The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-11
THREW A RACE IN IDAHO.
TWO DISASTROUS ATTEMPTS TO
GET AHEAD OF THE BRANDONs.
The Whole Country Lost Money, Live
stock and Articles of Personal
AdOrnment, and There Was the
Very Deuce 10 Pay.

stock and Articles of Personal
AdOrnment, and There Was the
Very Deuce to Pay.
From the New York Sun.
St. Anthony. Idaho.-Although Fremont
county. Of which this town is the county
seat, is populated almost exclusively with
northumberland with that most plod-
ding sect Of farmers. the Mormons-the
citizens here have tale to tell OF a sport
ing event that not only roased every soul
in the county to a wild pitch Of excite
ment. but created a stir that extended
beyond the confines Of the state, even
to Salt Lake City. Utah, and Butte. Mont.
And it was a pitch of excitement too,
that not only made sedate farmers neglect
their irrigating bitches that they might
talk about what excited them, but it made
them go down into their pockets for their
scanty cash. pull their watches from their
vest pockets, and drive every spare horse
from the range and the pasture that they
might wager all on the result of the event.
Ii is, in fact. likely that no parallel for
the doings of the people of this mountain
region in this matter can be found any
where in the history of yankee sports
AS they tell the story of this great
event, the excitement was due in part to
matters that had taken place long before
the event occurred. Among the early set
tiers OF the county was a man of the name
OF Dye. who, with his family. came up
from Utah and settled on a claim near
Rexburg. This Dye had married into
family of the name of Brandon, and four
of the Brandon boys were particularly
well known as spOrtsmen down in Utah,
and, what was of more Importance to this
story, they were better known as Mormon
haters. They were aggressive in their
dislike of the church of the region. and In
consequence they were cordially hated
by every member OF that church who
knew about them. That they got hate
Tor hate was a matter, however, that
worried the Brandon boys not little bit I;
1t was just what they wanted
Dye having got settled on his ranch, the
Brandon boys at intervals came there TO
visit their sister, and while in Rexburg
they proceeded, of course, TO follow their
sporting nclinations ana air their opinions
OF the Mormon church, as they had done in
Utah. So they were soon as cordially dis
liked as they had been in Utah.
Then ii appeared to the people of Rex
burg that one of the Brandons made boast
of being sprinter-made boast unduly,
they thought. He said often and AFRO
gantly that he could outrun anything on
Two legs in the Snake river valley in a
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wads of money, beautiful to look upon,
that he would put up to back his asser-
tons.
Now Rexburg had a boy whose speedy
chases across the mesa after Obdurate
cayuses and cattle seeking a far pasture
had made him the wonder and pride of
the settlement. He certainly could out
run anything the people there had ever
seen and that, too, without more than
half an effort 1t was natural that the
people should turn to the boy when the
BranGons boasted, and eventually a day
came. about two years ago. when the
people could not stand the talk any longer.
They met the sporting man al Rexburg,
put up a purse, as he had demanded, and
then, their blood being up, covered bets
OF a thousand dollars or more by put
ting horses and cattle against the Bran
don cash. The race came of Immediately
after these preliminaries were settled,
and, to the disgust and chagrln Of the
whole community, and especially Of the
Mormon part Of it, Brandon won easily.