. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. sades of Fort Benton. It was a strung out field, with Bill second, X. a bad third, and the Indians rapidly cutting down the distance that would keep their backers from cashing a "show" ticke't. Benton was drawing near, but it looked like a close squeak for X. Bill cast a back glance at X.'s laboring mount, and the equally hard-working X„ who had rolled steel so hard that both spurs were bent, who had worn a foot off the end of his stake rope from doing the double roll on the pony's ribs, and whose face was streaming sweat. "Hurry up, X!" yel
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. sades of Fort Benton. It was a strung out field, with Bill second, X. a bad third, and the Indians rapidly cutting down the distance that would keep their backers from cashing a "show" ticke't. Benton was drawing near, but it looked like a close squeak for X. Bill cast a back glance at X.'s laboring mount, and the equally hard-working X„ who had rolled steel so hard that both spurs were bent, who had worn a foot off the end of his stake rope from doing the double roll on the pony's ribs, and whose face was streaming sweat. "Hurry up, X!" yelled Bill. "Them critters is gainin' on you!" Right there X. got mad. "Hell's afloat!" he yelled back. "Do I look like a man that's tryin' t' throw this race?" And that's the kind of a drive that Maben and Hayes will have to put up to keep Charley and Will from emulating Lucky Baldwin's example and drawing down on 'em with a forty-five. And amidst all this murmuring of future strife, W. G. Durfee sits back in comfort and wears the smile of the man who cuts the pot for the benefit of the kitty—he owns the sire of five of the contestants and the other sire is dead! DEL ROSA BV EL VOLANTE C11LOE 2:17. a third party, were "jumped" some miles from "home and mother" by Sioux back in the early days, and immediately began a headlong race for the pali- No California-bred stallion has brought greater re- nown to the place of his birth than has Directum, the black colt that twenty years ago swept all four- year-old records before him, placed the mark for trotting stallions of that age at 2:03%, where it still remains, and later achieved notable success in the stud, being the sire of Ethel's Pride 2:06%, Directum Miller 2:05%, Consuela S. 2:07%, four more in 2:10, and grandsire of Joan 2:04%, holder of the four- year-old record regardless of sex. Directum Penn 2:12% is a good son of Directum, whose services will be offered this season to
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