The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-07

and broke his leg. He had been improyident
and exiravagant. like most Of the Jocks Of that
fat Of bis hack he found himself broke What
vas more natural ttnn that he should send to
the ~eookmakcr who's" orders h. had been follow
ing 10y a long time for assistance? lie write
TO the bgokic and asked for the loan q 500 Tho
book ignored the request. Then The laid
up iockry sent a fricnG 20 the b~"ohmakcr The
up Tor the oats and keep Of dead oncs figuring,
you see, that kcllcy's injuries were such that he
wouldn't be able 10 get back To tho riding game
had "a, s,a,e off doctors and other lis a. les,
he could, and guess that he set his teeth down
pretty hard and did some robust thinking while
his leo was hcrllng.
"A couple u months after this accidcn, kelley,
somewhat pale, turned up In the paddock al the
aaut one morning and announced that he was
~ \ d. 5,as again us Irryicrs wrr" ,%m, liz
horse Glostcri In the frs, race on the card. Chester
was tho best hUrsr In the race and was certain
70 be %invoritr, The boolic, who he'd used Kelly
down, got 10 Kelley ny tue undo round process,
through nm agent, with tho inquiry as To whether
nlu.c business couldn't be done on Glps'rr. kcl,
that there could, certainly; that he could get
Chester beaten by an cyclssh.
The betting opened and Chester was the %fayoritc
all over the ring at odds II l 10 2 on. Then kcl
lcy's bookmaker bcgan TO shoot the price up-
first To 5 10 8 on, then To 4 10 5 On. then to even
money and then right up TO o I? 5 and even I 20
q uRhinst' Inc way tldl Dppkl" hauled III ne
money on Chester was a caution. Il seemed
that every plungcr and casual lCttor in Tho in
closure wanted a ricce Of Glosl,r a, k"!l..y =
hcokmakcr's odds all the rest II the pcncillcrs
took In thousands OF dollars on the horse. When
they were still whncking him with Chester bets
!" G Tcnrv s"mnwh A. nnr."aT and sen, his "g|n Id
IN" agent again that Glpst'r wasn't going to
win 49,,
Let him handle the whole mint on the nag,
replied Kelley. 'Glostcr will just about get he
In the meantime the judges. who occasionally
made a bluff at getting naughty and virtiOus,
got next to the big ODDS the one brukmakcr-
kcllcy's bookmakcr was offering against Clos
ter, and, naturally enough, they became sis-
spicions. fiyr minutes before the horses were
due TO go 10 the post, therefore, they called Kelley
into the stand and asked him ~squarly II there
was anything doing by which Chester was going
10 get beat.
III GloS',r doesnt win this race, replied Kelley,
you ren rul" me { I for lie.
kelley had put every man, woman, child and
dog that he knew At. he track on 10 he fact that
he WIS going 20 win by a Philadelphia block
on GloStcr, and the bookmakcr who had turned
hlm down when be was on the Eat 81 his hack
the play ot all 81 them. Dollar lets and 81 900
hos all looked alike to the bookmsk"r. He took
oil the money that cane along without rubbing.
he though, he had a corkcd-np good thing.
When the bugl" sounded and the. horses
emerged from the paddock, the hookmaker. with
his glasses in his hand, wns leaning against
the ,rail, ana he looked up with a grin 10 catch
kcllcy's eye, as, the jockey rode by on Chester
He caught kcllcy's eye. lLt there was no r.
~sponsiy" grin There was, instead, a dirty sncer
on kcllry's drawn, pale mug, and. as hc caught
sight Of tho lccring hool.ir he Drew Chester up
Tor Just an instant and srat ~yiciouslv in the dircC-
ton Of III" man who had treated him with such
ingraIitr de.
"Thc booamatcr saw in that instan, that he
was ditchcd. His face went white. and he clutchcd
the rail, and he was sill digging his finger nails
into the mil when, n few minutes later, the vic
furlorg. was led into The paddock, with kelley
welElng alOGC-ife II him. When ,hnt bookie
got through paying of the GloStcr hcis he had
taken IN he WIS OUT ~ business, and when the
story u how il all came about leaked o,It. there
wasn't q. man in tho gamc that dldn. say thnt
the book" Got all that was coming To him"