| Show Queer Q Origin of Charley Horse NIcol the bal ball player Ind and now baseball coach 11 at Purdue uni universIty 01 sporting wIth saute Bome of hi his charges rl to cent remarked you ever hear henr hll how the tite term Charley Chanley Horse l I It Wo na coIned by Jot Yoo Quest In the sum summer muir mer 82 2 when I wa Ith tito tho Chicago term IH Its a race bores hore torY story timid I it happened this way Chi Chicago cago was having an tm ar off dl day There was down on he south auth sortie ome of oC the bOYI boys took look Ireat great Interest In InI I it Tom Tomu Burns then playing short for tor Anson Corcoran Ild antI the tho pitchers anti Ned Williamson f foi l lowell the ponIes to omo comae extent ri tip had gOlo gone out the lie be before tore fore that A a horse barley y WIS was n a asure lure sure winner for that afternoon I If lint hore horse bait hUI In any other namo Ive forgot forgotten ten It II Thos Those of us who care en o much for the tho worl ware ler persuaded to lay down a few rew hy by tho those wh 1 did and WI we well al all lit In wih tho mx cx emotion If Of Jo Jon Que Quest t No of oC argument could Induce hint hIm to 10 Jel get 1 it copper on art that hore horse Vai n ni Jol got Jer per permission mission II to 10 go to the tho track anti 11 nih lIned UP In the rinK rIng whon our hor WM was due to QUest In Iho had been getting le live Iy channg chatTing for fOI bin unwillingness to bet bel beton 01 on what was ns a delli sure thing The Tho horses got IW Y to 1 a good goad start I und and Charley Chancy jumped II itt the lead Ev Every cry ery stride o Ito ho Increased It and through the ho hack back stretch he wa was a a dozen doten 0 the tho good Joe Quest b became nM the center of at a ring of Mike Kely Heliy afterward the beauty whacked Joe Joo over oer the heal head with hIl lila cana mud every man of that IhM dozen or more slapped hIm on the lie back ald amid mer merrl rl TIll jostled hint him around In their Joy over I a RUe elite killing Joe was ns doing what whal ho he rOII could toward watching the tho race In the Iho last turn lurn stumbled went lante In his right hind leg ll antI th the held closed lp tip Quel Quest threw n a nt fit hook lok ho be shouted 1 as soon as the first horse ged Chancy Look at atour your our Charm horse nol now And he kept It II up The horse hushed ou outsIde ot of the money Ind anal we 1 hear the last ot of our Charle horse the tho relt rest of that day dayI I It watt during the progress of the tho genie the next day that the term came cameto to hI be applIed to bl ball Wo Ve were hooked up with New on the tho old luke lako front grounds Corcorn Corcoran and KI KII I hy were working Captan Captain Anon Anson WI was on art first Que Quest t Dittos ld were wro playing In the Infield and nd Flint lore and nd wore were In tho outfield WE We hl had the tho O Giants 3 34 and were lt at biLl bat Quest 11 dOln down the I loft tl coach ln al and WiS was dohl doing 1 a famous Job Joe 1138 always good Wil vas a lood u |
