The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-09-24
WHY THE HORSE DIDN'T WIN.
Mistake of the Jockey Ridiu. the AMI
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Mistake OF the Jockey Riding the AMI
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After the days racing at BcunngS
track the other evening Il number Of
horSemen We're swapping hard luck sto-
ri"S. when old Bill Jones Clipped in
one. Tn toughest luck in me life. that
| ever run up ag'inst was long bout tn
season of 81 or -. think it was Thet
year | had some four or five III trainin'
an while they was all good enough.
SomCthin nuther was al tn time
throwin' me down. When tn horse was
fit tn jock treated me to pull, an
when tn boy tried all right TN horse
would quit an chuck it up. An when
I'll jock was giyin me a ride an the
horse was tit there was always one or
two in tn field lcetle filter That
til way things Went long till bout til
close of III season, when | was bout
all out ar 9 long. hard winter starin
in me face.
Well. as you may 'spose | was bout
desperate like, an was Undecided
whether to sell out an quit tn game or
part with tn top Of me head Ivy means
Of shotgun, when long comes some Of
tn boys one day an proposes TO give
me a pull-off. There was n steeplcchase
Oh the card for the next day, an they
tells me to put old S,kinhint in an
they'd lay down TO him. We talked the
thing over an when III entries closed
there was five horses in for that race
next day. Old Skinfiiut wasn't much
but tn others We're all right, and on
paper III race looked like to be n great
one.
''Of course. we kept III deal dead
quiet. an when tn odds went up tn
boOkies Chuckled when they wrote 100
10 l ag'inSt old Skintiint But they
didn't chucllle half as much as me an
tn other fellows. III race was cooked
an dried all right, III understandiu'
bein' rilet III other four would pull ont
an 90 wrong or III jocks fall off an let
old Skintiint finish lone Well. tn boys
sends into III ring few dollars on me
horse an | rakes together a hundred.
tn bookies givin' me tn laugh as they
takes me stuff an then makes il 900 TO
/ ag'inst old Skinfint
They never tunbled to it. of course.
specially as | he'd sort of crazy stable
boy on me horse. an wild me tickets
calm fur $1,000 he'd visions tibet
amt to he he'd outside n pipe Joint.
Well. off they started old Skinflint
trailin' fifteen lengths behind, an after
clcarin' tn second jump tn two in front
was pulled outside tn flags 50 far thrt
tlny couldn't git back in time an at tn
next jump tn header bolted all right. m
jock slippin' off an lertin' his horse go.
Thet left only old Skinfiint an III fourth
horse in tn race. an with only one
more jump 10 git over, til roInainin' one
ag'inSt me was pulled so tibet il went
wrong by an eighth of mile.
odd Skintiint got over tibet last jump
all right. an. when he struck into IN
stretch. tn next horse to him was n
quarter Of a mile behind. Seem tibet.
mo boy pulled him down an walked
him in. an was just leavin' III scales
when til next horse finished. followed
some forty OF fifty lengths back by III
other two tibet had pulled up an then
gone tn right course. | was dom IN
chucklin act then mrSelf. although
was a leeetle uneasy bout iii slowneSS
of runnin' tn numbers up. an | almost
he'd stroke of paralysis when III num-
ber> did finally 90 up an I seen HEY
hedn't put my number UP I all.
hedges, says l. calm their atrpn-
ton 70 tn mistake. they've got III
wrong numbers up. I win. You know
Not at all says tie jeIgeS: III
numbers is all right. Thet there horse
of yourn didn't finish
Well. gentlemen, You could hey
struck me dead an l wouldn't have
knowed it; but they was right. all right:
fur duln me. IF me stable bow Jock
hedn't pulled up an dismounred afcre
he crossed tn wire Washington star.
The difference between those whom
the world e>teem> a. good and tan>p
whom it condemns a. bad. i in many
cases that the former have been better
sheltered from temptation.