Old Man Curry

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Old Man Curry
Van Charles Emmett
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"Mose, " said he, "don't lay too far out of it to-day. This grey hosslasts pretty well, so begin workin' on 'Lisha sooner than usual. He'sready to stand a long, hard drive. Bring him home in front, boy!" "Sutny will!" chuckled the little negro. "At's bes' thing I do!" When the barrier rose, a grey streak shot to the front and wentskimming along the rail, opening an amazingly wide gap on the field. It was the Ghost's habit to make every post a winning one; he likedto run in front of the pack.
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... he piloted the big bay horse around the first turn into the backstretch, Jockey Mose estimated the distance between his mount and theflying Ghost, taking no note of the other entries. Then he began tourge Elisha slightly.
"Can't loaf much to-day, hawss!" he coaxed. "Shake yo'self! Li'l mo'steam!" The men who had played the Curry horse to odds on and thought theyknew his running habits were surprised to see him steadily moving upon the back stretch. It was customary for Elisha to begin to run atthe half-mile pole--usually from a tail-end position--but to-day hewas mowing down the outsiders even before he reached that point, andon the upper turn he went thundering into second place--with theGhost only five lengths away.


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