Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

run-a run of seven miles across country
the start was too impetuous: that II
| showed a lack of generalship. and that
when II came to the finish the affair would
be tame: but II wasn't
| Brownlee said afterward that there
wasn't Il tame moment i'm the entire seven
miles. 1t was rather more wild than
tame. He felt r ght from the start that
the finish would be sensational unless the
chain cut him quite I'm two. and IT didn't
He said that when the chain had cut
far as his spinal column it could go no
further. and il stopped and chung there
but ii the only thing that did. stop.
except his breath. II was several years
later that / first met Brownies. and he
was still breathing hard. like a man who
has just been running rapidly. Brownlee
says when he shuts his eyes his legs seem
to be going.
The first mile was through underbrush
and that was lucky. for the underbrush
removed most of Brownlee's clot hing. and
put him in better running weight. but at
the mile and a quarter they struck the
road. He said at two miles he thought he
might be over-eyercising the dog and
maybe he had better stop. but the dog
seemed anxious to get home. so he didn't
stop there. He said that at three mixes he
was sure the dog was OVERRIDING. and that
with his knowledge of dogs he was per-
fectly able to stop a running dog in its
own length if he could speak to 1t. but he
couldn't speak TO this dog for two rea-
SoES one was tnat he cOuldnf ONertdke
the dog. and the other was that all the
speak was yanked out of him.
When they reached five miles the dog
seemed to think they were taking too
much time tn get home. and let out few
more laps of speed. and il was right there
that Brownlee decided that Fluff had
some greyhound blood in him.
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He said that when they reached town
an felt as if he would have been glad to
stop at his own house and lie down for
L while. but the dog didn't want to. and
so they went on. but that he ought to be
thankful that the dog was willing 10 stop
at the town AT all. The next town was
twelve miles further on and the roads
We're bad. But the dog turned into Muir
chison's yard and went right into his ken
mel.
When Murchison and Massett got home
an hour or SO later. after driving the
horse all the way at galop. they found
old Gregg. the carpenter. prying the roof
off the kennel. You see. Murchison had
knocked the rear out of the kennel the
day before. and when the dog aimed
for the front he went straight through
and. AS Brownlee was built more perpen-
dicular than the dog. Brownlee didn't go
quite through. He went in something
| Ike doubling up dollar bill to put il into
a thimbe | don't suppose any one would
want TO double up a dollar bill to put IL
into thmhle. but neither did Brownie
want to he doubled w and nut into tho
kennel 1t the dogs thought So
they had to take the kennel roof off
When they got Brownlae out they laid
him on the grass and covered him up
with "a porch rug and let him lie there a
couple of hours to pant. for that seem "A
what ne wanted TO do just then. 1t WIS
the longest period Brownlee ever spent
awake without talking about dog
Murchison and Massett and old Gregg
and twenty-sx informal guests stood
around ard gazed at Brownlee painting
Presently Brownlee able to gasp out
a few words.
'Murchison. he gasped: Murchison. if
you just had that dog In Florence-or
wherever it is they race dogs-you'd have
a fortune
He painted awhile and then gasped out:
Hes great runner: phenomenal
H had to pant more and then he
gaspod with pride:
''But | wasn't three feet behind all the
way