West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-05-25


was the County Superintendency
and the following gentlemen had
entered for the race, viz: III. s.
Whetsell, Lorain Fortney, Ben ii.
Elsey and Peter II. Smith. The
newspapers had started them with
two dollar announcement, and
they were getting down to Daub-
igne Prince gait, il they were not
as handsome and pretty, when the
Great Starters, Fortney, Flynn and
Orr, called them back and an
nounced that inasmuch rs the peo-
pie were becoming wildly excited
and fleeing to the mountains for
Protection and Beefsteak, that the
Grand Chief of the Survivors OF the
November Waterloo had concluded
to call Council of War and decide
who should be selected to beat the
Daubigne Prince record. Protest
after protest went up and down
from the men who were to be sacri-
feed without fair trial of speed, /,
but it availed them nothing. The
Council OF War was held at
Rowleshurg on the 11th of May,
and it was decreed by the Survivors
of the November Waterloo that
Lorain Fortney must make the race
and carry the Halfbrced colors.
Loud aud long were the protests of
the hackers of Whetsell and Smith
atthis decision, and they swore by the
faith that they had in Republican
rascality that they would not accept
the decision IN meek and lowly
WHY as they had heretofore. The
Smith trainers and backers refused
To take their favorite off the track,
and on the 10th day OF May started
him in the race flying the Stalwart
colors. 1t was an exciting race,
and nothing but the vigilance of the
Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney
kept the lIalfbreed and Stalwart
warriors from pulling the tail feath-
ers out Of each other and trailing
them in the dust as their favorites
went speeding down the race course
on the homeward stretch, and as
Fortney passed under the wire and
WAS declared the winner, the hiari-
ty Of the lIalfbreeds aud the agony
of the Stalwarts beggars description.
After the race was over, The
Lounger had an interview with
Fortncy, and IN reply to my qucs-
tion ms to how he felt after lowering
Daubigne Princes record and
beating Smith, he said
There is not one word to be
foNnd IN the vocabulary of the Su-
perintendcncy that can half express
my delight and satisfaction. /
never had any doubt ~ to my ulti.
mate succets. am clear os spawn
and ringbone, and the bushel Of
onions / ate before the red flag
dropped, starting us, made my wind
as strong as Sampson"
Friends crowding around and
offering congratulations cut off our
interview, and ] left the winner
and went in search OF the defeated.
! could not help noticing the con
trast rs entered the Stalwart head.
quarters. Gloom and disappoiht-
ment were depicted on every face,
aud taking off my hat and extend
ing my right hand, | said
prophet Smith, The Loungcr
desires to offer his coincidence For
thirty odd years has he drank the
bitter dregs from the cup Of De-
feat, which Fate, assisted by the
Halfbreeds, has placed Oh your
platter ! No man can drop briny
tear which will cut a deeper ridge
in the pallid or sorrOl cheek. bone
as it wends its way TO Salt River
and eternity than the humble scribe
who tearfully gazes on the noblcst
Prophet since the days Of Brigham
Young and and his forty wives, and
whose painful duty it is to record
Republican history as she IS made
by the Bosses. That Dawson, Wot-
ring, Thomas and White have treat
cd you most shamefully, docs not
express il as forcibly and emphati.
cally as a word Of four letter which
you eau find in the dictionary which
has it's beginning in the fourth and
ending in the fourteenth letter Of
the alphabet. May ! ask that You &C