Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22


.'raE ANIMAL. WAS 40 Nosk GOOD TO
HIa"
sBe one hundred dollars II he won. and
atty anyway. 80 | told him IL was all
rigat a. far a. was concerned. but I
was sorry he WAS going 90 lose his
money. lie sort of smiled. but then
seemed % recoliect himself and sighed.
remarking that III couldn't DO helped
now" but he wished would let Hutch
inson stay In the stable that night
with the Waterman. % see that no
harm came 10 the horse. because he
didn't trust those racing men.
I knew. OF course, that Carter and
his gang had too sure thing for IL tn
be worth their while 10 drug the horse,
even II they had the chance. but
hunorod him and Hutchinson staid.
For . man who didn't know much
about horses. the way he rubbed that
roadster down, and bathed his legs.
I'D him. tested his shoes. and so on.
was really surprising. A queer sort of
feeling hoated into mind. not exactly
suspicion but the biggest uncertainty
/ ever felt, and concluded Wouldn't
bet And the next morning. when
saw il was Hutchinson and not suther-
land who took the reins and that he
suddenly looked like . driver from
way back. wssquite satisfied hadn't
bet any. though could not anyway.
Just said nothing 10 anybody.
Well. the erot came of. Ny livery
A..le ~ hA
quarter; was two good lengths ahead
at the half: AZ the three-quarter the
pace was 30 hot for her that she broke
and went up into the air and by the
time her driver got her down again to
a square gait she was too far behind TO
even save her distance. You never saw
such scene in your life. The public
howled and CRASHED its teeth. N.Y.
How folks did swear that dayl As for
Carter he was just wild: swore that il
was a put-up job. said the horse was q
ringer and demanded that all bets
should be declared of But the churn
men proved the honesty of their petit
ton easily enough by me and the bets
were paid
Mr.. sutherland didn't wait TO close
mp his churn business lie just left IL
Tie and his partner. after giving me
the hundred he had promised, took the
next train for Detroit.
I felt ten feet high that night and
wouldn't take ten thousand dollars for
nav roadster. In fact I refused five
thousand. In my minds eye | had
world beaten. one To take out on the
grand circuit and win everything with
It.
But along in the forenoon of the next
dzy an Indiana sherif-from Marshall
county, think. IL I remember right
Game 20 town looking for stolen horse
and found him Yes. you've guessed
right. il was my roadster. The owner
OF the horse was along and identified
tho beast The hin of sale in his
name which I had was a forgery.
Proof was clear and could do nothing
but give up. The owner was square
enough, however. 20 give me back the
hundred had paid To the thief. so that
on the whole transaction I was one
hundred and forty dollars ahead and
had 10 right 10 complain.
About q mouth afterwsrd the facts
came out and Carter had been right
There was a put-up Job. and the pre-
tended churn men. the students. the
thief, the real owner of the horse-and
the sheriff. too. gueSs-were all in H.
Hutchinson was one Of the best drivers
IN the land and had trained the horse,
so the gang knew they had a cinch ola
Sultana. bat To work Il So a. TO get all
ont Of u that was possible they had 10
play their comedy in the fine way they
did. The horse vas one with a reputs-
ton aiready. and AZ he had a blaze
face and three white stockings his
marks wpaid have given him away IL
Ne had not bcen neatly dyed. and the
DE would have worn or been washed
OF had they not - engineered things
a. % keep him practically in their pos
session al the time / nominaliy had
him. To renew his color and maintain
him in good racing form. ready Tor .
big effort. vas easy enough the way
they arranged matters and they
played their game through from start
20 finish without . fault The eject
ther~of being perfect in The nature 20
that now hear spoken OF az lead
pips eiach on the havs