Show How Pop Billings Got a Bargain C K G Billings who has paid a larger sum of money for trotters and pacers to drive on the road and amateur ama-teur matinee races and owned more of them than any ten horse lovers In the country tells of a very sad experience exper-ience In the first horse ho over owned In his life When quite a young man Mr Billings Bill-ings fancied a fast trotting mare priced to him at 2000 but not having more than 500 to his name he persuaded per-suaded his mother to advance him the balance which she did after much begging In duo time his father heard of the fast trotter his son had bought and expressed a desire to try her The request was complied with and after a few spins on the board the old gentleman asked how much ho had paid for her Six hundred dollars ather was tho answer Well Charley the mare Is not worth it said the governor but I rather like the way sho steps so I will take her from you and you can have your GOO The deal had to be closed |