The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
A RACE or OTTER DAYS.
Old Cap. Cox who Burned Iiis Bible 10 Heat
the Champion.


i reckon Il was a great race. said the
visitor who came VI from the first days
meeting 81 the yachts 1t vas the hrst
Yacht race | ever saw. Bles, II ! can -'~.
though. how YOU people can get ~ eIcitei
over such sport
This coming back l. more TO NV fancy
than the yachts. II reminds me q The good
old racing ON the river. way back know
YOU ay the boats bound up for tho city
aren't racing but II seems 20 me they are
II YOU never saw "A steamboat race on III"
Mississippi or the OHIO OF the Big Muddy.
a. We call the Missouri. YOU have host more
fun and excitement than you will ever h"
aUlc to stock up during the remainder Oh
your natural born day-.
There was the lccmes II lucas race
with the N~ouongahcla, fur example. on the
Big Muddy. The Lucas had won the horns
answering To- "a Americas cup Tor
making the quickest trip from - Louis
To- II Joe The Monongahela was a clipper
bit she had never competed Tor Tn" horns.
| wa a passenger on tie M~onongaheIa on
the occasion ~ hcr triumph over tn" Lucas
We had been loadng along and had put
into Q~udndaro, Kan, for a passenger
was ON the hurricane deck with old cap
Cox He was NOR" Ike a Prc-bNt'Hah
preacher In appearance than a hon'man'
Hclooked up stream and saw acloud ofnlack
smoke Ia the bend 81 the river lh"h III"
Iookel VI at his pilot and asked what boat
A. vas that Wa shopping around the cotton
woods The pilot said Il Was the Lucas
Quicker than | can tell Won Cap Cox vcIlNt
out To- the dcckhand ola shore toCast N tho
headline. and then l." he mate to haul IA
that stage plank, what YOU cal a gang
way. gentlemen
II was alw avs tho custom for a steam
boa, 80 whistle Just before sh" pulled out
from her landing Old cap Coz turu"d
90 HE pilot and told him 90 los" n" tim"
whi-tling The bells itngl"i "a back th"
Mnnougahcla hard Well. gentlemen. sh"
turuei amid stream 80 quick hat sh"
changed the course - tho wine -" was
down bofpre YOU could count ten.
and her paddles were churning up NJ"
sand on the bottom - the Big Muddy aft
N thousands devils had BEEN after us
The night came on and the big smoke
81 the MouonRahea spouted more
sparks thar thcf" were stars IN th" Milky
Nav Now II was generally understood
there was to b. no racing down stream
at night But everything was FAIR Ia "A
p teanlsat race IN the 'wav-lstck time
IL was usually the custom To- n" up AZ
might There Was always SOMEBODY aboard
to read a chapter from the Bible aid pIay
on this occasiou ve had "a Baptist minister
Old Cap cox. -.ut or him O. zone up on
the hurricane deck and told him b" didn't
want any religious sefviC'~ ~ the cabin
that night, ~ Il would interfere With NJ"
pleasure 20 a." Passengers The preacher
agr--l that he couldn't oTer a proper tuVoCa- .
tt.r Wktls flgTa yae Tutta on WlH So fnsra
was ~ service. did cap Cox told me
An-rvart thst he had sent wond 10 hs
steward - hidc the B.hle, as II prsrau-
ton
IT, a hnrl stnfv 20 ask Won g'Htlep'n
o. t-hoN". hut It a fact thai tho har on
th, M'uougaheu, shut uptha' night E,rn
lazty was 90 he hH.r,.aIr desk Bat
'hl- won't s'-'m quite 49, hand a -tury when
| remind you thai in tHu-e days mu-t trlf.
rllcr- ,aIriei their uWN t,i'." iui fear TIE
bar stock might ruu short
Nest morning y" had io run "a g. vo,l
Ip ENrrNbHsiy who D'utd fufrnl u4' ..
help iyou tIs Ia,ss'ug' o. irlIsd ITO"
iuHa- hH," b. slr't vli.r "" v.r' tho"
Sir wac marking the h.aN"U- With black
- suuk" %. Nuuuu g1h"'a hadn't
TIED up. t4t tho current vas 90 swift 'Ntt
q lt ~ u. l.lI a." Tag fuf~ uu the -hur~
- Av-sY TIE tisHUsf steady We tafslv
mad" TIE Nsi vU'n VI. D. g.. and AGAIN
wss . Ike "a shuf from n na~
" bad . w" Ia~~f s"r, g. dt~rhatgo
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al ii.m o. 'i" rsif lsHff, ~vhsr"vef tiA'
would 80 FIVE Hu' thry r-f1-si. and ti~
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~Ir 20 'ls Iagracr .af 90
i. fN.sU uv.f|safl Tic asr -aw
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r msfirHf rrI hff Dhilir~r g. aissft
.H urnf. tsu' ur husband and th@ iaNs