The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-26
,rrERsrrrIoNs Or rae TRACK.
Tribes which Prevent the Racing
Tout. Prem nettinE.

Wh}. look at fhr wav he's bred and
hos been winning ughi along"
booked at tae guide this morning and
hos not mentioned lea &C. This Is his lrst
start tori. wear aud. az YOU can see. it
&. "a raer far msideus"
well know he's q corker BY tho
Way he's bred tIIs sire aaa one OF uie
fastest horses ever raised IN Kentucky
aui bis dam never was beaten az any
distance up to seven fuglouls"
How D. be- brodf Who was his sire
aud Whist Mss the name - the DAM
Wen I can't remember just now, but
! know BE- well bred
pethape ne is but YOU don't know
much sbout him. for be- Do an Imported
colt
Fludug th1f he had made bal
break tne tout droppcd his intended VIC
tim ami looked rather crestfalien. In a
few minutes a reporter managed 70 draw
him into conversation.
That gentleman docs not appear 10
have much use for any Information YOU
save 10 give him.
tph he's uo good He's ono o. those
pedigree cFauks who knows all shout
iorss-s sire and dam. bat I'm bet he
hasn't picked winner IN two months.
How are you making out picking win
ueraff Ia 4 ga
$50 So"
.NVhars your system"
tsyVell. look out Tor horse that's
about die To- win and then get somebody
"a play him Hes ~ likely TO be worm
the price he goes for ~ any ~ Them. but
then Won know. rs all lgok. anyhow.
DO vou believe ia luckf'
wei. should aay no. can always
tell when m going 20 win.
'liow 2"
n feel lucky. and anybody that takes
the pains 10 nottce little things can al
ways do the same. 40 mattor whether he
knows anything about horses o. MOI.
What little things DO you meanY
why n you meet a cro-s-eycd man
or woman when you're on the way 20 tho
poolro0m you won't make a bet that day
n you've got any sense. Some people
say these lhiuFs are an nonsense. Tsayn
turn around and so back homo for the
least little thing they've forgotten like
pocket handkerchief or some tribe o. that
Kind. because they say there's nothing
in luck But you ilst let one of these
fellows rustic for his own living for a
year or two. Let him follow the races.
play the horses all the afternoon. play
the bank at night and then crawl IN
and sleep with the stable boys AZ the
track from Z O'Clock tiil daylight. aud then
he'll learn that there T. something In
luck and he'll pay attention to all the
signs of bad and good luck"
What are some 81 these superstitionr
OF the TURF
"oh. there are 20 many couldn't think
Of half Of them. Now n there's ever
been a lawsuit over a horse / wouldn't
play That horse az i01 10 ! n he was lead
ing twenty lengths In che stretch and all
the others had fallen down. for ia know
he couldn't win any way they could AK ~.
Such horses are always hoodooed az long
as they live. ! like 10 play the first horse
os OF the paddock man ought never
20 show hts ticket or toll anybody the
horse he has bet on. It's all right 20 say
you're going Ia get on this or that horse,
but after YOU have made a bee don't tell
anybody what horse you have bet on. m
any one asks YOU and YOU don't want
70 hurt HE feelings 1urt he 10 him.
Don't save stakes with anybody. for
then you VIII both lose
~ most always tear my tickets about
hair in two a. soon az ! buy them.
don't think there's much IN this. but then.
you know. when 81 fellow h. hard up. he
don't like 10 shrow away any chances.
Il got hold OF fellow once when was
in great form and ! had all the winners
down pat for that day. nut somehow ev-
eFythinR went wrong. The FIRST one No
caught at 10 I. and after he had pus n
swell bet on him The horse was backed
down to 3 TO s. He led IN the stretch by
elgh, lengths and 81 was only a nve-fIr-
long are Now would you believe a.
thas onery son - sun blowed up IN the
last sixteenth and didn't finish 'One. two.
inrrr
"'rhe next one was sure 70 land for ne.
for after opening ct 9 70 I. and staying
Just long enough for as 10 get down. he
was cue to 4, and AZ last went 10 the post
AZ 81 That looked like ready money.
and We just waited 10 cash our tickets.
but he 90, on bad H. Hve-elghths race.
and then. when be was rounding into tho
stretch third. with two rank CUTTERS
ahead af him an OLD yellow Texas geiding
that was firing badly IN second place
swcrved from che whip and chucked him
over on the inside rail I thought he was
going over into the inneld sure enough.
though he didn't but thas bump on the
rail skinned his near shoulder and put him
ont Of buslnes He finished last. and dead
lame a. that
The third one We played that day wes
an even money. and after breaking out
with the lead he had HE nose In front oil
the way. though he was tired and stag
gcrsd in the last sixteenth. His number
went az and then them oncry Judges dis
qualified him for swcrFiug in the stretch.
by that time ] vas al but out. and my
friend who was putting up tens along
with my dollars. and declaring mo IN with
all his bets concluded that luck wos
against him and went home without wait
ing 90 see the rest Of the racing. II was
Just az well. too. for not one horse that 7
had picked that day took down any part
OF the money.
F'When ] got 20 the house where ! was
boarding that nlehs ! found OUT how Il all
happened I had been boodooed by mis-
take There was a caglen widow from one
or the parishes boarding for q few days
az the same house. and some one who had
II IN for her had sent an old hoodoo Mig
ger 10 sprinkle white san.i on the steps 80
thai che would be che fire. 20 step on Il
coming out The old scamp was cunning
enough for he rang the lei and rglfed n
she lived there just a few minutes before
1 came out. He had found out when she
was going 40 street. and sprinkied his
sand Just IN time for her: hut afscr fhe
Rad her hand on the door 10 come out
she a rned around and ran back 20 her
room for q handkerchief aud Il was just
ms buck 20 be ready to leave chat minute.
and 20 ] was the frsi one 70 step on the
hoodoo sand. and. Of course got e."
What are you reading. Dorie7" Pa
pas poems. Been naughty7'-Punch.