Tombstone epitaph., 1891-02-22
I)ead.

hio S''t'o' b'Si y oouy WuO uhs IC- sided in Tombstone has seen and ad-
 mired old "Cap," whose early record as q running horse dates back to Santa
 Barbara ini the seventies, where his owner who raised him won many a
 thousand dollars on his speed. Nick Corverubias, Sheriff of Santa Barbara county, was his first master, and only
 those who saw him run in seventy
 five could fully arl reciate him. He
 was only colt, and his long, lean
 cadavcrous look went against him as
 he came upon the track one afternoon in September to compete for the free
 for all purse against field of record
 breakers of maturer age. There were eighteen of them to start, and Nick3 offering was considered in the light oi a joke, but a sorry joke it was for all
 but "Cap's' packer. Nick backed hin,
 for all he was worth, even going so ia
 as to hypothecate his salary for a year ahead. So reckless did he become
 that his friends sought to pull him away from the track. Ten to on, against his horse was offered and
 taken as long as he could get any
 thing to put up. His last bet was to of>r to bet "Cap" against the favorite
 which so incensed the owner of tn. latter that he was with difficulty re. strained from attacking the owner of Cap" It was pretty start. It was Gaps" first effort and he was a little behind on the start and on the first quarter was not consid( red in it. For the first half mile he did not seem to know what was expected of him, and when he came to the string on the finish of the first half Nick ran out on the track and the colt came to stand- still and began 10 run his nose in his pocket, while the other horses were going for dc ar life. It seemed an hour 10 Nick, so he said afterward, that the horse stood at his side, but in reality it was not more than two seconds. He patted him on the neck once, spoke two or three words to him in Spanish, and the expression that came over "Cap's" face seemed almost human He looked ahead at the bunch Of racers-his ears went back on his lean neck, his nose stood on a straight line with his body, and with an appearance more like jack rabbit than a horse flew around after his rivals. He did not seem as though he touched the ground. One after the other of rear racers was passed and "Cap" and his rider were soon lost in the bunch. On the last turl his nose could be seen close to the front, and when about 100 yards from the string his entire form appeared, ard what sight! The sad dle had slipped back on to his tail and the bridle reins hung loose upon his neck, while the jockey, with his arms arms around "Cap's" neck and his feet around the pommel of the pon derous Mexican saddle, kept the lat ter from slipping entirely off. Nick stood in the middle of the track, both hands in the air, and blue streak ol Spanish greeted the oncoming of his pct. Nick had the reputation of being the haIdsomest man in southern Cali fornia, and it belonged to him thai day, as with his black hair streaming in the wind and his erect figure clm in immaculate white linen, he seemed | to pray to his idol to save him from a financial avalanche. As soon as the colt caught sight of him the race wa. won. A quicker gait and long.r stride brought him under the wire ull length in advance of the favori,e Such a scene was never before wit lessed on race track. Nick fell upon he neck of "Old Cap" and wept like < hild. Over 5000 head of cattle wer. 'laced 10 Nick's credit the next day, or in those days cattle passed as legal ender for all debts.
 How "Old Cap" ever came to get 'ombslone the writer does not know Tor number of years he belonged [, /. B. Gage. It may be that his Ari ona owners may not have known that he graceful, large and almost human nimal was once the hero of more , lan orc contest in southern Califor- ia.
 A Fish Story.