Josh Billings knows lots “of folk who are pious jiat because they waz born bo. _ They kant tell when they gob religion, ami if they should lose it, they wouldn’t know it.” An American paper says the enterprising citizens of Jacksonville, Florida, have been amusing themselves with an alligator race. Five young animals were entered. The purs© was 50 dollars ; best two in three. Spotted Tail a frisky youngster, bolted the track, and “went for” the spectators. The Gazelle and Boston Bay acted in the same unseemly manner’, and thereby lost a good place on the track, and were outstripped by Nimble Jack and Champion Maid. At the second heat Champion Maid came in ahead ; but at the third, Nimble Jack again did justice to his name. All the animals were in training for another race.
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Evening Star, Issue 3029, 4 November 1872, Page 4
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