The hosses both cum up tew the skore in the immejiate visinity ov
each uther, and got the wurd tew go, the fust time. The gra mare waz
druv bi "Dave Larkin," and the hoss was handled bi "Ligh Turner." Tha
trotted sublimely, az clus az the Siamese twins; the mare with her hed
hi up and her noze full ov winde; the hoss waz stretched out tite,
like a chalk line; tha passed the haf mile pole simultaneously, time,
2 minnits. Now the kontost becum exsiting, "Dave" hollered, and "Ligh"
yelled--on tha kum, the mare gru higher, and the hoss gru longer--tha
make the last turn tew onst--tha look like a dubble team--the
exsitement grows more intensely--the crowd sways to and fro--the ox
cart trembles--tha cum! tha cum! sich shouting, sich yelling, sich
swearing, sich chawing terbacker, waz never herd before; the mare iz
ahed!--no, the hoss iz ahed! 'tis even, 'tis a ded hete, tha pass the
ox-kart--the hoss wins bi 3 quarters ov an inch, time 4 minnits lacking
2 seckunds.
REMARKS.
The bosses ar surrounded bi a crowd ov men, wimmin, and children. Each
party are sanguinary ov suckces. The bettin iz 2 quarts ov whiskee to
anything, on the red hoss. At this junktare the gentleman, reporter
for the Young Man's Christian Gide, propozed tew bet 75 cents that the
mare wud win the nex heat; i tuk the proposishun forthwithly, and the
steaks, bi mutual consent, was placed in mi hat and sot under the kart,
and here let me stait, before i forget it, that i haint saw the steaks
nor the hat sinse.
SECKUND HEAT.
The hosses both sho signs ov distress. The gra mare's ears hang down
the side ov her hed, like two wet rags, and the hoss rests his tale on
the ground. Tha go slola bak tew the distanse pole, and cum up agin tew
the skore, az tho tha waz yoked together. Awa tha go; the hoss a leetle
ahed. The hoss leads tew the haf mild pole in 2:30. On the bak stretch,
"Dave" went at the mare with hiz long purswader; she trots like
litening, she passes the hoss! no! she busts! she busts! and befour
"Dave" cud flatten her down tew her work, she broke from the trak and
trotted clean up tew her hips in the krambery mash. The hoss cum in awl
alone, trotting fast, and so clus down, that 2 feet ov his tale dragged
on the ground. Time ov this heat, not fur from 5 minnits. "Juise Harp"
winning, bi a quarter ov a mild. Thus ended the grate rase at "Sulphur
Flats." I immejiately started on foot for "Jamaka Rum four corners,"
bare headed, but fully impressed that, tho men, and even whiskee mite
deteryoate, the breed ov hosses must begin tew improve in that seckshun
ov the kuntry in a fu dais.
XXXVI.
'GIV THE DEVIL HIZ DUE.'
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