The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-31

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me one hundred dollars If he won. and
| fifty anyway, so l told him il was all
right as far as was concerned, but I
was sorry he was going to lose his
money. He sort of smiled. but then
seemed to recolleet himself and sighed,
remarking that 1T couldn't be helped
insDn stay in the stable that night
with the watchnlan, to see that no
harm came to the horse, because he
/ didn't trust those racing men.
l knew, of course, that Carter and
his gang had too sure thing for it to
be worth their while to drug the horse,
even if they had the chance, but
humored hin and Hutchinson staid.
For man who didn't know much
about horses, the way he rubbed that
roadster down, and bathed his legs,
fed him, tested his shoes. and so on,
was really surprising. A queer sort of
feeling fioated into mind. not exactly
suspicion but the biggest uncertainty
l ever felt, and ! concluded | wouldn't
bet. And the next morning, when /
saw it was Hutchinson and not Suther-
land who tool. the reins and that he
suddenly looked like a driver from
wayback, l was quite satisfied hadn't
bet any. though could not anyway.
l just said nothing to anybody,
Well the trot came off. My livery
plug went away from Sultana at the
quarter; was two good lengths ahead
at the half; at the three-quarter the
pace was so 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 gnashed it's teeth. Ny.
How folks did swear that davl As for
Carter he was just wild; swore that it
was put-up Job, said the horse was
ringer and demanded that all bets
should be declared off. But the churn
men proved the honesty of their petit
tion easily enough by me and the bets
were paid.
Mr.. Sutherland didn't wait to close
mp his churn business. He just left Il.
He and his partner. after giving me
the hundred he had promised, took the
next train for Detroit
l felt ten feet high that night and
wouldn't take ten thousand dollars for
my roadster. In fact | refused FIVE
thousand In my minds eye had
world beater, one to take out on the
grand circuit and win everything with
it.
But along in the forenoon of the next
day an Indiana sheriff-from Marshall
county, ] think, if remember right
came to town looking for stolen horse
and found him. Yes. you've guessed
right: it was my roadster. The owner /
of the horse was along and identified !
the beast. The bill of sale in his
name which | had was a forgery. +
Proof was clear and could do nothing 4
but give up. The owner was square .
enough, however. to give me back the /
hundred | had paid to the thief. SO that
On the whole transaction | was one
hundred and forty dollars ahead and
had no right to complain.
About a month afterward the facts
came out and Carter had been right.
There was 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 it.
was one of the best drivers
n the land and had trained tho horse,
20 the gang knew they had cinch on
'ultana, but to work il so as TO get all
,ut of it that was possible they had to
olay their comedy in the fine way they
lid. The horse was o3e with reputa-
ion already, and as he had blaze
ace and three white stockings his
marks would have given him away II
ie had not been neatly dyed. and the
I've would have worn or been washed
If had ther not so engineered things
S 20 keep him practically In their pos
ession all the time I nounirally had
lin. To renew his color and maintain
i'm in good racing form. ready for
'lg effort, was easy enough the way :
hey arranged matters. and they
layed their game through from start
o finish without fault, the effect
hereof being perfect in the nature OF ,
That ! now hear spoken OF as lead
.pe cinch on the boys