The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-02-28
How Ethsn Alien War.


! OF the nsmofsbls race belsesn DsIt
" II " i.2l the old time king Of the 10
End Eibsn Alien "a 20 I-2). kips Of b
y Morssns, hitchsd to pole With ruopil
: mss. w. II. II Murray, sn,hor Of 4
! article. ss = warm friend Of The Mo
; g.ns;
10 . veil uskred valley 10 Kane
stood the game no,,er and told VI hov |
beat Dexter. He ssid.
The race grew out OF . previous 90,
% you koov, and the cir wss foil OF Z
NOR snd talk, bsd gone With runpio
ms,s sssins. Brown George sud mate. sn
beaten him 10 2l9 and that set sll TOT
suss vsaeins. Some said this and som
said that as to help l bad received 10 ths
race from my mate. Some ssid vas .
tu.lly pnlle along By him, tthers swor
had troited . tqnsre race With trace
tsut end others declared that my runnin
mate actually hindered me.
But the fsot vas 10 that race, and vii
be 10 sll races Of tast sort, that everv tro
ting horse gets more hutt thst help frou
the runner. For while be may help her
snd there in pulling the weight behind
him, st the same time be is sure to throw
the trolter tf bis balance nov and then
Tor the the movement Of rupping horse
10 very unlike thst OF . trotter - Jump.
ing. jerky motion and differs from tho
hot,ers ~ does bird propellins himself
by distinct strokes from one who sails fas
tr yet with wings set
Think l ought to know ss much ss any
one about this after. for vas the first
one TO trot 10 this fsohion. End in my great
race With Dexter. OF which l sm telling
you, in the second hest OF IL l vas several
times thrown of my feet BY ny mate, once
by bis violence once by hja swsying
aasiust me at the curve, and opos becsuse
be made me mad by ni' slowness 10
respond TO my summons to him 10 60
faster.
Yes, vas awful hot at him for that.
can tell you, for he bad twice thrown me
into break, and my blood was like FIRE 10
me. and Dexter was bounding away like
devil by my side, with that insolent, ugly
look 10 bis eye that intimidsted so many
horses when they coilared him. but which
only made me msddsr.
Wcll, the day at last came and l ives
ready for ii You know how We Morgsns
bad been abused and cried down by the
Ham bletopisD clique for yesrs, They call
cd Us hand .oms, moe little pets. spunky |
good half mile horses and |
single heaters. b1. thst we never could
stand up and trot rsce out like the big
|um beripg Messengers.
/ was eighteen years old and for sixteen
PEARS had been trotting 10 winter and
summer to sleigh and sulky, on good roads
md poor tracks. and ! had never seen Q
II Nesseneer or Ham mbletonisn. male or fe
male, that I feared to meet or hsd csuss to
esr, II they would give me driver thst
Inew enough to let me alone. And nov !
lad chance to meet their great cham pion
Dexter and viudicste my speed. spd the
peed OF my tribe whose hesd l wss, and
swore that would wipe the old score
4 slander and insult out forever.
For had more speed than Dexter svsr
lad. and knew IL. For could get to
be half 10 1,04 sud bring the snlky under
he wire in 2 IL, II the conditions we're
Avorsbie. and Dexter couldn't foo. II home
nth me ct that gait, and knew IL.
30 felt and feel still, and l vas tre
sppiest horse that ever bresthed when
hey wheeled me on to the track that day.
And the old hero's eyes flashed and bis
ostriIs dilsted st the recollection Of the
,igbty race.
Whist . crowd there was there to sec
9, be resnmed. 40, 900 they said, Dexter
ent out hrst, and what . rosr OF souod
reeted him. didn't care for their cheer
~ Ter him ror for me when l sm bled on I
, tbs track. II isn't the cheering st the i
eginping OF the race, bat the wild rosr u
applause when be sweeps under the
ire . winner Of the close Of it that . great
orss loves. Thst is wine for bis soul, ! Y
n you. and Iswore would drink The =
lp foll 10 the trim on that day. and ! Y
ID. ii
No. there wn no fools work at scoring Il
lat afternoon. Dexter end knew Whist
Ist race meant TO us and our blood. born b
I'd unborn. and Doble snd Mace felt % q
Q felt. and We came to the wire nose and
,ss. and forty thousand onlookers saw Y
hat they had never before seen on track
.tso trotters going side by eide at . two a
mate cir, Y
knew shst couli DO. an ! kuew Il
bat be couldn't do. sud knew IL wssn't in .,
10 to foot . two minute gait Tor forty
ds, and so Get him . psce that knew q
puld make bis bead swim before be :,
me to the 3usrttr. and 1t did. end then
passed him sDd took the pole. Bot ] 10
dp't let up . mite. for knew the crowd b.
OK Of bim. snd thst they we're ssying 10
they Hourisbed their ereenbseks: il
Oh, that's . Morssn spurt; you'lI see
Q old horse quit later on. Bat DEXTER oi
II stsy and irot j, ont 10 the wire sDd et
%. %
Add 80 lifted my nose spd stirred the &c
snd sisnsled to Niece 10 le, me alone.
d swept 90 the ball ,n ] "a Tired. Of
l. = h,sk tired 10 the midst OF his 10
oopi Iss winged ths. dsy. winged n
,h the memory VI wrongs snd insults 70
8 snd uirs. ssd viih the surety ofs Fl
20, triumph, ,snd so ! sailed slone to sbs e.
rec qnsrters. and turned into the stretch