The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-13

punches Of "the long and green at this
favorite American pastime.
Guggenheimer finally decided that he
would try his luck and distracted from
the FAMILY savings the enormous sum OF
p and h1eq himself to friend who PROM
ised to steer the Teuton against the
''tige."
When Guggenheimer and his sporty
friend entered the gambling room. z
stir game was IN progress. he stooo
behind one OF the players for some l..,.e
watching and at last took VuA 20. 70
out of his pocket and. handing 1t TO the
dealer, said:
please blay dis on der jack
The dealers red face grew more reo' II
such a metamorphosis was p9serD rr;,,r ~
his big diamond stud glittered ansrlly as
Look here. Dutchy, we don't play for
that amount here. no,,
well" returned Guggenheimer, beneV-
olently, ''blay all of 1t dat you CAN
So far as reported, the only St Paul
thoroughbred who made q journey 10
New York to witness the debate petWeeh
Messrs. Fitzsimmons and Rhul1n FRIDAY
night, is James Donnelly. Mr.. DonneF
ly is considerably under Mr.. F1tzslm-
nelly would have to qualify In the pan
tam weight class unless he couId Do
weighed in with his suspenders on and
copper toes on his shoes. Donneily call
ed on Fitz early in the day. and then
spent $3.50 of their money telegrapnns
his friends to put 1t all on Fltz, as ne
could not lose, even IL ne olo HoI NiAo
the ring at all.
Some of Donnelly's friends, after pay
ing for the kilograms, went out and put
the equivalent on Fitz, but those VINO
thought that the st. Paul bantam was
giving them a Geographic con game are
kicking themselves yet.
Several messages were sent to New
York yesterday in reply to the missives
of the day before. but the teleg" phi COM
pany returned the answer
HAS not been seen since the hrSt
round. Was trying to collect his bets
then"
Gimme nice room and bath"
Clerk Bowman, of the Ryan hotel, on
Saturday night, looked around in front
OF the counter in search of the speaker.
''Hey, Bill, here 1 am, wots de matter
wild your lamps?"
Mr.. Bowman then discovered the source
of the request. The top Of a white Fe-
dora hat was just visible at the other side
Oh Tie COULTER 1I6 Cl6Th lSduGO ONSA
and saw lad, about thirteen years old,
dressed jauntily in flashy suit Of gray
tweed with knickerbockers, a pink shirt
and glittering diamond stud. He wore
no collar, and carried a small hand bag.
well, my boy, what can 1 do for your
courteously inquired the clerk.
Gimme nice big room wild bath at
tached.''
Mr.. Bowman pushed the hotel register
RI +a Of ba nd
ping pen in the ink we'll, handed it to
the youngster, who. after much tiptoeing,
managed to inscribe his autograph In
large bold letters as follows:
Daniel E. Cahill, Chicago"
Daniel E. Cahill is possibly one Of the
best known boy Jockeys in the East He
has ridden scores Of races, and has won
thousands of dollars for his employer and
father, John K. Cahill Of Indianapolis.
Dan is not more than thirteen or four
teen, and IS small for his age. Like all
followers of the track, he is as smart as a
whip and as bright as a dollar In con-
versation with the C l o b reporter Dan
had the following to say in his own char
acteristic vernacular:
Well, / amt much on pushing hot air
into newspaper reporters, but dat cigar
you gave me draws bully, and amt go
ing to be a piker wild you. My old man
owns a bully string of horses, and ever
since I can remember I have been loaf
ing around de barns, cumming wild de
stable boys and riding de nags. At first
all dey would let me do was to exercise
de horses, and 1 guess would never have
pushed a horse through a race If it hadn' t
been for one of de jocks getting sick at
de last minute. Dey threw a striped
blouse and cap on me, and before knew
it I was on de horses back trying for a
good place in de getaway. Dat race was
a peach, Spd I just pulled my mount
through by a nose. OF course, dat feath-
cred de old mans throat, and he was all
most tickled to death He put me up in
all of de big races, and since den I have
been one, two or three in some of de best
events pulled off at Gravesend, Brighton,
Chicago, etc.