The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-19

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fights whose curve carried him % the lofti-
est altitude 81 his experience. He is now
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assurances d abnnsiaHee n the near future
THE H0IR GREAT PAGERS.
One Race xaat srlan Determined 80 Win
-afd sports stors.
Fstfspura Commercial Gazette.
Wheg Old sport entered the eiatrr0om
last cysaing several mer1bers who bad pre-
ee.ed hitn Rere engaged in . lively discus
sion On the baseball sitaation. bat ceased
their fa3k - Kreet the veteran.
81 thing. be said hanging his coat and
bat la their place. that you al should get
enough basehaiLsalk during the week.
like baseball, 81 sou ka0w. and daring the
siHter Il good tino 81 disevss Il but We
are getting al Unusual iloed Of Il this vim
Ter
Tie old mans remarks werc applauded
as he toik his seat. aisi without further
asio The conversation turned On other mat
ters III Bonner recent purchase OF
tTusters in California WIS tailed Of, and
"Reminiscences Of the trolling turf began to
be told aud good saaiiy jobs that bad fai-
len under the observation Of the members
wcFe talked about This reminded Old
sport o. ttsmng incident.
There Is not one 81 you. he began.
ssbat remembers that famous quartet Of
PAGERS, Ruwdy 10y. Lucy, Maflie Hunter.
and tsse old blind horse. sleepy Tom.
They we're a great lot ard al ysry fast.
They have Neen seen on every frotting
track of note III the eoantry and tot mag
nlEecst seesaw racing their like Was never
seen hefofe or since. I don really believe
they were ever in a race that was not
pretty seil fixed up before the start by
ftss.r drivers. with the exception of the
driver q Lucy, and sfont believe he was
ever let ia on the plans, rs he would not
make any agreement with them and they
asaya thought they could beat the gray
mare anyway.
The funniest incident Of which | am
oognigant, IN which this precious lot
of pacess were the prime figures.
occurred at East Saginaw some years
ago. That track Was a fine enc then.
and very popular. enormous crowds
al people attending the meetings, and
great sums Of money changing hands on
every race. A great many pittsburg peo-
pie wsnt ont to Michigan 10 see the race,
among whom was a eentleuan who now
holds a high official position. and who. ct
that time. had just been nonsinaieI for
sheriff it this eonnty They we're all Ia the
best kind Of hHHiOr, and they carried with
tless, hlg rolls Of money to hack. a they
thought. the i4vineihle mare Lucy. The
race was q catsans-driezi one. With Lucy
hxed g. sin il. though without the
knowledge 81 her driver. John I0ckiin. Of
this city. was also there reporting the
races and acting as commissioner Tor
several sporting men in the purchase of
isools. lie received u commission TO wire
ID Reilly pool Foous, Chicago, and place
81 go eta Matte Hunter against the field
ior Mr. Armstrong. lie did So
n'fhe race created the most intense ex-
element. lucy had won two heats ard
Matte Hunter two. Sleepy Tom and
RaNdy Boy sent 20 the stables aud left
those Two IN the PACE. The odds were IS
Ia on Hunter aasi the Pittsburgh contta
gent jumped at them like chickens picking
M eaFn. They crowded the pool stands
aud took all They eoaid get on Laey For
Solae Feosan UT either John Spian, who WAS
slriYiaw hanter. got his Irish up and when
1ehn 1oektEn went 10 ask him about the
saee be WAS hopping maa about some
thing. For heaven's sake, John, said
iocklin IL Hunter going % lose thss rare 2
I've just sent 81 600 on her again-trse field.
Yea can bet tsn vim, said splan de
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