344 Colonel Billy vs. Uncle John. [July, 



The last organized attempt to secure him, however, succeeded, and the 

 noble animal was robbed of the freedom he had so long and so gallantly 

 contended for. A party of thirty persons, well mounted, assembled at 

 the place where he was known to be grazing, which was on a range of hills 

 on the west bank of the Sacramento. A few of them, in the morning, 

 drove him to the mountains, when he was compelled to turn back upon 

 the plains, where the rest of the party, scattered in squads for a distance 

 of thirty miles along the country, dashed at him by turns, and thus run 

 him at his full speed back and forth to the mountains, and up and down 

 the plains, until he was completely jaded and worn, and at dark they 

 •were enabled to lasso and capture him. Thus did this wonderful horse 

 run (or trot, rather) the entire day without a moment's breathing time. 



At the close, when closely pursued, he broke into a gallop. It is 

 estimated by those who know the ground well, that he traveled from 160 

 to 170 miles. He is a gray horse, with a darkish mane and tail, about 

 fourteen hands high, and is believed to be about fourteen years of age, 

 and is, withal, very fierce. 



COIiOWEL BILLY vs. UNCLE JOHW. 



[We take the following graphic sketch from " The Tennessee Farmer and Me- 

 chanic," an admirable Montlily, whose 'first of exchange' has just come to our 

 table. And we can assure our Tennessee friends that Ohio has also many " Col. 

 Billies," as well as " Uncle Johns."] 



" Our readers will find no difficulty in discovering the originals of the 

 following sketch in every neighborhood in the State : 



Among a great variety of striking circumstances, I have observed that 

 the one who goes among his neighbors by the familiar title of " Uncle 

 John," has uniformly every spring two stacks of excellent fodder to 

 Bell. " Col. Billy," as uniformly is harrassed every spring for the want 

 of a stack, and his good old plow horse suffers severely from this want 

 Hearing this complaint from the " Colonel " so repeatedly, I was induced 

 to ascertain the way in which it was brought about, and how the three 

 stacks put up in the summer were disposed of, for he never failed to pull 

 and cure a full share "to the hand" — rather more than "Uncle 

 John." On investigating the case, in a way of delicate inquiry and 

 observation, I discovered that the " Colonel " had been uniformly in the 



