Year: 1866




A KBuIE Against Race Horses.


Some forty years ago the managers
of race course near Brownsville, on
the Monongahela, published a notice
of Il race, one mile heats, on particu-
lar day, for a purse Of Sl00. Free TOR
anything with tour legs and hair on"
A man in the. neighborhood named
Hayes, had bull that he was in the
habit of riding to mill with his bag Of
corn, and be was determined to enter
him for the race.


He said nothing about it to any one,
but he rode him around the track Il
number Of times on several moonlight
nights, until the bull had the hang Of
the ground pretty well, and would
keep the right course He rode with
spurs, which the bull considered disa-
greeable, so much so that he always
beloved when they were applied to
his fianks.


On the morning of the race Hayes
came upon the ground.ou horseback -
on his bull. Instead Of a saddle he had
a dried OXhide, the head part of which,
with the horns still on, he had placed
on the bulls rump. He had a short
tin horn in his hand He rode to the
Judges stand and offered to enter his
bull for the race; but the owners of
the horses that were entered objected


Hayes appealed to the terms of the
notice, insisting that his bull had -four
legs and hair on, and that he had
right to enter him After a good deal
Of swearing, the Judges declared them.
selve compelled to decide that the bull
had the right to run: and was entered
accordingly. When the time for start
ING arrived, the bull and horses took
their places TIE horse-racers were
out of humor at being bothered with
bull, and at the burlesque which they
supposed was intended, but thought it
would be over as soon as the horses
started.


| When the signal was given they did
I start-Hayes gave blast Of his horn,
and sunk his spurs into the sides of
the bull, which bounded off with u ter
ribte ba4vl, at no trifing @peed, the
dried OK hide tapping up and down
and rafting at every jump, making u
! combination of sounds that had never
! been heard on Il race course before -
! The horses all flew the track, every
one seemed to be seized with sudden
| determination to take the shortest cut
to get out of the RedstOne country,
and not one of them could be brought
back in time to save their distance.
The purse was given to Hayes.


A general row ensued, but the fun OF
the thing put the crowd on the side OF
the bull The horsemen contended
that they were swindled out of thcI
purse, and had it not been for Hayes
horn and OK hide, which he oug ght not
to have been permitted to bring on the
ground, the thing would not have turn,
ed out as it did. Upon this Hayes told
them his bull could beat their horses
anyhow, and if they would put up Il
hundred dollars against the purse he
had won he would take off the OK hide
and leave the tin horn, and run fair
race with them.


His offer was accepted and the mon.
ey staked; they again took their place
at the starting post, and the signal was
given. Hayes gave the bull another


touch with the spur, and the bull gave


a tremendous below.


The horses, remembering the dread


full sound, thought all the rest was
. coming as before. Away they wen
again in spite of the excrtions of theiI
f riders, while Hayes gallopcd his bul
around the track, and won the money