The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
TROT'I[NG AND PAGING RACE
Cy Hoskins Has a Exciting Epsri- sncs While on His Way to tho Co. Seat! Not Injured but
 Nearly Scared to Dsth

Cy Hoskins, our estimable townsn1an and one of our most respeckted citi- zens, had exciting experience last Thursday, which he, says he will not repeat again even by request.
 Cy and his wife thort that they would take a trip to the Go. Seat in the pung to do some shopping Glen Weathersby, prop. of our General Store, says that Cy and his wife ort to be ashamed of theirselves not to patronize home trade). Cy desired to make as good a show as possible, SO he hitched up to the pung his trotting horse Jim and his pacing mare Jimmy. In the past Cy has entered vile Fairs and he has went mile as fast as 4 nirits and a half. Jimmy can't pace that fast but paces as fast as she can. Cy ain't never druv these two speeders together, but thort he would do so on this occashion, just for the sake of variety.
 We'll, he had hard time getting the two to stand still till Mrs. Hoskins could get in the pung, fix the fur robe around her and get her feet on the hot soap stone which she had het tip to keep them warm with. It was a cold crisp morning and the horses were skit- tish and ful1 of ginger, but finally Cy and Maria got fixed, and then they went towards the Go. Seat making the snow fly like everything.
 When they got half way down Teck's Hill, Jim he struck his trotting stride and tried to keep his nose ahead of Jinny's. This seemed to kind of wake up Jimmy to a sense. of her res 'si- bilities as a paeer, and taking the bit in her teeth, as much as to say she'd be doggoned if she'd let any trotter beat her pacing, she started in to get ahead of Jim Coming so fast through the wind had nearly froze Cy's face offen him, and he said his hands was SO cold pullin' on the reins he couldn't scaircely hold them in his fingers. Cy pressed his feet against the front of the pung and pulled and hawled and sawed on the reins in a effort to stop Jim and Jimmy but he said he might as we'll of pulled against a locomotive.f By this time Jimmy had overtuk Jim and they was going neck and neck, then to make matters worse, Jim had broke into a run in ord~- '-~o ahead of Jimmy. wh;cn seemed to rifle up the little mare, who went offen her feet and also broke into a lope Cy said he never seen two horses run so fast in all his life. Rt this time Maria had also laid holt on the lines herself, and her and Cy was pulling for dear life to stop the horses. At the bottom of the hill Jim got SO far ahead of Jimmy that he skewed the pung around sideways and crowded the little mare into the deep snow along side the road. As soon as one runner went up on the snowbank, over went the pung, bottom side up, and out went Cy and Maria into a conglomerated heap. Cy helt onto the reins and man. aged to stop the horses As for Mrs. Hoekins, she was a good deal shook up, and give Cy a turrible laying out for taking Der out in the pung and risking her fife and limb behind two sich un- ruly beasts as them. Cy tried to coax her to go on to the County Seat, but sine wouldn't do 1t, she wouldn't even ride back home, but walked every step of the way back to Bingville madder than wet hen, while Cy druv the hor- ses back in a slow walk and put them into the stable, postponing his trip to the Go. Seat to a more propitious sea son. Cy says it will be colder day