The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-05-31

but it was too hazy to tell much about
his chances
He has no showing, Beniston," Judge
Landry said.
"None in the world; he enters too
late" was the confident answer. Cha
sirac must beat him."
1T is perhaps not treason to say that |
shall not be bitterly disappointed if he
, DO" put in Lamotte.
Nor l." Beniston added. He is not
riding for-us.'
| But the news of the new element in
, the race-and it soon spread over the
city, as news ever does in public excite
ment, none knows how-added fresh zest |
to the event, About the camps inquiry |
was universal. But no man knew of |
any comrade likely to risk his neck and |!
reputation, at once, in start without |,
practice in race like this
I'm a patriot of long standing" re-
marked our major of Green Perch res
taurant knowledge as he breakfasted at
Victor's. MY respect for the old flag
is punctuated by an escopet ball and my
love for it not dampened by slow promo
ton in the O. NJ. d. But I'll bet you a
case of Cliquot, Barnes, that our man is
not as good as third in the race"
"Done!" cried Col. Barnes, of the in
fantry. I'm not the horseman you are,
major, but I'm Cape Cod born, and you
can't bluff my belief in Yankee pluck"
And the majors estimate was about
that of the public The Yankee hadn't
ghost of show, everybody said, and
, for reasons already indicated almost
everybody said soto voce that he was
deuced glad of it!
BY noon about all New Orleans had
turned its face eastward, crossing the
, main boulevard-Canal street-en route
for the old Metairie race course, which
lies some two miles beyond the northern
limits of the city. Great crowds of pc
destrians of all classes and both sexes
/ filled the pavements, and everything
e that had wheels, from the butchers
wagon and confectioner's cart to the
a stylish drag or stately family coach, was
passing into the French quarter.
: Spite of a certain reticence-of a real
f distaste, or of contempt for the Yankee
} holiday"-whlch kept many behind clos
Q ed shutters it was evident that the race
t was vastly popular, and that the stands
/ would be taxed to fullest measure And
S very gay and pretty looked those stands
k when filed, the bright bonnets and gay
n dresses of the ladies contrasting strongly
with the black coats and very frequent
It uniforms, while over all was fluttering
e mass of gaudy parasols, almost every
q one knotted with the colors Of favoritt
l. rider. The tricolor predominated large
|, ly, for the sympathies of the city wen
with their race, and the count, besides
k was a noted "crack" in gentlemen
races. The German and British colors
n too, were frequently seen; and La We
gas green and gold knot was shown OF
IS many sides. But the colors of the Uniol
We're nowhere to be found, Few of tn
rs crowd knew surely the truth of the ru
NOR they had heard; none knew tn
II name of the champion Of the flag; an
even had they, no time had been give
for even the most loyal to procure hi
colors.
omission elsewhere was made more point
ed. A landau dashed rapidly up to tn
grand stand, followed by couple {
carriages. The commanding general, a
aid and several ladies alighted, as til
sentries at the gates presented arms, an
I, passed into the seats reserved by IL
$ committee. The general wore citizen
Jrocc b,,t m, tba front of tha prinna A
bert, struggling with its buttons aero
his already burly figure, futtered a hu!
knot of red, white and blue. And ST
longer ones foated from the parasols
the ladies with him.
All eyes were fixed on the genera
party and followed it to its station, b
~. many pair of lips curled into a smil
Or something more meaning, and maj
"a muttered remark, generally in Frenc
ras referred to the lonesomeness of the Anne
lde lean riders hackers.
Precisely at o'clock the clear note
lay a bugle cut the air. In an instant
INC stilled the thousand tongues buzzi
aoe like a world of bees in convention
Nv nominate queen. A dead hush t
res upon the vast throng in stands a
NOV quarter stretch; the bookmakers stopp
1uy short, and the maskers jerked off tn
'eVs false faces to see better Every eye "
all turned toward the stable gates, throu
as which emerged group of riders, goot
Sa'- to see as they pranced down the STREET
Count de Chavirac kept well in ha
ooei magnificent blood bay, tall and lc
anu coupled and clean limbed, as warrant
,lriS by his pedigree, For L'Empereurs s
was had twice won the Prix de Paris Def
he was retired to the imperial stabl
,ihs and his dam had once made good tn
ing on EPSON Downs. A trifle too mi
Cd, daylight showed under him, but
anu springy step and the power spoken
'peu his deep, fat tanks promised great sp
Ihe under pressure. The counts rather |
NE nounced jockey suit of tricolor ST
Inc shone in the sun, and from the ros'
l1tee on his cap flashed an immense diane
lCs But there was nothing of the fop All
OF his pose in the saddle, his bride h
mao controlling-a tride needlessly, perl
act every impulse of the noble brute