The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-05-16
AS HE SAW 1T


20 AY, Pete" said the city editor
y to the horse editor, who was
engaged in writing a feature story to
be headed "Good Things Have Got
only man I've got handy. and forgot
to assign man to cover that big wed.
ding up at the Umptieth Street church
to-night-you know, that good-look-
ing Bigcoin girl and young Mutthead
Suppose you run up there and get the
story. Want spread-two columns
At least. Never mind names-I've got
all the names we'll use, and the names
of the bridesmaids, and the grooms-
men, and the society editor wrote, the
descriptions of the costumes before
she took sick. just you cover the
weeps and the soft, low music, and the
brides pallor, and the perfume of the
exotics, and that sort of thing. You
know the kind of story want, Pete"
'Say, scratch me out O. this, won't
you?" said the horse editor. I'm not
trained for that kind of a sprint. It's
2 to 1 that I'll quit in the stretch"
"Can't help it, Pete-got nobody else
TO send. Go along, now, and turn the
copy in early" said the city editor.
The horse editor went after the
story of the wedding with an open
mind, and here is portion thereof as
he turned it in to the copy reader:
"The thoroughbreds had another
inning at the Umptisth Street church
last night, when Miss Bertha Bigcoin
and Mr.. Willie Mutthead, both of them
we'll known to students of form in
these parts, hooked it up in try for
the matrimonial stakes. Talk of this
match had been in the air for some
time, so that when the bars were let
down at half-past seven o'clock last
evening large number of the talent
of both sexes were on hand to size up
the contenders and speculate upon
what the future holds in store for
this pair of high-class thoroughbreds.
Many of those who presented them
selves at the gate had never seen the
contestants before, and not few of
them were minus admission badges, at
that, but the crush was SO great that
within 20 minutes after the turnstile
began to revolve the ushers were COM
PEELED to throw open a free field In
the left-hand side Of the church for
those who would not be denied the op-
portunity to see the running of Of the
match.
"The track was soft and holding, a
lot Of rag carpet having been spread
slong the middle aisle to offset the nat
ural slippsriness Of the course, and
there was also top dressing of
Aowers spread along the path by little
girls logged out in white. Festoons
of flowers were nailed ell over the
sides Of the grand stand, and the whole
outfit looked in perfect condition for
the running on Of the swagger event.
Every seat below and aloft was taken,
snd It was one of the biggest bumper
crowds that ever turner out in this
vicinity to see similar event decided.
Before the pair entered in the
match came out of the paddock the
band up In the gallery played lot of
trembly, fluffy stuff, which visibly in
creased the ardor of the crowd to have
the two entries arrive at the post. The
event was carded to come off at eight
o'clock sharp, but the pair of thor
oughbreds hadn't arrived at the post
at a quarter-past eight, and it began
to look like an even money shot that
the match wouldn't come off. Outside
the church bets were freely offered
that Mr.. Mutthead had bowed tendon
or gone amiss in some way, so that II
would be impossible for him to face
the starter, and the disappointment
of the spectators when half-past eight
rolled around, and still no response to
the call to the post. was manifest in
every countenance.
'At rs minutes of nine, however, the
anxious walters in the seats were re.
warded by seeing the two entries enter
the gate. The bride, who was led by
old man Bigcoin-whol looked as If he'd
be able to pick up third money occa.
sionally in the hunter class, if he was
pointed that way-appeared, to the
critical eye, to be overtime, and there
was some decided comment on the sub
ject OF the hard workouts this class
of thorOughbreds arc put through be
fore they respond to the call of the
bugle in match events of this charac
ter. A description of the brides colors
is given in apother portion Of this &C
count. Notwithstanding her eviden,
ovsrtraining. she looked fit to run ths
race Of her life. Al for the ethsr con.
tsstant, he didn't look to be up to Z
bruising fnish.
'.He seemed to the critical eye 70 b
AAnidAdlx high IN deah. and II looked
TO be . safe three to one proposition
thAt he wouldn't Lass the route. He
was nervous and hdgety on the way to
I. - PSI and didn't appear to know ex'
ese1vNAAtWasAxpsotsd Of him, whish.
eeySvek was natural enough, oonad'
er1AGlthA&iAs had never before faced
ne seeetoe. 1tw1s uatd. nevertheless,
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On sevssel sssa6osns durint ths week,
wAasA Seooess h a1lDsult TO account