 It was this day three years ago, and on this very spot, that I entered my horse Southron for a purse of two thousand dollars. He had won a like sum the year before with all ease. In short he was the best horse at that time in all Carolina.— There were...  A Yankee Among the Nullifiers: An Auto-biography - Page 16by Asa Greene - 1833 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1833 - 666 pages
...horse flesh, and even sometimes in thai. Ii was this day three years ago, and on this very spot, that 1 entered my horse Southron for a purse of two thousand...against him ; but they were no touch to Southron, and 1 was as sure of winning as I am of sitting here at this moment— when who should come along but add... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1852 - 400 pages
...of two thousand dollars. He had won a like sum a. year before with ease. In short, he was the best in all Carolina. There were, to be sure, two other...and I was as sure of winning as I am of sitting here this moment, when who should come along but a Yankee with a tin cart. He had the shabbiest, worst looking... | |
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