The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-12-16

races. hat was all fOunQ out alter
ward, but not in time to do any good.
They had one mare of the Gold
dust strain-Sultana, they called her
that could have won in every event
she was entered for, il allowed, but
that was not their game and there Is
no doubt she was pulled in the two
mile trot, best two in three, on the
third day, letting a black horse
named Nabo, come under the wire
winner by head.
That evening Mr.. Sutherland
who had bet on Sultana and solaced
himself afterward with hard cider
accumulated quite jag, and when
in good mood for freeing his mind
made up with the chap named Garter
who owned Sultana. To Mr.. Carter
he conhded, in voice like fog horn
his private impression that the mare
was no good; that she was a COW,
that it was dead skin on An inno-
cent public to match her against
real horse like Nabob, and so on, IN
such an aggravating way that finally
he got Sultana's owner hot and mad
all the way through. To cllnch all
the patent churn man swore he was
hiring by the day a common livery
stable plug that he would bet could
beat Sultana a one mile heat anyway
ard he pulled out roll OF bills like
a fat mans leg to make his bluff good
To Mr.. C2rter who was out for the
dust and meant business all the
time, that proposition seemed a
peculiarly juicy piece Of pie. He knew
well enough that his mare could
beat Nabob, and at any distance,
and the idea of any tool matching a
common livery roadster against her
made him happy-especlally for a
mile heat, which was the surest
thing she had. The upshot of their
wranele was that they actually made
A match Tor 5000 a side, one mile
heat, between Sutana and my road
ster, to be trotted the next morn
ing at an hour when the track would
be free, if they could get the man
ayers permission-and the money
was put up in good hands, safe tc
90 to the winner. To get the man
ayers permission the trot had to be
reDresented to them as bit OF tur
for a basket Of wine-just to teach
d lesson to the churn man, who wa:
TOO brash tor his own good-anc
they thought it would be quite
joke.
A few minutes after the match wa:
made Sutherland's partner in th'
churn business came into the saIooI
where the horse talk was going on
and he was full as goat. He seemed
fiabbereasted when he heard ans
succeeded in understanding wha
had been going on, and the tw'
partners had quite row, Hutchlnso
calling his fat friend all kiadS OF
| fool for what he had done. Bu
when some outsider interfered in tn
interests OF public peace, whlc
seemed likely to be broken, littl
| Hutchinson turned on them savag
as a mink, and swervlng rlgt
around, as a drunken man will, h
swcre he would stand by his partne
with every dollar he had. Then h
| flashed up a roll of money like tn
other chaps, except that it SCENE
to have grown to maturity. IheI
must ,.ee.yy ebeeel bee5e1la. Il tle,ast lest s3oon uP 9
each side, outside the staket =:
the blufing and calling doyF.' Be
to an end and drunk as thy ca
men were, they took good zealeArss
money was in solid, responslo
hands.
When the story Of the match g
round next morning there was
feeling of sadness in the communl
! on account OF all the churnmeI
money being up with Mr., Carter ar
his friends, tor it t5lt that those wi
| had not got piece of good a thlr
, had actually lost just SO much. b
that cloud had silver lining. Iv
! innocent looking young chaps-st'
EMS from Ann Arbor they said the
were-s,rolled into town to see t
! fair, and being at the track when Il
trot was about coming Oft simp
mindedly put few dollars on II
. roadster. Well people lltera
:. climbed over each other to get
! them, all sorts OF odds to grab
= share of their pelt. They got 5 te
i then 6 10 I, and when the hors
! were scoring, as high as 10 toI'
might have seemed strange, If al
=. body had thought about it at
:. time, how much money they h
- being only students-and how a
10 they caught everybodys bet a
- worked up the odds; but all saio
was Just pig headedness that m'
= them act So, and quoted wise saYl
about a fool and his money, {
- more money than brains and so
H. | didn't have cent up, WI
-, Sutherland brought the horse he
~ after the match WAS on, he die
seem to me even little bit dru
100 He told me what was up, ottere'
- deposit the value OF the horse
~ security he would not be harmed
f~ said he would give me 500 j
- won and $50 any way, SO / told
NC ali right so far as was concel
49,. but was sorry he was going 10
~ his money. He sort OF smiled,