Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-02
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A ncAljy4dressed, decidedly-mafroniy
sBd sitogether respectable. looking wc-
U&n, who occupied seat In the grand
stand at the Monmouth.Park race
track on recent Afternoon, created
decided sensation for those in her I'M
mediate vicinity. The champion stall
Non stakes had Just been run, and the
famous Kentuckian. Ban Fox, had oeen
landed winner by head. Flushed with
The excitement Of tho race, win every
nerve At It's highest tension, and with
Der voice pitched In it's highest and
shsillest key, the woman turned toward
quiet and modestly-dressed young
man and said:
q You're always making mistakes
told you TO buy biggonettc Tor
place and you bought her to win,
and now | have lost my money"
~ beg pardon, Mrs. H., but you
haven't seen your tickets, and so can't
possibly know whether they are for
place or to win.' Here are your
tickets IL you wish them, and they're
the tickets YOU told me to buy. I'm
not in the habit Of disobeying your in
structions.''
The young man extended toward the
woman q bundle Of ps,ti-colored card
boards and bowed low rs, in a Try I'M
lsdylike manner, the woman snatched
them. spitefully tore them in pieces,
and threw them on the floor. She
looked up then, and for the first time
seemed to appreciate that she was not
alone. Fifty pairs ofeyes were looking at
her. and the fifty pairs had seen herex-
hibition Of temper, notwithstanding the
counter-st,raction on the track IN front
Of them. The flush OF excitement on
her face vanished. Her checks became
pale with anger, and an instant aiter
Redeemed with modification ana the
woman sat down, crushed by the CON-
bination Of sense Of her losses and
the knowledge that she had made
scene that was anything but creditaoie'
She rose and passed up into the stand.
Well away from those who were wit
nesses of her exhibition OF temper, she
turned to the young man, who had foi-
LEVIED behind her, and SAID
al must retrieve my losses IN some
way. Here are go; buy me MISS
Woodford to win. The Queen VIII GER
tainly pull me out OF this mess
"Excuse me, madame, but L VIII
execute no more commissions Tor you.
II Miss Woodford should lose, you
would blame me. l will wait here to
escort you home If you wish, but /
will handle no more OF your money.
Do you wish messenger"
The lady was much astonished at the
position assumed by her young escort.
81 will find my way home alone and
will find my own messenger. Thus
the lady, sharply and imperiousiy'
She was too deeply absorbed IN her
turf ventures to think OF her conduct.
"A DisIiet messenger ooy VINO was
hurryIng oy was stopped.
Buy me four tickets On MISS J" oou-
lord TO WIN, she commanded. linen
she asked is she thought nt'
lhe shrewd httie ieiiow looked at
her q moment and' deciding tna' she
was one OF the set VINO nave the betting
craze ana might prove 10 oe a lucrative
customer, ne saio, ones peing hea-
Willy backed, mum, out them hentuck-
ians is a-plunging on freeland, and he's
. quiet tip to win among their friends"
But don't think he car get even
place." said the woman, meditating
upon the "tip" OF the blue-coated IN
formaDt. He's the top weight, and l
don't believe either IN paddock tips or
kentuckians. Buy me Miss Woodiord
to win."
The boy DID as he was bid. Free
land won. The woman lost her $50.
and when Freeland went first under the
wire she sat down and burst into tears.
A lady sitting near her said sympa-
thetically: " Don't cry; no true bet
ter does that. have $50 worth OF
Miss Woodford tickets myself, and
they're not worth the paper they're
printed on. We will get it all back on
another venture" just then there was
added to the group a petite woman Of
about thirty, whose face was a mass Of
smiles. and who displayed bundle of
tickets with the mystic pumber which
indicated " Freeland to win." To the
sorrowing pair she said with glee !:
"l'ye won enough on these two races
to buy me sealskin dolman this fall.
Mrs. 81 Louisville, who is here with
her husband, gave me "a straight tip
on both Ban Fox and Freeland. Wasn't
1t kind Of her ?" She passed on to
send her winning tickets to be cashcd.
Then the sorrowing Mrs. b. broke out
with:
an never speak to her again as long
40 live The hateful thing. We've
$3.50 o. :.