A COMICAL RACE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2830, 18 October 1883, Page 3

A COMICAL RACE.

1 Tho following amusing incident, say > tho PitUbuiy Utockman, will be recMlec t with a smilo from thoso who romembe: r tho circumstance personally. Whetho: k tho story is ontircly true or not we ar< unablo to say, but wo havo been assuret by those who ought to know that such ai occurrence did roally happen. Wo giv< ' it as an illustration of somo of tin ridiculous as well as ludicrous feature t attending the racecourse of earlier times " Somo forty yeara ago tho managers o :> a racecourso near Brownsvillo, Pa., oi n tho Monogahola, published a notico of y race, ono milo heats, on a particular day 7 for a purso of 100 dols., ' froo for any c thing with four legs and hair on.' i c man m tho neighborhood named Hay '■ had a bull ho was m tho habit of ridin ls to mill with bis bags of corn, and ho di '> termincd to enter him for the race. II said nothing about it to any ono, but h l- rodo him around tho track several times j." on several moonlight nights, until th j bull had tho ' hang 'of the ground prett c well, and would keep tho right course , 9 Ho rode with spurs, which tho bu i B considered disagreeablo, so much s y that ho always bellowed when the woro applied to his sides. Th j- morning of tho race Hays camo upon th m ground on horseback— on his bul d, Instead of a saddle he had a dried o it hide, tho head part of which, with t): ln horns still on, he had placed on the bull rump. Ho carried a short tin horn i '. n his hand. He rodo to tho judges' stan and offered to enter his bull for tho race at but the owners of tho horsea that wei lis entered objected. Hays appealed to tl 1( j terms of tho notico, insisting that his bu h e had ' four legs and hair on,' and th P y therefore ho had a right to entor hir. After a good deal of swearin •c, tho judgos declared themsoivos to 1 m compelled to deoido that tho In vo had tho right to run, and w t»' enterod accordingly. When tho time f ft starting arrived tho bull nnd tho hois I' took their places. Tho horse-racors we "" out of humor at being botherod with tl •" bull, and at tho burlestjiio which tin

en supposed was intended, but thought that "° it would bo over as soon as tho horses to started. When tho signal was given they ut did start. Hays gave a blast with his f ' 9 horn and sunk his spurs into tho side of a j tho bull, who bounded on with a torriblo Ir bawl at no trifling speed, tho dried ox-hido aa flapping up and down and rattling at ft every jump, making a combination of ( j ) noises that had never been heard on a race- - 3f course. Tho horses all flew from the r r track, every one seeming to bo seized with io a sudden determination to take tho ;o shortest cut to get out of tho Redstone ly county, and not ono of them could bo i» brought back m timo to save their dißlo tanco. Tho purso was given to Hays. 10 A general row onsucd ; but the fun of n tho thing put tho crowd all on tho side of '° tho bull. Tho horsemen contended that cl they wero swindled out of their purae, '" and that if it had not been for Hays' horn and ox-bido, which ho ought not to d have been permitted to bring upon 10 tho ground, tho thing would not p havo turned out as it did. Upon d this Haya told them that his bull o could beat any of their horses anyhow, v and if they would put 100 dols against tho cl purso ho would take off tho ox-hido and o leavo his tin horn and rim a fair raco ■' with them. His offer was nccopted and 0 tho monoy staked. Thoy ngain took n their places at tho starting-post, and tho ° signal was given. Hays gave tho bull another touch with his spur, and tho bull f gavo a tremendous bellow. The horses remembered tho dreadful sound, and n thought all the rest was coming as before. „ Away they went again, m spite of all tho exertions of thoir riders, whilo Hays n galloped his bull around tho track and 3 won tho money." 0 ~^~" "^~ " ~~" m " **" *~ *~ 1 Don't Die i.v Tin: House. — " Rough on r Rats " clears out rats, mice, booties, roaches, n bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jacli--0 rabbits, pophers. Moses, Moss and Co., 0 Sydney, general ngonts.— [AnvT.] t Skinny Men.— "Wells' Health Ttcnewer" r restores: henltli ami viffor, cures Dyspepsia, a Impotence, Debility. Mosos, Moss and Co., Sydney, general agents. — [Ai>VT. I L Wells' "Rouoii ox " Corns " — Ask for r Wells' " Rough on Corns." Quick relief, 8 complete permanent cure. Corns, warts, 1 bunions. Moses, Moss ami Co., Sydney, t general njrents. — [Advt 1 (1) f Thk Bad and Worthless aro never imi--9 tated or counterfeited. This is especially truo ; of a family medicine, an<l it is positive proof f that the remedy imitated is of tho highest f value. As rooii ns it had been tested and | proved by tho whole world that Hop Bitters was Die purest, best, and most valuable family '. medicine on earth, mnuy imitations sprunp np ' and began to steal the notices which tho Press 1 ami tho people of tho country had expressed 3 tho merits of 11. 8., ami m every way trying I to induce suffcrinjj invalids to use their stuff 7 instead, expecting to mako money on tho 3 credit and good name of H. B. Many others i started nostrums put up m similar stylo to H. , It., with variously devised names, m which tho : word " Hop "or " Hops " wore used m a way I to induce people to believe they wero tho same " as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies | or euros, no matter what their stylo or name 1 is, anil especially thoso with the word " Hop " » or " Hops " m their name, or m any way con- , nocteil with them or their name, arc imitations ; or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch i noun of them. Uso nothing lmt genuine ! American Hop Jiitters, with a bnnch or cluster of green Hops on a wluto label, and Dr. Soulu's name blown m tho glass. Trust ' nothing else. Druggists and Chemists aro ■ warncil against dealing m imitations or coun- ; tcrfeits.— ;A«lvt.] (1)