Telegram-herald., 1891-06-01
PATHETIC TALE on WOE
Decrepit In Nerve and Spawned
IN Limb an Aged Horso.
UyFOLDS TIE STORY OF HIS CAREER
born aud bred ON nieh ksatoeky Soil,
as is vofesd to speed FOR Gold
And hts Heart is treksa over
q Race That Was sold

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bone and substance in his day. but his
day had long departed and but little
more than his bones were left. The
TELEoRAM HERALD man stopped on his
way 10 the city hall To survey the lonely
ruin, and TO his great surprise tine bat
tered relic looked up and winked his
bleary eye and addressed him as fol-
lows: "Givin' me the laugh are you?
You think because my poor old spine
sticks up like the ridge pole OF an Irisn-
| mans shanty and my ribs are almost
| ready 20 fall apart, that | have never
amounted 10 a,uch, don't you? Well, 1
want YOU 10 understand that I'm hoss
| with n history. | was raised IN Lexlng-
ton, down IN old kentuck. Twenty
two years ago this spring | was play
| ful little cuss, all legs and ambition
| running around IN the paddock. The
man who raised me was big red-faced
fellow, who talked very loud and drank
| lots of bourbon, but he was mighty
good man with horses. There were ten
of us little chaps IN one big field and
we managed 10 have lots of fun while
| our good -natured dams were cropping
the blue grass. By and by we grew
large and strong and then we had to
be broken. You can bet made = fight
and l heard the big darky that handled
me say TO the boss: 'Massa, dat bay
colt am born devil
Made His whiskers Distend.
"The ed.faced man laughed and
| said: That's the kind of horse like.
I . ,viy Ttll h, IL Il
took me out on half mile track and
you ought to have seen the way made
his whlsksrs stand backward. He was
| tickled half to death when he saw the
| power and acton had, and he put me
| in careful training. When | was three
years old he took me out on the cIrc uIt
and l won everything in sight. The
| boss was square man and never al
lowed any jockeying or foul driving,
and came out OF the campaign with
out pimple or a scratch, and he was
$500 richer. Late in the fall Chi
cago chap came TO see me and finally
bought me for $1,000. I went into
the grand circui: next year with j rec
| ord of 20 to start with, and felt that
hadn't begun to go yet. At Cleveland l
got into hot company and l had to
| lOWCI luy ICCOiu lOuI oCSOlOS W WILL
| At Buffalo they tried to sell the race.
My driver gave me bad start and held
me up all the way around the track,
but in spite of him came in third.
| The Judges were onto him and told him
they would take him out of the sulky
| If ne held me again, but the cuss wl9
working the pool boxes and was bound
| to make me lose. He put cruel bit in
i AID paiH boc Y
throw dust in the eyes of any horse on
but this treatment made me almost turn
sorrel, was so mad.
Broke His Collar Bone.
I sulked and refused to go at ali.
The little brute behind me gave me two
| fearful cuts with the whip and this
made me lose my head. You ought to
have seen the way l laid him out on
the track with a broken collar bone.
f, Then l ran for the wire and crashed
through the whole crowd of racers, but
the wheels gave way and | tore my
| hind legs fearfully on the crossbar when
it dropped down. | was young then
| and was soon we'll enough again to go
| into another race. We skipped Roches-
ter and Auburn, but at Utica went in
| to win. 1t WAS an awful race for fell
| low little sore from cuts and bruises,
| but you can bet l was game. Seven
| heats were trotted and they were close
| ones. Three of us had two heats apiece
and had won the sixth and seventh.
| The race was plainly between me and
| Tom Keller, plucky little fellow, but
had him winded and the race
was mine. | was an overwhelming
favorlte in the pool box, but that was
my ruin. A big ashy-looking fellow
with plug hat and a diamond pin as
big rs potatoe, came up to my driver
when they were rubbing me down and
said TO him. "See here, young
feller, do you want 10 make a stake on
the q. I? II don't mnd." "Well
don't win; that's all; I'll give you $500
to lose and knowbody'll know the diff;
seeg' "But," said the driver. 81 can't
hold the cuss; he's regular tiger if
you try to monkey with him." "You
don't have to monkey with him. Just
before you take him out give him a
big drink of cold water; thatll fix
him." "But ii may ruin him"
whats the odds; you get $500
don't your"
He gave me the water. Ii was ice
cold and tasted delicious. | went out
on the track and before we got a start
the water felt like melted lead in my
insldes. couldn't travel and was dis
tanced IN the race. The next morning
| could hardly walk out OF the barn, I
was go stuff and sore. They tinkered
away at me but was incurable. so
they cut the nerves in both my legs
Ever since tnat time my feet have
felt just ss II they were asleep No
matter how sore my feet are. | can't
| feel it. For years | have dsifted about
the country. and have been traded
beaten, starved and over driven until
am the poor old wreck of SKIN and
bones that you see. rm PLAYING IN
| great luck now. Nv boss - over there
IN Pete Dressander's saloon play ying
freeze out. He'ss Jolly old dnck. but
he's near 20 and almost az badly bnnged
up ss am. Times are mighty tough
With rs You see tbs old man can I
handle any heavy goods ard II he could.
! couldn't pull 'eta up these hills. a.
we're kind % handicapped lie feeds
me veil, but | cant chew much win
/ these poor old teeth of nine. just look
~ EN-. Feed don't saem 90 40 me
much good Ny less sfs 50 suf that
its about all vs 10th can do t0 get me
oa my feet after / have lad down. 1as
old msn lisa a Jolly is0eh that you osa
/ hear three Blocks There Il eoss hae
| Eaess sns other feiiaw hss got stuck
sBd vii have b. bay Inc heef. The
boss knows sseTy man, boy sna dog ia
tais pat q tlse estys saa Always hos a