The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-28

the Doncaster, but I'm going to get in on
old Mitchell's book for that bit first,
and then swoop down on him at Downes-
borough and finish him up. Then I'll
stake him again if he'll let me marry the
girl. Seer
81 didn't see exactly, at least about the
Doncaster business, till the next day,
when heard of rank outsider, owned
by young fellow named Master, who
lived in the country down Leicester way,
being backed by e10,0o0 against 81, 200.
The colt hadn't appeared in the betting
at ali previous to that, and nobody had
any idea of his being even a possible
winner. saw Shelby that night, and
he grinned when mentioned the Incl
dent. --.
"'Part of my scheme, dear boy he
said. Master is pal of mine, and that
colts been kept bottled up He's about
as near a 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
him a chance on my entry at Downes-
borough
1.-THE next days papers recorded an
other bet of $4,000 TO 81, 900 by old
Mitchell, and from that On, the talent
smelling rat, the Master colt junned up
in the odds till only the fayorite carried
as much money.
"'The odd man stands to lose G22, 900
on that colt of Masters said Shelby
gleefully the day before the race, and
I've got e15,o0O of it myself. It's sure
money too
well, the race came of, and demon
strated that he was right. The unknown
won handily, and turf circles went crazy
| in their wild excitement Of the unex-
pected.
"Old Mitchell was wild, but he settled
IN full and told his friends that bed even
up at Downesborough. He didn't know
to whom he had lost all the money, as
Shelby had done all his betting through
his pal, Master. 1t was only three days
after the Doncaster race that the Downes-
borough meeting came OF, and the IA
nous handicap was the first days star
race. Shelby had been putting big wads
of money quietly on, his black colt, All
mud Khan, and had done it through five
or SIX commissions, among them myself,
for two weeks back. We all played it
in Mitchell's book, too, but coming from
so many sources the old man didn't get
scared, but took all offered with the ex-
PLANTATION to his friends that those -
fool Americans would FIJI up the hole
left in his bank account by that foxy
cove, Master, at Doncaster. On the day
of the race. however, Shelby came out
boldly. The odds were still long against
Ahmud Khan. and old Mitchell in the
betting ring was shouting, One thou Be
hundred against the American colt.
Shelby walked up to him
"'How many times will you take
that? he asked
"'Oh. it's you2 Well, I'll take It as
often as you want to play it, young
man.
"'An right, make it 500. 900 to $4,000
There's my money.
The size of the wager sort Of stag
gered Mitchell, but he took it with 8
grim joke about the dsmpness Of the
route to America for walking
What odds will you give now
against Ahmud Khan queried Tom
again when the bets were noted
"'Five 10 one. thousands or hundreds
just one bet don't want TO tie up any
more money at long odds; it's wasting
chsnc~S lean do better on some of the
others.
"'An right, there's another thou
You'n have a bad Monday I'm afraid
Mitchell
"'T'l have better one than You, my
young buck But say, who owns Ahmud
Khan? Hes entered from the Luriine
stable. / don't know yer American
strings, you know.
Il see you don't. responded Tom, ]
own him, and you'd better so get some
information about our American strings
before you make your odds next tine.
We'll. the race came off, aud 5 beauty
it was The fsvorite. q horse named
Marquis O. Lockhsven, was backed 10
ssandstill. and when they got away went
straight to the lead AhInud Khan
didn't show nil the half. then ne came
out Of the pack slowly. but steadily adj
vsnced till at the three-quArters ne was
on the Marquis tank At the mile he
had crept CD 70 nis withe-s. and wren
the finish was about 100 yards Of Toms