The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-24

turned up he could get his 200 by writ
ing to my New York address. l figured
it that the young man might have gone
off on protracted toot, and that I'd
hear from him all right. But l didn't.
In the fall of 95 I was booking out In
San Francisco. One afternoon in Octo-
Der L was busy handling rush money on
a lot or good ones in a even-and-a-half-
furlong race, when Seedy looking man
crowded up to me- The man was partly
jagged.
Hal he said. addressing me. It's good
Tor the blue devils to meet up with a
layer with whom my credit is good
L looked the man over. I had the va
guest possible memory that 1 had seen
his face somewhere before, but I couldn't
place him for the life of me. He con-
tinued smiling in my teeth. I thought
he bit too much under the red stuff to
understand what he was talking about,
and so went ahead taking in other bet
ters' money
Just give me 1920 worth of Mamie
Scott. old pal. will you?' said the seedy
looking man, regarding me amiably
Sure said l. Pass up the cash.
on just charge 1t up to my account,
said the man.
Walk away, BILL said T. I'm busy
or, he continued. still regarding me
with his grin, you can pass me over the
N,2Oo and I'll put it down with another
book
Wen, l looked at him again this time,
ana L recognized him
II ALL CAME BACK TO ME.
He was the Chicago duck to whom I
owed $1,000
On, you're the boy said I, and he
saw that l recognized him. Die have a
nice time when you walked off that day?'
Pretty fair, thanks said he Dye
want the $1,000 on Mamie Scott?'
Yes, I'll handle it, said I. and I
gave him even money on Mamie Scott
for his $1,000
Then Mamie Scott walked out and
eroke the. worlds record for seven and
naif furlongs. going the route in 133A
!! mat wasn't enough to give man the
.izzy-Whizzy-a disappearing gent act that
oegan and wound up with the smashing
Oh TWO long-standing turf records-why,
IL eat my slate. | passed the young fell
low his $2,40o when he strolled around for
1t. 1 told him that he had too much of
the evil eye on him for any more play
on my sheets, however, for, honest, l was
tlrald or him. l found that 1 was justi-
hed' TOO, for he went in from that time
and cleared up $4,000 in two weeks dis
appearing at the end of that time I saw
hiln IN chicago last summer. He's got an
other nat store, is as straight as a string
and he told me that he wasn't plaving
EN- any more-that he was afraid even 10
read the entries or results, for fear he'd
get the old bunch to circulate around the
ring agin.'
had mysterious Sleeper for S. 900
on my streets out in San Francisco, too,
TWO years ago. said another of the Law
ers. "A young fellow who looked to ma
if
HE HAD ST. vITUS' DANCE
or some other nervous disease, bet me
500 on old O'Connell at evens in a six
turlong sprint. | noticed the young fell
low particularly because his hand shook
so when he handed me his money that I
almost dropped it, and 1 was going to
make some sort of crack about his but
ter-hngeredness when I noticed that he
was afflicted. I didn't know who he was.
OConnell walked in all alone that time,
but the young fellow didn't come back to
collect his $500. | tried to describe him to
a lot of local people around San Francis
co, but nobody seemed to know him.
Sleepers' are a hoodoo to me, and I'd
much rather not have waiting sheets So
L went to considerable trouble to look
this chap up, all to no avail. When 1
was about ready to quit the California
game, couple of months later. I went
out to the Asylum for the Insane In Ma
pa county, with a couple of friends to
shake hands with an old pal who had
been locked up for a couple of years.
We saw him, and were driving away
through the ground, when 1 suddenly
ciapped my lamps on my st. Vitus' dance
| sleeper walking around with an at
tendant after him. knew him at once
1 got the attendants permission to speak
to the man. He was a mild chap but
he had no head on him at all, and he
only leked at me blankly when I asked
him If he remembered his bet on OCon-
nell I got the address of the young
mans San Francisco guardian, and
when 1 reached San Francisco. again I
hunted up the guardian and paid him the
$780,"