The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
SPENDALES RUIN0US RACE.
UOy ONE VICTORY ON THE TRACK
AND URECKED HIS DINER.

horse with long legs and an ugly eye was
| trying to kick away the dashboard OF milk
wagon midway up the steep hill at "eehaw-
ken. The old man In the milk wagon stepred
| out, sat on a stone alongside the road. III his
pipe and remarked:
kick away, dang yer. kick awayl Yer kicked
the lining out OF Snyder's pocketbook. we've
kicked away tho front OF that there Vaughn
twice. and. b. gee yer can kick yer dang hoofs
away II yer want ter. but we've got yer work
cut out for yer. and, b. gee. we've got to do II"
Undaunted by the mans remarks the horse
continued to send his heels against the DASH
board About once out OF three times he
landed, but when he did the cracking and
spliptering OF wood followed. and an almost
inn perce ptible CLEAN OF satisfaction came into
the creatures eyes. At least the stranger on
the other side OF the road. who was walking
because the trolley line had gone out OF busi-
ness temporarily thought 80. and 1t occurred
to him at tho same time that this was no fool
horse.
Nice time to show yer heels. amt it p con-
tinued the old man. In a tone OF utter disgust.
Fer Ave whole years yer kept EN- low enough.
didn't yer? Don't look at me like that yer
dang fool, cause yer know I'm telln' yer the
TRUTH Nice career for one OF your blood. drag
gin milk Vaughn. Aintcher ashamed OF
yerself2"
It was at this point in the monoogue that tho
stranger crossed the road. and. more for the
purpose Of investigating the horses character
than anything else. suggested that the milk
man give him lift up the hill. The mikman
thought 1t over moment and then said:
Afraid OF gettin' run away within g
"Oh. no."
kin yar walt fer this kickin' match ter git
over2"
'why. certainly. I'm in no hurry at all"
'All right. then. or course 1 amt sayin'
Spendall will skin out with us. but he's liable
to any time. and II he does it's hair raisin'."
What do you call him."
'Spendalls his name. The most wonderful
horse you ever seen. Got pedigree every bit
as good as this Chackanack. what won the big
race the other day. but-now don't laugh.
cause amt fooln'. Wait bit now. the old
galoot's through kickin'. Jump in and I'll tell
yer about the wasted career OF horse. this
horse right here. what's draggin' this milk
Vaughn"
spsndda relieved Of his ri, ssurglus energy.
yards or so and then, satisfied that ali was was
well: loosened the rein and turned to the
Ter my mind the fastest runnin' hors- T.
Tray. Well, sRsndAal here don't come from ,he
der2 No? We'll, that's Your loss. Frank, no
nsed 70 make hook here at the Gut; What Is
III ss' Sex fd eGsy 6ss h a
Inst as o Te knoEn used to
r4a th 9it; frank SNYDER used to make book
WHAT hG o ee1g at don ss f1ss s shat
on Srendall there. when that nag was q
yearlin'. and he bought him for $1,000. He
him in a maiden race at the Gut. Oh say he
was 9 tlns ., lookn' colt: Franks roll was up
all was just breakin' watches and burnfn' up
the track in trials. he quietly lays a couple Of
boL on on me colt nolos MN out IN his own
u. tb 5so astl yessT. and the ,ankess
The plough. ssSdsr 5ast fe % H: f boI. ~
he Knows % tein his s shsm.
~, Vel ,l,i ar: there amt no use my gon' Into
When people forget sse ard
the programme Just refers 70 him as agel.'
70 tho winnin' form a Hundred timss but t he
got lat dowp every t@s f he es tFa hs
was named spepdall when Frank got him. and
name Of the skate. '' 'e'n n'' nn''n In the very
NY milk route was over Union Hill and
day rsp Ta then a. IF d
BY halter. Take him, Ike. he said. an put
to a sns H's sT Re
course, q refractory animal must be subdued.
And: Ike =. T. yer have occasion to punish him.
~ Kept es spsnds r. month an he dang
ter Frank AZ told him he could feep bis old
says Frank Youve bTefs s' mo-
your hide an now yer come up like ghost ter
, Frank sent him the county fair route and
he came back maiden. Then he svore he'd
got him in the selling races. but one day al
Guttenb berg was lauehin' ter see spendall's
was bigger yet whom Frank .chalks up 50 TOT
linz ni pSs ssa so,
Franz ehalts srsndali iso to On X ks ' own
5 f sh IN. 5s1.
Ss s %s .a%s Sc PGs:
- .GW,h h sas sp Snyder.
le t snys f M sn sa
9erss Hes ?sa sse ySs
old O l.. nov y and he's meyer won a race. What's
Frank Ss Voice go1 ts sna TOR i rSn
STAKE '9 hc assth That wihy him IL yth
~ sfa ! .ss1 s.r would
r, Nc eyer yer d DR.. he says: 7 know yen. Give
put. guess Know spendali. lust seen
horse put hers fair fyin' down the track. an
~ men asked fSlier Whist II WA. he says It's
then ODDS, MI Bo1kmaker, orrub EN- out
ra aa hands blank ticket down ter that
- o. Does that gol, says the Rube. writtn' 500
Yer can make it a thousand II you Ike
.ays ydsrs but the Rubs guessed he was sat-
a.
Rn yder went outside to watch his sxpert-
nent tn breakin' Spendalls heart They rot
! hey came into the stretch with Spendall stiii
,railin'- Then the stranRest thing you evar
Spendall came along. passed the whole bunch
As though i waS sfandin' ut III and went under
norse, An did he Stoptheup No sir, he had speed
or d9zsn faces an be was aoln' ter use g
40. Like Streak hS Vynt around the miiS
rack again and aEndny dom three miles be-
ere he quit They Lifted the jookay OF, Weighed