and then | asked;
George, what about the race 7"
81 don't know That Eddy Ia a
Soreamer, | want 10 got along side of
him again before | make up my mind"
"They trOtted the second heat and
Black Cloud gathered II IN, | walked
down 10 the stall again. There waa
George looking ~ big as -four noes, and
having the horse put In shape 10 trOt
for n mans life.
"Wh0t do you think now, Ge0rge2"
"Can't tell yet. There's a blanked
sight more in the old fellow than 1
thought there was. But don't bet yet"
kept my roll In my pocket, but Il
burnt me, The Eddy men were doing
some tall Ginning, and | was itching
TO call them down.
"When they warmed up for the third
heat even the judges were excited, and
the pool buyers didn't know which way
TO jump, They got of together and
you never saw u double team stay clos
or together. Black Cloud stayed likes
shadow and they shot under the wire
together. lt was u dead heat. Then
the hackers of the OwOssO horse rot
dead crazy. They were satisfied that
he could 0utstay the old horse and were
giving odds of 300 TO SIS. Did / take
themp Well ask George, ! went 10
the stable again and told him what was
going on. Ills eyes were %snapplng and
he was beginning 10 think that nobody'a
horse could beat his, lie was advanced
In years, but he was bred up In "g' and
UNA nniAnn HIN "a ulnUnV ha.V.. .A.n
cd out the nucleus Of u national bank
and told me TO 60 the pile. | did, and
put as much more for myself, with n
sinking Of the heart that / didn't have
more.
"The fourth heat, like all the others.
was for blood, and so evenly contested
that the Judges could only declare II a
doad-heat.
"The Eddy forces were more jubilant
than ever, counting on the lasting quaI.
tiles Of their horse, and | was Just con.
lident enough TO draw for more Doodle
and accept the odds as fast as they
came. Before IL was time to ring up
another heat II came on dark and the
rACe was postponed. Next morning
old Black Cloud was limbered up, had
more life than n three year old, and
took three straights without turning q
lair.
awe took home IN ordinary wagon
load of money, and I've always said
Vo0rhis made the finest display
of judgment In that contest
that | ever saw on n horse track"
From Dunton's Spirit of the Turf, OF
Dec. 25, 1886: The fame Of Black Cloud
rs a phenomenal trotter has penetrated
the rem0tegt corners of the darkest por-
lions OF America. Whenever and
wherever he appeared upon the turf IL
was the signal for a severe battle; and
whether Black Cloud won or lost, ne
who saw, were he the least Interested
turf man IN the world, remembered