Arizona republican., 1891-12-06
HOW HE WON HIS WIFE.

"See ludt COuplt SOltS lulO tut DO, tbere-there, right back of the judges stand-lady in red and the fellow witt the light hat-see|
 "Yes. Who are they3 What abou em:
 "Oh, they're staid married folks now mt they had enough romance in theil eourtship to supply one of these femal, sepsationalists with plot for dozel ouarto novels.
 Well. that fellow won his wife in race first met him in England thre, years ago at Newmarket, the great rae ing heath where nearly all their bis events come off He is an American and just happened to drop into the plac, A few days earlier than 1 did. She il English, and the daughter of man whC has long been known as one of tho nerv lest bookmakers on the English turs When met him it lacked four weeks oI the date of the great Doncaster cup, ont of the biggest stake races of the English calendar We became acquainted anC got to knocking around together. Hi name is Shelby, Thomas Shelby, and, a soon learned. he came from that stat, where the grass grows blue, not green and where the ripping rills percolat, through Altering limestone to be caugh by man and distilled into the nectar o the gOds-sOur mash.
 Furthermore, found ont that he haC money, lots of it, knew all about horses and had fallen desperately in love witt Miss Molly, daughter of William Mitch ell, the boOkmaker.
 As Shelby and got better acquaint ed he confded to me that he had paic his addresses to the fair Molly ever since the race meeting in Leicester. and that while she had received them favorably and said "Yes" to the all momentou, question her father had absolutely re fused to give any consideration to hi' proposition for his daughters hand, and that Miss Molly was sufficiently tilial ir her duty to refuse his proposition tC elope At that time Mitchell was rated a wealthy man, and that his ambition: ayaway beyond bookmaking and racing as professions was well known
 Well. Shelby was the right sort Ht had as much nerve as old Mitchell, anC money too. There's only one way tC make that old fool come around, he said for he's as pig headed as the devil, and I'm going to take that way.
 Whats thatT asked
 "'To break him, replied my Kentuck. friend, and I'm going to do it.
 "l intimated that there were two sidei to every proposition, that what Mitchell didn't know about horse racing nobody did, and that in hls attempt to break tho old man young MT. Shelby, of Lexington was very likely to go broke himself Elope with the girl said, but don't try to break Mitchell Remember the bitter oft gets bitten.
 She won't elope, he answered. l told you that, and as long as her respect ed dad has nothing but money he wont let her marry anybody while he has { chance of hooking some busted title fol her He's ambitious and he thinks he'I smart, but have scheme to do hin which l think will start his downfall al right. Listen: Now, I've got colt ovel here that, as soon as he's acclimated, |: going to show some of these crack 2-year Olds the real Kentucky pace Nobody knows he's in the country, nobody knows anything about him, and when l entel him in the Downesborough handicap tht handcapper will let him go at feather weight, and the odds will be 100 to sure. Well, ain't going to start him 1T the DOncaster, but I'm going to get in or old Mltchelrs book for that bit first and then swoop down on him at Downes borough and finish him up. Then IT stake him again if he'll let me marry thu girl Seer
 "l didn't see exactly, at least about tht Doncaster business, till the next day when heard Of rank outsider, owned Oy young fellow named Master, who hyed In the country down Leicester way being backed by e10,0O0 against Gl 200 The colt hadn't appeared in the betting at all previous to that, and nobody hat any idea of his being even a possible winner. saw Shelby that night, ant he grinred when 1 mentioned the incl dent
 Part of my scheme, dear boy, ht said Master is a pal of mine, and that colts been kept bottled up Hes about as near sure thing as l ever had. No body knows what he is or who he is Master let me in on my promise to give nm chance on my entry at Downes borough.
 The next days papers recorded an other bet of e5,000 to Gl,000 by old Mitchell, and from that on, the talent smelling rat, the Master colt jumed uI 'h the odds till only the favorite carried as much money
 The old man stands to lose R22 ,0O( on that colt of Masters, said Shelby gsIeeiuIly the day before the race, and I've got el5,000 of it myself It's sure money too
 We'll the race came of, and demon s'Fated that he was right. The unknown won handily, and turf circles went crazy 'h their wild excitement of the unex pected
 Old Mitchell was wild, but he settled 'n tull and told his friends that he'd ever pat Downesborough He didn't know to whom he had lost all the money, a' SSheI0y had done all his betting through ms pal, Master. 1t was only three day. Slter the Doncaster race that the Downes