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Updated: May 11, 2025
Who would erect statues or write eulogies to a man for mowing a field of corn-stalks with a scythe? Mankind is never more amusing than in its hero-worship. No, I should simply have been stupid had I failed. But even had I been disposed to rein in and congratulate myself at the quarter-stretch, I could not have done it.
Si," said Shorty, glancing ruefully back, "or we'll lose every blamed one o' them boys. They're too green yit." "That's so," accorded Si. "It's like tryin' to make a grass-bellied horse run a quarter-stretch."
The police are well acquainted with him, and he is proud of his notoriety. 'Snatchem' asked our reporter if he ever saw such 'a-rough and-tumble- stand-up-to-be knocked-down son of a gun as he in his life. Did you ever see such a kicking-in-the-head-knife-in-a dark-room fellow as I am, eh? Our reporter meekly answered 'no. I want a quarter-stretch ticket to go to glory, I do.
Every eye is strained to watch the swift coursers as they whirl down the track, and when the quarter-stretch is gained, the excitement is beyond all control. The victor steed flashes with lightning speed by the judges' stand amidst a storm of cheers and yells of delight. Bayonet, Bonnie Lass, and Stonewall Jackson, are the favorites, and the winning horses during the present season.
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