The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-12-31

itues as ne was acquainted with. ue
lunched at the Cafe Royal where he
met more friends with whom he dis
cussed the days fixtures. nodded his
head oninously and smiled knowingly
and when pressed tu express au upiu uu
said, II can't say and when one Young
sportsman offered tn take horse against
his, said:
my dear boy. the first rule of racing
is that you cannot bet if You know-aud
know"
His virtuous Discrimination to take ON
the youngster didnot prevent his friends
when he turned up at the Empire, from
saying that Tommy had had good day
more especially as to every one who
had lost or won he said, II could have
told you as much, only / was bound not
to say word to a suul. During all
that week the Hon. Tommy pursucd
very much the same tactics, merely re-
marking over night, when the results
were known, IF You like to lt; lne
stand in couple of hundreds viii let
you know a good thing for Kemptou on
Saturday. provided you give me your
sacred word of honor never to breathe
my name as your informant whether it
comes off or not, as | have grave rea-
sons which you must not ask me TO OK
plain"
Anybody who knows the fashionable
sporting world will readily believe that
so trifing condition was readily com
piled with
Before Saturday came round all those
who had consented to pay Tommy e200
in the event of his tip coming off, and
had pledged their solemn oaths never
to divulge his name rs their informant
were duly placed in possession of a name
with the following sage counsel;
THE way you chaps lose your money
is by going to every race meeting by
backing a horse iii every race. and 10y
putting your pals on, and thus spelling
the market when you really do know
anything good. Now look at mel I
always win money at racing.
Il have done SO steadily for years, hut
never go near a meeting unless | know
something, and never have sixpence
on more than one race, whether | win or
lose, and | keep my own counsel You
are the only man ! have given this tip
to, and, to be quite frank. the only rea-
son do so is because ! cannot get any
more money on without spelling the
market; and | am pledged TO my inform
ant not to personally back the horse foi
more than certain sum or the book
makers would tumble, and if the stable
r IL Il. /
Office again 1t is by not being discreet
that fellows spoil themselves. and if
were to knock the betting about it is as
likely as not that they would pay me out
by numbering me on to wrong nm next
time. and as ! have never taken the
knock don t want to start now
This very excellent advice was given
to some thirty-six of the Hon. Tommy
Arden's best and most "oofy" sporting
friends. There were six races on the
following Saturday at Kempton fo~
which some thirty horses started, Ii
would be superhuous for the purposes of
this story TO give the names of the horses,
their ages, weights or the names of their
riders. All that remains to say is that
the Hon. Tommy Arden had e200 10
nothing on every horse that started
Needless 10 say, only six horses won.
With thirty Of his friends Tommy has
condoled and said something about "the
luck of the devil" With six Of his
friends, vino believe in him rs a prophet
ever after to be followed blindly, he has
rejoiced-more especially on the Mon
day, when they each handed him
check for E2OO, making in all el 200,
with which he paid ont the brokers as
he had promised the agent.
It is due to his sagacity to say that the
Hon. Tommy Arden only plays this
game three times in each wear Other
men would be more greedy. Tommy
only makes some El.OOO: but he is con
tented with this, as he has the love
and respect of his charming wife, who is
one Of the prettiesr and best dressed
women in town. In each wear he also
makes some eighteen fast friends of the
men to whom he has given the straight
tip which has come off. The others.
Tommy consoles himself by saving. have
as good chance as any one else, and
they all have their tum sooner or later,
There are few who. after two or
three experiences Of Tommy's straight
tips, have become slightly colder toward
him; but Tommy makes no fuss. He
pays them out by quietly leaving them
out Of the next good thing:" for the
simple reason that there are always
other good men coming on, all OF whom
he makes it his business to cultivate
st. James Budget.
4 very Ctosc Snsve.
81 believe got into the closest place
during the civil war that a man ever
got out of alive said L. y. Harper, the
Mulhatton of Michigan. now stopping
at the Laclede. II had been detailed
to obtain information regarding the
strength of detachment of Confederate
troops stationed on the Tennessee river, ,
near Decatur, Ala. got the infurma-
tion, and was working my way hacl, TO
camp when was discovered and pur-
sued by q scouting party / had con-
cealed a skiff in the brush ON the banks |
Of the river, but a sudden rise had swept
it away. and there was nothing TO do but .
Surrender or swim the swollen stream.
stronger than had Anticipated. and by |
the time | reached midstream my