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CHASE THE WHITE HORSE
*When we got a little older we
stopped ohasing the white horse and
started chasinL the girls, yehs and
instead of shooting the oamnon we be.
gan to shoot the dice* And plenty of
other thirigs* Yeah and then I went
to Colleges but it didn't exactly
reform
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chase the Mite Horse
Honor Student
WashinGton Market Blues
0, Happy Distances1
Under the Bridge
To Shoe Makin,, Not to Six6
2,7 Arnold Isarv);f
721e tine I lived on ,:encorti ,kire., that waz the tbs. when las a
kid and we used to see the nursed fro Lincoln I:ork:ita3. o br every day.
on at riht, especial:11 in the aniax2r tiaca all the kids cant doom
arter art:. u=., a :,111, -La or a:.:-4othinc. ;:kaactiose wed :PUT
basketball snow'. the 1it, Thera waa an old Ilk: that lived or: the rocks
in one a thOefit old weoden 5:a.aeka. we usod t ?lag basketball. under
Vize light nottr the rocks aim htle.1 n flit of woeden steps that you
to climb t'J i!et en the 1.(xk:ii, war a olit hike on top of the
steps anki that vas ti Na.skat. h yeah we :_llayed aingo 141111.0 Joirnly
or V.* ,.ony ;And -23.7 -catch. JGISUO WhOri I think of it we did a Nell of
a lot of Cnza than. There was a kid, we need to ce..11 hirs Iron Lack bo—
c.Juee ha accle hold up ?ratty near the uheis sang on his bow* and When
e played JohniKr cat the .i'ony you landed on Irai 3aekis back, boi-. you
knew it I 1 t VrA3 az .tard AS tt rock. nem was sazotber kid, Uncle 5not
vie dated to call :..ek was the 4:1i:tient lookiN; 4;:lecivIen I over laid
oyer on. rawrixr 1.ee waa alweva •Iri wl;e11 we layed •:-.43ase to
_orse. :Ill t01. razi. Lettz 3e, :1:64th, iNXIE ftrmt all line Ltp on
curb are 8-),"-ebody as it74 e.lways ..41ot the first
eberybody could bop him around. e line up behind Natio who was the leader
of the zang and Uncle Snot is right off the curb in front of Natio and he
is bending over like when you play leap frog. -o first you have to perform
three initiations on him. o Natie used to start it off. He used to say
"eagles aripf" And then weld all do the cies arip on Uncle "notwa back.
You held your hands like claws and t: en amal you aug them into his back.
That was the eagle's arip. Then maybe we'd give him -rush the Cellar. That
one you took a sock like this. „dentine blow with the palm of the hand on
the back of the neck) Mien there tan another initiation called "Shoot the
Gan on. That was a hot one. You got behind the guy who was "it" and you
let him have it riEht in the pizazaa and boy did he ly I Then there
wu
-.Jump the Apple Cart but we (-ain't do that one much because it was hell on
the some of the guy who was "it". You jumped over hi like in leap frog
t 1tead of laedieg on your feet, you landed on the end of the guy's
spine and if you did it richt held eo over like a light. There were other
initiations I think but I can't remeeber thee, dU, so when we Jot throuf:
with the initiation
Liar, "chase the -elite horse
tinge we ueed to do before atie would
ve the guy re o was "it" a chance to nab
somebody else. But the euy who was "it" never knew veren the leader was
gonna call Chase the White Horse, one of the tein s we used te do before
ehase the ehite horse was hJ.ehanta in a IOW,. The first guy would holler
"eleehaets in a row r Then he would jur, aver the back of the guy who
was "it" and he would got down next to him so the next eey hed to juice
ver two cue* backs. And then ti:ro and then four and 60 on. §ar-_-61/1Net'"8
dove Ail -‹w•t awir Is„FIng, yo. 1,..vte to jam: aver tee '.-Jacka
im it ?ma slimed sal lamtad tr. the Lis you 4'4113-4 ettereatieaily
11-ler. there was Trees in a Acsa 10;1C' ligre t 'Zoe jusved
bask and utwtre you /salad that's wbera y%se ha4 to stay. Than 71t1 vGlt:
atick your hands set like bre:leaks aml if the lama qto.xtbed you z,
he p.oped *verbhewas *IV. •7.; the tl.,eis it zot *mold to t: -.a last ley,
:,rotty atean 7:usinass to lam! vaith:st tauchinz anybody. he
e.ora was eve! Refe in a Fro* et.z was just lias laspla.ats tn `:.als zffLx:ez
liVr-putAd rtf: kneelin: like in la:1 frog ym lay o.A, stra.t. t Iry
ateltlid YOU hac: to elJar yoa mi :"..S6p. 043.144111611 ro4
Jeau31 Iaaalt In.w :Jo •gu meec to take it. IftuotZ,er one P.e did ems
:..!usar Nine. This was Ay seat. I'd always be the lagt mr In ::4:ine
nUebor "fou wirked it like tlUs. I o first my. %mad Imp his mitts
t%1,1 laup 1106t gm the nett ;7 wrx.a. 1.11d aft to Jr,* of Um lege
,ickinz it o:f t±m,;..r.,..vadis km! use-. :Nr ?la taAlt,
le- liLe tt gad liNn; it me ell got li;ce that 1r ekaini each vAr
ct.t.:, 0,10 ltc eXt" tbe ground, we woula :ull Alcr A115 like all
:,Q11 !'•*114r. 4:-.4brine 7--sebaz Nino*" t!-.ret U.nag and it arihrx;..(
let 7o the other 4Z7' hWAZ 'it", If nobsOy 1st i the SAMS
as before was 4.134. Aa soan AS a 112-t pv was it he La4 to u Uss'ab.
Llittati 4.12 tizum 3 w ITt V-14. Is
.1"irst -7Ar sw:l'Atni,-/- '7.44.14r "44;htett.:.p vatt Avr vr--.1 was att.
Y enqni t.1.1 Lai! ace I.
irffir.:4Xx.:;* 1st t Or: VA. :tr4:Aa. that tine all lie, ?ruse; tz, do was tax
a -,714. 101,2 tik MAdoseaLt Nrta taat ga4;
.5 t.riL wt aL12-,atixitiati.1,1K gad the ,..t.:-Arr &ILK*, 24
'34INAtily 2,11d 2234ktfra ne2kr. t4 •if.;1"0/11. 4ril 42! as
•g .1-ati.2, or the tee..< t-Jf t1,0 wa, anal start
loAaar
down the street. TLon tIle next goy would lunp over rallog the leader
20 on. •;,bein the at ray Lad jumped over t:Ja back or the zeiy Wile vas
*W the :Alt ,r.! vaa *IV Ned to ownt tan a:v.; than be would start to chase
the pm. That was the boot 2art of the game. The leader weld co amphora
on the blocL rid you bad to follow tin end do wt....ator 3.d did. Nistia aged
to raise wban be VW tbe leaders re used to run in the alleys sea bees
tho zarbage padis as he pease by. -Let a reelect thatamaAal Zioultines 31d
the '4uporttitoodent ii C,1744r er at Q.5 in
1;atie az r.),31 t.lta`e•
ir Nr 1ms *jtf. taated a-xttb:147. burort the leader :ot =id
cam beck how, the guy 'KO tp.coad baca:ze *it* anc: v4a stwrtod all over
again. Zut the war v. warted it :Mole floot was a.lwnw.: it :Irst !Joczniau
VU3 the slowest rumnor sat second bwalee even be 4,L: nalt auwebody, 25-
b04 atic t up :or *ne. :Anot cot tired the ZaVe irs.4
Another game we ummalloOkairmas called :'incL and -.%uchip :tie Is ::;7;wr It
went. Au :47. max it and the rest us used to 1:no u2 4Z* hi aide Ln
the ,7,,utter. The NI. 3n one and wee ei1led Ana and the my on the other
and ma: vaned Quills Thereld all batids mud start moving 4:1 ths street,
CAI gu7 '43.3 Vas 41.V Owt in front, lo %ad :i.Aa,;% Utz, distance in tront
zt::role° be qh3ld get a hoot in tho can :mit 34A0DAlt the line 11 IA CZIO
too closa. 714.
77A7 7IncL the Land zw, next to
7A nnttl the ADmaL :Crt. it Yr. the tit tio Tans
Now:. t, 4,1* 1 This vmo tho signal ler everybody t turn aro:4W and
run 11‘za hell back to the immaridhichms the as. it tLeNrieo woo
taccsd ,,,11? -47 baron) he reae-ed the base, V:As :q7a tzzold hocaue
used to yell rai4mied tho stye IP, 47147 :Get WW1
quir.wir
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tg.%wP I emit t Laic asi: a. orthaaact. The =tor tSa
kids:
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