St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-10
VIEWED BY A WOMAN.


Now that the races are over and gone, leav
ing nothing bnt Derby day remembrance
of Donatello and bright dresses thought or
two of Verge dor and Marion c. n smile over
the stubbornness of Billy Pinkerton- and a
muddled mixture of jockeys, horses, etc., a
few retrospective glances might not be
amiss.
So
think mine a tolerably fair ex ample of
the ups and downs Of the Twin City ladies.
young and old, who have for the past six
teen days adorned the grand stand at the
Hamline course. / started out to be ''game, -
and bet like professional My friends said
you can't be sport unless you bet your
money" So 1 bravely waded in. OF
course, l had, like most women, been
to races before. l knew the meaning of
straight - place field against the favor
lite, " dead heats" weights" and all the
usual racing terms, but / had never bet for
myself never had the privilege OF knowing
that my own good judgment could be relied
upon, and this last | determined to test.
called up each day nice little lad to repre-
sent meand thought long and seriously over
the various qualities, good and bad, of the re-
spective horses then the jockeys, weights
and distance, and would just alb out have my
mind made up when some one of my &C
quaintance would step in with sure tip, y
and all my own judgment went to the winds.
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Well, the first day won. paid my boy and
came home with smile of compiacency
which increased every moment. The next
day l was out betimes. and in the very first
race Yale 81 put $50 into my pocket l re-
member il well. ! also remember playing
Billy Pinkerton one-half with the original
Billy Pinkerton sitting IN front of me-. and
losing it all before l went home. was be-
ginning 10 feel quite at home by this time.
and to learn the different jockeys by name,
and to yell Porter" ''Fitz' and Freeman
with vim; also to imagine that there was
an affinity between Porter's mount and my
self; put got too risky, and oh! how hard
that jockey let me down.
IT.
Well, for the next few days all went we'll
One day winner and next day loser, still
holding my own. till one day l took under
my care an inexperienced duck of girl
And talk about fun Why, Tom Coch-
ran law and order session is nowhere in
comparison She wanted to bet She
wanted to pick out the horse with a pretty
name and. as / expected, picked out limo
cence. | sent the boy down saying ''get me
the odds on Innocence and Gold Dust
when she interrupted me by saying, No, no,
not the difference between them, but how
much money can make on them. thought
l could never get her to understand that
odds i'll this case did not mean differ
ence." She imagined that the boy would
steal her money; and when Ike came and l
said, after Emmett had won, you had better
give the boy . little tip" she opened her
eyes big and wide and said. What for
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The time flew by wish had space to tell
you OF ali the amusing things that happened,
but L must tell you of my tip" One after
noon bright boy came to our box and said ::
If yell give me 80 cents apiece I'll tell ye
who will win sure. 1 heard the jockey as is
going to ride him say So" l said: what
stable are you fromg'' Mr.. Whites" sa d
he. well" l said, I'VE will bet on your horse.
and if we win pay you. What do you say o
that? He said: ''An right, and whispered
"Brightlight'' very mysteriously; and SO 1
put S. on Brightlight, and did she win?
Well, l should say she did and you should
have heard me yell for Tot Sloan.
IL
The next thing of Importance Ito mel was
the money lest on Verge dor, and, indeed,
l was not alone in my discomfort, for the
black horse was faYorite l can tell you;
and when he did not win for me the first
day was sure Monk Oyerton came the
second day all the way from Chicago TO ride
him to win; but he did not. Ed Hopper won.
Gracious. if it had not been bad taste, and
tried to console myself that l was being a
sport, think that l would have actually
cried, ''or near it." AS it was, l laughed q
hateful little laugh that was much worse
than crying, and went TO the back of the
grand stand and looked very thoughtfully
away into vacancy, and wondered obviously
why, when horse can win ana a Jockey
don't make him win, people did not shoot
the jockey.
IT
Well, if my heart was broken on Tuesday,
what was it on Wednesday, when they SAID
Doc Wick was fouled by Emmett: l don't
think he was, for had my money Oh Emmett
and / don't believe nice little jockey like
Tot" sloan would do such a thoroughly
mean thing; but L didn't get my money,
although l heard a lOud-volced, prominent
citizen making great fuss about the judges
IGilluS Wudt WIS IlOL So duu W luSiE
own interests, when all of d sudden we did
not hear another word. The man had got his
money back, and we people, with our palrry
$40 and $50 on the result, could whistle. The
man with the $1,000 should be pacifed. 2
II
was rather heavy-hearted the next day as
| went out. There was a kind of all gone
ness in my pocketbook that was CALLING in
the extreme; but l was being sport and
kept that always in view. That day /, by ac-
cident. won what seemed q pile on Fight;
then i was ali right again. Friday came,
and with it Prince Fortunatus, Guido and
the rest / won on the Prince and thought |
had a sure thing on Pomfret when it came to
place money, when 10 and behold in comes
Porter hands down and-my money was
lost, and l had another feeling that l did not
want any dinner ON my arrival home.
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After this last and telling experience had
not the heart or pocketbook to go the last
day. Still. am confident that when next
years races begin l shall be willing to so and
sit the full sixteen. or if need be twenty-five
days at the races with as great pleasure as L
have really experienced this year. in spite of
the fact that have lost a great deal of my
previous confidence in my own good judg-
ment. | think on the. whole, | have been
fortunate to come out whole, ana hope any
and all of my sisters have done the same.
ALICE