Show I 1 A mimi MILIA IN 1 AND alib W A novel borel and nd exciting ram raca came amo off yesterday in ia which mules were the theaon coa stants te and tho the course from canton D T to ciar a distinct of seven ty fire mues cay oloph Itus seu of the lh former place lace hu has it mule mula ia whose speed mid and be hu has much confidence in ill fact hu big laith in ia the bottom of hu his pet was u so great thit that he offered to bet ur dr J C reynolds reynold of the same place amit tho baid muli goold go irom from ctr can ton to lo sioux city quicker thia than anything of hit species oo on dakotah sod foil the rho doctor accepted tho the wager s and ad the money wu was put pat up anil and acau 4 raty sa decided on as the day of the contest tho the doctor selected for the race a span pa ot of bog to I 1 14 Gat gattiner Gardi diner ncr of canton a haj hudy ayd to bard driving and nd bar hilra war to be b driven by their owner to a buggy yesterday morning at t precisely 9 the were brought to the tha leave the word given and wy away they WL went for the first seven miles russell eastell who rods rode his mule male under tho the saddle saddie kept slightly in the lend lead bat gardinor print his ha team the lash passed him and gradually crada ally inere ased the lead ind won passing out bulof of sigbe a saw nothing of bia arker wards gardiner topped an hour for dinner and registered himself tit at the tho sioux city it t list last evening making tho the actual driving time from canton union to sioux rades io in 7 hours honre a and ad 35 averaging but st aft e 10 lea than 10 miles an hour our for the whole distance the last hut 15 13 miles were passed over on 91 dead run never slacking clack ing the killing pace up bill or down dom hill bill and od the tearing speed created a treat great scum fiory ill all along alone the route farmers donld tee see the iho galloping gallopini mules miles coming coming dire like mad mat nod and hurriedly curried y draw to one side to let them balag ina their blink blank looka of surprise ur prise plainly indicated that if they did not think the driver either drunk or emy crozy they believed him to be fleeing I 1 for his life fife or ag of that sort the mules tood stood their tremendous Y journey well and nd lut last evening were etro apparently none done the worse for the nim U to quite late last issi eveni eveans ng nothing had beba ca seen or heard of I 1 hussell triss 11 an aad the presumption is that his bis mule mole gave out oat and that he be abandoned the ram it is is chimed that 7 hours boors and 35 minutes is the quickest time mado mada between the two places and we are inclined to think that no ono one v will plate it dr reynolds Bey once oace drove it ap span an 0 of horses through in 9 hours dri T i n 0 and that is the quickest c kest timo time in ado a a before a the mules bore off the pat palm M 0 of vi victory ory and the he northwest to beat the time t une sioux city journal |