The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-22

Deacon has gone lame. Now I shall
have to draw him, forfeit my entrance
4 fee, and that means the devil Of n
fix all around for me. You see. Liz.
I've gambled pretty heavy on the old
horse. He stood dead sure to win that
race and I've put all the money could
! get takers for on him, private cts
thatll clean me out.
"Oh, Jack, after your promise.
Yes. ! know L promised your father
that after this race I'd retire from the
turf for your sake. But don't you see,
Liz, this was my last heat and / stood
to blow in as much as / could?'
And now the Deacon has retired
you. Ny father is not fond of hOrsey
young men," Interrupted the girl.
You don't love me as I do you, or
you'd not make SUCH remarks. 1 know
how your father feels about my bust
ness. It's that that has kept us apart
so long. He came out square the
other night. and told me so. He's Moth
ing against the PendletOn family, they
all travel in straight harness, but Jack
PendletOn is a horse Of another color
if you feel the same as your father,
Liz"
Don't be a goose, Jack. I like you
fairly we'll"
Fairly WE'LL mimicked the big
fellow. I'D like fairly well to get hold
on your fathers horse. Seraph. Liz.
You know Seraph is half-brOther to the
Deacon, and as near like him as an
other pea. He's the better horse of the
two, and could win that race hands
down if your father could only be in
ouCed to let me take him
My father, q clergyman. let you take
SeEaph to substitute for Deacon in a
race. j should like to see father when
you make that proposal. Jack Pendle-
ton and the girl laughed So long and
50 mer1ily that the big fellow was half
VeXed-
.:Oh. I shan't give him any such
starter. Liz. I suppose he would kick
pretty high over the traces but all the
same Seraph is too slick an article 70
be in the hands Of d parsop."
Does any one know that Deacon is
lame. Jack2"
mo one bit Joe eating, my rubber,
and Joe is as dumb as an oyster. I
want TO keep it quiet Oh, / forgot to
tell you. Liz, that mother has been
taken sick IL Chicago. and. coufOUnd
the luck. I've got to go out and bring
her home I'm going to start tonight.
and if I'm not back in time on the
day. of the meeting. Joe win draw the
Deacon. There is no chance Of his get
ting right
The Deacon was entered in the 2.20
class Lizzie Avery pulled out her
watch and looked at it anxiously- In
three-QuarterS of an hour the horses
would be called and where was Jack
She said a few words to Joe Gatling
and passed out of the rear of the
stable
At o'c1ock tinE-a-IinE went the
judges bell, and five horses. Hotspur
Lucy NJ. Red Cross, Iugomar and
Deacon. with arChing necks and flash
ing eyes. swung into the stretch and
scored down for the word.
The roam horse was in dangerous
company. Every horse in the bunch
had a fast mark. Hotspur had never
been trOtted in mis- class. and Ingomar
had got a piece of every purse he had
started FOR. He and Hotspur were
coming. together for the first time and
they were being backed about evenly
the stretch like a pair of rockets.
The band stopped playing and away
went the horses, with the Deacon on
the outside. At the quarter the roam
was creeping UP. At the haf his
swinging stride was beginning to tell
Lucy NJ. and Red Cross had dropped
back, and al the three-Quarter pole he
was cOllaring Ingomar.
That was incredible. The crowd on
the grand stand stood up and shouted
fngCmars driver sent the noble fellow
for everything that was ia him He
responded by a terrific burst. Of speed,
but he could not shorten Up the spa &c
between them by single inch The
roam was steadily cutting down lingo
mars lead--a length a half length:
now he was at his wheel: now he had
Whirled past. straight on for Hotspur
Two lengths ahead. He forced HOtsDur
out and nut his nose under the wire
an easy secOrd, with HOtspur a win
ner by nose. The time hung out was
2.1S.
The y st heat had just beer. called
Mhen Jack Pendleton dashed into his
stable.