Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1878 — Satisfied to Lose. [ARTICLE]

Satisfied to Lose.

There were five of them, says the Sacramento Bee, and they had assembled in a cigar-store near Oapital Hotel. The subject was in regard to horse-rac-ing. Said the hack-driver who was present, “ Talk about your fast time! Why, I’ve seen a horse trot a mile in 1:90.” “Impossible!” said the oigar-store proprietor. “It can’t be done ! The best time I ever heard of was 2:14£.” Said the hackman, “I’ll bet you $5 I can prove what I say.” Taken by the cigar man, ooin put up and referee chosen. In a drawling voice the hackman explained to the man of cigars, “ Don’t you know, you idiot, that that 1.90 is two minutes and thirty seconds ?” Turning to the stakeholder, the tobacconist then said, “ G.ve him the money; it’s worth $5 to know what a fool I am.”