Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22
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sozen year< 40. when I kept IN
Adrian. sald the lseFY stable maEA
kad "a experiences ~hseh u gives NE .
pan. evsa yst. ~ tk4nk Of feiLow
role sp - ng deor che af.erloon and
sslxsd 4 eaEsd 70 bag the h0rss hs
~aso1 Tbs animal EAs . seven-YeAr-
sid. 6srk Dzy. with 30 bl4ze ana only one
sso~zinx. IA pretty FAIR eoadisioa. eut
roagh-his All and nlsns full ef ourz
! sosnA him sosnd. he seemed gentle
sad tAs chap only ~antsa Que hundred
saa tsssztp-fiss dollars f1r aim; not
6azr CIR sara : liksiy l0e.xin4 horse tor
lsvsry woFs. - prises were thea There
~as nothinx ssssPlsiocs about The nl4n-
he aid he Had beea teachiag . school
bsea ia the country, and looked -
The horse was taken for q debt sad hs
had a rsxaiar BAL o. sais for aim. Rus
the aallnAl wss 40 more good 20 aim.
bexnasc be had had The shakes. vas
siek II tAe vest and was going hack
hsaae 20 Massachusetts, By the cars.
froga Airiaa. Tp cut IL short. got the
horse for one hnndred aoilArs. with
good ss.flsis and bride thrown in. aud
n sent on 90 the next train east. % &c
saia he woalA
fhs next rnorning. two men who
named themselves Sutherland aud
aaschlnsoa. got OF the train from De-
sro.k "a Adrian. - sell couaty rights
for ne~ patent churn- They wanted
= h5r~e % take them around AMONG
the farmers and let tasIn have my
ue~ ROADSTER. When they came back
la the evening they engaged him for
ths next d4y and l wss glad 90 see ne
had not been driven very hard. so 10
w~st on three or four days Every
snoralnx they drove him out and in the
eveniag saga gel i'm for the next day.
But they didns ssem % have much
luck IA selling taeir ehnrn and talked
asosf giving up and going away dis
eouraged- / suggested they had bet
Ter st4y over 90 the county fair.
which wus % open the next week.
warn they could show their charn TO
every body in that part OF Michigan
and ~oai1 be likely - DO well After
. Iitfie talk the idea seemed 10 please
3 en- AID they agreed 10 stay. post
&C .aem GA where To get their license
andlsp4oc. and hire tent and 80 on.
for al OF which they thanked me
warmly Then they concluded they
would have 20 hire . horse 20 take
them out 20 the grounds aud back.
and maybe drive around = bit.
and they would engage the one they
bad been using They would pay for
him for every day. whether they used
him or not. onlY they stipulated tina,
w4s not under any circumstances. IN
let anyone else woHk him during the
fsr week.
Al our county fair. the same a. IL In
nowadays az pretty much all eoun-
fV fairs. the fAt hogs. and blooded eat
lie. sad patchwork quilts and such
h.e were Just good excuse for horse
racinx--the only near home chance
The d-aeons had in the whole year To
de- listle quiet betting on trot. And
~ eur managers "a We liberal purses.
they asstl 20 draw good stock and have
aces - they seemed 10 the public.
anyway bat the fact was that there
wa regular ring Of racing men who
bad II al liked up among themselves,
- divide the purses and milk the pub-
lies pockets by thriving the races
They had one mate. OF the Gold
ftastH strain-'.Snltana." they called
her-that could have won in every
event Size was entered for. IL allowed,
hnt that wxs not their game. and there
y uo dous. she Vas pulled In the two
mile tro;. best two In three, on DE
third day letting Slack horse named
Naboo come under the wire. winning
- = heaa
Thst evening Mr. Sutherland. who
Ssd hr.t GA sultsns znd solsced him
sef aftersvard with hard cider ac-
cunuia,cd quitc jak and. when in a
good mood for freeing his mind. met
smith the chap named carter. who
owned Sultana To Mr.. Carter he con
iIri ia voice like fog horn. his
private Impression that the mare was
10 good. that She was cow, that IL
vas a lead ssir On an innocent public
20 fhsfch her sysinst a real horse like
Natsos. and So o. in such az aggravat-
iaz way That 6n4lly ne got Sult4n.'s