Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-03
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAID.
A Story for Boys Who Like sport.


| this afternoOnf'
This ducsilcn was put by Dr. Raymond a
handsome young physician Ol thirty, to Nj.
ward Leland . youth oi nineteen, who had
great admiration Tor hls friend and who
was eager TO emulate his great success as a
physician.
'Ncs. doctor" responded Ned. with man.
nor that showed he iclt Just ittie BIT
ashamed Of tho sport, 'ahete IA no recitation
nj tho University to-day. and must conica'
have a grca, fohdnces for a ilne nurse, and
Tor tho excitement u good race"
"of course pursued tho doctor, without
looking at hts young visitor. ''you bet a little
when You 70 to the raocsg"
"Well-ycs. The TACT ~. every one hots
oven a few dollars up ON horse adds greatly
To the interest OF - race, replied Nod, asking
after pause. 30 you think, doctor. that
betting ie morally wrungr
"fmnkly, yas do. Aud TO continue my
fnnlness. lot me say that while 1. too. like a
good horse aud enjoy TO SEQ him at his beat
think the gambling spirit, apart from tho
loss OF time cnHendered by racing, ia ruinous.
Let me toll you alittle STORY, twill illustrate
my point aud show you why regard racing
and botiihg with horrur"
Tho doctor sat down facing his visitor.
but without looking him. coniinucdi
about eleven y@lrs ago. there lived In
brooklyn a young man at your age. whom [
will call John Smith. though that wAA not
bis name. lio. too was trying to mako his
way through college Tor his father had iailed
IN business, and died Of broken heart a
TOW years before, aud he wus tho soils hope
OF loving and noble mother.
John Smith was anxious 10 DO a doctor
and ho was encouraged IN his purpose by
number OF physicians who had boon his hill.
ore friends. In order to holm him. those
physicians made John smith their collector,
giving him a percentage that enabled him IN
hls odd hours 70 support himself and hi.
mother comfortably. besides giving him an
acquaintance that must ha OF great service
when ho entered on his chosen profession.
'l.ike you, Nod, John Smith llkod 10 neo
the races, and like you hu iclt that hy risk.
ing dollar or two his interest In onoh run
was greatly Increased. hut aftor all tho great
purpose u his betting was 10 Not money
quickly and without oiiori 10 grow rich at
leap without any labor as 40 many arc try.
ing TO do,
zone afternoon John smith had boon col.
lectinBi and had three hundred dollatr IN hln
pocket, Heretofore he had put all his col.
lectlona In bank loss his own pcr cent. before
he went 20 tho nces hut this happened ~ he
Saturday and ,he banks were closed.
son several occasions he had rooolyel tins
from sporting acquaintance, aud II was hlA
lll.luck to win un tho small sums riakod.
THIS day no met tho same man on tho train
going to the Conoy Island races and no ind
inside Information TINT horse on which tho
odds worc thirty to one would surely win.
John Smiths sporting friend was so ser
tain about tho genuneness Of this tip that he
was going 10 bot three hundred dollars him.
self which would mean nino ihoueand dol. !
ars--ii he won. John smith caught tho con.
IaaIon. Ito forgot that tho throo hundred |
lollnrs In his pocket wcro not hih own; he |
Jaw only tho possibility Of winning nine
thousand dollars, aud ~ placing his mother |
,boyo want, Tor, to do die youth justice. ho
;aye no thought to himself
"lt was q baautifnl afternoon; aud women
u gay attire. by thousands. and men by tens
Il thousands, filled tho grand stand, while
warns Of bookmakcra shouted The odds
hoy wero willing 70 bid for and against tho
ilnerent horaos. A band was playing. Jockeys
goro pAciiclng their horses up and down
lao tniek and cyory ono seemed excited.
With nlnc thousand dollara IN Wow John
Imith lost his head, and hot every cent Of Il
N Loander. ut tho odds Of thirty 10 one.
"Iioretoicrc his highest bot bud been iyo
ollara but now that no had three hundred
isked, his interest was sixty timas as great.
10 realized tina, on Tho winning OF LcAnder
expended his fortune ot ma ruin. When IL
laa too Ata 10 gat al. money back. 10 saw
hat Ia order TO win he had virtually become
ihiof. As be grnspcd tho awful situation.
q would have given his leit arm 10 have had
no three hundred dollars 10 his pocket aud
oan back Ia his mothers little nat IN Brook
m.
'g.candor did not appear gu tho second
zoe, und you may be- sure John Smith took
0 interest ntbo FIRST ono.
at length tho great event was 10 come Oh.
welye horses that were 10 appear IN the
fand raou were out but John Smith saw !
lly ono. and that Hrs Leinder, with his
dor In pink jacket. Ie trombled 40. that .
! had 10 cling 70 the bench on which DO sal,
Vi tho swarmlng iaees on tho grand stand.
ID The excited horses appeared to be chang :
4 like a rapidly revolving Kaleidoscope. =
AT length ihe dag fell. with I<andor vol r
The front. A. John Smith saw this no y
,mng TO his feet and waved bis hat with a
out Of triumph. slill In the lead Loander
Vt slil half tho course was ran; then the
rises that had Appeared 10 b. agging Ia tho q
Or seemed suddenly niled with new energy a
hiic John smiths iayoriie looked As II be 4
.re dropping laek. The horses were I,
inchcd Aa they TUNED on thu homostfetrl,
d no one could tell whleh was IN the adj y
nee. At length q black horse shot from the p
ass, aud great shout went up from the "a
oplei b.
q 'Crusadorg Crusader Crusader leadsr
100 weak 70 stand. John smith dropped II
10 hls seat again, and again gnlspod rs pl
los to kesp from falling. There we're d
Iueled shouts Tor ibe hsorito horses and
90 moro the name 1fandor sesmod on VI
cry 10 end once more John Smith ross 10
. the rad-noslriled Taecrp iiying doan the v,
tnaasreissh. fcAndar war seeond, aud tie
10y la tho pink sbiri piled the whip aud he
riei the spurs ia The PAINTING fanLA. On. "a
afer. nearer. neafer, the black horse atlil n
ths Iced, lill ihes nev pAssthe Dcss. Then pl