The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11


th" crowd on th" other Side 81 the tree
tined road He Covrrcd hi- mouth with
a FREQ kl"d and hairy hand 10 hide a smile
that threatened Co become a guhaw
Tn" f"nc-- along tho road Tor 'nn yao,is.
"a" distance - che rac' wore covered
vl'h p"uph' and m" rnsds,d" was vol
rtyh lmpaSsahIe. n Ian" fifteen feet VIA"
through which tho horses were t. pa.s
o.. ing kept cl"ar 10y ma-shaIs A. Brown
q" forward. his long legs dangling and
m" rims held lun-,'ly. he seemed 80 in
uuc"ut and uuwa-y that I could not trust
myself To- hook az IN" kontucklan. who
knew WAS enjoying III. situation quite
a. much a. | was
Ia" "ulpr'd lad had his work cut out
Tor him from m" moment they threw
him into m" saddle In. hursa ctIrve't..d
and rra'cd. and tho hoy kept hiS seat
only through an exhibition 81 skill which
h-iuk "n"d him no ordinary hors-man
oar horse Vas ready a!waYs he and
Brown working In perfect harm puy
I'm" aud time again they scored aud
all m" whIl" the home horse was i"com-
ing hotter and more high temrLrcd
The owner finally asked Icrmi~sinn -
turn his horse, and from the appearance
IT hi' face a. he stepped forward for tho
task he krew that his money wa, gone
Browns skill In handling his mount and
the I@rfeCi manners 81 our candidate
mat" IL plain 10 ali and there were many
quarter hor-. eNp.rt- In IN" crowd that
" was an rNI@rien ~d rider and a horse
of unusual merit they were up against.
Finally they w"r. away with Brown
IN the lead. and the raS. was over right
han - .VrNa Il h -
Door grace. and II was biniAd more OF lrs-
broadly that IL wouldn't he healthy for
IA 10 tarry too long IA town A. We had
the money We were rothlnR loath To sX-
change Indiana for Ohio. and "A few dAyz
later found We snugly located in pros-
p-rous town in the interior II that stat"
not "A hundred miles from Columbus
u had few pretty smart trutters az
home and was ALWAYS wllling to pick up a
four cornared fellow n know where one
could ~ found We had t-.en IN town
perhaps ten DAYS and I had made several
excursions into the country In quest Of
likely material, when urun coming home
one evening Brown CCntidpl - me that
b" Thought things were -hapiug them
s-.l,e - for match.
Their" was pretty smart ml-' owned
ir-i out of town and in r..-pufss To "A few
hints that w. had something good in our
string there cam a PROPOSAL to run 81
wards for $500 W.. each nut rlp "A forfeit
" s2oo and few davz later | went over
near the Indiana border tn look ~ a roam
trntt"r that could do ~ thr,... tinas on n
half mile hull ring was washing INV
hands in the hack room ~ a country hotel
PREPARATORY 20 going In 10 dinner when
thought heard familiar voices outside az
tho har
Made match have vou' was query
thai fOat.d INV wav
vs. fer $50 with "A man named Brown
ha
What d,ra ha look like cam, tho
tr-t voice again
\ simple sort of fellow quite tall and
with one aye
Simnle hsv' was IN" answering r4-
tor Oh. ves. brown simpl" all nEh'
Saw YOU ~ bat. YOUR, t.a' right now
-nsakad ON me hack wav htcnai
." NV hor-~ and wa- or nv wav when NJ.
dinner ball was "alliuC tho bunch 'o 'h.
'apl" ! lost no tlrn' Ia getting tntpvu.
AMI 'olG Brown that ~ mi gu' ~ veil ga'
r-aiv ." move. for ! kr.v what Wa cow
ing - IA" newt CAV ". were told thai
a.. could k-., ',lp Sguu aud 'u-r.. wei, a
f"w g"u'l. reminders hat IA. stalls ~.
ugcuUl.t would b. u....tai
! think Though 'rH' BruVu's CrOV ulug
- pr' came son ry hs' earlier IN h.s ca-.ar
He had picked ~ = 70 lttl. horse NOT
much more the lt2 hands and kept hun
pT''tv well unde- cover breaking hin,
80 harness and using han ~ a sort - gen
get purp"s" Puirrs' n there vas ~
e -rPud ~ ba rrIn Buttons the naua ~"
l''ls fellow guf from Mrs RrpNn when h."
was irSt hrDugh' horr" was pr'.Ss..d into
eTNI," and -marf a. ! considered my-ef
thp-~ dev- ] WT~n'' On - IN" faC' thai
the little chm could fiA''.n out like
rye quarter hors. hIsr until Brown in
NIf.d i've 10 ses him step one morning
He had VA" p.cul,s- ohuruinC motion
VIth his tail seen DDrE -tpnsllv ~ guarts-
hUrs. fsWilIsS and hs short Ices 'gIrlv
=" nkl~d when J." 90 doNn 10 business
There uPs 49, old chan in an adiF~sr'
own N South Caru'tua Who nsN-r los
an oppn tuntv 20 iaLe q fng A. ~ aud
~ han Ne made a nP'ch t. rtIn oar pony
for a couple ~ hundred 20 side agalnSr
ND-Ss - sDu" -sru'a'lru hundred
~ les or 49, NJ ~" Sta'" 30 lrs' no time N
prpph.Sving tha' WevDrid NJ. Darfen and
sDffndiy - the
"" Ns~. taa'en an r zh' enough and
..r rgr way lpW" -" pIf up A. tho to0u
= i"r" nIr Pa"rrIpI= friend lived ""
bod -'av.'''v p .-'i'i'ri our HORSES down tho
"r"u'rr nd he'd uu- surp"r before ~"
uld oHrr 9pp"....i ~" vAS yrinning
gN' chew ny We. straw
t'"' l'r' diHr' ynu'' Vas his salu
f~''ou ! know d You'd pct - Why
'h~' brl' - ypGr- rl''' '"L' srvip.iv
"" can har' auvf'IuC round hess
= griuE- va Browns answer h"fpr" I
u,uld -"v Hori
~ 81 ~ old f-llp~ 90 r.a. Won
FOR 'O"ntv fv" ~ 'h" r"tiv o,m.-
l,a"k
-W"'l 'hev made match ~ run 'Va
DAYS It'"r aud q" lost BrDpu rod. aud
n'lD"s- cod nuoh ors~'fpllep ~ ~" rutrp'u-
When ha disuoun'ei be- looked hi horse
over carefully a. though irvine 10 fgu,"
uu' Hov N" had baen laa'en shaking -
head he said
Il m not satisfied and ~ nm Won Tor
another fweufv- Eve In half an hour
That was lemon pia Tor our onronan'
aud tho money was pIt up ~ once Brown
.p"ked ready ~ cry when he saS heptap
worse han ~ the frat essay and he 81
- leading 'he black Donv apparently
- AiscOnsolafe ss though he had lost
% "-"'NinC ~ which no was noSAessad
That evening the old follow came
2 -oTnd =" oar ruart"rS - gloat He wac
DOkrnr q lo' e fun a. ~ ard our non
"a hen RroWn vanturei Tho ouinion that H..
hough' the pOnv was NJ MS frrIa form and
'ha' with y reasonable time 80 prs.
rare him ne could beat his conpuerer ~
~" nf'srnoOn unite hRndily
GIVE Won Rll the time Won want and
ran YOU Tor $50 was the old fellows
r,'.l~ 10 'his
n 60 YOU said Brown counting on,
BIZ money and handing - ~ me n the
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