Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-24

Don't play in the center. There's n bog
there. ! don't know how their ext four
are going to behave, but We kept the
| ball hanging and made 'em lather for
| nothing Who goes out? Two Arabs and
a couple of country BREEDS! That's bad
| What a comfort 1t is to wash your mouth
out!'
Kitty was talking with neck Of a
llnther-covered soda water bottle between
her teeth. and trying to look over her
wthers at the same time. This gave her
IA very coquetish air.
whats bad?" said Grey Dawn, giving
to the girth and admiring his we'll set
shoulders.
You Arabs can't gallop fast enough
to keep themselves warm-thats what
Kitty means" said Polaris. limping to
show that his hook needed attention,
Are YOU playing back, Grey DAWN"
Looks Ike IT," said Grey Dawn,
Lutycns swung himself up. Powell
mounted The Rabbit. plain bay country
bred much like Corks. but with muslin
ears. Mcnamara took Faiz-rllah. a
handy, short backed little red Arab with
+ lang tall, and Hughes mounted Benami
aN old and sulen brown beast, w..o
! stood over In front more than a polo
pony should.
| "Benam looks like business" said
Shiraz. "lIow's your temper, Ben? The
old campalgner hobbled Off without an
| swcrng, and The Maltese Cat looked at
the new Archangel ponies prancing about
on the ground. They were four beautiful
| blacks. and they saddcd big enough and
strong enough to eat the Skidars' team
and gallop away with the meal inside
them.
= "Blnkers again" said The Maltese Cat.
r Good enough
Y 'Tney're chargers cavalry chargers"'
Z said Kittiwynk, Indignantly. They'll
e never see thirtcen-throe again"
v They've all been fairly measured. and
y they've all got their certificates" said
g The Maltese Cat. "or they wouldn't be
T. here We must take things as they come
r along and keep your eyes on the ball"
+ The game began, hut this time the
y Skdars were penned to their own end of
if the ground, ard the watching ponies did
n not approve of that.
d 'Faiz-t llah Is shirlting-as usual" said
!, Polaris. with n scornful grunt
D. "Faiz-tllah Is eating whip" said Corks
= They could hear the lcather-thonged pole
n quirt lacing the little fellows wcn-round
a ed barrel Then Tho Rabbits shrill neigl
X came across the ground
Il II cant do all the work. he cried des
70 peratey.
s. play the game--don't talk" The Nal
,. tese Ca; whickcred; and all the ponle.
o wrigglrd with excitement and the sol
% diers ana the g;ooms gripped the railing.
u and shouted. bla TX pony with blinker.
10 had singled out Odd Benami. and vas in
e terferine with him in every possible way
IT They could ste Benami sinking his hcac
a up and down, and Tapping his unaer Up.
le "There'H be fell In a minute" sale
It Polars. 'Bcnami is getting stuNy"
II The game fliCkered up and down be
~ tween the goal post and goal pest an,
is the black ponies were getting mere conf
rs dent as they felt they had the legs o
r, the others. The ball was hit out of
1s little scrimmage, and Benam and Tn
Rabbit followed IT, Faiz-Ullah only to-
TX glad To be quiet for instant.
y, The blinkered black pony came up Tx
hawk, with two of his own side benin
h. him, and Benami's eye glittered as h
Is raced. The question was which pom
rs should make way for the other. for eac
ut rider was perfectly willing to risk IA
IT, in good cause. The black, who ha
ed been driven nearly crazy by his blinker.
OF trusted to his weight and his temper
s. but Benam knew how to apply hi
h weight and how to keep his temper The
IN met, and there was a cloud of dust. III
t. black was lying on his side all IN
he breath knocked out of his body Tn
III Rabbit a hundred yards up I'll
he ground with the ball. and Benami wa
a sitting down. He had slid nearly te
ss yards on his tail. but he had had his re
ay vcnre, and sat cracking his nostrils II
nd the black pony rose.
ne That's what you get for intcrfcrln
DO you want any more" said Benam
ey and he plunged into the game. Nothin
as was done that quarter. because Fa.i
>" U'llah would not galop. though Macnf
We mara beat him whenever he could spar
n a second, The fail OF the black pony ha
et impressed his companions tremendous.
and so the Archangels could not profit /
I'D Fa!z-Tlah's bad behavior.
ny But The Maltese Cat said who
time" was called, and the four can
ng back blowing and dripping. Faiz-Clla
els ought to have been kicked all round Tn
cy balla. If he did not behave better ne!
ris time The Maltese Cat promised to pu
III, out his Arab tail by the roots and--eat
KS, | INere was no time LOT tdlk lOr u
it, third four were ordered out.
The third quarter OF a game is gene
is, ally the hottest. FOR each side thinks TIN
of the others must be pumped and mo
nix of the winning play In game is mac
about that time.
Lutyens took over The Maltese G.
I'd with a pat and hug. for Lutyens valu,
III him more than anything else in Il
world: Powell had Shikast, a little CT,
lat rat with no pedigree and no manners on
he side polo; Mcnamara mounted Bambo
the largest Of the team and Hugh
MS who's Who, alias The Animal He W
ul supposed to have Australian blood In L
w. veins hut he looked like a clothes hors
,sh and YOU could whack his legs with
iron crowbar without hurting him,
zee. They went out to meet the very flow
my of the Archangels team. apd VIII
nj Who's Who saw their elegantly boot
ron legs and their beautiful satin skins.
grinneG grin through his light we
It worn bride.
re- MY word" said Who's Who, "V
lex must give EN- little football. The
It'll gentlemen need rubbing down"
the $50 biting said The Maltese G;
a warningly: for once or twice in his G.
reer Who's Who had been known to fc
ed. get himself in that way
Q a "Who said anything about biting? |
,ny not playing tiddly-winks I'm playi