The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
4 SIMPLE HORSEMAN He
YET BROUN HID Hh ar
WINNING GRONNRO MS RICES
CamPalSninE Win quarter Horses In the
west and south WITH the OBJECT Of
Trimming the Other IrllO~ IN
Indiana Natrh and It, Onto sequel.

one day recently -htlugs 30 my memory
recollectIons of IA" good Did days when
YOU could match q quarter hor-" ~ al
most any crossroads m IN" West and
Southwest and Won w"r" liable 20 u"
trimmed al.uut as often a. Won trimmed
the other fellow. Tor ~ was part 81 th"
religion u tups" p~op" "a mat region
70 hs -,,dy 10 hold their own dutng any
thing They believed with all their
hearts thar tn. Lord h-ll,- thn~" who hciu
themselves
NV good friend Brown aud had
rluCk-d - f-~ pigeons along the Atlantic
coast and incidentally "" had lost some
~ our own plumage IA Mississippi. where
oar feelings wrr. hurt somrw hat by
people Who not only took our money
hgt limited that their success had heen
mainly achieved through their superior
training ability They conceded that our
horses were better than theirs but they had
outtrained the firm 81 Patterson \ Brown.
and that was bitter pail 20 swallow
we decided 20 try new pastures and
shipped into indiana. where there wer.
in those DAYS some mighty smart quarter
horses bat nothing the equal Of a nag in
our string. though he had been beaten IN
VI lssisslppi through fiuke. We halted
AZ Cambridge city and gave It out that
We we're on the lookout for some smart
animals. principally horses with turn Of
speed though We were prepared 20 pick
up an odd carriage or saddle horse II
really high class animal should he
encountered
You all know how solemn and innocent
Brown looks naturally We'll on the
occasion ~ our visit Q" Cambridge city
II seeWed 10 me that he had never APP
neared more guleles- We made friends
around town. were pretty good customers
NJ the har ! did the drinking Tor Patter-
ron 4 Brown for reasons which will ap-
near later on m INV story. and though
there was plenty NJ opportunity 20 talk
quarter horse neither Of us said a word
rntil one evening \ prominent resident
~ Cambridge City coaSrd Brown
into consenting 10 run one IL our -ldil"
horses against a mare he owned
just for fun was the way he yut u
Al frst though subsequently he wanted
to hei 500
y happened along casually shortly
sfter Brown had made the race rud I
unbranded him sham"fullv for burning
~ our money finally walking Eway
Brown followed me ~ ~" stable whore
our horses were put up aad I slipped
him n roll Of money Tie had on long
hnen dIztAr such az country folks w"Ir
N The summer time and before -"turuinE
~ tho hotel whore IN" local hor~aman
was holding forth he put few chunks
~ lead into ms pockets You know Brown
rsve- weighed more than icu mounds
A
inches in his socks
.Nh~n n" cam" INTO the room whore
quite a crowd had gathered having heard
~ the proposai rar". Brown wanted -
beg Of saving 'Hr' had threatened tn
dissolve partnership II N" match was
run Tho more no begged tho stTncha-
the other man was and finally uut" re-
luctantly Brown uut up MS hundred
dollars The l.'ai sh7rV@T covered "
End tn" money was pur ~ tho hands ~
'hA hotel proprietor a. stakeholder
That's forfeit IT sIuI - 4 ~" local
man and tho dav ~ the race v" will
post N. other hundred
y wish Won could has" heard Rrnwu
plead and beg Patterson oer'r nlv would
quit HIM now ha -ald aud another thing
Re hqA no jockey
'Tha' would h. all right 'hs !oca man
sad Ne hid a ualRhhor who had = son
that could ride very we'll and no would
get him n take o. mount Bu' Brown
argued that his hor=., wa- yo-v hari To-
h.-dI" s7d that 10 would p-oterlv ~.
con pellod n ~.fs himself How much
did ho weigh Fully 100 pounds - be-
stood Oh 'ha' could 10 p--rugal n
n. a.
how ~ equal We. sh' Who worked lr w."
stable
'Thsv won't 20 \ no rhro-iu- g-orerv
s'o-e and -u-" enough Brown r,pu.d
~" ham r' 40 Roth sI1ns got ro,dv
'"- ~" match and III" Vhu'.. town vukn
m Tho ay"u' hrolrh' ruful..- ~
srorts frorn ou' ~ town and some wen
cama at from F"utuo.v. r'u..~ 'rarn
the M Whose ~" I. -eoallnI bv mar
Nlo-kr h'rl' olrs'rur rol' over thor.
II" had r,c"d a-nI Ut mo once and 'h..
10 saw m" he sang out. H"i'o
=" giving 800 u1rro I usually raced
NJ -s"s under though wall saw thr' I
p ssur1ad = ntw"orlv Naolus. Z vas, Gov.
eminent oTicial ~ homo and wanted -
en'ov nv 'aror.'" sr.r' .riar onvor
80 & wore T. was nr' though d.srr. -
10 cunning ,r =" sep.lro ANYTHING a.
vh ich thought rosn 2 entitled
= tipr~d p vlrZ =, mo man from Ken
'..~kv ar1 h. 'ao-rd y INTO tho -r.Ud
-Nich lsr0mcd tna r.In'rv road whore
the rare vas .. 10 - rrr q Few min.
u'Hs heard l.m "Tar.ng o. 10, ~ our
horre and - al-er ver" The local fellows
~ get some = We good thing that he va.
~ rr0unded ~ moment Nf'ar No had 4