The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-04-27
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

race tracks OF the East is tall, we'll
proportioned mulatto known far and wide
as Bob Harlan Of Kentucky and considered
an authority on horses and their pedigrees.
lie Is built IN the same heroic mould as As
socate Justice Harlan Of the United States
supreme Court, and only differs in facial
appearance by being more sallow and wear
ing Jet black mustache, while the eminent
iutist is a GcaD-shaved decided type of
blonde. One Of the chiefs of division in the
Treasury Department concluded to take in
the races at Ivy City Wednesday, but be-
fore going some wag advised him TO hunt
up Justice Harlau's brother aud get tip
from him. Arriving at the track he found
"Old Bob" who, upon being informed that
the gentleman was Southerner and n
lover OF horses, reJdily posted him on three
sure things. But the Treasury official
thought he knew a thing or two himself
and decided 20 back his own judgment. by
a singular coincidence the three horses
named by Harlan went under the wire first,
and the disconsoate better wore very long
face IN consequence.
"The next time Judge Harlan's brother
gives me tip" he remarked yesterday ~
will profit by il IL have to pawn my
position to raise funds"
Aiier few questions it was made mani
fest that he had been the victim of practl-
cal joke so far as Bob's connection with the
Judge is concerned, but he is satisfied that
the colored tipster knows good thing on
the turf.
One of the regular frequenters of
prominent uptown hotel is an elderly man,
with snow-white hair aud mustache and
who has evidently seen better days. He
was formerly very wealthy and lived at
San Francisco in good style. In on evil
hour he took charge of a claim against the
Government, involving title to Spanish
grent, and came to Washington TO urge the
maj Ter before Congress. During the last
Administration he he'd matters IN good
shape, but Congress adjourned without
taking The hoped-for action and the work
viii have to be gone over again, II money
can be raised. For the claimant who made
his appearance with well-lined pockets a
few years ago, is now reduced to the ne
cessity of borrowing dollar or two every
day for the necessities of life, always, how
ever, with promise to pay up shortly.
A new appointee made his appearance in
the hosel lobby last evening, aud, few
minutes after an introduction to the claim
ant, his pocket-book was depleted to the ex-
tent Of dollar, and il was done so quickly
that the giver hardly knew how 1t had been
accomplished, until bystander called his
attention 10 the work of Beau IIickmans
successor.
The wet weather has left the sporting
men, who were attracted by the races, with
but little to do except to growl at the
weather, play billiards and tell each other
marvellous stories Of events at the track.
The ho;e corridors contain a large number
Of well-diessed, loug-faced meu, for whom
life seems TO have lost its charm. A few
baye become discouraged and taken the
trains out OF the city, but the large ma
'jority have decided TO wait till the clouds
ioll by. The rain has had a most deprcss-
ing effect on their spirits and 1t will take
good sport to put them into their norma
state of good spirits.
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An amusing incident occurred in an
F-strcet, bot-toil 'boss''-oar shortly before
o'clock yesterday afternoon. "Tinkle,
llnkle, unkle'" peacu form IN du'cct tones
the httle Dell win wpicn our street railway
ears are equipped to notify passengers that
| one, or perhaps more of their number, had
not promptly po'd bis fare, or was eudeay-
oring 10 oeat 'he poor street railway com
Pahy OUT Oh r'ckei, An interval OF per-
n-ps lDree mhuEs eiaps;n ana again the
"ete pcii cn''''cu ioi'u its u,u. An om'nous
s'erce ior corr 'pohoingiy shoft penoo
Vi ,ine ehsueu, anu once more, put this
time win tpe Vigor OF an hate driver VINO
uooousteo'y nad the ih'ercst OF his en-
p'oyers ~ nc"r', the i'tue Dell, IN impat'eht
snd nasty stroke, again rcsoundcd through-
OUT the car' NOW, In that car sat Mr.. JUS
tce Lamar, ana thrce Others belonging to
| more humpie strata OIL society, ana one Oh
them had not paid bis fare. Chances were
| past'y exchauyed and wondermcnt was ex-
| pressed as 10 VINO the guilty one could be.
MI Lamar had peen ABSORBED In an earnest
conversation win iiiend VINO sat next
h'm, end the Old adaye, the lines OF which
run: "a friend In need is friend indeed "
| must nave nsshe1 upon the Justice's MIND,
for in on irstant he took from his pocket a
car ticket and hastily placed it in the fare
receptacle AT the s'me moment rustic,
whose long, waving locks had been brushed
by the "ilve'y tassc's OF many seasons'
growing corn, stepped forward and got a
ten-cent piece changed and dropped a
nickel in the slot OF the farc-box. Now,