The morning times., 1895-08-11

or In case he did get away in front they
VIII say the jockey pulled him" BY the
latter phrase they mean that he held The
reins so tightly during the running OF the
race that the horse could not run as fast
as he might If his head was free aud the boy
was helping him.
Instead OF using the word pull they
win often say 'yapked' or "Jerked' or
claim that the boy put the brakes on him.
all of which mean the same thing.
To get back to our story, however, this
good-looking chap was tout OF the first
water He was A No ] at the business,
and the man he couldn't "get down" had
to be an old hand at the business. "Get
down" by the way, means toputa a bet down,
to induce q person to place q wager on
horse.
After placing the bet for the young man
Mr. Tout returned to him and showing him
the ticket, took him up in the grand stand
and found a seat. Mr.. Unsophsticated
meekly followed and patiently waited for
the race to start. To use the tout's ex-
preston, he was a "sucker" of the rankest
kind A sucker is sucker the world over,
and will need very little defining. There
are suckers of all kinds, and the ra ce- track
suChcT iS lOb buC DS any
There as well as everywhere else it is ap-
piled to person who will let others im-
pose upon him in every way, one who thinks
he knows it all, but VINO is easily cheated.
GOOD THING" WAS DEAD"
Well, TO cut long story short, the tout's
"good thing did notcome off and the green
youth lost his money, The horse finished
somewhere in the "ruck," or, more prop
erly speaking, in the bunch, and the lead
pipe" cinch was not as good as itmght have
been.
The handicappersand dopers a re interest
ing subjects on the race tracks. They are
practically the same thing, the two terms
often being used for the same person. The
terms are applied to the followers of the
races who use the dope" to follow up the
past performances of the horses which are
entered in race, and by ira cling them back
for some half-doZen or more races they
finally select the horse that has shown the
best performances when the time distances,
weight, Jockey and every little thing that
might Influence its speed have been taken
| into consideration, and then play that
horse.
By dope" is meantime table Of the races
which is published every day in the morn
| ing papers showing how the horses rau
in the races the day previous. This system
| has only been in general use for the past
| few years but is generally conceded the
| only way To keep an authentic record of the
events as they are run.
And now We come to the terms dead
| 'uns' and holsters" They can be eX-
/. planned in very few words They are used
! when one wants to speak of horse that
was apparently not trying TO win race
| When the boy is riding "on the level or
IN other words is trying to win, and the horse
does not run up TO his usual form then he
! is quoted as being dead under the boy ~
| The owners have started him in the race
| without proper training and not in fit CON
| dition TO run, or possibly they have given
| him Il couple of buckets OF water lust
before the race. If they do not think this
| effective enough they some lm5s put lead
| pads on the horses feet This he ,ps him
from winning Just as well as the moIe in
furious system OF filling him Up on water
| In connection with the word dope
| there is another manner in which it is
used entirely different from the first
| explanation. When a horse has not suf
ficient speed to win race with the help
of the usual whip and spur he is sometimes
"doped." That is to say that some drug
such as cocaine is administered to him.
either by ueans of an in lection or through
the stomach, that makes him wild for the
time being, and he runs much faster than
he would under ordinary circumstances
When this is done a horse is ''doped"
common expression which is often
| used on the track is when a horse is
spoken Of as winning hands down" Trans
lated into English it means that he wins
easily, with the jockey sitting still and
not making any effort To drive him or
hurry him up.
A piece OF slang used in the ring is the
word marker" This is not often heard
| however, as it is seldom that man is
lucky enough to be able To bet mark er -
The bookmakers use this term for ar
/. 0. U. Often above their boxes will be a
sign which reads, mo markers taken
By this they mean to say that they will
not take an 1. o. U. or a promise tc
pay in lieu of the ready cash.