Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-09

much about horses, the way he
rubbed that roadster down and
bathed his legs, fed him, tested his
shoes and so on was really surpris-
ing. A queer sort of feeling fioated
into my mind, not exactly suspicion,
but the biggest uncertainty ever
felt, and concluded l wouldn't bet.
And the next morning, when l saw
it wga u,Gninson and not Suther-
h va ok the reins, and that he
! j is'al like a driver from
W.. :; , was quite satisfied that l
ha4A .o-l Any, though / could not
1ly wiz. | justsai nothing to any
body.
well, the trot came off. My hv-
cry plug went away from Sultana at
the quarter; was two good lengths
ahead at the half; at the three-quar
ter the pace was so hot for her that
she broke and went up into the air,
and by the time her driver got her
down again to square gait she was
too far behind to even save her dis,
tance. You never saw such q scene
Of dismay in your life. The public
howled and gnashed its teeth. Myl
How folks did swear that dayl AS
for Carter, he was just wild; swore
it was put up job, said the horse
was ringer, and demanded that all
bets should be declared off. But the
churn men proved the honesty of
their position easily enough by me,
and the bets were paid.
"Mr. Sutherland didn't wait to close
up his churn business. He just left
it. He and his partner, after giving
me the $100 he had promised, took
the next train, for Detroit. And the
two college students left at the same
time, seeming satisfied with the fair.
And most of the currency of Lena
wee county left by that train.
Il felt 10 feet high that night and
wouldn't take $4,000 for my road
ster. In fact, ] refused s., 900. In my
minds eye had a world beater, one
to take out on the grand circuit and
win everything 18th it.
But along in the forenoon Of the
next day, an Indiana sheriff from
Marshall county, / think, if re
member right, came to town looking
for a stolen horse and found him
Yes, you've guessed right; it was my
roadster. The owner Of the horse
was along and identified the beast
The bill of sale, in his name, which
had, was forgery. Proof was cleal
and could do nothing but give up
The owner was square enough, how
ever, to give, me back the hundred
had paid to the thief, so that on tn
whole transaction / was $40 ahea'
and had no right to complain.
About a month afterward tn
facts came out, and Carter had beel
right. There was put up job, an
the pretended churn men, the stu
dents, the thief, the real owner c
the horse--and the sheriff, too,
Quess-were all, in it. Hutchinso
was one of the best drivers in th
; land and had trained the horse, SO th
gang knew they had a cinch on Su
tana, but to work it SO as to get 9
out of it that was possible they ha
to play their comedy in the fine wa
, they did.
"The horse was one with reput
tation already, and as be mad a blal
face and three white Stockings b
marks would have given him ava
away if he had not been neatly dye
: and the dye W. II have worn or bef
) washed off if they had not so eng
neered things as to keep him pracl
cally in their possession all the TIN
| nominally had him. To renew b
. color and maintain him in good ra
/. ing form, ready for a big effort, vi
easy enough the way they arrang'
!. matters, and they played their gan
through from start to finish witho
!. A fault, the effect thereof being pc
. feet in the nature of what nc
!. hear spoken of as lead pipe Gin
= on the boys."-Philadelphia Times