Show 6 THAT BEATS TAIL arizin or of a purim much heard la in booth uth or era states state the phrase that beats bob tail is not uncommon even now la in many parts of the country especially inthe in the south its origin is traceable to a race w which occurred about 1840 or shortly before that year on the famous fairfield R eld track on the mechanicsville Mechanics ville turnpike near richmond va in those days bob poindexter lived in Rich richmond he was a sporting man wore fine clothes and owned a number of horses among his animals was one I 1 he named pizarro a plain bay gelding i with black mane and tail the latter bobbed short there was nothing ex tra ordinary about the horse and nobody looked upon him as a racer but poindexter took a notion that he could run lie ile refused to drive pizarro about richmond hitched to a buggy on the day that he be was advertised advertised to appear on the track a great crowd was present and tho the excitement ran high for a good deal of money had been put up on other horses to the astonishment of everybody pizarro beat every horse on the track and the people went fairly wild bobtailed bob tailed pizarro never made machof much of a record he won two or three races and then went to p pieces aces for years afterward when anything extraordinary happ happened enedin in that section n it was said of it that bit beats i bob tau tail ri eider and driver |