The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-06-20
pIp NAPIER PERKINs ROM 2

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An unholy stir marked the close OF
the 6O0-day postofIice handicap yester-
day when Renfro, Spurlock, Guss,
Saunders and Perkins passed under
the wire, each picturesquely bedrag-
gled at the edges, but we'll geared in
the main.
1t is alleged that Perkins covered
the first Eve laps without turning a
hair. This so discounted Greer that
he went TO the stables and refused TO
enter the consolation dash with Spur
lock.
During the entire mile squirt Perkins
had his eyes closed, but carping critics
say his lips were we'll apart and that
his eye teeth were in full view. This,
perhaps, accounts for the clean aecur-
acy he manifested In veering off to
larboard when Saunders ventured TO
gaH him in the loins with a couple of
Ohio endorsements Perkins wore a
pair Of han lsome ball.bearing trousers
with protection shirt attached, and,
being geared to IS inches, he was far
and away yesterdays favorite, ell
though little II any barnes money was
placed on him.
Just as Judge Napier passed the
wire amid the plaudita OF the multi
tude, deep sonorous voice cried
'foul"-and then the stir in question
took place. "Wharfor dat cry" yelled
Perkins. For answer c, c. Holland
rushed from hole in nearby fence,
where he had been peeping since leav-
ing Washington, and deliberately
charged Napier not only with single
footing in the race but with working
in some warmed-over endorsements
from Arkansas--God iorbid-the same
endorsements he used when running
for safety In the early days.
For = moment the air was Hawaiian
in color. Guss wanted to cash in and
quit--in fast he pushed his chair back
aud refused to play even after seeing
the two bottom cards were aces. Rem
fro, as cunning at ever, at once asked
Guss for his Thurston endorsements
and then Guss remem bering that there
W ,s no one in o lahomR to stand NJ
for Nebraska, relented and said he
woul II y. In the meantime
Gre sr W IS stamping in his stall, Spur
lock had m .de l9 per cent. run for
home and Perkins lips were working
like air OF CO mp essed air motors
In v ic" ,hoked with coloring mater.
ial P,rkini hurled his eyes on his
accuser and def Antly denied the allie
cation. AS the crowd moved up e1l
pectantly and Saunders mincinRly fin
gered recent Buckeye documents, Per
kins, in that well-remem bered, anti
election "Am l right" style OF oratory
said; "I has come into dis race On
groomed and free. My skin Am M
Endorsement and / am purfectiy er
TITLED TO de postotiii. | stands for d,
negro IN politics straight from Alfalfl
TO Omego. Dis fact be true as the his
, torical apothesis that Caesar crossed
the Cimarron. by the halldom o
Othello / cries for justice, since all my
days has been days injured TO undy
ing principles OF RepublicAnism-."
yelling in Greer's stall at this momen
caused Perkins hearers to imagine
/ that Greer had received a fresh pul
from Flynn in Washington and the re
/ mainder Of Napier's self-justifyinI
exordium was lost. A hAsty inyestiga
8 tion disclosed the fact that Greer ha'
D momentarily forgotten his postoaio
= aspirations and was yelling over
fresh graft.
The handicap will continue thi
week as heretofore and Chairmsi
/ oyerstreet assures us that the HollAn'
incident will not be repeated.