The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-20
HOT SPORTING EVENT
sa400 WAGER ON A FOOT RACE.
A Crafty widow scoops n Line Town
ship Teuton out or $1,000 Cash
All Done In Twenty MInutes-Her
Sol ~ the Contestants.

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vile. Florida, and even the sportiest oil,
, sports OF sporting avenue in Sportsville
/. have been daunted, chagrined and mad
ashamed by the sporty spirit displaye,
at a foot race for twelve hundred dollar
! aside which took place Tuesday on tn
public highway between the residence
OF Tommy Lee and LaBon Auboshon OF
Penny creek last Tuesday.
d. The contestants we're Dan and Charlie,
Williamson, and the loser Of the lively,
. hundred dollars was Amos Gust-jus
: think Of it. Webster county now lay
claim, to having some OF the most blood
ed and genuinely thoroughbred sport
r in the world.
A placidious reporter of The CHEZ
gathered from the facts of the cas-,
> about rs follows:
The contestants in this r~emarkabl,
foot race, were Charley and DAME
Williamson two well respected boys ano
sons Of Mrs. Sarah Williamson living
south OF the river. The poor deluded
fellow who guessed wrong and lost al
his dough, was Amos Gust son OF Chas
Gust also n respected farmer living on
Penny creek.
1t seems that Daniel Williamson
farmed and patched with Amos Gust
and the latter naturally placed in him
the most implicit confidence. Now
Amos Gust has-or did have consider.
able money in cash and personal proper.
ty and being OF omniverous sporting
proclivity the Daniel Williamson hereto.
fore mentioned whom he patched with
made some arrangement with his brother
Charley who lived at home to have a
foot race, let the latter win, and divide
the spoils.
The scheme was an elegant one. and
subsequently worked to perfection.
Amos OF course would willingly stake
his life on his agricultural partner Dan
lei, and Dan worked the supposed rival.
ry up to such a pitch of enthusiasm that
steps were Immediately taken to arrange
date and place for the race. Dan had
his brother Charley get his "stufT" ready
and finally the sprinters with their ad.
mirers arrived at the track, measured
of 400 yards, selected the stake holders.
judges, starters, spongers, etc, and pro.
ceeded to put up in the hands Of the
stake holders a wager Of twelve hundred
dollars a side consisting Of money, notes
and personal effects. The wager pro.
duced by Charley Williamson was 500
in cash and property valued at
$500. That Of Dams hacker, Amos Gust.
was n varied assortment Of property,
money and notes, consisting Of note on
VIM. R%osencrans for sl3l, Irwin Collins
$50, ID. Davis SO, L. Wilmot s1Oj, NJ.
Fern sl5, John Galbrieth $50, one lister,
l mower, . colts, | watch, l chain. / suit
clothes Penny crock full dress), / razor.
! jack knife, l plug Of star chewing to.
bacco, one. pair pillow shoes, | cattle
whip, l manure fork, l shot gun, l pair
OF double strength back. action self unit.
ing suspenders, l pair OF Sunday shoes,
l billed shirt. another plug Of tobacco
l mouth-harp, l fiddle, l cob pipe. |
cake of Pears soap, l box OF DeWitts
little early %riscrs, and . bottles OF Pabst's
beer, besides an endless variety OF miner
articles unworthy of publication, and the
rest in spot cash. There was u mutual
agreement that the loser should do TO
bellyaching about the matter. and Amos
was accorded the right to start the
sprinters on the race which should de-
eide who would soon DO worth s2iOO.
Time was finally called, and the two
brothers started like the shot from a
cannon. Spectators say they ran with
the speed OF a b.. II NJ. express, yet re-
manned nearly even. The excitement
was intense; great drops Of perspiration
rolled down the pant legs Of Amos, and
his shoes filled to overlooking; LaBon
Aubushon trampled children underneath
in his strenuous efforts to see the finish,
and Johnnie Marsden was kept busy
l'hS'h6 VIZ Hatti ou 1.-Two SDlIl1b ntdtl
to keep him from faiuting. To the spec
tators it seemed an awful age of painful
mental anxiety. AS they neared the
finish, both boys pulled like an inebri.
ated rhinoccrous. The first one to pass
the mark was Charley and his brother
Dan just two feet behind. Then the
stake holders gave TO the winner the
cash, notes assignments and bills Of sale
to which he was entitled; but poor Amos
Gust was paralyzed, and seeing the last
Of his precious and hard earned belong.
ings in the hands Of another person. he
fell on his face and wcpt bitterly; but
presently he assumed a complacent at.
titude and drove hastily to town to con.
suit an attorney, and il possible replevin
the money and property, Meantime the
winning parties quickly sold and trans
ferred the goods to Kansas, and got