The sun., 1901-09-29


| -fhe man, who had been a doubling
'Wer, % %st ss dead game out herr. pal.
| ssid he. handing me his mitt, 'v they wers
evcf made IN the States. And 90 show IL,
I'm wr n 70, The other ten thousand sS shake Q,
the Hellbent thing wewere tit gone with
the drink, perhaps. but that's the way.
And ye stuck 70 u There was no morning
after business, The cup race was stu two
wev.s on, but Ne didn't nag at the owner
We saw him every night ia kis shed-which
ves IN odd-looking place, full OF strange
tooh apd bellows and electrical contnv-
snces-but We never asked for a sight of
Hellbsnt. He was silently grateful 90 u.
us. 10 that queerly confident manner OF
his, that the race was es good as In Tor
Hehbent, n not better.
We took tho future book by storm on
Hrllbent ihreo days before the race. The
horse had never been heard Of He had
been entered M by an obscure English sire.
and - a six-yeM-old that had never before
faood the starter. Consequently he was the
very rankest outsider of the bunch. There
was 800 20 against him everywhere on tap
In the futures, and We knocked II down to
100 % I by spreading our twenty thousand
pound from the alpha 20 the omega Of the
future line. When we got through bet
ting the bundle, we stood To win luSt
precisely seven millions Of pounds sterling.
Newer saw the race for the Melbourne
cup, YOU saw Well y'Ought 20 be-but
any bow. there must ha' been 200 600 people
on the grounds ds-easuly that. They mort
gage their property down there 10 b. on
that race. Sheep men come In from sta
tions OoO miles distant TO $3.50 the rin-on.
Melbourne h full of thousands and tens
Of thousands Of wagon campers for days
before the cup. Tho town Is boiling drunk
for a week before and for fortnight after
the race, A. for me- and devoting
himself once more 10 the green amphoni,
the man with tho rowing eye waved his
hand deprccatingly--far be II from me
not 20 have shared the holiday eptrit Of
that great throng op that great day l,
TOO, even l. was lust flerrily JOYOUS enough
20 have an enhanced appreciation 81 the
spectacle of the flashing colors Of ths Jock
flower garden with the womei's superb
dr~ses-say. tho turf writers always say
that, dom the and the 60
However, went on tho unsteady eyed
man. pulling up short. you may conceive
the agitation OF mind with which my friend
whv had gone IN with me on Hellhent,
and l. awaited the calling 81 the horses
TO tho post for the great race We had not
seen Hellbents owner on the Prev
evening, he having informed us that he
would be extremely busy Hut on the
day antedating that lie reiterated his state
nlent that Hellbcnt was the greatest pipe
that ever was smoked on the giobe.
AT las, the trumpet sounded, and from
our position on the rail near the judges
stand. we taw the twenty-thrce arrivals
was Sir Galahad, Tlbbins, Mildred. Jersey
Lily, Fortunapi-, Iron Duke, jane. IL
McCrea, Red Heather. GrapeJuice. Hyder-
abad-al thu great ones. an array o.
animals that had won fame and fortune
for their owner on tho Enghsh a. well
-. 81 ~ nj laaf LII.
bent.
.Hellbent. But there's no use trying
70 descri,e that brute He was the most
magnificent thing that ever stood on iron.
fully II hands high. blacker'n the under
side Of a ravens wing, mu.cied Ike gladi-
ator, thing Of beauty from his muzzle
10 his final fetlock He made 'em gasp
They racsd into the ring In bet on this
unknown dark one. and then our craft
ne-s Ia getting on IN the futures was made
for simply on the magnificent
looks Of the beast the crowd played him
down 20 10 60 before the field 81, 70 the
post. And we had got 600 to for most
VI ours.
The horse walked by IN the procession
with n slow, measured tread, with none
of the prancinR Of the other horses We
strained our gaze 10 set a look a. the
Jockeys face. but he had pulled ht- cap
down over mis- owes and we got nothing
but "A momentary view OF one Of his rosy
checks and 80 we concluded that he was
a stable lad that had been put up 10 get
tho price for his name was unknown to
he Australian turf
-fr- did | understand vou 20 saw tha,
YOU never saw the race FOR the Melbourne
cum Oh ves Well h's two miles and
h quarter, Voull remenber-out oi chute,
and then twice around the track There
" as a long delay a. the post. during which, !
~ We could sHe from our point OF vantage
on a little knoll near the Judges stand
He'll ,ant stood on the outstd" rail tu-t
like statue with nary the flicker OF hls
tail even and W. knew that lac wasn't
wearing himself out az tie post Then,
a after the rest - the field had been chop
ping around tho field for exactly htty-four
minutes and min" seconds, whish' down
went the starters flag, and hey Wer" IN
What vR- that black streak that l"aped
out 10 the front like in"i"pr, demanded
he man with the rowing ey", leaning over
Ia. table and glaring a. the uno-tenta aliouS
necktie of the quiet looking man. Whv.
Hellhent' Nothing but Hcllbent' Nothing
10 IL Al the half but Hellbcnt' Al "" haf.
however, it began tu le farce The boy
nn U,llbeut suddenly leaned over, and the
horse shot out like a rocket He sirod"
sivtv feet where the other hor-s-- had a
stride of only thirty. and he made five |
tribes To- their one just figure that out Tor |
with a pad and pencil. When the I
other horses had gone a quarter OF a mile. |
ing his fir-t mile.
Then that strange, roSy-choeked boy /
on Hellbeut's hack leaned over again, and |
tho black rocket jumped ON once mor". !
and II he didn't catch that field before /
ihev'd gone n mil" and quarter, and he'd /
q one IN. whole distance, dcmmc' He shot |
right through the bunch. and presto before |
H., dunfoundcd. nwcd crowd could rub /
heir eve. ho was half q mule N'vond the I
field again. and going Ike comet on /
,out The men who were holding watches /
turned around and looked a. each other I
with paie faces Hcllbent had done IN" /
ar, mile in - seconds. III" Two miles m !
81 seconds tho whole distanC" 80 the rare 4
In - SECONDS, aud ther" he was going /
around again Eastern tilgai" bird ever /
flow South -
when tho other iwc,i'y-tvo horses had I
done the distance and pulled mp staggering /
AZ the stand after their perfectly idtpt'c I
efforts 60 ovcrtake Hc'lbent, Hellhcnt ]
was charging around the great track again F.
and again. and finally the own"rs ~ IN" other I
horses shouted to the buv- to rido IN" ant |
lnals right into IN" paddock, for fear IN" .
terrific black would run over some oi them, /
for II seemed A. n H"llhent never intended |
to stop making the circuit OF that race ]
course
Before the BOYS. with pslid, frightened !
count enancc~ had prodd"d th"ir weary /
horses into IN. paddock. Helltrnt had |
TWENTY-FIVE miles. and his sis-ed !
v a. becoming greater With every jump
hoy on his back was sitting a. quietly |
on the hrtiie's huck n n tho animal were |
only taking a morning hreas her, and around ,