. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. T-W -EJVTTT JFJ^GrHS. tJz^ â w&y. Vol XV. No 2J. No. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1889. SUESCHIPTIOK FIVE DOLLARS A YEAB. Simply An Episode. HABTEY W. PECK. We were trotting a few raceB "around the ; The pace had grown alow and the going a trifle heavy. Finally one of our nnmber polled himself together and interrogated: "Say, would yon all mind assuming an air of interest for a few minutes, if I agree to tell you an experience of mine?" "We informed him, collectively, that our interest should never flag d
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. T-W -EJVTTT JFJ^GrHS. tJz^ â w&y. Vol XV. No 2J. No. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1889. SUESCHIPTIOK FIVE DOLLARS A YEAB. Simply An Episode. HABTEY W. PECK. We were trotting a few raceB "around the ; The pace had grown alow and the going a trifle heavy. Finally one of our nnmber polled himself together and interrogated: "Say, would yon all mind assuming an air of interest for a few minutes, if I agree to tell you an experience of mine?" "We informed him, collectively, that our interest should never flag during the recital. "Well," he continued, "you all know a horse that I owned several years ago. As you are aware, he had masqueraded under many different names in about as many different places, and bis managers hopped him from place to place, with a vigor "and determination that caused great admiration among their friends, and greater consternation among their enemies. The campaign they made with him rivaled in suc- cess the piratical career of Small Hopes many years ago, ex- cepting that he oould not go as fast as Small Hopes. Like Small Hopes, too, their scheme came to a sudden termina- tion. They started their horse ia the 2:50 class in a town in the northeastern part of this State, near the Nevada line. In this race they called the horse Joe Elliott. In this same race was a very clever local horse. The local horse sold favorite, and the betting was lively. Elliott's owners patronized the pool box liberally, and soon stood to win a large sum of money. The other two entries were known to have no chance of winning, and interest cen« tered in the local horse and Joe Elliott. When the race was called, the local horse had the pole and Elliott was outside. His driver laid up the heat, thinkiDg the odds would be bet- ter, but the crowd was a tiifle afraid of the stranger, though they thought their horse could certainly win. In the second heat Elliott cut out
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