Sleepy David Outsmarts Southron In Racing Tale
A Yankton tale recounts Zadock Barker the tin peddler entering Sleepy David against Carolina’s top horse Southron. Barker borrows money and a saddle to race, wins the purse in a dramatic final heat, then reveals Sleepy David’s victory over the favored Southron.
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Dog explosion in store shocks Exeter crowd
An English newspaper recounts a bizarre dog explosion after a neighbor’s dog was lured with food, a half inch cylinder and fat pork. The blast injures a shop owner, a clerk and a biting crowd as fragments fly and bells ring.
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Exeter News
Ramin
Bae
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