The sun., 1910-06-26

y-y-yuh sold T-T-ThOmpson' = j-iust gone
. t-t-through a plate E-glass Wv window
I pU NM Main street
'ii appeared that Thompson was driv-
/ ing the black horse double with a nice
sort of a bay gelding when a small boy
threw a piece of tin INTO the street, The
sun flashed ON it and the black horse took
, 70 the sidewalk. carrying his mate with
/ him. On through the front of a store
was the next move. and whom Patterson
, got uptown the place was a wreck The
black horse had cut himself up badly.
Thompson was game and never said
a word when he met Patterson the next
dny That wash Z his way Of getting hunk.
Ne had a smile for Patterson every time
he met him
1T happened about this time that a mule
man came b town with a cargo % sell
I and he put up at Patterson 3. He had
: pretty good looking sort of a bay gelding
with him and he conlided - the stahleman
/ that he could step some. but that nobody
living could keep hs legs from swelling
They would stock up until 70 looked a.
: though he had elephnntiasis IN all four
/ of them Ne told Patterson that he would
; bo glad 90 get SIS for him. and as that
WORTH prided himself on getting horses
, feet and legs in condition and this seemed
like a chance 70 pull Of something Pattar-
son bought him.
-He began bv giving the Relding a
cooling diet of clover and grass. and after
thorough course ~ physic. together
with hand rubbing and bandaging. the legs
came down n normal condition. Slow
| Jogging was then the order Of the day
/ The horsa had a good way of gong and
could trot a mile in 2.tS handily and show
pieces Of a mile AZ a much faster clip.
NOW Il happened that Thompson had
picked up a pretty smart mare up near
/ Atlanta and one morning the two horse
men met On the road They bade each
: other the time of day and logged along
/ for n nile OF 80.
Let's step them along. said Thomp-
| son. chcking % his mare.
! Patterson. who could outdrive the
BaltimOreau. got his horse On hts tres
quickly and carried the mare D. a break
/ going right along . town and jogging
| . his stable In an hour NJ ~ ThOmps1n
came around and offered % t'ado a team
for the bav. They werc a useful tnam taat
would do 20 hack and % didnt take long
- make the trade
I wish could tell YOU what Thompson
said fhe next morning when he went
around - the ba-n - look up his prize
Tho new horses legs were t1a size " four
ordinary legs and he tlon and there swole
| Of trading horses or dealing IN them
% far a. Patterson was concerned
-One 81 tle sympathizers with Thomp-
son was rival ~ Patt tarson's. whose
place was almost across tle st Get He
talked a great deal about how the Balu-
moFean had heen deceived
This mans name was Dola1 NJ some
thing that sounded like that and he had
alwavs a good horsa IN MS ban Pattor-
s,s, haN 1suwW vrnnNrA a. faE. n.IaVt tUa
camp and finally on one ot his trips
New York hf ran across a bic roar 70 ID
ing that could trot close q 73ItIrpN timef
This horse was the beet sort 1f a ratc1
Is he had an eXcresconce or growth o7
the front Of one Of his rurpfcCt tlat made
him present a most ungainly a1pea a1co
He had a foot the sire of a dinner plat
anyway. and this yrowtn add-d q tis
apparent aWkwardness n the horss
. whose stage name was I.aft Bower %
sonnet ling that sounded very much like
that
Patterson gave 81 ON for him and put
him On the Charleston boat There wa
a dealer In mules there who made trip,
into North Carolina and Patterson took
him into the secret. making arrangement
% have tho roam sent along with the next
b shipment 10 his town When the consi gn
nlent came they were put up AZ auction
at DOlans and the dealer offered the roar
% Dolan and several others for 500
hut nobody wanted him
Patterson showed up ono day and saiC
that he rather thought the roam geldini
, would pay 90 handle and that he nigh
/ make a trntter all Of which brought on
a good laugh at his expense. Patterson
apparently nettled. promptly bought th'
roam and took him across the street
The horses training began the next dal
and DOlan and his friends laughed ever
time they saw the gelding being jOgge'
or walked
-Patterson soon began 70 drop hint
that his new purchase was a trotter an,
that he could beat anything IN town
DOlan and his friends were up on the hi
, In a minute and a match for $500 wa
, arranged. Dolan naming a mare that ha'
cleaned up everything in that part ~ IN
i country Tor some time Feeling raj
, pretty high around town and before m
. day Of the race came around there wer
half a dozeG fights and probably $500
had been wa gered on the event.
The roam grlding outrlassed the mar
, from three 10 iive seconds 20 the mile an
, Il was only a case of stepping on In tn
lead and staying there thrse times in Urde
, 20 clean up. Patterson drove the hi
, footed iellOW himself and be- was lOokin
around all through tho stretch.
, That roam gelding was cock ot the wal
around that town until he was sold
|, couple Of years later and he more thai
paid Tor HE keep AZ the county fair.
, II you should 60 70 that town to-day an
, ask any Old gTaybsard who was iamilia
with local happeninRs about 1870 Whethe
, Charlie Patterson needed a guardial
when Il came 10 a horse deal he woul
probably close ono eve and remark tina
he wouldn't need one half ~ much az N
fellow whO went up against him Oh
! Patterson knew his way around All right ,