Green Grass of Wyoming Page #7

Come on, Sundown!

There's Crown Jewel on the inside

and Sundown on the outside.

Now's the time, Kenny!

Now's the time. Turn her loose!

Now Crown Jewel moves away.

He's making his move!

Come on, Grandpa!

It's Sundown almost on her wheel again.

It's Crown Jewel out to a slight advantage.

And here she is. Crown Jewel, the winner!

Whoo-hoo! That's our boy!

- Ken was wonderful!

- Come on. Let's go see him.

You tried, Sundown.

So did I.

It's not good enough.

This heat'll be the tough one,

so keep your eyes and your ears open.

Old Beaver knows a lot of tricks

you never even heard of.

- He'll probably use every last one of them...

- Five minutes!

Get your horses ready for the

class-14 trot! Get your horses ready...

We'll be ready, boss.

- What are you looking for, Grandpa?

- Oh, I thought I'd put a shadow roll on him.

- But why?

- Well, he kind of shied the last time.

Sundown doesn't need

a shadow roll to win, Grandpa.

And you don't need anything either.

In this third heat of the Governor's Stake,

you're going to see some keen competition

between these two heat winners.

Dr Parshall, you know where to take that

horse. Around the rail and come down slow.

McLaughlin, try to get your mare rounded out.

You boys are not obeying the rules very

well. You know what to do with them.

Parshall, turn slow.

McLaughlin, in there where you belong.

- Ken's too anxious.

- Easy, son. Easy.

This is the heat that counts.

Everybody be careful. Watch your horse

at the rail. Don't try to beat him away.

Easy now. Let's get these

horses on the stride.

Everybody on the trot now. That's very

nice. Not too fast. Not too fast. Go!

Crown Jewel is now on the stride again.

It's still Dillola Lord,

and Miss Bosise on the outside is second.

Donald Ford is third and Crown Jewel

is fourth. And Sundown is fifth.

Around that turn,

it's still Dillola Lord, it's Donald Ford,

and it's now Miss Bosise third.

Crown Jewel and Sundown.

Now it's still Dillola Lord. Crown Jewel

moving up to second position on the outside.

Donald Ford third and it's Sundown fourth.

It's still Dillola Lord.

Get away! Don't put them in front of me!

Come on, Kenny!

It's still Dillola Lord,

Crown Jewel, Sundown.

They're all going that short route now,

biding their time to make their drive.

Greenway is making an effort

to get his horse in a better position now.

Still Dillola Lord and Crown Jewel. Greenway

has his horse right on McLaughlin's back.

Look at Sundown. Beaver's got

him breathing down Ken's neck.

Sundown is right on his back again.

Still going that short route.

He knows all the tricks. Come on, Kenny.

Dillola Lord still on top. Crown Jewel

is still second and Sundown is third.

Come on, girl. Let's go.

McLaughlin makes his drive. He's coming

through. Crown Jewel passes Dillola Lord...

That's the boy, Kenny!

It's now Crown Jewel.

Sundown is second. Dillola Lord is third.

Crown Jewel out now by an open length.

Sundown is moving on the outside very fast.

Now Sundown is up to her wheel.

It's still Crown Jewel.

Come on, Sundown.

...trotting as a pair,

it's Crown Jewel and Sundown.

Come on, Sundown!

Still trotting very fast on the outside now.

Come on, Kenny.

It's Crown Jewel and Sundown

racing as a pair.

Crown Jewel pulls away a little bit...

Go on, Sundown!

Sundown is trying very hard

to improve his position here. Oh!

Crown Jewel makes a break.

She's broken!

Sundown is trotting very fast on the

outside. Moving up slowly, he goes to the top.

Crown Jewel is still on the rail. McLaughlin

finding it hard to get her on the stride.

On the outside and going very fast...

Here he is - Sundown, the winner!

It's... it's Grandpa!

It's Grandpa! It's Grandpa!

He's won! He's won! Oh, he's won!

I'm sorry about Ken.

Oh, he's won. Isn't that wonderful? Oh!

Looks like we brought up the rear

that time, boy.

Here is the winner

of the third heat and the race,

the Governor's Stake

for 14-class trotters -

Sundown, owned and driven

by Beaver Greenway.

- What happened to her, Ken?

- I don't know. She just quit.

Yeah.

And it gives me great pleasure to welcome

Beaver Greenway back to the harness game

by awarding him the trophy

for having won the Governor's Stake.

Thank you, sir.

- Mr Greenway, what made Crown Jewel quit?

- Quit? A horse like her don't quit.

- You won, Grandpa. You won. You won.

- I'll get a shot of that, please.

Hop on, ducky. All right.

- What happened to her, Rob?

- As far as I can see, there's nothing wrong.

She didn't stop going just to let me win.

You drove a great race, son.

Thank you, sir.

It wasn't your fault she didn't win.

You were as good as Grandpa.

- Honest?

- Shh!

- What are you laughing at?

- Well, by ginger, I might have known it.

- You're a great horseman, Rob, and you, Ken.

- What do you mean?

This is one for the book. Unless I'm mistaken,

this young lady's going to be a mother.

A what?

Stop bragging. Stop bragging.

Thunderhead.

Of course. Listen, he's giving you

the horse laugh now.

- A colt by Thunderhead.

- That's better than winning the race.

He's Thunderhead all over.

His eyes are

his great grandfather's - the Albino.

- He's got something to live up to.

- He will. He'll be the greatest of them all.

Run along, Storm Cloud. Papa's calling.

# To the world

there came a little stranger

# White as the mountain snow

# Will he live in the

valley as a friend of man

# Or as an outlaw

to the great mountain go, stranger

# As an outlaw to the great mountain go?

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