Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-04-10

attached the victim OF his cruelty 70
the rope directly over the path.
| On each side Of the gander was sta
toned q man whose oiiice it was 70
lash toward any horse which might
linger there Tor q moment; tor Oy the
rules Of 4he ring. all pulling Was 70
be done u . brisk canter.
i The word gas now gwen ior tne
| competitors 10 mount ana tAke tneiI
places in the risx> EagnI appearea
-iah AubIey zin. n'''in'ea upon os'a.
" Spitnre; Aren soem, nunsu
on Bull and ingons NonAp'sI. Na-
than Perdew, ON Hell IaE james
DICKSON, On Nsgser;; Datia " 'si'ea's'
on 1riairon sa1 = "a'<ets -
Sioueh; 0orham bosIHick, oh 'n'-
iet, and turner haminonu' ON
sum-
Come, gentlemen, saia Coui-
mandant rrator, iaii In. All y.
you git behind one anolner, SORT o
IN a row.
/ All come into the track very KIND
iy but Sally Spittire ana Sfsnlron.
The former, as soon as she saw q
general movement OF horses, took ~
for granted there was mischief Drew
ing, and, because she eonld not tell
where 1t lay, she concluded IL lay
everywhere, and therefore took
fright at everything.
Gridiron was grave horse; but
a suspicious eye which he cast to
the right and left, wherever he NOV
ed, showed that he was wide
awake, and that nobody better
not go fooling with him as his
owner sometimes used to say He
took sober but rather intense view
OF things; insomuch that in his aon-
temptations he passed over fGe
track three times before he could
be prevailed upon to stop in it.
de stopped at last, however;
and when be was made TO under
stand that this was all that was re-
quired of him for the present, he
surrendered his suspicious at once,
with u eosntenance which seemed
plainly TO say; "Oh, If this is all
you want, I've no objection to i'll"
1t was long before Miss Spitfire
could be prevailed upon to do the
like.
Get another horse, Zube. T"
said one; "Sal will never do for "a
gander-pullin'."
Il won't" said Zube. ''If she
won't do I'll make her do. i want
a nag that goes off with a spring;
so that, when | get hold, she III
cut the neck in two likeasteel trap.
At length Sally was rather flung
than coaxed into the track, directly
ahead of Gridiron.
Nov. gentlemen. said the mas
ter Of ceremonies. mo mans to
make a grab till all's been once
around; and when the men are got
round, then the whole twist and
tucking of you grab away as you
come under-tLook here, Jim Full
ger' you better not stand too close
to that gander. l tell youl)-one
after another Now blaze away
ethe command for an onset OF every
kind Win people ni tins order
on they went, MISS sally delight
ed; Tor she now thought the whole
parade would END IN nothing more
nor less than her iavorite amuse-
ment, a race. ButGrio'ron visage
pronounced this the most nonsensi-
cal business that ever horse OF
sense was engaged in since the
worio began.
FOR the hrst three ROUNDS zuoiey
was wholly occupied IN restraining
Sally to her place, but ne lost moth
ing oy this, ior the gander had es-
capped unhurt. On completing his
third round, Zube reached forth his
long arm, grabbed the gander by
the neck with firmness which
seemed likely to defy goose-grease,
and at the Same instant he involtfu-