St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-26

Boston Ideals. lneSe were some OF Jil6
fellows had seen before the race throw
ing their money away. They were now
going to get it back again with little
interest on the side.
inquired of one man whose face
wore an expression of Infinite happiness
how much he had won, and he replied
six dollars. 81 put i'm two dollars" he
said, land | take out eight" The fell
low looked like a consummate chump,
! and | bethOught myself if that fellow
can make six dollars so easily, surely 1T
should be no trick for me to pull out at
least that much on a small risk. I'd go
'em one if | lost. The struggle for adj
vantageous places before the betting
! stand had begun, and before / realized
it | was being drawn irreSiStibly by
some mysterious power in the direction
OF a "bOoky" named Hogan, whose
frank Irish cOuntenance won my adj
miratiOn from the time l eSpied him.
Il can get a good thing of Hogan [
said, ''if it is to be had" When got
into a good position began to tumble
in my pockets for bill SO as to be
ready to flash it when my op-
portunity arrived. About this time
me, and "a flood of thoughts
which seemed to be the reflection:
Surprising you lose, And so | stood
| inert. absorbed in my dreamingS, while
all the time Hogan eyed me with look
which seemed to say: Come on. come
on There are millions in itl' And |
doubted him not, though [ had not the
courage to drag that bill from out its
hiding place as proof of my confidence
in him. So it came that the pools closed,
and | ambled out, carrying favOrite i'll
my mind. If this horse won it was
proof positive that | ran no risk of TAX
ing a flyer in earnest. Nellie Pearl
was the name of the nag l had put 81
William on I'm my mind), and Nellie
Pearl was the name of the ''hosS' that
won handily by good Roman nose. L
felt that | was Endorsed, and when the
race was over l walked brlskly down to
the pooling booth with an air of one
who knew more about horses than either
COrrigan or the Dwyer Brothers. L
| looked at Hogan with cOntemptuOuS
leer. as much as to say. my boy, you're
not in it."
Hogan did not appear to appreciate
the full force of my strained visage. but
every little while he threw a look of
disgust over in my direction, which l
believe he intended for me. | took it in
| that light at any rate. l saw tnat l was
getting unpopular with good man, so
without more ado l drew forth tat
tered-looking specimen of
A Dollar Biz,
and waving it above my head with an
air of careless abandon | yelled to
Hogan:
"Iwllight!' "How much Twilight
do you want for that?' interrOgated
Hogan, scarcely looking at me.
"All can get" said |, and l heard a
litter run through the vast assemblage.
well, it will cost you So Numbered
Hogan, evidently weary OF wasting
time with such a small customer. |
produced another dollar, which was
taken charge of so quickly that L
scarcely knew | even had it. In return
was handed a ticket which read:
Hogan "Twi. "-2-5. FL"
had no idea what all these hero
glyphics meant, but saw that HOgan'S
name was there, and that was proof to
me that everything was on the square.
put the ticket in my pocket and HE'D
myself back to the grand stand to await
results. The first heat of the race was
run, being captured by a horse called
Louise NJ. closely followed by a
that looked like the Black Pearl. |
made inquiries as to Twilight, but could
ascertain nothing as to what figure he
had cut in the race. | learned later on
that the figure five represented his
number in crossing the line, and | rea-
soned that the next heat might witness
his arrival at the wire at twilight, so
| returned to Hogan and babe him put a
| flyer on Louise for me just for luck. He
| did so and seemed much pleased with
| the nerve | was displaying. Another
| heat for Louise, and l cared not whether
Twilight arrived the same evening or hot.
| would win s. and with the g that /
| had sunk on the early morning Splinter,
| would be a big, round cart wheel
| ahead. l had good point OF ObServa-
| ton to witness the close of the next
| heat and it was my opinion that either
| Lou was a winner or 1t was a dead
heat. The judges disagreed with me,
however, and gave the heat to Trust A,
| and the way cussed and tore around
there for moment was a sight to be-
hold. The judges stuck to their de-
| cision. however, and it was now horse
| apiece. | didn't like the looks of the
| darky that rode Trust at all. He had
a wav of lifting and showing his horse
! along that BODIED no good for Lou and
my flyer. So after this heat l consid-
cred the wisest thing to do would be to
| hedge on Trust. l was the more inn
| PEELED to this action by a conversation
| overheard between some colored men to
| the effect that Lou was no good, no now,
and that Orion (whom judged was the
rider of Trust would win in walk"
On the strength of all this put SO on
| Trust. the odds being 10 to Z. Later
| on discovered that Lou was growing
in favor and l then began 10 regret the
hedge mad made. There was nothing
| left for me to do but 10 hedge back to
Lou again. L had expended all the ready
| | had. but fortunately Cor unfortunately
as you please friend hove in sight
and touched him gently for an eagle.
He responded with alacrity, and 1
rushed with all speed to get in my work
before the pools closed.
Placed Five
on Lou at odds of to 3. l was so con-
| fused by the different cross bets 1 had
made that found myself in beautiful
| state of uncertainty us to which horse
would best suit me to win. l could II I
| figure out for the life of me. All | know
now is that Trust brought me in 81. Lot
cost me $40 and Twilight 81. In Other
words, was s. out by the entire trans
action. | let the Derby go by default.
having no faith in Donatello and being
afraid of the Corrigan entry. | intend
ed going home after this race and would
have done so had not an evil spiri
crossed my path. 1t came in the form
of colored gent who found me wander
ing and proceeded to take me in.
Say, boss" said he i'll most pathetic
tone of voice, 'dOes you want to make
some money. suah?"
l told him that l had made up my
mind for the day, but if there was {
strap In sight might consider the mat
ter.
PUT SO on Royal Garter, boss"
"What do you know about Royal Gar
ter?"
"What do l know, boss? Why,
used to work in the same barn with da
boss. He's dead suah winner, sab.
know you'll stake me. boss, if you win
and Pm done gone broke, sah."
Just then Hogan sang out 1910 even
ROYAL Garter don't run one, two, three.
"Dar you go. boss. Go him SO, sab
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