The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28

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hes no better than selling platter. You
never kno y where 70 find HIM Now that
we've fallen out. l have TO keep keyed up TO
the top notch 70 be sure he don't get away
from me. All Pm afraid of is that some
gay he,u catch me when Pm not feeling
well. If be DOES he'll come near doing the
trick In spite Of me if it's one of his good
days. But let's change the subject. don't
Ike unpleasant toDicS.n
w hat on earth do you, Of all other
horses, want TO retire from the turf fora
NOW, II You were an old plug. bringing up
tne rear all the time, could understand
well, you go into training during the
hot weather. and you'll find out. To say
notnlng OF The hard work, / can't take a
drink when feel like il. Then there's that
fellow Brandon. used to like him at first,
but I've got bravely over it. He watches
me like cat and haunts me like ghost
How would you like itl I've been tempted
70 KICK his whole head off many time.
Haggin's good fellow, but I don't see
much OF him. Thst's the worst of being
owned by millionaire. OF course | could
have an easy time if l wanted to, but I'd
have TO Day for it in the end"
"How's thatF'
"Well, could get beaten half a dozen
times and they'd take me off the track; but
| after that they wouldn't think much of me
at the stock farm, where l'rn going to spend
the balance of my days; and / wouldn't be
treated with the Differences | am accus-
toned TO. That's what l am working SO
hard for"
will you excuse me if ask you rather
| pointed question:
Don't make it too pointed; it's nv first
experience at this sind of thing"
IN be as delicate as possible You have
said nothing which justifies the conclusion
| that races are run on their merits. Are
horses In the habit Of coming TO what you
call an understanding with each other?"
| Nv by, my dear boy, your guilelessness is
perfectly refreshing. Can't you see that we
are the real protectors of the public! Every
| BODY knows that owners combine that
races are fixed in advance, that in other
words, the trusting public has no show un-
less we take the matter in hand. We are
| constantly trying to preserve the purity of
the turf. You've heard of the lead pipe
clnchs Well, if you haven't it's time you
dld. could tell you of dozen cases in
| which either owners or jockeys have put I'D
| q JOB, and in which their calculations were
upset. When you hear or another sure
thing gone wrong you can make up your
| mind that nothing but an honest horse
broke the combination. You didn't know,
| suppose, that l am the president of our
anti crookedness society"
| We'll, I've heard of good many pretty
little schemes coming to grief, but had no
| Idea that the horses took any hand in de-
| featipg themn
II want to tell you just one thing more
It's mystery to me why, as a class, racers
| do their level best to beat each other They
| usually have in the saddle either little
| brute or an imbecile, who draws blood and
uses the whip Just at the moment when he
he should be sitting still and giving his
| mount chance. They think that is riding
We know better. We will do more in re-
Spouse to a touch from an intelligent
| fellow like Mclaughlin than we will
| Tor all the punishment that the troop OF lit
tie scamps who weigh in at the races can in
| flict. don't say that horses are perfect.
Some of them have bad tempers, aud many
of them are vicious enough to be a human
| being, | know horses on the track who
have no more business to be there than an
elephant has to be on bicycle. but they are
driven, harried, butchered and worried, and
| the marvel is that they don't display greater
infrmities of character. However, this dis
cussion is taking a somewhat serious turn,
which am sure was not my design"
At this moment Brandon thrus1 his head
| through the half-open door, surveyed his
majesty fer an instant and withdrew.
There he is again" said Salvador. 81
| shouldn't be surprised if he's been listening
to every word we've said. Now you begin
to have some idea of the unfortunate posi-
ton of horse in training. l can't hold a
confidential conversation with a visitor
without fear of interruption. There's one
thing want to ask you before you go. [
understand Pm to be photographed in a
variety Of attitudes, and that the photo
graphs are likely to be printed. Now, I'll
leave that to you if that isn't fine thing
| the king OF the turf masquerading about in
front of a photographer What indignitv
will Byrnes want to affront me with next?
do you regard it as an indignityp
Wouldn't any self-respecting ami
mal?"
"Well, all I have to say is that You
needn't go far to find a precedent Don't
you remember that celebrated Brooklyn
divine was recently photographed in every
conceivable posture, except, perhaps, that
of standing upside DOWN.
"You don't tell me; hadn't heard of
it."
''Who do you suppose it wasp
''Oh, you needn't tell me- 1t must have
been Talmage. But here's Brandon coming
again. You'll have to hurry off. By the
way, just a word before you go: | wish
you'd make little announcements for me-.
why, certainly. What is itF'
81 see something in the papers about q
presidential race. What are the stakes"
About $4,000"
"Why, that isn't much. 1t isn't as much
as the futurity.' but still it's worth win
| ming. Are there many entriesp
"Quite a number"
when is it to be run!"
| mot until 1892"
THAT shuts me out. I'll be off the turf
| by that time. Thank heaven, but I'd like
to give them run for for it. Who are the
| favorites?"
"Well, there's Blaine on one side and
Cleveland on the other. Blaine is aged and
| Cleveland's 6-year-old."
"Are they in trainingp
Yes, but Cleveland hasn't got down to
weight yet"
What are their performancesY'
| cleveland won it at once and was once
beaten by a head for it. Blaine has been
beaten for it. too He lost by a nose"
"Close finishes, eh? Well, you can tell
them both that if Haggin enters me they
won't be in it"
With coquettish flourish of his tail the
king OF the turf dipped his nose fastidiouSly
| in a pail of water, while Brandon harmo-
niously whistled, sob dat watermelon"
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