The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-08

rainstorul. he went out and beat a good
field by five lengths, with 60 to / about
him.
IS SORE ON REDSKIN.
THAT was the last of long series of
tricks Redskin played on me- 1 fancied
him when he was a 2-year-old out of
sentiment, because he was Pontiac
colt, and the rake-down L got off Pom
tiac on two or three occasions set me
up in business with a string of my
own. l started TO playing Redskin
from the beginning of his 2-year-o old
career, but he never treated me right
even once. In spite of that, kept right
on playing him once in a while, hoping
that he'd make good some time or other
and win me out on him In the month
of June, 1896, struck Chicago with the
idea of looking over the Forsyth track
to see If there was anything in the
game out there. A trainer / knew took
me around the stalls to look over his
string. One of 'em was old Redskin-
then a 6-year-old. / had lost track of
the horse that season. 1 recognized
him at once.
So you've got this blooming old
Redskin loafer, have you" L said to
him. What are you going to do with
him-send him to the stocAyards and
have him canned%
Not on your life he said Tn go
ing to break a worlds record or two
with him. He's on edge, and his work
will knock your eye out. Come around
in the morning and I'll show you how
he does a mile. It's not everybody I'm
putting on this band wagon, but when
he goes to the post-which'll be in a.
couple of days-you want to watch out
for him, and you hear me a-talkin'.'
Il gave him the laugh. Maybe the
dogs got it in him, 1 said. and he
wouldn't be his pas horse if he hadn't.
But he's loafer, and he'll never get
another dollar of my money. / don't
pretend to be a Johnny-o -the-Spot or
the whole thing, but know when I've
got enough Redskin.'
HOW A RECORD WAS BROKEN.
Well. you'll have a headache when
he does the trick. that's all I've got to
say he answered.
'RedslIin was entered in a mile-and-
a-sixteenth race two days later, and L
gave his name 4 boot as soon as L saw
it in the entries.
''RedslSin was nothing like q favorite
when he went to the post in his race
the next day. I've forgotten what his
price was, for l didn't go near the ring
and the figures weren't impressed upon
me. ] stayed off the race altogether,
but went UP to the press box to look
at it. 1t struck me when RedslSin filed
past that he looked mighty Ene. He
was in light, at ninety-eight pounds,
and he took my eye so when he ratified
off to the post that 1 came pretty close
TO running to the ring to put up a hum
bred or so on him. At that l concluded
that if there was any delay at the post
that is, if they didn't get off at the
first break-Td just take one last, sure
enough final chance on him.
But the field was sent away at the
first break. Redsllin, usually a slow
beginner. went right out in front, and
his speed was simply dazzling. In the
stand, we all said that the old horse
was just four-flushing and wouldn't be
able to keep up the gait for another
,fHrlong. But he was able. He didn't
show sign of faltering when every
body was confident that he'd chuck it
at the three-quarters, where he was in
the lead by ten lengths, and he came
home at the same speed at which he
started. leaving the others nowhere.
Then the time was hung out. I'll leave
you fellows to. imagine how L felt when
/ saw that Redskin had broken the
American turf record for the distance,
a mile and a sixteenth. He hoped over
it in 1:45l4. That record was made three
years ago and it stands yet. Redshin
surely did scalp me, and I'm kind O.
sorry the old nags gone at that"