The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-19
THE PASSING REGIMENT
A New Game of Absorbing Interest in
Which b. Won in a Walk.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.


Two we'll known actors sat in the ONCE
OF the principal hotel in a small city some
time ago, and for the purpose of killing
time devised game which they played
for drinks. They called the game THE
Passing Regiment" The hotel was sit
uated in the middle of the block on the
main street of the city. Every man,
woman, or child passing eastward
counted one point for Mr. A, and those
going westward for Mr.. B. A red-headed
woman counted five, negro ten, and a
dog twenty. In order to be counted every
man, woman, ana dog must pass entirely
Oeyond the limits of the street boundary
OF the hotel on the same side of the street
on which the hotel was situated, but dogs
were allowed the privilege of the road
way so long as they did not get on the op-
posite sidewalk. One hundred points
constituted the game.
A. II O'Clock, noon the game was
called, and a scored two on couple of
dry goods clerks from one of the neigh
boring stores. B Tailed three on a
woman with two children. Eight men.
three boys, and lady shopper added 10
10 a s score, and B scooped in l6 on a COL
ored nurse wheeling baby car
rage, three lawyers, and the mayor and
his wife.
Traffic ceased for a moment, when q
hack drawn by a white horse dashed by
going eastward, and A called out: Tally
me " What for9" asked B. "A red
headed girl, " responded A. Il don't see
any red-headed girl" said B. ooh, but
you are chump,n replied A. Don't
you see that white horsea" And
sure enough red-headed school
girl wendell her way by the hotel
on her way home. Nineteen, nineteen"
called the scorer, and the stakes were
doubled.
B was the first to score after the tie.
adding two men, a lady and two tele-
graph boys, but he was quickly passed by
A, who drew dog, negro and an Italian
organ-grlnder with a monkey. Here
dispute arose A claimed that the monkey
should count the same as dog, but was
willing to compromise on an allowance of
a Negroes score. B refused to allow any
thing, as the monkey was not mentioned
in the catalogue of countable objects.
The bartender of the hotel had been APP
pointed referee on account of his Sulli-
vanian physique, and he promptly allowed
A five by splitting the difference between
the allowances of the white man and the
negro. Score: A, 55; B, "A.
b was falling behind, but he was game
and there was not a tremor in his rocked
IN the-cradle-of-the-de bass voice when
he called for tally of nine on account of
a bevy Of typewriters, four or whom were
orunettes, and one strawberry blonde.
A policeman counted one (it ought to have
counted game, they are so scarce) for A.
A ray OF hope lit up BIS countenance as he
saw shepherd dog coming from the east
ward alongside a butchers wagon, but it
almost instantly vanished, for Just as the
dog reached the eastern boundary of the
hotel front the dogs attention was called
to another canine, who was disporting
himself on the opposite sidewalk, and.
with bark of recognition, he FASTENED
TO join bow-wow No. 2, and together they
western boundary was reached, when
they once more took to the middle of the
road. Just my luck" quoth B, and the
scorer called out: "a, So; B, 49,"
Hardly had the scorer made the an
nouncement when 1t became evident that
there was something in the wind to the
east of the hotel. Two doors below there
was saloon where scent whisky was
the attraction, and one Of the habitues
having struck good game had imbibed
five drinks in rapid succession, and as a
natural result he became boisterous and
started in to disigure the bartender. He
was promptly fired out and a crowd Of
men and boys focked from all directions
to witness the ''shindig." Twenty-eight
men and eleven boys came from the west
ward and passed the hotel, thus making
AS score ninety-five, while not a soul
went in the opposite direction.
A now needed but FIVE points, while B
was long distence on the wrong side of
the half-mile post. A was jubilant and
sent the bell boy to the barroom to order
& pousse cafe. B had lost all hope and
had made up his mind to drink nothing
but beer when there came To his ears the
sound of mu1led drums and the weird
strains of funeral dirge. He pricked up
his ears looked to the westward, and
there, sure enough, in the roadway, was
brass band heading a funeral process
sion, and on the sidewalk coming toward
the hotel, in a column of tours, headed by
the regulation officers, was lodge Of
colored knights Templar.
AIS jaw dropped on his breast, and the
scorer shouted, ''B wins in a walk"
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