The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-22

drdRgln' heavy on their hands. 1t wasn't
possible to keep clean, you know and all
sorts o. Twin things got among the men.
You've hearn of the army grayback2
Well try as they might to keep 'em out
they would come in, and it finally got to
be standin' Joke among the men. That
Indiana regiment captured one one
day, and as they hadn't nothin'
better to do they made up their
minds to train it and challenge the Ken
tuckians to race. They fed that ar Mr..
Grayback like a horse, and when they
thought they had him in a good condition
they made overtures 20 tho Kentucky reg
iment for that race They said they had
an animal that could beat any Kentucky
thoroughbred the other side could put
up. That kind o riled the Kentuckians
and they jumped at the challenge. They
brought out an animal of their own raisin'
that looked lean and hungry, like a fine
bred racer, and they thought they had a
cinch on the purse.
well, the race came off at the an
pointed time. That Indiana animal put
straight for the wire; he wasn't lookin'
for anything on the roadside; all he cared
for was to travel. But that Kentucky
animal, he began to browse around. lookin'
for something to appease his appetite, for
he was hungry as all git-out; and so,
while he was rustlin' for grub and Skin
mishin' for blood, the Indiana animal
passed under the wire and distanced
Kentuck.
Them Kentucky fellows thought it
mighty queer, and was mighty sore over
the loss of the purse. They got to putin
their heads together and fxin' things to
win their money back. They found out
where the Indiana fellows were keepin
their animal, and they one night up and
stole it. They led it to their camp, and
without sayin' word they crossed that
ar animal with some Of their own stock
Then they secretly returned the Indiana
animal, and waited. In due time they
sort o. quiet-like challenged the Indiana
crowd to another race, which, of course
was accepted, and big purse was put up
and the race run under the same auspices
as the first one.
1T was a neck-and-neck race for a
while, but Kentucky blood began to tell
and the Indiana fellows was the worst
lot of losers you ever see. They never
pulled of another race against Kentucky
A PYTHIAN INCIDENT.
Say" exclaimed the old fellow, sud
denly branching into a new avenue of
thought, that reminds me of something
/ saw during the Knights of Pythias en-
campment here two weeks ago A nice
lookin' old gentleman was passin' along
the street, dressed in a long black coat
on his face. Somebody seemed to nave
played trick on the old chap, for great
big card was pinned on the back of his
coat on which was. painted the question,
DO you wear pantsn He was walkin'
along the avenue through the crowd,
when benevolent old knight in a fatigue
uniform guess he must have been from
North Car lina-went up to the man.
carefully unpinned the sign and handed it
him, sayin' he didn't like to see nobody
made a fool of 1t was all done so quick
that the old gentleman with the sign
didn8 know what was happening until
the other old chap handed it to him
Well, sir the old gentleman with the silk
hat got as made as hornet.
"'You burned old back he hol-
Tered, CROWN red in the face; amt you
got sense enough to see I'm carryin' this
you touch that card Ill push your face in
-seeH
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Nobody wanted to buy, and the old fell
low compromised on scent cigar,
which the proprietor gave him, and left
the store.