The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
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tiNiN Mdo HotuitlS else IN IT. II lQe
horse sulked, johnson would have a
good view Of the race from the rear.
They were soon away 30. a good start.
Even when the shout went up. They're
on DarWaza paid little attention. 1t
wasn't kingiy to do so. you know. But.
all the same, no movement OF the many
colored silk jacqets es aped his full,
dark eyes. He saw il all
Badger, moving like a beautiful piece
OF mechanism, was well up with the
leaders, lying handy for a rush 10 the
front when the proper time should
come The Dove was last; there could
De no doubt about that, for a good
three lengths of daylight shone be-
tween him and the nearest horse. Still
johnson made no effort. There was
plenty OF time. yet. he knew, before
they had covered the mile and three
quarters, so be The Dove took il into
ms head 10 gallop. But it looked as
though the horse meant to cut it for
the whole length of the race Half a
mile from home he was sttIl last, but
his rider sat quiet, and nursed the iron
| mouth of the sulky brute with a gentle
bit.
As they passed the old race stand.
three furlongs from the finish, some
thing happened. 1t occurred to The
Dove that his master wanted him back
there, and he set the bit hard against
his bride teeth, and, Strengthening his
neck rigid as an iron bar, laid his ears
back and galloped as though a thou
sand bees were bustling his hind quar-
ters. Captain Frank braced his face
to the cutting wind, and laid his body
close down over the working withers
OF the mad animal. He carried the
horse wide on the outside at the cor
ner; it wouldn't do to get pocketed
near the rail with a sour tempered
brute like The Dove; he would give up
running and take 10 savaging the 9th
ers. He was going at a terrific pace.
one by one they commenced to drop
by him. as he tore around the turn and
into the straight. Then three dropped
back in a bunch, looking as though
they were standing still. Ahead of him
sull were Badger and two others. AS
johnson overhauled them rapidly
mighty shout went up from the stand.
babel of voices were shouting:
what's that dark horse coming?',,
It's the Dove, He'll win in a walk,
Look at him gallop!'
Frank was muttering to himself: IF
Dove was thinking; I'm running away.
he wants to keep me back there with
the others but I'll show them. BURR
Ihat was the clamping of the bit
against the hard white of his ivory
teeth.
And he did show them. Never had
such a galIop been seen on the Calcut-
ia course. He won by a clear length
from Badger. Lord Dick thought he
mad the race well i'm hand toward the
hnish, and was trying to remember Just
what they had said the ruby was
worth, when the thunder of vicious
pounding hOOfs struck on his ear. Be
tore he could pull Badger together for
a supreme effort something dark swept
by him Ikea cloud on the outside and
won. The horse ran a quarter of a
mile before Frank could pull him up.
When he rode back to the scales to
weigh in, Lord Dick was there He
saw Johnson as he dismOunted. and
a look of blank utter amoZement came
into his placid blue eyes You john
son! Nipped me on the post. I wish
had let You 90 to jail then I'd have got |
TINS internal Darwaza Ruby"
1t had taken kingly effort on the
part OF DaTWaZa to Keep from shouting (
when the gallant brown flashed past
the judges stand. Never had he seen /
such horse in his life-neveri Secure /
MIN at once" he said to his secretary. !
And turning to the trainer. added: !
In. Drake, we want thai fellow in cur !
stable"
Dumpys-was paralyzed he could say /
nothing. He kept feeling his neck to 1
see If 1t were not already broken: they !
would hang him sure
Now 1t had happened that the raia
mad not recognized The Dove as Dia- !
olo, neither had he heard any man
say that The Dove had ever been
known as Diablo; so when the secre- /
tary came back and told him that Cap I
tain johnson didn't want TO sell the /
morse as he thought he might not suit !
his hiShness, Darwaza himself went
down to see about it. He settled the
matter in his own impeTious way. "Ex- /
anime that horse" he said to a veter- \
mary surgeon.
When the latter reported the horse /
sound "a bell, he said: THAT settles \
1t; claim him for $500 rupees"
Dumpy was quaking in his shoes.
Then. when he saw that the maharaia
did not recognize the horse. hope rose
IL his breast. and il occurred to him
that with Franks help they might vet
win that Pattialla cup that Darwaza
wanted so much. To the maharaja he
spoke thus: your ighness, this 'orse
we've got is halso ov an evil temper.
but If yer ighuess will consent to re-
quest Captain Johnson to ride i'm yer
sure Ov the Pattialla cup"
To be good enemy 20 n man he did
not like was a pleasant thing with the
raja-a proper lining; but to win the
Pattialla cup was also great thing-a
greater: for there he played against a
king, YOU see-Raja Pattialla So it
was all arranged that way. Captain
Frank rode The Dove for Darwaza.
and won the Pattiaila cup in grand
style.
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