Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-27

| money to bur1l. They Eaep right
on, ting ling. ting ling. and pne by one,
that bell they ring. until at length.
| they've been around then oegin again
they are just bound And the people
| can't help themselves Have to sit
/ there and take it all.
Durango looked like a metropolis
something was up by the way people
were floating around. The hotels
| and the restaurants. the stores, the
| sidewalks were full of them. In the
afternoon the people turned their
faces toward the fair ground like flow
ers toward the sun. Don't take that
too literally.) You won't II you think
of some of the countenances you saw
esterday-vegetable would hit the
| mark more nearly. Don't ask me
to specify. however.
or course you've seen swarm of
| bees hanging onto the branch of a
tree packed SO closely that you could
not put a pin between their brown
| bodies? That's just about how hui
manity swarmed on the street cars
yesterday. AS one man said, going
| over in the car when at every crossing
we stopped for supplies and more and
| more came on. Move up. Frank
nows your chance to learn city ways" :"
To be sure We don't have the oppor-
tunity to be metropolisy every day.
Naturally we did not have the big
gest crowd on the first day. 1t al
ways takes time to get started but
there were plenty there to have a
good time. and those that didn't look
ed at the others. When there was
nothing else to occupy their atten-
tion everybody fused at the judges.
1t didn't hurt them any. however
they took it very cody, Just as If they
didn't know a thing about the disap.
proval of certain individuals and
wouldn't have cared if they had.
In the first running race there were
five entries and four started, rubber
and all. The jockeys evidently
thought 1t was go. for they raced,
r. Q. Ban coming in ahead. But the
man who had charge of the drum did
not sound it so the race was called
off
You ought to have heard the peo-
pie then! Those judges are nutty"
somebody few seats above us yell
ed Another gentle voice near my
right elbow said softly: Il Just be-
lieve he forgot" woman hits very
near the truth-sometimes. In dis
cussing the same topic little later
young man suggested: IF that fell
low did forget. he might have pound
ed it when they got half way around"
l agreed with him. It's always best
to agree with man when you can
1t generally has soothing effect on
him. Besides, after time he learns
to think you do know thing or two
and that your opinion is really worth
having. Funny, isn't it? And men
accuse us of having no sense of hui
NOR.
Don't you know races are whole
lot-no, more than that cali 1t a
block-of fun. It's such a relief to
do something you ought not occasion
ally. o. yes. indeed. That's what
makes it so interesting to bet just
think of the thrill with which you
watch the race and you get box of
candy or pair of gloves or neck
ribbon when you win. When you
don't you don't lose anything anyway
That's one of the nice things about
men-they don't make you nay up
at least the girls all say not They
ought to know.
Most of the women had little books
and pencils yesterday afternoon, in
which they kept account of their va
rious bets. Sometimes they frowned
but on the whole / think they were
lucky rather than otherwise heard
one girl say she won two boxes of
candy and a neck ribbon. Another
said she won a pair of gloves Still
another won candy and handker-
chief Luck was against me yester-
day. Only time won anything was
when l didn t bet.
Races are nice in another way. If
you have anything pretty to wear.
there's chance to show it off. If
you haven't-aId blocks of us haven't
why. then you don't mind If the peo-
pie sitting on the steps above wipe
their feet on you. OF course not,
you'd Just as soon be doormat as
not under the circumstances.
Fletcher Jones. the rider for the
Mitchell horse is game. In the first
race he suffered bad injury but hung
out to the last Last night doctor
took number of stitches in the rent
and the boy said he would be in the
swim again today.
SECOND DAYS RACING.
Yesterday was more of an ideal day
for racing. 1t was much warmer.
In, fact. it was quite comfortable. even
for those whose blood does not circu-
late so freely as some or those who
made wagers on the result. And it's