The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-16

former. and the Empire stable horse won
by block. pulled up The wife was right
about the stripes. but wrong about the
color. Another time she insisted that her
husband should play Wilfrid because il
was his name, and getting 100 to /, she
cashed IS ticket. SO far as l know the
horse never Won before or after that race
Then she played Sullivan at 40 to l. the
same way because it was her servants
name, and the servant being negro It
was bound 10 be lucky. Then she quit
going to the track.
Ike ThOmpson's Two Mistakes.
Il remember the time when the Dwyers
changed their colors. Mike Dryers hoo
doc started to work when he changed
from the red and blue to the all white
and gold tassel. was at the Gut on
May Z. 1891, and placed a bet with Ike
Thompson on Merlden. I was playing a
system which called for a bet of $50 The
horse was a 10 s. and / said $S6 to $50
Thompson grabbed the bill and called $50
to 500. Then l was pushed away from
the block. Well, l went to see the race,
which was just finishing, and I saw
white jockey sweep past, and thought my
cash was gone, but. not knowing the col
ors, 1 asked man and found that il was
DIVERS new rig. l went in TO cash my
him and said: you made a mistake on
NV ticket Before l could say anything
further he burst out: How much do you
want to rob me Off Knowing his man
ner. l laughed and replied: Nothing I'm
satisfied if you are. What do You say?
Let me see it. he said, and, handing my
ticket up 1 told him what il represented
Balancing up his cash, he found It was so,
paid me the right amount, and saying:
NH he we
as well as on the block, and led the way
to the bar and remarked: That's a drink
on me-
Coming back to the ring, he said: Play
Running Deer for the next race. It's a
cinch. I'm going to hold it out of my
book entirely and off he went. 1t opened
at 4 to 5. and in a minute was 1 to 2
on. and as 1 was well ahead, l let 1t go
past. Well, Running Deer. In a seven
furlong race, ran fourth to ]. Forbes
Ketchum Bohemian and Amiel l went
across to Ike who was looking black as a
thundercloud, and said: That was a
blamed good tip to give to an honest
man. He looked at me a second and then,
plunging his hand into his pocket, said :
How much are you out? Nothing
replied. Then you've more sense than I
have came back.
IT was at the Morris Park meeting one
day that young man and his best girl
came over from Paterson, N. j., to see
the races. He was one of those yellowish
blonde men who always manage to get
suit of clothes, a light overcoat, hat and
lie and 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 IL was, there were only four or five
horses and the Morris stable Risk was the
outsider at 10 to /. The man had won
a bet on the other races and put $40 down
on Risk The racers came around the
water tower with Risk trailing and as
thew struck the stretch the Norris horse
began to close up and at the end Of the
chute was running third, five or six lengths
behind the second horse and ten lengths
behind the leader. Suddenly a voice like
calliope rang out, Come on-n-n, Risxp
the last word being snapped out like the
crack Of a whip Come on-n-n, Riskp
and every head turned to see this fellow
standing up swapping his fingers like cas-
tanets, eventually getting out into the
ciearway and STOPPING down and actually
riding the horse to victory in the last few
Jumps. Then, with howl of triumph, he
started for the ring. The alleyWay, YOU
remember, is a four-foot wide platform,
then come two steps and so on, and he
tripped on these and rolled up against the
balustrade at the turn, his hat flying onto
the lawn. Scramblng to his feet he trip
ped again, rolling down those steps 10 the
| brick sidewalk and, getting up, he van
ished toward the ring, shouting. 'Riskl
Risk! Ha-har OF course everyone laugh
ed for a minute and then forgot 1t.
Just before the sixth race one of the
veterans saw that the girl was sitting
! 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, forgetting hat, girl, every
thing, had started on the dead run for
| Paterson and probably never stopped I'M
til he got there. The veteran came around
and said Boys, want 10 cents apiece TO
get that girl home, and, like the Samaritan
that he was took her to the ferry and
saw her we'll started. He said there was
a CLEAN in her eye which boded i'll for Mr..
Risk when she met him.
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