The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

OF cfockS- lie said SO himself, and
when the Raja spoke it was law;
also if anyonce contradicted him it was
the deuce. BY crooks" he didn't
mean pickle jars; he meant broken
down race horses. He had been A fair
mark for every racing officer in the
land. When a high priced nag threw a
splint. split a hoof or went wrong in
his wind he was sold TO Darwaza as a
special favor at a generous price. The
result was that he had a rare collection
OF antiquities in horsefiesh. Yearly
ne gave "A cup at the big meet in CAL
cUtta. and yearly he failed to win any
sort Of a cup himself
OF course he had high priced train
era man resembling a cocktail in his
genealogical makeup. Irish, Scotch
and English contributed their quota
and the result was Drake-"Dumpy'
Drake, as he was called. The only dis
tinctive national trait that had sur
vived the evolution Of Drake was an
elhpticaI English form Of speech.
The Raja had been educated at Elton
He had also attained 70 various bits Of
learning in other quarters, so he could
give expression to his establishment
and Indignation III very aristocra tic
Hindoo-English. Dumpy, who was
mere or less Of a linguist himself, used
% retire from this annual cyclonic in
tetview with a perilous regard for the
higher forms of education.
That was pretty much the state Of
things the year DarwaZa set his heart
ON winning the Pattialla cup. Raja
Pattialla. who had only been racing a
short time, had won two of his cups:
so why in the name of all the HindOo
pantheon, should he not annex one OF
Pattialla'e mugs to grace his Darwaza
palace?
The Raja saw that Dumpy was think
ing. This was usually a laborious OPP
Grafton, eating up much time. but OAR
Waza had the patience pertaining to
the Orient, so he waited. At last spoke
the trainer: IF Diablo would gallop,
Yer 'Ighness, there's nothin' in the land
would stand afore i'm"
Which nag is that, traineU2 Can't
remember. to have seen him. Didn't
know we had fast horse in the sta
bles.'
Don't think Yer 'Ighness ever saw
i'm. We bought inn from Major Gooch.
Els never run much"
Wei, don't want TO see him if he's
like that. I hate the sight of the whole
imperial lot. But can't you do some
thing with him?"
mo. Yer 'Ighness. There never was
but one man could ride 'im-Captain
Frank Johnson. He rode i'm for Ma
jor Gooch."
Then he'll never gallop for me if he
waits for Captain Frank" said the
Raja, with fine English decisiveness.
Dumpy knew that; he knew that
Jchnson's caustic tipped tongue had
laid into Raja Darwaza at the RaWal
Pindi durbaT over some fancied racing
grievance. "Diablo's turned regular
Cdnnibal, too, Yer Ighness; ed rather
heat a man nor gallop hunder i'm"
What has he been doing now. Train
e. Drake?"
'Heaten the harm ov the ridin' boy.
Yer 'Ighness. Pulled i'm bout O. the
SADDLE this mornin'. hand shook i'm like
Nipper would rat"
That's bad" remarked the Raja.
~ don't want the people eaten uD by
my horses. It's bad enough for them
TO set mauled when we're out after
tiger"
'WhatH I do with i'm, Yer Ugh
ncss?' asked Dumpy
What do we do with an elephant
when he gets bad Drake?'
Tie i'm by the ind leg to a tree. Yer
'Ighness, hand leave i'm to think hit
hover. But that won't do Diablo no
good. We've tried staTvin' i'm, an
heverythink else"
What happens the hath when he's
real bad?"
You shoot i'm. Yer 'Ighness."
We'll, you now know what to do
with this son Of Lucifer; you can ar
range the details"
When Dumpy left His Highness he /
had every intention of carrying out the
kings order about DiablO; but he got
thinking about Captain johnson. and
the longer his mind pIodded along on
that road the clearer he saw his way
TO do "A stroke of business. Also he
would be humanitarian. It would be
sin 10 shoot n fine, Outstanding Eng
lish horse whose Grandsire had won a
Derby. Why not sell him TO Captain
Frank?-that was the goal his mind
arrived at. 1t stood like "A huge white
washed fence at the end of this lane
Of thought; he could see nothing else. |
There was no need Of bothering the
Raja any more about il.
Now Captain Frank was down at |
Lucknow; two hundred miles away: but |
that didn't matter-in fact, it was all /
the better; if he could make the sale
DiablO would be that much farther off. /
That night Drake took the train for (
Lucknow TO bury cousin of his wife's. /
Dumpy had not had native servants for !
years without learning something of /
eastern diplomacy
OF course they made n deal. One
doesn't want a fancy price for a horse /
that's got 10 be shot. And Captain 1
Franks mouth had long watered for
Dlablo. for nc knew just how good a /
horse he vas and could set that good !
our OF him.
j want you 10 change his name" the
trainer said TO Captain Frank
What for?" queried the captain.
Family reasons answered Drake.
MY grandmother ho5jects TO IS
name"
'Dumpy, you're fat and your brain
lies deep" remarked johnson pleas
aruy; land 90 relieve the sensitivPness
Of your maternal ancestor I'll call him
The Dove Do you think that viii
please the old LADY,"
Him sure she'll be satisfied" said
the trainer, showing Captain Franks
check in his pocket.
III change il i'm the right way
though" continued the captain. 'Tt'H |.
cost me twenty-five rupees to give the
Calcutta stewards notice Of the change ]
III have 10 run him at some small
meeting as The Dove. late 'Diablo.'
and after that your ancestress viii
sleep easier"
Drake went back TO DarWaza with
thousand rupees IN his pocket. and the
feeling that he had saved the life of a
good hOrse-gOOd as far as speed went.
but very bad as regards temper. On
his return he found the Raja bubbllng
over with scheme to get good horse.
The plan was simple-simple for the
king. who had the means to carry IL
out. He would give the Darwaza Ruby
As prize for race 10 be run at the
Calcutta meeting. The race would be
a very swell affair and also If ,,-o,,l5