The sun., 1901-05-26
BUCK NIVEyS'S RACEHOESE.
A THOROUGHBRED THAT TURNED Up
ONE DAY on THE PRAIRIE.
Ne Hal Astonishing Speed, but No Ono Knew
whence lie Came--A Hog Killing at tho
Ioaycnworth Track-Iiis Origin Account
ed For by a Railroad Accident Later.


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"nence u. 'a"eN nos MINING at th'
os," N'eou"'
one July morning IN d. SAID an Invalid
Infantry onlceT oi tne h'snlhr army who
was a: the Morris PARK racetrack last Satnr-
day. Buck Ni~nS the foreman Of the ~
ran'A near tho N'oraSNn post on the L p.
line AT wn'ch was STATIONED led big 1913
chestnut morse ND IN 'front.' oi my quarters
G1ct ana ! were very chnmmy called
N" oht 70 look the amman over
I asked buck II hed taken 70 rnstling
III" morse din' look a. u ne belonged ont
TINT way ne was r''hN ana marry ana muddy.
and ms rlns were ra'her painfully visible.
even thronsh tle hnd ana the long hair.
but no had h'ood INES ana thoronghbred's
feet ana ies'' ana h' was s'"rgaIer-nNver
saw horse even on a racetr"ck' carry his
head more proudN.
Whereo you nao that one. Buck' ]
asked nun
Wen, ne kinu o gopher reckon,
replied buck' srhhlns he Jes nachuly
pranced up 10 me- ABOUT SIX miles over the
range TINS mornh nc walked right over
to me- ana put that nne head o hs'n acrost
my ponmei LOOKS IKE hes got heedin' 4.
hey'
breeoihe' saiu 10 BUCK, He's a
ehorousnoreo from 0d 10 end. Pretty
shaky STORY OF yours buok. about picking
him up on Nhe range lhat KIND don't oome
up on sasooruSu ihey re maze OF sweet
tuits OF ouesrass
I'm tsihn you risht' tnough' replied
Buck. knowing tnat was only fooling, 1
can't nsser out Ary reason Tor his beln
Goun these yere parts-out thar ne were
- ois asa dooe ana rs mud a setter pup
Acted IKE ne were lonesome and used TO
the company humans the way ne comes
s-vai'zin up 70 me
We'll was queer S,nd OF business,
for TACT
uiVe you hunored TOT The wall Buck
snn no ques''ons askeo' SAID 70 the lore
man
Nope' repheu DUCK me young tei-
er-hes iour-year-old' oy MS molars
has taken kiho OF a snihe 10 me. ana reckon
iH pu' niiii unuer sneu ana nk MN ND ana
W them rlos ou' o view lheh maybe
~ use nin
'oaneu ouox orioie ana ne hastened "
onto the handsome ont aoused-looking
chestnut ana trotted OF 10 the ranch lead
ing MS odd tour-ieggeo ma alohgslde MS
srervinS csyuse'
didn tsee BUCK again ior month. Ihen
ne came canterihe up one afternoon on the
CHESTNUT VOW I've oeen looking AZ race
horses' odo tlmeS wheh We oeen on fnr-
loush and mad chance' for matter OF
quarter OF century or So out dont think
ever saw such ripping looking brute as
this Iost. "rayed OF stolen range pickup OF
Buck Nivens hsd turned out 70 be In the
course Of that month
He's some hoss. amt he? said Buck,
IroudIy shppinR ONT OF the sannle
Well. make IL a hundred and half Buck
and III furnish him oats, said
Not ten hundred ana MY replied Buck
This feler and me is mashes sure enough,
Can. and we cit along together like two chum
gals IN boardin school. lie don't stand
fr nobody foolin' around him but me, and
Ireckon Ms wuth while to have any ol kind
~ a four-iessed thing ieel that-a-way
toward YOU. particularly one with all the in
s,incts Of a gentleman like this boy. How
bout THAR
well II 'ud be a shame 10 keep one like
,ba, nlusu,ns srounda beefronch. thatsan {.
I'old Buck Hes eood enough oy the looks
Of him. to go TO the races
And replied Buck. with a strong 40
centnation OF the ana, he's good enough
hy some'hin' else than the looks O. him 10
uo N the racas That's vba, Tn, over bera
=, ,.,,,, ,i,,a, ~ i,,,,, II,
10 see you hpoul' o"Ih PluH I"'" MY 7'H
when it rts down TO a matter O. H0Rers .
Buck nipped a coin 10 one Of the post
L. .I.' go II.
ulg-roonerS I" noId IN" 'h"H'hul lot "hh"
and came into my sitting room After he'd
liquored M n couple of times he presented
'I'"Ir" ,,', w ."''pI' .i' y. ,,''' Nv ~
ms llule arHhme'lcal pronlem 70 me
It's ths-a-way, cap, salq ne; turning ms
CHAR the wrong way around 40 : ne could
lean his elbows on the PACK Ihis yrr'
Gopher o mine,thatS what IN calm hun,
boss hts me a. heln surc.rnohgh blood
proposition j didnt DO nothln bul e"d
end burnlsh him W about week ago. men
! puts one o me ghl saudIes on nun apout
iort}-hve pound, l RECKON ana gus on MN
20 give his legs stretch. 49, - ,-.,
i clean t"rgitS now these we're bIooded
horses hates the gan and so don take on my
spurs nam no more n HHt nm out IN
ne open man , ia ahSTh, I'm HGd I t,o' g1Seo
cayuse Well, he gives, one jump, and then
f. ne 70 do some ridln. sure nough Now
strip ~ l5n, ana ther" We're ioI'N-nNe pound
gear on his hack beside: wh'ch ngg"rs up
near goo, u know anythln aDoni H. ana the
way that nos Haloped three mics Wan lus!
rncin', that's all racln Stoppea lrEin
~ pull him up after the first mile and let him
coon Az the end o, the three mile hgRered
IL had enough o. breeze one uaN anss
fn'lr got him 10 slow up When hopped on
there warn haralN = hehVln oI MS sIde-
on, well. there hothlng remarkhple
about that, sald, seeing, as anNhody can see
that he's thoroughbred and meant Tor
tho races
But this yere'S What ! want 20 st az
IrpCpaipu BlCk couple ~ f0N- ago !