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Show At the Race Course. Two young gent iv men were eojoyicg the pleasure olan afternoon's ride behind "Batter-baii "Batter-baii and Mate," yesterday, and as they were aUai to drive on the race course, the proprietor thereoi remon-trated remon-trated against them dolrg so. Thry, however, paid no further attention to his request than to give him some "slang" in rt'.arn, which so enraged the gentleman that he "bounced" one of the young sports, and commenced the study of practical phrenology, using us-ing a pUtol to ttel the bumps with. The other, seeing how afairs were going, raised his giant frame in the air, exclaimed, in a voice less musical, but more effective than is his custom, "I don't want acy of that in mine;" and then leaped through air, to a distance dis-tance which has been estimated., all the way from forty to four hundred feeL Another leap and he was lost to view. The probabilities are that he will be back in these parts within a I week or ten days, providing the walk- j ing is good and banjo playing in order. |