St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-16

nel's daughtah; who's you s'pOse she
gwine ter be? Miss Lucy done fOtch up
de colt an train him, an eY'ything.
We ALPS gwine ter run him in de Maiden
stakes Thu sday, an dis shah dollah you
done gimme's a-gwine to fOtch bout
twenty noah to dis niggah. suah."
''Well. | sort of resolved that Per-
nambuco should carry hundred or so
of my money, too. on the Thursday, just
for luck, and when, to my surprise, the
day before the race | saw not jim, but
Miss Lucy. in pair of neat Knicker-
bOckers and top boots, giving the colt
smart galop, ] watched his work and
quietly put another hundred aside to
lay on PernambucO. | saw jim after
ward and gave him five for himself.
telling him to bet it on his horse as soon
as the odds were posted. for l knew the
colonel didn't have much, and L had
sort of sneaking desire to see the strange
little outfit come out of that race little
to the good if possible.
Thursday came and there was big
crowd. When the third race. the Maiden
stakes, came around l went to the sad.
ding paddock, and found Jim and the
colonel there with PernambucO. The
horse was covered UP, and Miss Lucy
was not in sight. l approached the old
man, and hadn't great deal OF trouble
in making his acquaintance. l told him
of my intention to lay $500 on his horse,
and the old man was pleased.
81 wish, sah, he said. i had $1,000
to bet on this race, sab. As it is, |
shall wager every cent have and feel
as if it were an investment. sab, an in
veStment.'
Il told the old fellow if he was dead
sure and would run PernambucO for all
he was worth | would lay $500 more,
and that he should stand in with it.
That settled it. He grasped my hand
effusively, and then in secrecy told me
what | had suspected befOTe-that his
daughter was going to ride the colt in
the race. / hate TO do it, he said, but
| couldn't trust any one else-not even
Jim. This race means everything to
US, sab. and Lucy has trained the colt
and always ridden him. Nobody else
has ever been on his back
Miss Lucy and PerambucO created
the sensation of the day when they came
out in front of the crowded grand stand.
The Jockeys were listed and opposite
PernambucO's name owner had aD-
peared, so the crowd wasn't prepared
for the surprise. But they noticed that
it was a girl aStrlde the colt immedi-
ately he appeared, and a cheer of re-
ceptiOn went up as the spirited colt with
the neat little figure in spOtless knick-
erbockers and crimson jacket and cap
passed.
Down in the betting ring Pernam-
buco had opened 20 to l. When it got
noised about that girl was riding him
the figures changed to 30 to l, for there
were some good jockeys in the race. l
had put $500 up at 20 to l, and L took
c5O0 mara q On RI That turned the
tide. | was pretty well known. and the
odds on the unknown colt went down
to 10 to l.
"WelI, they finally lined up for the
start. and PernambucO got well away
toward the front, headed only by TIA
Gus. who led, and another unknown. 1t
was a horse race from the start. They
ran in a bunch to the three-quarterS,
and l. following with my glass, could
see that. while ltacuS and the other
were under whip and spur. Pernambuco
was running easily without the stimulus
of either. Into the stretch the other I'M
known fell back a little.a and the crimson
forged into second place. Down the
straight course they came, 1tacus'
Jockey fiayiug the sides of his horse, but
Pernambuco yet untouched. Nearer,
nearer came the Grim son. till fifty feet
from the wire they were dead abreast.
fhe crowds we're bowling 'PernambueOp
sItaeusI Itacusp Just as they rushed
up to the wire l saw one cOnvulslVe
movement of the white knlcker-
booker which stood out in re-
lief against Pernambuco's dark sides,
and as the steel found his flesh
for the first time the colt responded
with couple of leaps like kangaroo
and flew under the wire half a length
ahead. Then the crowd hOwled like
demons, and when PernambueO can
tered up and Miss Lucy jumped lightly
TO the ground to weigh out they nearly
broke the fence down around the