Mower County transcript., 1890-11-26

from every one he met The presents
were Of no earthly use to him, and no
could not make out why they were
given to him. Tho dreamer was man
who had to hustle for . living, and
when IN elephant and . box of blocks
were presented to him he found them
decidedly in the way. Slippers arrived
by tho CARLOAD. Canes and umbrellas
were so numerous that he could havo
stacked q good-sized store. Among
other things were barrel Of -four. sew
eral bottles OF pickles, pieces of dress
goods, a wig, set Of false teeth and .
coffin. When he woke up in the morn
ing he tried to interpret the dream.
After puzzling over it for some time ho
decided that it must havo been his
birthday or Christmas. Ho eagerly
looked over the list of entries in the
morning paper, and finding that Birth.
day was entered in mile-and-a-turlong
race, felt suro that the dream was tip.
Flo told all his friends tho dream, and
they agreed with him. They made
trip to Sheepshead Bay that afternoon
and played Birthday at eleven to flve
Birthday won, and they celebrated tho
event in tho evening.
On the same day that Birthday won,
q young man went down to tho race.
course looking very weary and woe-be.
gone. His friends could not make out
what was tho matter with him, as he
was usually very lively. He appeared
to be wrestling with some weighty sub.
ioof ~ hio yo,iv,H ,o,hSo ol%
beyond his capabilities. His friends
made him take q drink, joked and
laughed with him, watched two races
together; but the young man became
more dismal every moment. Finally,
after deal of persuasion, and while
the betting was going on for tho thir
race, he was induced to tell his talo OF
woe.
The previous night he had dream. He
thought he was up in Maine having q
glorious time. The weather was lovely.
Ho, with some others, were camping out
in the woods They had made an OK.
cursion to the lumber region. and they
were much interested in watching tho
men telling the trees. While asleep ho
was having a glorious time, but all day
long he had been wondering what that
dream meant. Ho was sure it was a
tip but could not see ON what Sudden.
~ one Of his friends grabbed his pro-
gramme and made hurried examina.
ton.
"Why, Woodcutter, of course" ho ex-
claimed.
The three men rushed to tho betting
ring, and just as the horses were going
to the post secured three to ono against
the colt. Woodcutter won, and the
young man has been happy over since.
Tips arc now to be had from some
new drop-a-nickel-in-the- machines.
These machines havo miniature race
tracks attached Half dozen horses
arc fastened on wires and % speeding
round the track when nickel is
dropped in. The color Of the one that
wins is carefully noted. The supersti.
tious then study the programme for
similar color and play that horse.
Sometimes they win and sometimes
thoy don't. They have won often enough
to make tho superstitious believe in the
tip.
To SEQ piebald or calico horse, as
they are sometimes called, Is a very
good sign. To have strange dog fol.
low you in tho street is also considered
good luck. To have good luck during
the day ono must get out Of bed on tho
right side, and the right foot must
touch tho floor first Then thore is the
old superstition about seeing the new
moon over the left shoulder.
Another tip which many of the super
stitious are ready to take is given when
the horses are at the post ready to start.
Very often the saddle girths get little
loose, and the jockey will ask permis.
sion to dismount and have them tight
ened. The superstitious call this put
ting on the cinch," and as soon as they
SEQ boy dismount thoy hurry of to
the betting ring to put on some money.
1t is rather curious to note that several
horses that have had their saddle girths
tightened when they have been at the
post lately have won their races.