| Show SPOUTS SHOTS ON EACINO ohnny Goes to Sco Steeplechase Which Is Weariest Thing to See Sport In the New York World has orne funny things to say about racing Here Is his latest Johnny says flic Sport to mo yes lora did you ever see a steeple ace f I told him no but Id seen f tree ark I thought he was trying to kid mc and was getting back at him but he said not to gcr too flesh I 1 told him to put me next to what he thing was anyway A fiioeplprue Johnny or n steeplechase steeple-chase as It 1 Is better known Is an Institution In-stitution Inaugurated for the purpose of killing off the surplus Jockeys andy > and-y keeping own the number keop uptime up-time salary list J Is t worthy of the days of Nero Do you know Nero Johnny Suro Cilice I says lies a big aast hut me brother 1nia owns Thi Sport looked as IC his last ticket lad Just been nopcd out on the vjrc Johtiiiy he rmu In a race to decide de-cide who Is I the niosL Ignorant man In I ho world you would he left at the post Nero was not 11 nmotlfT my boy though I am willing to admit he was something of a cntlff 1 knew he was some kind of a dog I i told him but he didnt scorn to think nuch of the answer He said steeplechases steeple-chases were not participated < In by dogs In which statement I know him to he all 00 T hoard a horseman fay nothing cine but dog ever took part In those things Anyway welt on the Sport the S 11ntI tL ft W f1F W E McCauslroid Lagoon Catcher only thing wanting In the Hut of Jscios crimes was to get his victims to ride In a sucplcuhaxc 1 told him I guessed the brooders law over there wouldnt stand for steeplechases steeple-chases et The Sport said he couldnt stand for no mOl such nonsense and for me to Inc hustle right out to the fair grounds and get next to what D steeplcchaGC was anyhow So t shied my castor over the fence and went In and I saw the steeplechase steeple-chase On the level thats the greatest sport that ever happened It I was n horse race nil right Each horse had a Jockey up and his chief duty was to keep iota being killed They had about sixteen clay banks over which the horses would Jump and try to shake the Jockey There was a lake here and there where they varied the t monotony by trying to down the rider Sometimes tho horses got so mad they Just fell down and tried to roll on the boys J guess they must have been jmad because the Jockeys didnt want to dieIt was a bad day for the horses l Five of the boys out o tea stuck on all right and llnlshcd the race out The other live were scattered along the route and one went 00 In an ambulance ambu-lance Say but It was great Talk about your prlieflght and football games Say those things come along in the ale class with golf and other peaceful sports in the way of slaughterhouse games gimme the steeplechase every time I After It was all over I went up to the Judges stand and asked him for Information Infor-mation how many of the average they killed In one of these events I I dont leo what was the matter with the judge I guess tIe low mortality mor-tality In he I race must have displeased him for he asked me lo see how font I could chase myself out of that or he would invite his foot to cooperate with him in removing me I didnt know exactly what ho meant but I concluded I had better go down and out When f saw the Sport this morning he wnntod to know about It and r told him Say I says why do they call that a steeplechase anyway7 Because of Its near relation to the grave I presume1 say his nobs al he mixed n bromo seltzer in the paste pot |
