The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-19
TALK OF THE TOUT.
PECULIAR EXPRESSIONS USED ON THE
RACE TRACKS.

rcCOLiSh eNfhtS'olONo UotO ON 7E
RACE TRACKS.
While Mystifying to the uninitiated, They
Are Easily Understood When Once Ex-
plained-Some of the Phrases Are Very
Catchy Mostly of English Origin.
Race track phrases as intricate to the
uninitiated as FIJI islanders love song
are fast creeping into all walks of life,
and the slang which makes up the vo-
cabulary of the turfman is liable to be
heard in the social small talk of the
day, in the rigid business house and fire.
quently in the clubs, Where some of
the terms originated is IA mystery, but
the genuine tout speaks nothing else,
and his largon is at once interesting
and novel Nearly all of the express
sions, like the thieves lore, probably
came from the English courses, and the
English race going people are more IA
mliar with the words of the stable boy
or lower class than the American pa
irons of this sport of the kings. The
running track has loaned some of its
ture at the tracks where the long tailed
light harness performers win stakes and
purses is a combination of later years.
The modern tout, this genius be
ing one who almost sleeps on tracks and
imparts his carly morning information
to you when half of the winnings of
your bet are promised him, can spin it
off by the yard, and some of his express
sions are indeed unique
There she goes all to pieces, 3" he
will exclaim as the FLY he has picked
to win suddenly waivers and begins to
fall to the rear. He may say something
about her shutting up like a jack
knife as she drops into the truck, +"
which name is applied to the tail end of
the procession. Should she go out of her
proper course i'll running he will in
form you that she has "bolted," land he
will call her ''bore" if she happens to
swerve against another horse, impeding
his progress. If she should have been
pulled for some reasons he had not
learned, he may call her Il dead un,
meaning that she was not intended to
win, but if he applies the word duff
fer" to her that means she couldn t beat
anything.
vi .iie .uri 'he term oei'aoeat mas
two meanings. 1t is sometimes applied
to a horse completely exhausted and is
always applied to any man who fails
to pay his debts In the latter sense the
turl Is no uiHereio from any o'her place,
why ne II ieao rom END TO END
would SIGNIFY mat the animal III ques-
oioh VIII De III 'front.' OF lhe o1ners from
.he start 10 'he rii'sn, ohonia another
morse come up suddenly ana dispute
every men Oh the way 1he newcomer Is
salo 10 chailehge the o'ner' ana Wheh
ne arrives alongside OF nm and there
is no Inference between 'neir noses from
the staho ehe TWO are racing mead ana
mead IL might seem TO be preach OF
etlqnette TO near man say that some
oio horse Is me SWEETEST maioeh on
inc track; Inns would llld1ca'e 1hat the
morse Is the oest one 'ilat mas never won
race
oho''io track ioiio"er ten you tilat
ne sa" certain morse out Tor II pipe
OPENER III .he morning, pu' ne oidll
heso'ia,e We'll ne Is intending 10
convey inc information 'ha' III; the
ihorhihe eAereise 'he morse would MOI
JUMP vi run wei
me oe''i's terms oh inc THICK are
quite aii'''S''s' ''h" some Oh inc express
sions Tor ai'iouh's oi money are OH par
WIN me SUPER penny hnuSh
anu o,iier common terms among ohe
.iBi' hiioeie" Soh.rs. run pony
'n,o century anu then dropped the
"hoie 'aing frying 10 run IL ih'o II
.ionhes' ne pony ~ sso' me eeii.u fy
sioo anu Tue '''ohhey POW ohouid ne
nave won .'e ias' pe', anu me book
,iiahei' .ahilis t,il'e by .iie loreiock ana
iiis 'asn poA py 'iie hnhoie' disappeared
, Ml.nou' pay ,i,s OH 'he uisiiol,es' gen
.'eiiiai, "ouio nave .",iieo 'ic haihe
"e!ehol aio''iu WIN MN 'fe res, Oh
i ln iiie ne "oioS oi'ieh' hiofti,
leao pipe ana lew o'hels ho' niil1ke
'ireii' are "a''' W rhoiea'e Una, IL morse
ea,,,io' '''Se u'ii',S ne siiuu'" i"ii no" H.
10 WIN nai'''s ooMh Is 10 re'tch the
"he MY "''"o"' eii'l, Vi III pioouS
oaii'ei' as 'ra.h iol'o"er might Cd
when they say a bookmaker-the man
who lays odds against your Judgment
Is rounding up ms book they mean
no 10 'rS ing W seV nio,iey VI, some horses
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