A Cowboy Race + 

A pattering rush like the rattle of hail + 

When the storm king’s wild coursers are out on the trail, + 

A long roll of hoofs⁠—and the earth is a drum! + 

The centaurs! See! Over the prairies they come! + 

A rollicking, clattering, battering beat; + 

A rhythmical thunder of galloping feet; + 

A swift-swirling dust-cloud⁠—a mad hurricane + 

Of swarthy, grim faces and tossing, black mane; + 

Hurrah! in the face of the steeds of the sun + 

The gauntlet is flung and the race is begun! + 