[Hot Tabasco]

Does the “Northern” in “Northern Black Racer” mean northern Houston, Texas?

I don't know.....but I saw one at my cousin's horse barn just outside of Ft. Myers, FL. The snake lived in the horse barn and was quite welcomed there because it ate the rodents. When we accidentally flushed it from the stables, it flew across the grass. Thats why they are called racers. What was cool about it was that it would would stop about every 20 feet and raise its head and look around.......

[Eaker]

it flew across the grass.

Humblegunner is a jake-legged Neanderthal and could never catch a "racer" so we can rule that out.