The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
DEWEY As A HORSE TRADER.
Gave Up Nancy Lee and s1a5 for n Horse
Which Turned Out to Be a "BnEaar Crnb.n

ny n hOhcH ~ pEbft
Gave Up Nancy Lee and S125 for n Horse
which Turned Out to Be n "Bazaar Crab.''
Admiral Dewey once had n horse named
Nancy Lee. She has the s%traightest gait Of any
saddler in Washington, and speed and strength
to beat the 'best. She is a pretty little mare
with a sorrel coat. two feet white-legginged.
and a star between her eyes shooting a white
ray all the way down the soft, mousy feeling
nose. She stands low but is finely moulded
from eartip to fetlock. good in action. and more
full Of vigor than many a younger horse. The
old adage. Like master. like horse.' holds
good with Nancy Lee. for she hasn't show steps
and fancy dances. and gets there without much
pyrotechnic display Of blood and bone. there
fore the more blood and bone for use. And Ad-
miral Dewey went and got" another horse
that's part OF the story. and what they call
"one on the Admiral" Still. il he's more at
home in n coming tower than in a saddle 1t
isn't his fault. and is better for the country.
Nancy Lee came from Gen. Beall's stock
farm In Prince George county. Maryland.
Her dam was Eugene. q three-quarter bred
mare. and her sire. Dickens. the famous four
mile runner and the best long-distance horse
that the State OF Maryland ever produced.
Thus Nancy Lee came by remarkable endur-
ance and speed. Every morning regularly for
several years. during the Admiral's stav in
Washington. he would ride her out over the
suburban roads. at a swift. steady trot. which.
kept without a break. would cover miles of
country in short time. There isn't a foot Of
country in the District OF Columbia which Ad-
miral Dewey and Nancy Lee don't know by
heart. There came a time. however. when a
most villainous blacksmith. who saw extra
money in a bar shoe. accused Nancy Lee of
having a quarter crack. So the Admiral began
to look around for another horse.
Now. it happened that a brilliant young
sportsman belonging to the swell Chevy Chase
Club. Richard by name; appeared on the scene.
BY George, Commodore" he said. I've got
the very horse you are looking for. just you
wait q day."
There is a brush clump. of whitewashed
called Tennallytown Fifteen brand-new po-
liieemep had lately been stationed there with
on one OF these. belonging to Policeman Law.
for which he had traded down at the horse ba-
Saer; , w 1t had = ! been s g1aa nnlTdes no os sOlG, sound %ifd
Isay; Lay III E iTs,yy you s.: 81 for y that horse
A right. AXE him. got him down at the
So Dick, brought the steed up to the Chevy
Chase stables. had him Rroomed and polished
up and blanketed; Then Dick sat down. and
o %a1h %nRs aid o. a C hoEss oh imss foSktaIl AND Wr MS
out a pedigree. He had written pedigrees out
before. but that is neither here nor there. 1t
have staggered the Prince Of Wales. II there
is one thing Dick knows by heart it is turf his
the PAGERS. the runners. the %trotters, with
worldwide fame. became ancestors to that
Bile for every crick of that animals neck, every
curve in his legs, every pace he possessed. his
stranstb in Of ' S6au { t thS liz liz Of Ieh hIs he ot Iim 5hs
and great-great-great sires. Now that was a
Hes a Thoroughbred" said. Dick; You
don't have to look at his pedigree to know
"That's a fact. said the Commodore. getting
hLnowing on horse all at once; you can tell by
Not only that, said Dick look at that
head now, Commodore: You couldn't find a bet
ter animal in this country; He's never been out
would be hard to get. Then that horses blood
Now. everybody knows that nothing pleases
a man more than a ilrst-rate thoroughbred
your niger on. TOO. and the commiodoTe could
certainly lay all Of his fingers on that horses
with. a long and noble line of sires. He re-
minded himself Of Nancy Lees quarter crack
him anyhow. 80 he said to Dick:
Well. now. suppose you take Nancy out to
tie h~orse-take good care of her, will you p
sig gon my ma h sas Pa oS SO h he sale meN was oy male m5th ,i and
Nancy Lee and the CGommodore with the much
ancestral stranger, Dick took the little mare up
to the whitewashed clump called Tennallytown
Sold your horse. Here's IA little mare I'll
let you have Tor $50 and call it square.
too young, and say-by the way. old man. II any
9ne h apr Int o to i ride Sss by 0yc here Yo,S on > yo1E horse
know beans about it-see p.
Policemen are one Kind Of men that can al
Tags 1a tel Dr Gh HGfd h steG t6Ss ~, by dHyIight, SO he
before his bazaar crab came wranGling by his
front gate Of an early m9Tplng ard Cqmmod9re
made n side grab for the gate and scratched 4
board or two off the brand-new fence. whereat
policeman whose trick Of duty usually came on
at night would sit behind his blinds and regard
t wi ikaIhins's sys. "' One wn mor nIsnsr the BRUTE 5i Ts'R so Z
one OF his hoofs entangled IN. the fence. ana
ES,tir shoe 0es drSnp eSi OIL; io TG EIS cS sn,n @Sht9ars after
Hello. tGraDble!" cried The blacksmith to
Now. neither tho name nor the manner was
at all respectlul. How would you like il? SO
"Ahem! Ever see this horse beioro?"
Well rcckon-as many times as have
shOd this horse"
The Commodore cleared his throat. "Why-a
-Gy Gid H Sn w TO- ip1pys2dy arGnH m here
At thai house there, owned hlm-traded for
After a while Dewey said quietly: 80 that
accounts for the horse always turning in at
that gate. These horsemep are ~rascals,'
Now il happened that Policeman Laws trick
OF duty was IN the day this time. and the Com
modore suddenly caught sight Of n little sorrel
down the TcnnallytOwn pike at a swift,
straight gait that he knew well.
so on We got Nancy 1.-THE Commodore called
as tho little mare drew nearer. There was a
pause and u grin or two of mutual understand
ing. " BY Jove. I'm glad you've got her" said
the Commodore, and he told the whole story of
the pedigree, Then he. Kicked his stirrup. ana
you got him down at the bazaar"
That's where he camc from, Commodore"
Law, " II / had offered YOU that horse
myself. sir, for $l25, Just as he was without q
peGigree. you wouldn't have bought him. sir"
wouldn't" and he looked hard at Nancy Lee.
She never had a quarter crack said tina
policeman. There's nothing at all the matter
with her-she's gold all through"