The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
PIE CUT IN TWO.
DISAPPOINTMESTS OF A MAN WHO
DEALT IN RINGERS.

A Lesson in the Value of Friendship Given
at an Outlaw Racetrack Whom = Good
Thing Wal to Come Oh-Revenge of o
Jockey who Would Let His HOrse Win.
mo man alive can AFFORD to lose the friend
ship even of q yaller doc. Not even an ornery
yaller dog can you afford TO have AKIN you at
any stage Of the game. The dog'l get back at
you one time or another. sooner or later. and
take Q mouthiul or two out OF you. II you
haven't had sense enough to keep him on your
star Of friends"
The man who used to make o business Of
putting ringers over the plates at the outlaw
racetracksh had passed from the reflective to the
confidential mood. Perhaps the rings which no
made on the cherry table with the bottom OF
his glass suggested circular racetracks to him.
Perhaps the prancing Of the fox terrier pup in
the back room made him think Of horses kick
ing up at the post. But. whatever the cause
OF It. his burst OF confidence was unusual. and
the other men at the table listened to him at
tenttvelY.
my yellow dog was q yellow man-that is.
the one I'm thinking about just now" he went
on. He took q hunk out Of me down at Alex
ander 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 1t. He worked the edge. I didn't
loLnO utL1 - ~ NlCLe NNAN = v INV ~
It was hard money TO lose. When I get hold OF
the right end OF a bulge or Q man that I've got
It In for. / don't hesitate to work it myself
but I always feel q bit sorry for o man that I
get up into n corner. all the came. This yell
low man felt sorry for me. He showed It. He
was about as sympathetic o yellow man as
ever I saw on the occasion I'm going to tell
you SCOUT. But he wouldn't let 20. for all that.
He needed the money. Of course. but then he
wanted TO get back ut me. too.
Use dun got de aidRe on yo' all. boss he
told me. an I'm sure a-gwine Z Wuk 1t laik uh
mean nigRuh. But yo' dun me duty. Cap
You see. I had employed this yellow man as
q stable hand when / first got my string of
ringers toRather and took them out. He was
all right for the first few months OF the winter
campaign. but then he began to get Jagged on
me with o heap Of regularity. He got mixed
up with that gin that they keep on hand In
Maryland for the Afro-American trade, and 1t
spoiled him for me. He was no use whatever
after the gin took q hold Of him. I warned
him a lot. but 1t did no good. / was a little bit
afraid Of the Job. for he knew a good deal about
my string, but I finally decided that I'd have
to take . chance and fire him. turned mp at
the track stable one morning-this wasn't
more'n a million miles from Baltimore and /
found my yellow man Lem sulky and ugly
drunk. bnG tho btrlnR Growing on tn0ir btAlla.
i gave him q boot and = hist out OF the stable
and told him not 10 come back
4" This yellow mRnTl probably queer me-
I thought ut tho time. but l can't go along
playing 1000 to l shots like him for fayorites.
II he p~eaches-wel. there are other States be-
sides Maryland
IT was rather surprised that he didn't come
back when he got sober. But. nope. he didn't
eome back at oil. I got another stableman
and during the following week. the last OF the
meeting. ! pulled on three good painted things
with a. good rs 10 TO 1 around two Of 'Om.
without yellow Lem turning up to poster me
Ut all. I thought Of HIN . good deal. Every
time I got one OF my plugs ut the post / stood
by to see the yellow man walk into the judges
stand and give me away I'll bet / lost ton
pounds worrying about that dGrkY and what
he might do during that last week in Maryland.
I felt 10 light as q snowfall when I got my
string out Of that State and over at the Alex
Hudsr Island track. near Washington. When
/ got 'em all safe over there. says 1 70 myself,
This yellow eI-man o. mine IL probably back
in Thompson street. with his carcass full Of
gin By this time. 30 III Just cut out the WORRY
about him.
well. I started In ct the preliminary work
! Of pulling % . real sWelI thing at Alexander
Island. u was abOet = eASy Z Snssr 9 hOrss