Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11
A DERBY TIP.


d" -, h.. recorded occurred, the great
-''', ..,rriyal excited little or no interest
speculative turtles. The iayorite,
,I snrnun,. who had won the Two Thou
L. ~, =, , ,.ntcr. to say nothing Of hold
r,b,atrn certificate us q twO-year-
= u,, in such unprecedented
vi - to literally paralyze
brrtius market. Even the
Jus .,rr, kuishtsof the pencil laid lib
LII. ~ his winning the Derby with
-tr.,br,n in the ring; and punters Of
-. n,ria,l. from peers to potmen, regarded
IN. 81, a dead snip and, in turf
,-...,r,.r dashed the money down In
ES-SIrta confidence OF merely having 10
Nh AN, rhc aspect of affairs when Mr..
r,,n,,u. Blake. whilOm plunger and
'' .,Ir.r in the ordinary, received the fol-
80, ..,rmunicatiOn from tout whom
'o" ~ DAYS ne had employed and paid
In I'm, oI whose whereabouts or Oceupa-
w, ~ ,,r some years past no had heard moth
g,ynPEp SIR: you still do httel
Il So, ,ot am goin to tell You and witch
,or,, pIr.r, not 90 father may be OF serYls
.b.r. vl, trial this morning at our place
~ mn one but me and anuther noes wot
81. y,.r, carried well Lancaster rs is
,,,r.,l I'm. and is never run in publick he
Igbrruum seven pounds and beet i'm
:, hy.r length dOant see 'as Ow he can
| 18th purbv and If yOu win bit doant
-, and no more at present from yours
w. IKE JOHNSON.
NJ RIlkr. who commenced to read the
| ob,y. in bed in Semi-SOmnolent state,
Tnrd himself - wide awake rs ever he
| a,. in his litr-which is saying a good
| dit the termination of the peruSal.
W. read il again and vet again. There
T,s pp doubt about the writing;
h. knew the scrawl too well. Ike
I,bDson had put him on more good
,bipos M one time than any man living,
| mi BI,Lc held his counsel in the highest
.s-spm often and often of late years,
when everything had gone against him on
| the turf. had he longed for the presence
Of his cute adviser, but all efforts
=, discover his whereabouts had proved
sbortiyc. Now, at q time when Blake
Was in desperate straits for money
and d drtaulter to considerable extent in
,be rIng the oracle which had been 50
long silent youchSated to speak once more.
With what unutterable joy the broken
down gambler received this misSlye
words are useless to express. Hastily
tumbling out of bed and slipping
into q dreSsing-gOwn Mr.. Blake
descended to his Sitting-roOm. and took
down his Turf Guide from the bookshelf.
Yes. sure enough, q horse called Lancaster
Was in the Derby, and, albeit belonging to
different owner, trained in the same sta
BE - the favorite. Though well
| bred both on the side OF his
srr and dam, there was no record
Of last years performances, and a refer
rner To a sporting daily disclosed the pres
ta,e Of an asterisk, which indicated him
a. a doubtful starter for the Derby; more
over he figured in the latest quotations ut
the rrmuncrative odds of forty to one.
The one all-abSorbing topic that eXer-
cised Mr.. Blake during his toilet and
breakfast was how to hack this dark out
slider 10 win him a really good, sub
>,antial stake. To show his deiaulting
oOuutcuunce in the ring was impossible
and worse than useless, and all the
| pnnrlpal betting commissioners knew
hi, reputation tar too well to trust him for
| d sovereign He had few friends, and such
as they we're their cooperation would avail
little The only possible chance seemed to
lie in seeking the good offices of his cousin,
Hubert Pultney. True he had some
months previously induced this young gen
teman 20 Jump up behind y him for
thousand pound bill which, it is perhaps
| Eeedlr>s To Say, had to be eventually de-
hIyed by the hacker Hubert was well
| off, but even wealthy persons sometimes
object 10 being let in, especially by
needy and Unprincipled relatives. But
bakrS bump OF sentiment was very
ueagrely developed, and he relied in q
/ geaJ measure ON his own powers of Persua-
sion Nothing venture, nothing have, y
| sand be- "I'U 20 and see if l can squeeze
'mOnury' out of him somehow" 10,
having duuned the best garments he could
muster, and impaired something akin 10 a
g,U>s on very moderate hat, by means Of
some salad oil anda silk handkerchief, he
a1llrd q hguSom cab and drove otto Putt
ney rooms in Piccadilly.
There he found a warm room, but a cool
RECEPTION Hubert had evidently neither
orgo,teu nor forgiven the bill tranSac-
| lon
Well lIr. Granville" he began, in
ANYTHING hut u cordial tone, and without
even pTot,rriug his hand, ito what am /
indebted Tor the honor of this viSit?''
Oh we'll, old chap" replied Blake.
thought / had mt seen you for long time,
you Know. One ought to look up ones
relatives now and then. Just like TO see
~" you're getting on. Suppose you're
soAS To the Derby, Ell? Seems like fore
gone conclusion, doesn't it?"
Il No. dUwlrd the other; doubt if |
shall Don't care much about racing OF
StnS. May have a dash SOME day, when
mo" something real good; but | never
hayryct."
Well now, Hubert, surprising / tell
'OOa good thing-mind, a real good thing
II -, viii lou lend me a monkey to back itg
N pay You some day. pom my honor |
" III next week, too, il it comes OF. F."
inns proposal seemed TO make young
u''Aey $ blood boil with rage. His face
oy'ane suddenly Suflused with a crimson 4
gov, and turning to his cousin, he re-
No Granville Blake! I'll see you I
SSLised inst. Once bit, twice shy. I've
~, L,sPyu lou TIL I'm sick Of it, and if You
,-.1A III such mug as to 90 on adyanc-
~ You money, without so much as q |
~, ,IllN You IN return, you're deucedly mis-
N'A l thought that was what you'd 1
oAe alter; but the eat won't Jump this /
az ;" ] wish YOU good morning"
- ~ saving, Hubert Pultney turned his |
- walked into his dreSsing-rOOm and |
','''''r,' the door, leaving Mr.. Blake more 7
-, ,sNS uazed at the reception he had re-
'I,eN Standing in the center of the room. |
h, a H'.S evidently no go! Hubert Pultney /
Il pi S,O"n sharper than he was at one time, |
Sa. n5'Ae took up his hat and stick and pre-
- % depart. On the left of the door /
ii ~ Whiting table covered with letters 1
N -, SSe Utmost disorder and confusion. One I
O,JJ ''Ir with dukes corOnet in blue and I
h. IPpcned TO catch Blake's eve, and, I
En- by some vague curiosity, he !
| No.. up and read it. His face seemed to /