Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1900 — The Horsemen Have More Trouble, [ARTICLE]

The Horsemen Have More Trouble,

That big oyster supper the other night instead of allaying the mutual jealousies of the respective owners of the three fast pacers, seemed rather to have stimulated them. Therefore still another race was held, either to settle or further unsettle the trouble. This last race was pulled off, Friday afternoon, at the stock farm. Half mile heats, best two in three. This time the saffron haired mare of the saffron haired Glazebrookt “Bessie O” demonslrated that she was “Queen of the Turf’—in—fact, as well as name. She won both beats “hands down and tail up,” as Isaac would say it himself. Time 1:20 and 1:21. Billy Smith with Billy Smith, were close seconds, both heats. Duvall’s “Miss Irene,” had grown so weak and weary from carrying the laurels of her previous victory, that she wasn’t in the race at all, and the second heat was flagged. Two big oyster suppeis are to be set up for this race. Another and the final race is to take place Christmas, or as soon thereafter as the weather permits.