The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-01-28

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by backi1 g all the horses. The next
morning lie did not refer to the subject,
but staid away from bus iness and oecu-
pied his eatire day by making out long
lists of his rich racing acquaintance
and comp ling elaborate calculations,
Toward e. ening he Went out and bought
a betting book, into which he ca efully
copied TT result of his work. This
done, he read it all over and smiled.
He then closed the book, ate his Inner
comforta bly,, retired to ped earls and
slept like a top.
The = day he wa out and about
betimes, but instead of once more dun
ming his customers fo1 the commissions
which they owed him, he paid a visit to
all the ntarting price Dookmakers, ask
ing the price of one horse at each place,
making an entry in his book mysterious
ly, and chatting with such of the hab-
tues as he was acq' ainted with. He
lunched at the Cafe Royal, where he
met mere friends wi h whom he dis
cussed the days fixtures, nodded his
head %olninously and niled knowingly,
and when pressed to express an opinion
said, 81 can't say anil when one young
sportsman offered to t; Ike a horse against
his, said:
"My dear boy, the I rst rule of racing
is that you cannot bet # You know-and
l know"
His sirtuous distinct nation to take on
the youngster did not revent his friends,
when he turned up at the Empire, rom
saying that Tommy nd had a goot day
more especially as to every one who
had lost or won he SAID, II could nave
told you as much, only l was bounl not
to say a word to a soul" During all
that week the Hon Tommy pu rsued
very much the same tactics, merely re-
marking owe night, when the results
were known, eff you like to 1T me
stand in a couple of hundreds | will let
you know a good thing for Kempton on
Saturday, provided you give mi your
sacred word of honor never to breathe
my name as your informant whether it
comes off or not, as | have gra re real
sons which you must not ask me to ex-
plain"
Anybody who knows the fasl ionable
| bpOl tlAl6 WOilu II lCuttlly DClR'NC tLtG
SO trifing a condition was read ly COM
piled with.
Before Saturday came round al those
who had consented to pay Tom ny 9200
in the event of his tip coming off, and
had pledged their solemn oatlis never
to divulge his name as their in .ormant,
were duly placed in possession of name
with the following sage counse
"The way you chaps lose yo IL money
is by going to every race me citing, by
backing a horse i'll every race, and by
putting your pals on, and thu spelling
the market when you really DO know
anything good. Now look It me! ]
always win money at racing.
II have done SO steadily for years, but
l never go near Il meeting unless | know
something, and | never have q sixpence
on more than one race, whether | win OF
lose, and | keep my W counsel. Yol
are the only man | have given this tl
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 l am pledged to myinform
ant not to personally back the horse fol
more than a certain sum or the book
makers would tumble, and if the stabl,
were forestalled | should never get thu
Office again. 1t is by not being discree
that fellows spoil themselves. and if
were to knock the betting about it is a
likely as not that they would pay he on
by numbering me on to a wrong 'un mex
time. and as | have never taken tn
xnock don't want to start now"
This very excellent advice was givel
to some thirty-six of the Hon. Tomm,
Arden's best and most ''oofy' sportin,
friends. There were six races on tn
following Saturday at Kempton, TO
which some thirty horses started. |
would be superauous for the purposes o
this story to give the lame of the horses
their ages, weights or the names of thei
riders. All that remains to say is tina
the Hon. Tommy Arden had G200
nothing Oh every horse that started.
Needless to say, only six horses wo1
With thirty of his friends Tommy liza
condoled and said something about 18th
luck of the devil" With six of hi
9 friends, who believe in him as a prophe
ever after to be followed blindly, he ha
, rejoiced-more especially N the Nor
! day, when they each handed him
check for G200, making in all 81 ,20'
, with which he paid out the brokers {
g he had promised the agent.
1t is due to his sagacity to say that tt
Hon. Tommy Arden only plays tn
game three times in each year. Oth'
men would be more greedy. Tomm
;, only makes some GA 900; but he is CO..
tented with this, as he has the 10y
and respect of his charming wife, who
one Of the prettiest and best dresse
, women in town. In each year he al
. makes some eighteen fast friends of tt
~ men to whom he has given the straig'
= tip which has come off. The other
A Tommy consoles himself by saying, ha'
- as good a chance as any one else. al
they all have their urn sooner or later
g There are a few who, after two
three experiences of Tommy's straig
=, tips, have become slightly colder iowa
him; but Tommy makes no fuss. T
Ct pays them out by quietly leaving the
II out of the next good thing for t
~ simple reason that there are alwa
other good men coming on, all of who
he makes it his business to cultivate.
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