The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-14

talked and the air grew lazy, and then l
jumped up and made an Grafton. Lis
ten put on your hat and we will HE US
out to see the horses at the race track"
A short GRAFTON, and windy statesmen
might take a pattern after it.
The girl is a sensible girl, and without
further ado put on her gloves. We wan
dered out and took the poKy little horse
car that RAM les out to the track, and
sat and listened while the girl COM
mJnted on the wondrous color of the
drivers hair, and marvsled greatly there.
at. The head of the Jehu positively
blazed IN the sun, and the girl declared
that she detected brown color inside
his hat where the hair had burned the
lining.
Then the car ran off the track and we
went over on the curb and sat down, and
watched the efforts OF the persriring
driver to get his conveyance back into
the way that it should go. He would
put his iron under the wheels and start
the car, which would straightway climb
over the rails and fall off on the other
side. 1t made quite a pleasant break in
the monotonous ramble.
Out we went pasu the University build
ing, where the seniors walked solemnly
about in all the glory of much battered
silk hats that told the, tale OF more than
one ferocious struggle to retain them in
the teeth OF protesting sophs. Further
out along the dusty road and then across
the railroad we went; out past the great
barn OF the street car company, where
many horses swung their hairless tails
in . f,,tt 10 offort tn nor Ivzo ba Ay in
dustry, and tn IN we got off the car and
walked through the dust past the open
gateway into the cool shade within the
fence. Those great gum trees at the park
seem to distribute shade even beyond
their own limits and keep the air re.
freshingly cool.
"Ah," said the girl. as,we snuffed the
horsey breezes and felt the sporting
blood arise within us. 1.-The lady wants
tie horses" she said in imitation OF the
circus rider. So we went over to the
track, whence the sounds of muffied
hoofs announced chat some Of tho speed
ier were out for their morning work.
Just as we reached the draw-gate huge
lum bering animal, charged by at ter
rifle 4-minute gait, with a loose jointad
motion that ELECTED much laughter from
the gisi. He was certainly not q grace
full hors-. and compared bus poorly with
tDo bulpf'ti EoiiiS FhtCS iHut lOllOWtI
him. He was a beauty, and no mistake.
He came floating down tina stretch as
easily as if he were walking. and yet the
way that hike flew past us showed that
he was attending strictly to business,
George Maben was driving, and George
held the ends of his moustache. iinati1isy
mouth to prevent it from blowing, away,
altogether. Walter Ma ben stood over Nv
the big grand stand, apparently wond-
ering when his broken collar bone would
be we'll enough to let him handle the
lines again. His arm is still very stiff,
and he moves it with difficulty.
Pretty soon Joe Bacigalupi, the Italian
who takes car, Of Col. Cham berlain's
horses, came over and Joined us. Every
body calls him "Bachy." and he is, as
trainer IN de country" He is wise IN the
ways OF the track and the training
tables. as BELTS the handler of the first
entry for the Palace hotel stables at San
Francisco. He had much to say about
the various horses then on the track, and
pointed out the animals that wsre going
TO the meet at Santa Ana next week.
just then boy whirlec by driving a
bright bay PAGER. and Bachy sagely re-
marked, ''Th IN hobbies is too tight.
He'll get trowed if he amt careful" So
we watched the boy speeding around the
upper turn and then looked away for
a moment. A scream from the girl m ade
me jump, and then | saw the PAGER that
we had been watching a moment ago
plunge forward while the boy in the bike
shot out into space as il he had quite
don, with any such thing as gravity.
Stableboys went plunging across the field.
and pretty soon they came back, one of
them helping the yOungster to walk.
Strangely enough there was nothing the
matter with HIM but few bruises, bus
the horse had not Jared to well, and had
split his lower lip, besides breaking most
of his teeth. He looked so abjectly sorry
and ashamed of himself, just as if he
were to blame for the fall. Bachy hustled
the boy off to his quarters. and then came
back to us. Now, didn't l tell yer2"
no sense. Dem hobbies wa on dere
tight enough to keep up a pair of stock
ings, and dat horse amt wearing stock-
ings. Some fellers tink dat horse can
keep going if he's tied up in vaiise.''
The runners had all been exercised be.
fore We arrived. and so we went out to
the stables TO see them in their stalls.
Bachy piloted lis around past the big
grand stand and the draw gate. across the
open space where the horses are LED
around in their swaddling clothes after
they have had their exercise Here there
were many able boys in their corduroy
clothes leading the we'll bred animals to
and fro, and stopping now and then TO
allow them to nibble at the grass growing
on the. edge Of the sandy stretch. We
StoPPo0 Ahto Vic Sudue bHe great pep
per trees that are growing all around the
sta hles. and serve to keep them cool in
the hottest weather. Outside by the
trough there were several small stable
boys playing poker with a greasy pack of
cards, so ancient that the PLAYERS could
only tell lby long practice whether they
really held five aces, or if this phenome-
non was merely an optical delusion.
Pachy spoke to one of them and told him
to put a haltsr on Turba, who has re-
Gently been rechristened, and now rejoices
in the name Of Isis. The boy started in
and Bachy called to him, What yer do
in. Don't go wakin' around dat wav.
Go up to her head and put dat halter On
her." Pretty soon the boy emerged from
the cool box stall leading pretty dark
bay mare with white feet. She Seemed
uiet and good tempered. and l went
up to her and began to feel her legs.
Bachy remarked, you'd better not fool
around her business end. She's pretty
handy wild dem tings." So l admired
hsr from a distance. But the girl was
not to be frightened that way, ana she
went up to the mares head In conf
dent way that quite settled the matter.
After moment of hesitation the mare
reached down her nose and began to rub