The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
NOTION OF RED BEiK jim,
RACKMAN UNAOVED NJ A
STRAIGHT TIP on A RACE.

The Men He Took 10 the Suburban We're Sure
That Kinlsy Mack Was Going 70 Win
The Event at the Track That Upset All
Calcuiations-GlOry OF Red Beak Jim.
We'll get Red Beak Jim TO hike us down In
his caloosh.- said the main guy Of the four.
The four were Job holders in one Of the city
departments, INC they were talking about ways
and means Of reaching the Sheepshead track
for the Suburban.
Good thing" said the three others. 60
on and ask Jimmy for a figure. down and back.
for the bunch. Hey. and don't let him dicker
you out O. your gilt teeth. Jimmy's q robber.'
SO the main guy OF the four sprinted after
Red Beak jim. lie found him with the major
portion Of his countenance immersed In the
oouarette Of an open-faced malt magnum.
Hoy. jim" said the main guy. hitch EN-
up and bring EN- around about noon. Down
to the Bay and back. There's four Of us.
What dye say to the note for $40 for the job2'
Red Beak Jim removed the mammoth piece
OF glassware from his face long enough to re-
mark:
"Nothin' dom"
Amt. heyP" said the main guy. The old
caloosh's fallen apart at last. hey7"
Red Beak Jim set the beer glass down and
wiped of his mouth with the back Of his coat
sleeve.
"ItTl be jugglin' around when you're yelling
for Ice at any old price a hunnered." said he.
Nope. I'm 'ngssed fr tn Bay"
Say. you've got your flnsers crossed or
your suspenders." said the main guy. Give
you fifteen for the Job"
Coin t. take three down." said Red Beak
Jim. Ten a head. Sorry I didn't ask EN-
fifteen. Trucks Is chargin' ten a head
Ten a head. hey said the main guy, sar-
casttcally. What In. zinc money! Hey, pull
around. Jim. or you'll lose a wheel. Ten a
headY Oct way viii that hasheesh. Give
" a figure.
you've got Il, replied Red Beak Jim. Ten
per, round trip. I'm q good thing at that
But I'm 'ngaged.-
Sos mo little dster,' said the main guy.
AN right, work your edge. What's ten a head
TO us. at that Hey. We got the baby to-day.
Jim. and you want TO put some braces under
that old caloosh, Wen have two ton o money
coming back. Bring 'er around. then. at noon.
Say. you ought to get a pair O. knucks and a
sand bag. You're too good on the clutch TO
push q caloosh around. Have 'er there prompt
at noon, now, Jim"
Sure, said Red Beak jim. and he was there
at noon, all right, with the hack all vanished
up and busted on, and the pair looking 1T TO
reel Of a mile In Ave minutes. on the bit The
four were inside, stirring their pieces Of Ice
around with the spoons, when Red Beak Jim
pulled UP. He jumped of the seat and stuck
his head in the door.
AT the pump, gents" said he.
They yanked him in to have one before the
start. and they all got him over into the dark
corner. Then the main guy addressed him.
-Jim." said the main guy. we're handing
this TO you because you're all right-from the
heels down. On the level. though. Jim, we pass
this along TO you because IT'S right It's pre-
pared It's a nightingale In the woods, and
itn be singing when all the rest Of 'em are still
trying TO lnd out where the wire Ia Horse Of the
century, Nix. Not for these little Will,es
The black. let 'er sleep wondert Not We
stay out there. The Whitney thing with the
Frenchy name? Hoot, mon. Pass this squad
by, Nope, We got 1t right, Jimmy. And
we're handing yop the forty buck now SOS
say, you want TO remember that you're paid,
see? Well, you get over the fence somehow
let a kid take care o your two goats and the
caloosh-and you put the whole forty on Kinley
Mack, Secr. Got that ohalked? You put the
forty, on kinley Mack and part o the two ton
o gilt We'll have on the comeback u belong
on their heads and twkt EN- round. Don't
say, we didn't put you next lnesda win.
W Nini lSst win SiEbt, X yol 5scs to it klnley Mack.
That's right. all right, said the other three,
all together.
Red Beak jim emptied his tiagon thoughtfully.
Il got mine al that game" said he, finally.
They made a bum, o me before you people
was through playin' Jacks. They can run fr
Hogan. T~hese"-salti1g away, the two! wen-
ties the main guy had handed him-"will do
TT me don want I Klt rich FAST nnhnw
I'd booze meself foolish. Much 'bliged, gents,
but | can't see no kinley Macks or Billy Bryans,
fr that matter. wit a spy-glass.
AL right" said the main guy, disgustedly.
But when tho. rings around kinlcy Mack.
and they're paving Of the wise people on him,
s ys3 wf pon e m sav ws sh na Siea, di ySsI T RaHs %" s9 : RSi
one. You're a sport. Jimmy and SOS a tad
pole. You'll never butt in among. the frs: six.
All right Come on you people"
sides OF their glasses oncc more, and then
they climbed into the hack and were away
in a row, 10 a good start.
they stopped for Ice. with trimmings, on the
way down to the Bay, they announced 10 friends
that they met that 1t was only going to be a
"Run on a fast track, hey'" said tho main
guy to vcrybody he knew at the stops. Say,
that's his graft. That's his main plant. A
Say, you get tied up with this Gorse Of the
century business and you SMOKE stogies for
a few months. Ethelbert the horse Of the
century, hey? Say, die ever happen to hear
lighter and Henry Of Navarro and Sir Walter
and lakeland and and Hamburg and a few old
twp-dollar NUTS like that2 Did, hey? Well,
say. do they butt in' say. Hamburg could've
run backward as fast a. this horse Of the CEN
fury that you. people have all got the bug about.
KtnIsy MacSi kiGley Mack! Hey, %fellersI-
they climbed into the hack again.
When they got down to the track entrance
and alighted the main guy OF the four, still
men, made a final appeal to Red Beak Jim.
jim" said he. how about taking our steer,
hey' This Is the good thing o. the year. It's
going To he q long summer. Going to put
that forty on .Kinley Mack?"
I'm goin't I take n nan after ! have a smoke
The four walked away with an air OF dis
gust. while Red Beak Jim grinned after them.
Each of the four had a onehundred-i Collar
note .wherewith to back Kinley Mack OF the
boards; The temptations of the first three
races. however. coilared them, and when the
slate went up for tho Suburban they each had
q nfty-dollar note wherewith TO play Kinloy
Mack, tho good thing. When the horses we're
at the post for the third race, the main guy,
who happened to be standing close TO the fenos
the people In the cheap field, saw Red Bsak
jim. with his hands in his pockets and his pipe
In his mouth, leaning against the roll. He
called the hackman, and Red Beak Jim APP
preached tho fence with q grin.
Thought you'd get on, anyhow, hey?' said
"Naw, / ies' crep In L see 'em run an hear
III hard looSerp tell how IL was they lost"
said Red Beai jim. "Nothin' dom Wit me"
Amt going to, put those forty on Kinley
Not II I'm awake" said Red Bcak Jim. and
the main guy walked away from the fence with