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" Well, you done sees," she said, earnestly, " I alius 

 knowed dat air boy war gwine termake his mahk even when 

 he war er little bow-legged thing in my ahms. So when he 

 growed up to be 'bout ten yeahs ole er gemman comes erlong 

 an' gets me ter let Mose learn ter ride race horses. I says 

 all right an' I hain't seed de bressed child sense. 



" He's been erway in de East or somewhar wif his 

 marstah, an' dat boy's been learning ter ride. Yistiddy I 

 heard dat de stable war come back ter Loosville an' a cullud 

 gemman whut I knows tells me Mose air air gwine ter ride one 

 er de bosses in de race. De gemman says dat dis air defust 

 time dat Mose evah sot on a hoss in er race an' I wants ter 

 see dat air boy come in ahead. De same culled gemman tells 

 me dat Mose air on er winnah an' dat he am a very long 

 shot." 



" What stable is it ? " I asked, and she informed me of 

 the name of the owner. I then looked on the program and 

 found the very horse in question. Just for luck I placed a 

 small bet on the horse afterward, and then went over to 

 where the old woman stood leaning against the railing of the 

 grandstand. I told her when the horses came to the post 

 and pointed out the one on which Mose sat. She was de- 

 lighted and was trembling all over as she watched him, as 

 proud of that little bunch of ink as any mother in the land. 

 Finally, the start was made and she became anxious for him 

 to win. 



I stood near and I heard her shout from time to time as 

 Mose was leading. At the three-quarter she gave a groan of 

 despair as another horse moved up from the rear and joined 

 the leader. She thought it was all over. Down the stretch 

 the two horses sped neck and neck. The old woman was 

 almost frantic. She waved her hands in the air and shouted 

 at the top of her voice: " Come on, you Mose ; don't you see 

 yoah mammy's watchin' you ? '' 



Within twenty yards of the wire Mose forged ahead and 

 won by a neck, but the old woman did not at once under- 

 stand which had won, and she asked me. When I told her 

 she let out a yell that shook the rafters. Afterward I 

 walked down to the scale room, where the boy was, and got 

 him and brought him up to his mother. It was truly an af- 

 fecting sight to see her fondle the boy who had just won that 



