The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

suit from the pool operator LOT hVe lii'i-
utes TO give me time to get the money
down. and then l was just to WalS lor
the nool room operator to announce the
race. 1t was the easiest thing in me- ana
il would have gone through with fusn'
not only on that race, but on a WhoAe
lot of other ones later on, if hadn't been
color blind.
I was on hand in the pool room on
the afternoon that we We're TO 40 business
and 1 put a few dollars down on the first
races at Morris park just for the sake of
getting the ticket writer's used to my race
and TO avert suspicion. ] had pretty
fair line on the horses in training then
and 1 won two or three out of the bets
that l played simply on FORM The fourth
race on the card was for the Belmont
stakes. and after the third race had been
confirmed and the first line of betting came
in on the stake race | iounged over TO
the dust-colored window and looked unin-
terested But / had the tail of my eye
on the window of that frame cottage all
the time, nevertheless. ] had 5000 Of
my pals money in my clothes and $1,000
of my own. I was a Bit nervous, but
knew that I had a pipe, and | also knew
that the pool room people had mighty little
show to get next. l had all kinds of a
front on me then and a $1,000 or even
larger bet was. as l say. not so unusual
in that pool room as to scare 'em or cause
EN- to become suspicious.
"'Weu, the second line of betting came
in, with Hamburg the natural favorite at
4 to 3 on in the betting Bowling Brook
4 to 1 against and The rest at write-your
own-tcket figures. The poolroom took in
thousands of dollars of Hamburg money,
for nobody in the big crowd that surged
about The pool room could insure any
other horse in the race to have a chance.
I myself thought that it was a sure thing
for Hamburg, but ! wasn't playing thinks,
but cinches, and so l just stood at that
window and waited for the signal. was,
l suppose, somewhat excited Internally
when ! thought of the possibilities of the
game, but nobody knew il. The pool room
operator announced, They're at he posi-
at Morris Park" and then l knew that
'ud be the last direct communication he'd
have with Morris Park until after the run
ming of the Belmont stakes. l leaned there
on that window with one hand resting on
my chin comfortably waiting for the hut-
ter of the handkerchief away across the
the vacant lot. The sun shone brilliantly,
and the window of the frame cottage was
in plain view, and I didn't figure 1t as
among the possibilities that / could make a
mistake.
Wen, when the whoe crowd in the
pool room had become sort o mute with
expectancy and the betting at the desk
was almost over, l got the signal. 1t was
the quickest flash in the world, a white
handkerchief, as l was perfectly positive,
nervously waved three times from the
second-story window Of The frame cottage
l didn't see my pal waving the handker-
chief-only the futter of the white hand
kerchief. which announced that Hamburg
had won So. without any apparent ex-
element, but in the LATEST kind Of q way
in the world. / just yawned, stretched my
arms, and remarked TO a few fellows
standing nearby:
'Whags the use Of doping over the
race? It's pipe for Hamburg. I'm going
up and put a couple Of thousand on Ham
burg
so / walked up to the desk. passed
over six $500 bills and said Hamburg The
ticket writer took the money without any
visible emotion and wrote me ticket
Then / walked out among the crowd to
hear the calling off Of the race. which
knew would happen within three or four
minutes.
They're Off for the Belmont" the
operator shouted in about three minutes,
and then said / to myself what an exer-
else gallop for Hamburg! What dead