The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-16
negro it was bound to be lucky. Then

negro 1t was bound to be lucky. Then
she quit going to the track.
II remember the time when the Dwy-
ers changed their colors. Mike Dryers
hoodoo started to work when he chang
ed from the red and blue to the all
white and gold tassel. | was at the
Gut on May I, 1891. and placed bet
with Ike Thompson on Meriden. I was
playing a system which called for
bet of $780, The horse was at 3--5, and
said s36 to $50. Thompson grabbed the
bills and called $50 to 500. Then was
pushed away from the block. Well, !
went to see the race, which was just
finishing, and saw a white jockey
sweep past and thought my cash was
gone, but not knowing the colors ask
ed man and learned it was DWyer's
new rig. I went in to cash my ticket,
and seeing the bookie went to him and
said: You made mistake on my tick
ct. Before could say anything fur
Their he burst out: How much do you
want to rob me out OFF Knowing his
manner, I laughed and replied, Moth
ing. I'm satisfied if you are. What do
you say?' Let me see It, he said, and
handing my ticket up told him what
1t represented Balancing up his cash,
he found it was so, paid me the right
amount. and saying There's honest
men among the punters as well as on
remarked, That's a drink ON me. Com
ing back to the ring, he said Play Run
ming Deer for the next race. It's
cinch. I'm going to hold it out of my
book entirely and off he went 1t open
ed at to and in minute was to
on, and as was well ahead I let 1T go
past. Well, Running Deer, in a seven
furlong race, ran fourth to j. Forbes
Ketchum, Bohemia and Aniei. / went
across to Ike, who was looking black as
thundercloud, and said, That was a
blamed good tip to give an honest man.
He looked at me a second, and then
plunging his hand in his pocket said,
Flow much are you out? Nothing
replied. Then you've more sense than
l had capae back
Il was at the Morris Park meeting
one day that a young man and his best
girl came over from Paterson, N. j.,
to see the races. He was one of those
yeilowish blonde men who always man
age to get a suit of clothes, a light
overcoat, hat and tie. about the same
color as themselves; thin and nervous
like. He and his girl sat on the stand
at the end of the alleyway near the
press stand In the fourth race, ]
think it was, there We're only four or
five horses and the Morris stable Risk
was the outsider at 10 to /. The man
had evidently won bit on the other
down on Risk. The racers came around
the water tower with Risk trailing, and
as they struck the stretch the Morris
horse began to close up, and at the end
OF the chute was running third, five
or six lengths behind the second horse
and 10 lengths behind the leader Sud-
denly voice like a calliope rang out,
Come on-n-n, Risk the last word be-
ing snapped out like the crack of a
whip. Come on-n-n Risk!' and every
head turned to see this fellow stand
ing up, swapping his fingers like cas-
tanets, eventually getting out the clear
way and stopping down and actually
riding the horse to victory in the last
few jumps. Then with a howl of tri-
umph he started for the ring The alley
way, you remember, is a four-foot wide
platform, then come two steps. then
another platform, then two steps, and
Sc on, and he tripped on these and roll
ed up against the balustrade at the
turn, his hat flying on to the lawn.
Scrambing to his feet, he tripped again,
rolling down those steps to the brick
sidewalk, and getting up, he vanished
towards the ring. shouting: Risk,
Risk! Ha ha!' OF course every one
laughed for a minute and then forgot
it.
Just before the sixth race one of
the veterans saw that the girl was sit
ting alone, crying, and, going to her
found that the man had never returned
She was there without cent. did not
know her way home. etc. He had
cashed his ticket, evidently and, for
getting hat, girl, everything, had start
ed on the dead run for Paterson, and
probably never stopped until he got
there. The veteran came around and
said, Boys. I want 10 cents apiece to
get that girl home.' and like the Sa-
marian that he was, took her to the
ferry and saw her well started He said
there was a CLEAN in her eye which
BODIED i'll for Mr.. Risk when she met
him. New York Sun