The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26

with Barney Schroeder about the 81, 800 BY that
time, and the to-do she made over her bye Johnnie
was worth the ride 70 Soc. When We told her
and that We had plunked IL into the hank Tor him,
the quantities Of corned beef aud cabbage which
She threw into the pot for the dinner which sho
wanted MS to remain to share with her and her
phenomenal son were amazing.
We'll Donnelly as,onishcd us all for couple
u weeks by his extraordinary conduct Ito
would ride out to the track in n hack, With q gilt
hiamr"d cigarette in his face. attend to his JOB
~ usual around the betting ring that -, he d
supervise, for he quickly. accumulated staN
~ wotshppinc tuuts and hangers on and then
he'd go up into the grand stand to exhibit his
didn't put bet down on horse for two weeks
lie remained pretty sober all the time, too, We
ioshcd him about the frigid pedals he had sud-
~mark. Tn letting EN- run ior oflnhcf'y.
ave waited for the crash. but it didn't seem to
come on schedule time. one afternoon he called
me aside nni showed me his bank book II showed
an additional deposit Of 5000, making the total
When did you picl; up that new roll?' l asked
Went up ngains, the wheel at Tcrhune's last
night and vanked II out in three hours, lac said
when did you learn to play roulette" asked
him.
Along toward the end " June Donncllv turned
ur at the track one afternoon with light in his
eye. lie went out into the paddock and spent
three. quarters nf an hour looking at horse and
by that time the third race was due Red came
inio the ring and spread $1,000 around on Mn W;
race, but Madeira romped In two lengths u the
good, That might Red, still moderately ,aober
aud level headed, had 500 900 tn his credit in the
hank We began 10 figure with new brand
oi douc on Donnellys game and TO consider the
possibility of his becoming real fixture, A
lot Of owners with hum skates tried to work them
oil on Donn"lly nt big prices but he only passed
thrr tn" cold storage snrk This gave us an
additional line NJ thinks with regard 10 what We
thought Was his increasing shrrwdu,eS Ucsidcs.
YOU sac, Red began To be- right good To us Ito
had good thing, hut that he didn't want TO hurt
his own ring. 80 he'd send his money To the out
oi,town poolroGms The good thing was David;
who won the last race IN walk at IL To- |. and
Rel cleaned M Sl6,OoO on that
Right Al this point Schneider and some other
people got at Donnellv and tried 10 induce him to
either invest a mart Of his money he had almost
100000 then in a string ot useful horses, to he
Put into the hands OF q comi~tcnt trainer or
some sort Of annuity uc-,ip scheme whereby
when Reds streak NJ luck trFlrd out, he wouldn't
have to 60 back to buying cigarettes bv tn cent?
worth The man wns too bull-headrd though,
to listen 20 ANYTHING like this lie did however
buy his old mother nr house and install her In
1t. aud the old lady had stin blarE silk drstrs
aud poppy -ofnamcntei bonncis galore in which
Meanwhile. Rcd was going up aenins, all
kinds NJ games around town every night and II
honestly appeared hs II he coullnt lose craps
stud poker draw, wheel red and black. mustang,
Hnk-H seemed tp he right In Dunncllv's mutt
\ lot II us used t. turn up " h"re he was hucking
things every night and. following his play "" al
ways s9t the good end Of !, lie didn know
much about any NJ thu games and the idipuc
things We had often To- do IN order L. consistently
GLOW his play made US gag, but nine times out
often they came out right one man in our party
bonkmakcr. who determined to COPPER all q
Reds play at the different games. on the theory
that Donnclly'S luck had 10 turn some time or an
other, almost went broke before he came into the
fold and quit clppcrnE
An Of this time Donnclly had simrly been nib
bling at the red stuff. BY the time his crcot luck
was q month old. however. the booze had nailed
him, and he got - throwing in IN" hooters early
VI the morning. \ man can't drink in the morn
Ing 'nt hang on either t. luck or Judgment Red
came into thu ring pOlrahly drunk on" afternoon
alil ,urrad around $50 ODO on SirhthnCath NJ even
money Nom" II Us wantr T. take the rn"y for n
"yrr lhrr" rs ian' N hnd."u lha' h1's" was
S'rnth1cnth But Red was instStcnt AMI bit
V-ly and W. Accomw dated him S'rathmesth
an third. hcatcn ont 10y tw' dogs That night
Upnu"ly dropped SO UDO more ~ faro Then he
didn't 70 To bed for i've nights. and q, the end II
that time he had about 81, 900 LEFT ! never saw
luck drop away from nnu lik" 1t did from Red
bank one nlrhL stuprn-d with hooters VI haN rye
and half absinihe. and he shut one eye 80 he
Wouldn't see double and fixed - IN th~ min" SPOT
Ne played tn" nine oo"n i9r 500 clip. and ST
~ twelve straight times. The irOwns " the lady
FORTUNE sot his nerve and he began 10 play favor
tics at III" tra,I The favorites went down 10 in
ri rinus defeat one after another fox days
Some p' the right kind ~ people, including
Schr"he-. got hold " Red when he had only NC
.phcrcd him up When he came out Donnr!y
was set up with interest IN an express busi
ness | don rcli-vr he ever shs the INSIDE Of tho
"Nprrss Office more than half dozen tunes,
except to dew what was coming " him. lie
was NJ IN" rgCk all the time tn" races lasted, and
when the season ,,cd he put IN has tine down "a
Viz streak ~ g. the hour ~ his death. somewhat
les than year after they came has way with a
Nhpup and q rush
when the goddess smiles upon you, you wan,
70 stroke her half chuck her under the chin and
he good to her for she rarely acts ar!iahls twice
10 man who treats her favOrs NantOnly'