Show AN extraordinary RACE tho nan ly which a tig could to autran outran a home the queerest race lever heard of said Major wetherill crill in the colonnade to a philadelphia press reporter was proposed inn a few years agg by one of the guests an italian noble man count Mont glas A crowd of us were talking about horses one day on the veranda and Mont glas offered to wager that be could successfully run any active pig in chester county against any horse there and beat the horse over a twenty five yards course As was natural we roared at the idea but the count he could do so and then we supposed there was some catch in the wager and nobody took it after awhile Mont glas and I 1 were left alone on the veranda and he told mo that he was sincere in the bet and explained how it was that a pig could outrun a horse over twenty five yards of course it take a horse a long time to get under way and it was on this alono that the count placed his faith he would have the course decided upon and over it would scatter a line of corn at the end placing a big double handful then he would release the pig and the latter would start along eating the corn as he went until reaching the end where he would find the double handful later on that day the process would be repeated and the pig would move hurriedly eat along the scattered kernels in an endeavor to reach the pile twenty five yards away the next da considerably less corn would be scattered over the course but the double handful would still be placed at the end within a week only a very few grains would mark the line to the capital prize and on being released the pig would start off at breakneck speed in his greediness to get the latter well continued the major on the day of the race there would be no corn atall scattered on the course but piggy would bo squirming and wriggling to get off toward tha pile when all would be ready the word Go would be given the pig would be freed and away hed start as if shot from a cannon by the time the horse could get fairly under way the pig would be half over the course just tearing himself almost apart to reach that handful of grain you sec mont glas count on the pigs legs but on his appetite |