The sun., 1898-11-06
A JOCKEYS REVENGE.
DisappOintments ola Man Who Dealt
in Ringsters--Outlaw Pie
Cut in Two.

No man alive can afford to lose the
friendship even of yaler dog. Not
even an ornery yaller dog can you afford
to have agin you at any stage of the
game, said a Well-known sporting man
Of this city on Thursday. The dog'll get
back at you one time or another, sooner
or later, and take mouthful or two out
of you, if you haven't had sense enough
to keep him on your staff of friends.
The man who used to make business
of putting ringers over the plates at the
outlaw race tracks had passed from the
reflective to the confidential mood.
My yellow dog was a yellow man
that is, the one I'm thinking about just
now, he went on. He took hunk out
of me down at Alexander Island, Va,
near Washington, about five years ago.
He had me out. All he had to do was to
count ten on me and take the pot, and
he knew it. He worked the edge. |
didn't blame him bit then, and don't
now. But it was hard money to lose.
But he wouldn't let go, for all that. He
wanted the money, OF course, but then
he wanted to get back at me, too.
''I'se dun got de aige on yo' all, boss"
he told me, "an' I'm sure a-gwine to
wuk it laik uh mean niggah. Bu; yo'
dun me duty, cap"
You see, had employed this yellow
man as stable hand when first got my
string of ringers together and took them
out. He was all ri ght for the first few
months of the winter campaign, but
then he began to get jagged on me with
heap OF regularity. l finally decided
that I'd have to take chance and fire
him.
was rather surprised that he didn't
come back when he got sober. But nope,
he didn't come back at all. ! got an
other stablelnan, and during the follow
ing week, the last of the meeting, pull
ed off three good painted things with as
good as Is to around two of 'em, with
out yellow Lem turning upto poster me
at all.
Well, started in at the preliminary
work of pulling off real swell thing at
Iron Hill. 1t was about as easy to en-
ter horse down there as it is to &C
broke up here, and put the best one OF
my lot in the overnight races for week
l entered him as half-breed from my
farm-a maiden six-year-old. 1t went
through easy, the overnight entering
did, and began to lay my horse up fol
a price. The horse had done q mile in
1.4O4, and he had the whole bunch dowr
at Iron Hill outclassed by 2l2 pounds.
l had a boy along with the string
who'd been chased of the Western Ii
censed tracks for funny work, and wha
that boy didn't know about riding lik'
as if his life depended on his winnin!
and forty wraps on his mount all the
time wasn't worth knowing. Say, he
had six separate and distinct bridl'
welts on both of his forearms that he go
in pulling horses. He was invaluable
that boy.
And so l had the pie counter al
spread out for his next time out. 1t wa.
six furlong race, which was my horse
distance. Two OF the cracks of the out
lawed brigade were in the race, and they
both opened up at even money. Ther
one of 'em was played down to to 2 on
1t was twelve horse race, and my ma,
opened up the rank outsider with any
amount Of 100 to quoted around him
/ didn't want to be too chesty and spoi
my dough, and so l only took $50 wortl
of it, scattering it around in $40 gobs.
reckoned that $1,000 would be goo'
enough pull down on the race, and
didn't want to take any chances on be
ing shut out of the game down at Alex
ander Island. I put few Of the boys
knew next to what was going to happen
told 'em not to go it too strong or they''
, queer me, and they mixed up ST. all owe
the ring on my 100 to | horse tia
J should have gone to the post at to To-
They broke the price down to 30 to
but that didn't make any difference t,
| me, for had picked up all wanted O
| the 100 to l.
} When they went to the post l pickle
| out spot on the rail some distance ava
from the grand stand to watch the race
l felt pretty good. / knew it was goin
through. Ny horse had worked the eli
{ furlongs in 1.16 flat the afternoon before
: and I knew that he was easy money
The only thing was afraid Of was tina
he would get away from the boy an
, boot tho h,,nch hv aiOht hIocka TIM