| Show SHAM HAYS AND HIS liis RACE lie ne forty yeara yea ari ago the tha mi managers of a course r our e near brownsville Browns B ville on the ther nanon ninon published 2 notice of arace a race one mil on a particular day for a purse cofone of one r 1 L fd d dollars dollus free for any thing with four c E with hair on A man in tha neighbor it ii amel amei moil alays had an ox that he was i in i abit bit of nidin ridin to mill and aad he determined to enter him ei 1 H sid thine oln thing about it lily llly ii int hit bit h hr euw fuw hirl ibin arwind the track on t terril erril geral ii nights until the old fellow had the tho hw haug hang of the ground pretty well and would keep the right course lie ile rode with spurs which the ox considered particularly dw labi mabl in inh poth h f th J alays alway s bejlov bellowed ed ilin laiu li ii IL ile N is t his bis bides ou on the morning orning rn of the race ha s came cime c ime imp upon the ground on horseback on his ox istead ii of a saddle he had a dried ox hide the head bead part of which with the horns still on he had placed behind he rode to the judges 6 tand stand and emred to enter his ox for the race but the owners of the hors horses that were entered objected hays appealed to the ilaa tom too of the in stating that his ox had four legs ae 99 0 on 11 and that theredo therefore be he had a night right to enter enier him aim anter after good deal deai of cussin cousain and the judges juftes declared themselves compelled to decide that the ox had hod the right to run ran and entered accordingly when the tile time for starting arrived the ox and the horses took their places the horse racers were out of humor at being bothered with the ox and at the burlesque which they supposed was intended but thought that all would be over a soon boon as the hommes got t started when the tim signal was given theo iney did start hays gave a blast with his horn and sunk hiis W spurs spars into the sides of his ox which bounded off with a terrible bawl and at no trifling speed speedy the dry hide flapping up and nd down and rattling at every jump making a combination of noises mat that had never been heard on a race course before the horses all alev new the track every one seemed to be seized with the sudden determination to take the tho shortest cut to get out of the redstone country and not one of them could be brought back in time to save their distance the purse waa was given to hays nays under a good deal of hard swearing on the part of the owners of the horses A general beneral row ensued but the fun of the thing 7 put ut the crowd on the side of the ox the horsemen contended they were swindled out of the purse and if it had not been for hays horn and ox hide which he ought not to have been permitted to bring on the ae ground the thing would not have turned out as it did upon this hays told them that his ox could beat any cf their horses anyhow and if they would put up hp a hundred dollars against again A the parse he lie had won wen that he would take off the ox hide and leave his tin horn and run a fair race with them his offer was accepted and the money staked 1 they 7 hey again took their places at the starting post and the signal was given en hays again made use of his spur and ey tb e 0 ox give gave another bell w the horses renu remembered the horrible sound and thought all the rest wis coming as before away they went again in spite of all the exertions of the riders while hays his ox round roand the tho to track and awain aam won the money fr laio laih mth tt I 1 the n r P v ni ted ed i n sham shan hayy hays ile he afterwards afterward a removed to ohio but his llis nickname nick name stuck to him as long as lie he lard spirit espirit of tie the times |
