The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12

crotches. adventurous lads sat snug I
From their elevation they had even \
sort of pity for the folk in the stand and 4
club house. No doubt II was me 10 SIT ]
there-but not TO compare with TINS perch (
upon swaying bOughs, where all the nap
penings of the park were in plain and /
proper sight The fine people could see 4
no more than the start and finish The /
tree-haunters watched everything with I
avid eyes, and heard all the gossip OF l
track and stables with eager ears.
1t was retailed literally, directly under /
meath them. Trainers houses are centers
of inside turf knowledge. Today there
was one overwhelming topic, common
alike TO training quarters, clubhouse, PAD
dock. stand and free feld-Baseom- 1901 I
ish laying against The Brave. NotWith-
standing he was OddS-on in all the other
books, Bascom wrote him TO / As a
consequence he was nearly SWampeQ pN
the rush of layers. He would nave been
quite Swamped but that he had taken the
preCaution from the beginning TO lay only
on the event of the Searchhght.
The fellows mad; quite mad COM
mented the purSy man, as ne pocAeteo
slip made out for a thousand Plenty OF
others thought and said the same thing,
but as the supposed mailman mad me
name of being shrewdly tarslghteo. anu
further. had money to burn, they also
made their WagerS, and dld not ma Sc
them small Bascom smiled at them, IS
he gave out the slips He was not WrlIllg
himself. neither was 'DrieSe- he had nalI
a
waiting He Steed a little stopped and
spoke now and then in whispers 70 young
VauX.
mo more bets after the call to post!
mean to see this race-if 1 never see an
other he shouted, as he heard the sad
ding bell. The mob of bettOrs answered
with a howl. A fellow bookmaker shout
ed across:
''Say, Bascom, you're mighty good all
at once, throwing away your money TO
keep the rest of US from losing. But you
needn't expect US to pass round the nat
for you. If man goes broke with MS
/ eyes open, he deserves what he gets.
Sometimes" said BaSc0m, composedly.
'Driese turned white. Get away at once!
Go outside. Your face tells tales, BaS-
com said pushing the lad almost roughly
/ away. 'Driese went laggardly, hfeieSS.
and with hanging head. He was always
: pale. Now the pallOr was sort OF lVor-
/ Inc tint more CHASTITY than death he
/ erept to the lawns farthest edge, and
4 flung himself at length upon the grass,
pressing both hands hard over his eyes
/ before he opened their dark-tringed hds
j He lay there, outwardly quiet. full or
riotous tremors, until Bascom stopped and
( touched him on the shoulder Stand up
I he said imperatively. Watch them go
i BY We must get out of this everything
] that is in il. II is Something-tO hear tile
/ crowd will cheer for The Brave.
He spoke very low, and ended with q
faint cnuckle- .Driese rose, staggering a
| little clutched the lawn fence and hung
/ a little over II. Ripping huzzas heratded
the advancing racers. Up and down for q
I full quarter OF a mile the course Was
I thronged on either side. You might have
I walked the distance upon human heads
| and every head was set hard toward the
dun earthen river. Eleven horses came
along it. Suleiman and The Brave ought
i to have made the field smaller, but there
! was the glorious uncertainty or the sport
TO save owners and trainers from being
| frightened out. So black and bay and
gray and chestnut and SorrelS in variety,
"a 10
and prancing on, neckS arched, coats shin
ing gliddery-smOOth, with jockeys all IN
fire-new cOlors as gorgeous as a tulip bed
in April bloom.
The cheering rose and fell irregularly
until Sueliman swept in vieW-then II rose
shrill and ear-piercing. with an undernote
the books TO threes. At that there were
big bets on him-betS made by track COM
miSsioners for mysterious patrons out OF
town. 1t was the fancy who picked MIN
winner said the popular voice The talent
to a man pinned its hopes and risked its
Seachlight money on The Brave
/ And how they cheered him when he
came Last of all looking finer than silk
1 fiter than he had ever looked. sWeet-tem-
I pered as a lamb, not even SnatchinS or
the bit, but caracoling along as though
keeping time to the wildly ringing shouts
| Bascom even drew hard breath as ne
, listened. 'Driese shut his eyes tight a sec
ond, touched his hanging hand and SAID
in a fierce whisper: 'D-n you! Brace up
I
doing this2 l want to quito make al
. end and good end to this wretched mas
Querade of ours.
'Driese stood up. a flicker of lamban
planned" he said ''NOt-that's the wOrs
of it." Bascom retorted, still in a whis
; per: You forget, thought was a gen
| tleman-,once. 1t hasn't been pleasant To-
: me-sending my wife about, TO crush witt
: the ring"
! Hush, for heavens sake hush"
. ''Driese said, gaSping family. Bascon
! glued his eye TO his glass, watching tn
? start He saw Mark Harris at the hea'
>, of The Brave-saw Nixon lean down, ant
g mentally heard Harris last orders: Keel
! in front the first mile, wait through IN
! half, then come home, leading all Vol
: can
E There were three breakaways. In eacl
+ The Brave, led Bascom smiled as he say
7. it: The games working beautifully h
[ said in Dresses ear. 'Driese had glass
u too, and made believe TO look 1t is
L question. though, if the deep-set, dark
v tringed eyes took any intelligent note o
d AT last" Bascom said, dropping hi
d glass with long. deep breath 1t was
5 ragged start, but fair enough, with Sulel
It man lying a little back, the Brave /
n front and the others well punched tOwar
l the middle OF the course. Fresh shout
d went up as The Brave shot ahead, open
;. ing gap between himself and all con
: tenders, running strong and free an
closer than ever to his mother earth.
Il He is the Antaeus of racing, a pedGn
<. said to his elbow neighbor watching tn
r golden head flash further and further fol-
G ward The neighbOr grUnted- He was nc
IT used to mix mythology with his sport II
d had come out for a good time-whic
d meant that ne was there for the delicioU
I thrill born of seeing a horse come frs
10 and knowing that ii meant money in hi
L pocket But BascOm, who overheard IN
n pedant smiled comprehension, and sal
e over his shoulder: You ought not to sa
that if you have bet on The Brave RI
member Antaeus had his Herculesi'
Is A cry made him look at 'Driese, who's
s eyes now did not leave the racers. tt
/ first mile was run, and still The BRAY
10 was in front, going like a WhirlWind, an
% two lengths to the good. Nixon held hi
Ia hard, but still he ran, his matchleSs stea
ID ing strides defying vision. Bascom
.r heart gave a great bound at the sigh
p God! Suppose after all, he is not Gov
t ardr he whispered holloway in Driese
lg ear.
e He looked again Still The Brave RAJ
N He was left half through the Outstretc
es upon this, the excess distance He Ia
but to run on for five furlOngs more ar
ID Bascom would be ruined beyond all hop