Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-01-25
THE MlDGETS EACH HAD A BAD CASE
OF SWELLEO HEAD.

Spanking Over n Walters Knee
! Cured One, nnd an Unceremoniuus
Tumble Into thc Ocean Took the
InsoIence Out OF the other.
1T is a notorious fact" said an old
| horseman, that successful jockeys
are more afflicted with the big head
than any other class of midgets you're
liable to meet up with. On two occa-
/ sions that / recall I've seen American
| walters take prominent American
| Jockeys down when The latter have be
| come insuuerahie in their conduct.
| Some years ago an eastern JOCKEY
whose fame was spread broadcast
| throughout the racing world was tax
| ing dinner with a party OF foolishIy
| idolatrCus friends At the Clin House,
| outside OF san Francisco. The jockey
had been riding during the winter rae
ing In and around San Francisco, and
| on this day he had won the swell event
| of the year cu a rather no account
horse. Consequently his hat was
| whole lot too small for him.
He was an insulting little chap at
| best. but on this occasion he simply
| let his tongue run away with his
| brains. His humor took the turn or
| ioshing an old time waiter at the Cliff
| House who had been In California
| since the days of the Argonauts. The
old man had long side whiskers, and
| the Jockey made sundry and divers re-
marks TO the waiter about the oppor-
tunitv he was giving to the wind by
wearing whiskers OF that particular
| lsagth, and the old man took the talk
good naturedly without paying much
attention to the touch of nastinesS III
the midget's remarks. Finally, how
ever. when the wine had gone around
pretty freely, the jockey reached up
behind his chair as the old waiter was
| in the act of performing some little
service for the men at the table, and,
| twisting his hand in the hair on one
side of the old servitor's face. he delib-
erately pulled out a fairly large hand
| full of the latter's whiskers.
'"The old man Ieaped back with pain
and Indignation, the jockey laughing
at him Idiotically. Then the waiter
coolly lifted the jockey out of his chair
by the scrurf of the neck, sat down
and calmly deposited the midget across
his kneesaface downward.
"'Son, said the waiter, there's
something tkat you've stood in need OF
for a long Sne past, Judging from
your actions BS<rc during the past few
months, and saat something you're
about to get and get good and he
| brought the palm Of an ample hand
down with n smack that sounded very
pleasant indeed unite the ears of all
| the rest of the people In the room lex
cept the Jockeys fricEdS) who had
| seen the beard pulling incident. Then
he brought both hants into play, and
the rataplan told OF splendid eXecu
ton. The jockey KICKED and strug-
gled. but he couldn't~break lasse, and
he had to take his medicine. Then his
| friends at the table jumped to his res
cue, and, quickly letting the jockey
slide on to the floor, the old waiter,
thoroughly aroused, jumped up and
knocked them down one after the 9th
| er He just polished them ali off in de-
tail, anu W litl llG Iitlt EOl III ON5h W III
| them he stood his ground. Then the
manager appeared on the scene, and
when he was told by a number of 9th
er guests, prominent men, what had
| happened he assisted in kicking the
party out Of the house.
Another time a jockey who leaped
into prominence with meteoric speed
by reason of his winning two of the
great events Of the eastern turf in
quick succession got the worst of n at
the hands of n Coney Island waiter.
| saw the incident myself. The Jockey
had had such a mighty accession of
the i am it spirit that he considered
he could perform all sorts of mean lit
tie tricks at the expense of all hands
and DO the same with impunity. On
this day he had won three straight
races, and his imperiousness was
something monumental He took din
ner with three bookmakers on one of
the big Coney Island piers. The man
who waited on the party was n bullet
head, but n quiet, attentive man at
that He was removing some plates
after the second course when the jock
ey picked up a siphon of seltzer and
deliberately squrted half the bottle
full in the walters face. The waiter
wiped his face and his shirt front off
with his table towel and then he walk
ed up to the Jockeys chair and said
Have you had yer dip in de sea yit
t'day, Freddy?
"'No,' said the jockey, with an ex-
preston of surprise on his face, as II
he wondered what was coming.
az fought not said the bullet
headed waiter. OATS de reason I'm
goin t let you have it now
Then the waiter suddenly picked
the famous jockey up, and before any
of the men ut the table could interfere
he carried him over to the railing OF
the pier and dropped the midget horse
rider into The water, about Is feet be-
low.
81 jist want { see If de little
snoozer wit de swelled nut kin swim
as well as he kin ride n horse said the
walter, quietly watching the jockey
come to the surface and strike out.
The jockey could swim, and he made
the beas& without any trouble, but he
didn't return to the pier."-Washing-
ton Star.