Evening star., 1898-12-03

Abingdon has caught Hanlon and is a half
length In front, and just gallopng. Wen,
| of all the
| Then the horses were coming down the
| stretch.
Abingdon just walks inr' shouted the
| astonished crowd. Abingdon romps in
| And the rest nowherei'
| Abingdon, with the stable boy on his back
| looking back and grinning at the short
| priced trailers, passed under the wire
| good eight lengths to the good. The wise
youth with the chorus girls looked crest
| fallen. The demure little thing didn't be-
| tray any excitement whatever.
Say" asked the wise youth OF her,
| where did you get the tip on Abingdon,
! anyhow? How did you know there vas
| something doing on Abingdon
"Oh. l just thought Abingdon 'ud wip,"
was her cool reply. Il had no tip
why She Liked Roysterer.
But the three other girls looked ut Eor
| susDiciously, if they fancied she was
! holding out something on them. She was
| already immersed in the program of the
| next race. She was still studying the card
! when the brainy youth returned and nand-
ed her s62 She stuffed the bills into her
| reticule as If she were in the habit Jf pick
| ing up that amount of money on a race
! every other day or so, and then she looked
| up from the program and remarked:
| Il like Roysterer in this race"
| DO you?" sarcastically asked the :routh
| with the glasses. That's funny. So do /.
| Roysterer's the favorite. Now, isn't there
| some million to shot other - the
bunch that you think you'd like to cash on,
! Or
rs Roysterer favorte?" asked .he quiet
little thing with mind of her own. Well,
| / didn know that. The reason l IKE Roy
| sterer is because, whole long lime $50
| We used to have, at the Casino a stage
| manager named Max Ta-tum-tum-the girls
| know who l mean-and he always alluded
to US impartiaiiy as pack Of silly, sig
CLING, no-account roySterers-r-r-r-roysI err
rsr he called it-when things didn't go
| right at rehearsals. So l like Roysterar.'
| Say" said the young man, that's a
! great system of yours honest it is. You've
| got no business making up every night and
| two matinees. You ought to follow 'em.
| You re too good
"Will Roysterer VIM" anxiously inquired
| the three other girls in breath.
| Buck jumping" replied the profound
youth. He can fall down and get up and
| then win. He's to / now. Want to get
| on?',
| The three chorus girls handed him three
more 81 bills. Then he waited for the de-
mure little things contribution. She dug
| into her reticule, counted out the six $40
| bills that she had won on the first race
and handed them to him. He whis,led.
| Dead game, amt you?'' he said. You re
| the first girl l ever saw that 'ud double Il
win. Want it all to go on Roysterer to
| VIM
| That was what the quiet little thing want
| co. ana on ROySteTer the money went, 1T
| to ,. Roysterer won by a head from the
! other favorite, Compensation, and the inee
| tip-playing chorus girls were thus far 81
| each ahead of the game. Their demuTe lit
| tie companion was $40 to the good. She
| took the money from the rather admring
wise youth without bit of manifest eager
| ness. She was already running over the
| card to pick a winner of the steeplechase,
| the next race
| FlOralfne for Place.
| "Trillon," she unused, running ever the
jumpers names. "Um-don't like that
name. Too cock-suresh. Marble-too
| frosty. Hurry Up-no, / guess Hurry Up
must be lazy. Baby Bill-that don't sound
| like the name of a horse that can jump
| White Garters-why, what a naughty,
naughty name for a horse, the wicked
| things! floralne-now there's a pretty
| name for horae. isn't it? Floraline, by
St F?orian-Coraline-suc cute way 10
| name Il hOrsei'
"Fioraline's all right" said the wise
| youth. won a race the other day at 10
| to l. Won't do today, though. Got Arczzo
| to beat. You didn't see Arezzos name. l
guess. Crack Of the lot. Favorite, too
Il don't like Arezzo,' said the ,iemure
| little thing, positively but quietly. Sounds
| too Spanish-although the Spanish are
pretty good at running. aren't they? But l
don't want Arezzo. Can't just play Flora
| line to run second?"
youth who knew all %@out the horses.
! Pretty good bet. at that. You're good. /
| tell you. Want some of Floraline for the
| nlace?'
For reply the little chorus woman in
| black dug again into her reticule and hand
| ed out her $40 in winnings. Her three
| companions figured that it would be idle
| to play against her queer selections any
more. and so they, too, put their winnings
! of s. each on Floraline for the place. When
Floraline ran second by forty lengths they
| looked just as happy, if not happier, with
| their 81 winnings each on the day, than
| the shy little woman with them looked
| with her $500 to the good.
! 'Oh, 1 know the horse I'm going TO play
| in this next race she said, warming up a
little. jefferson. 1 was born in jefferson
| City, Missouri, You know. Is jefferson Il
| good horse?"
UnbrOken Run of Luck.
| rs Jefferson a good horse.' exclaimed
| the wise youth witheringy. Why, he's a
| stalker! But he's got McCafferty's stable to
| beat in this bunch-Ben Ronald and Hand
! sci. They're favorites-S to > in the citing
| those two. Jefferson's . to /. But you play
| what you like. If 1 had a system like
| you've got I'd make all the hot tamales in
| the betting ring smoke punk In clay pipes
! for the rest of their lives. You play what
you like Don't listen to me. Jefferson's s
got chance. l wouldn't put all of it up on
| him. though
/ oiip L uiiS III DIS well, answered me III
| tie woman with determination. It's their
| money, You know. And Jefferson will win.
| This is $500, isn't it? viii you just put
| that on jefferson for me. please?'
! The other three girls looked upon her as
invincible by this time, and they followed her
| with their small winnings. 1t was mile and
| a furlong race, and jefferson, with Maher up,
| was never headed getting under the wire
| first by neck. The neck by which he won,
| though, was enough to make the demure lit
| tie chorus girl with the all-black makeup
| just 81 $50 winner on the day, on an original
| investment Of 81 bill.
| Il don't like the next race" she said with
| decision after she had got her 81 800 from
the big-eyed wise youth. Anyhow, I've
| won lots, haven't /? And nobody else seems
| to have won anything, for l don't hear
| anybody laughing or growing. l guess I'll
| stop now"
| She threw her program away, and the
move indicated that it was all off,
| SO far as she was concerned. The three
| girls with her played the favorite in the
last race with their small winnings and
| lost. :
All of which accounts for the prolonged
and Vociferous ovation which the demure
| third-row little chorus woman who always
| dresses in black, received between the acts
and considerably after the fail of the final
| curtain on the Friday night performance