The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-17
How The Bishop Broke The Record.
"Trotwood" in Horse Review.

neSSet preach. Inc ola man went Wllu over
the sermon and this is the peculiar way he
took to tell about it,
s'Wall, sab, | went in dar an sot down
in dat part OBJ de gran stand set off fur
de colored folks. look erroun' an seed
leetle bannisters an things runnin' round
bout de prooties' an neates' mile track
you eber seed, wild de fence all painted
wild gold an lit up wild lectric lights.
Beautiful pictures hung up in the club
house gallery an de soft light cum in
through de painted winders. | tell you
sab, desc yere Piscopaliums kno' how to
keep up dey church track, if dey do stick
to de high wheel sulky, an kinder think
dat er record made dar, an dat way OBJ
gwine will title EN- to registration in de
final year book, quicken emmy yudder
track An it wus err good un-fur 1t run
erroun es smooth es er widder' courtship,
an it he'd bin harered an scraped an
rolled till it wus es slick es er carpet OBJ
banana peels
''You amt nurrer noticed how desc
church tracks differ from one er nudder,
hes you, Boss /? asked the old man, with
sly smile ''Wall, dey do Now, eff
dat he'd bin er Mefodis track it wouldn'
er he'd no fence erroun' it, kinder free fur
all, no money to be paid at the gate and
free lunch fur ebrybody. If it he'd bin
Baptis track it would er bin out in some
big medder bottom, an std OBJ bein' roun
it would jes' foller de meanderins oh de
ribber, handy fur spungin' off the horses.
An dey wouldn't low muffin to so on dat
track but PAGERS, nuther, an dey must all
be oh de Hal fambly-kinder close kin,
yer kno'. De Presberterians would er
had dey track es roun es it could be, an
sech er high whitewashed fence roun' Ii
dat nobody eud see ober it, an bout ebry
hat hour dey would run out er big 70 oss
sprinkler, fureber sprinklin an sprlnkln
it, chen far de yearlin' races. o, its
funny ter see how dey ali defer, he said.
But dar the one WIS, Is Prooty es 1t
conld be, an free fur ALL An jes' off to
de lef dey had de niees leetle jedses'
stan all painted in silver an trimmed wild
gold, while de timers box sat on de right
wild leetle peep holes in 1t an pictures OBJ
fyin things wild wings jes' erbove-hosses
dat had broken de recurds, | spec .jes'
den de ban in de ban stan struck up de
sweetes music | urver heard. 1t went all
through my soul an made me feel like |
wus er chile ergin an my good ole mann
my, long dead an gone, wus sinsin me
ter sleep at de cabin on de ole plantashun.
to de tune oh DE ole folks at home Den
de perfume fioated out like de smell oh de
less minis | useter smell by the cabin do
an de candles flickered on dc quarter
posts like de freaies in de dusk ob my
childhood days, an al desc things jeS'
made me hougry to heah sum good sospil
ergin. Bimeby. sum leetle angel boys all
dressed in white wild shinin collars cum
marchin in singin an briDgin programs
fur de races in dey han s-leastwISe dat :
what tux EN- ter be. tell you, sab,
it wus gran an e | sot dare an tuck 1t
all in an looked at dat shinin track wild
de golden fence, | sed to myself
ssGreat Scott but eff dey can t 20 fast
on dis track lakter kno' whut de yuse Oh
tryin' emmy yudder +?
When de music stopped de felIer in de
hedges stan made sum nouncements, an
den he lowed dat de Bishop OBJ Tennessee
would 90 er exerbishun mile ergin time,
an den heurd de bell ring lingering,
lingering. an de ban struck mp lively
lax, an de Bishop came pacin' IN Soon
es looked at i'm, SEE |
"He'n do-he's er good UNI Got mos
too much riggin' on i'm to suit my taste,
but den ebry man knows whuts hes fur
his own hos. II he was mine, | d take
off dat sweater an white blankit Wild red
embroidery, dem knee boots an dat ober-
check. His gaits al right an true e.
clockwork, an he don't need muffin but
er pair OBJ quarter boots an 70 ounce
shoes. But dat all right, | sed ergin,
'ebrybody knows what 5 hes fur his own
hoss, an dem fancy higgins. am Pooty, ter
be-sho
ssGraceful? He wus Is graceful IS er
swan on er silver lake, an Is he paced up
de quarter stretch to SEQ down, | seed dat
he was gwinter gib de recurd er close call.
Down he cum so smooth you cuddent see
his risgin' an es nschul Is er eagle draps
frum his mountin peak in the valley belo
Dey didn't halter say go to him but onct
an den he went er way lax her winged
angel ON de top spar oh er fyin' got
He that loseth his life for my sake
shall save It. he said. an ebry lick he hit
went home to de ole man hart. o. HIT
wus err clip He tuck up Greek art an
literachure an he painted it so beautiful
YOU cud see de statue OBJ Diana beam outen
his eyes an de grace oh Apollo fall frum
his hands Away he went at dat prooty
clip till be sud ny shifted his gait an
struck de follies ob dis wurl an den |
seed whut all dat riggin wus fur, fur he
turned it into er toga and he looked ike
Jupiter es he shook de roof wild his speed
an his stride
ssHe gwine too fast fur de fust quar-
ter, | sed, es sot holdin my BRET but
befo' de wurds wus out he seed it, too,
an he check up er leetle an he cum down
es gently es de summer winds piay-but
ergitteu' dar all de timel-an den he tell
us how all dis art an all dis interleet want
muffin eff we didn lub God an do right
an lib pure hbes, an his voice wus like
de music OBJ de winds in de valley, an
ebrything he sed jest peer to be dat way
an no argyment-an all de time he wus
lust ergitten dar-an' es he passed de
fust quarter cuddent help it, jes tuck
out my ole watch an snapped it, an dar
it stood-30 seconds, holy MosesI
s'But dat didn' wind i'm fur he started
in the naixt quarter 50 fas' ! thout sho'
he gwine ter fly in de air. But he didn t.
He fairly burnt up de track OBJ sin an
folly an littleness an meanness, an he
made de leetle rail birds OBJ selfshness Fly
to de woods, an gamblers oh society went
off to de hedge. an de drivers of trick an
cheat hunted fur ernuther track, an de
timers of folly throwed erway dey watch
an all de time he wus ergitten dar an
he nurver teched hiSsef nur struck er boot
nur missed his clip, an he made de ole
high wheel sulky trimble al over lax er
leaf in de storm, an he showed how ebry-
body reap whut dey sow, how de arts lib
in art, an de poit in poltry, and de patriot
in de harris oh his countrymen. all arter