The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15
THREE WIVES WITH TIPS
AND THREE HUSBANDS WITH Sure
THINGS AT THE RACES.
Betting Done by u Party Of SIX at Brighton
Beach Information of the Man With Pale
Green Eyes = surprise Arranged nv the
Three wives for the Three Husbands.

Green Eyes = surprise Arranged nv the
Three wives for the Three Husbands.
These three and their husbands sat In a box
at Brighton Beach on Wednesday afternoon.
Photographs OF the three have for some years
past ornamented the windows OF the art stores
on Broadway. Photographs OF the husbands
Of the three may not be 50 widely distributed
In the art skore windows. Nevertheless, they
are on public exhibition in some few OF them.
Each Of the three wore a foulard costume.
with much lace trimming, a summer toreador
hat TO match. and a parasol to match the hat,
Each wore at her belt n link purse that looked
plethoric. or course. being theatrical young
women, they said "cahn't" and "pahst" and
habit, but they weren't anything like so theat-
rical of manner as their theatrical husbands.
The husbands OF the three were about the limit
In hot-weather forgery for male persons.
A composite hue Of their suits would have made
n cream color, and the Roman scarfs draped
around their white straw Alpine hats were
very ornate indeed. For the rest. their coun-
tenances had that purplish tinge that comes
from much shaving. they had large pairs of
field glasses in russell cases Sung over their
shoulders, and they leaned upon their walk
Ing sticks and surveyed The horses as they
filed by to the post with that solemn air which
betokens a really profound knowledge OF the
merits Of the thoroughbreds.
The three husbands left the box about twenty
minutes before the first race, and repaired 10
the betting ring in order to get the figure on
the good thing they each had written on a piece
Of paper. They endured the customary pull
ing and hauling around. but they got tho top
price on Vesuvian. and each put his so on that
one at o TO against. While they we're cata-
putting themselves through the rushing crowd
in the betting ring, their wives were leaning
over the edge of the box and staee-whispering
with a little man who had an owners badge
Tapping from his waistcoat. The little man had
pale green eyes and n reddish mustache. and
he wa~ clad in a warm. looking all-black suit.
lie was chewing a straw refectiveIy when the
three symphonies in foulard leaned over the
edge of their box and called him.
oh. Jimmy" they said all in a breath, bur
in a subdued tone. tell Us, please. which one
IL il going To be-"
The littl" man with the pale green eyc- looked
mp. grinned. lifted his high-crowned straw
hat, and made a funnel OF his right hand.
"Howdy, said he. waving his hat at them
with no grace to speak Of. It's a speedy bunch
but there's only one to IT, Play the top weight,
Heliobas, and there ought to bc a little mil.
merry in IL. Where's the boys?"
They're down betting IN Ne-uvian, .aid
one Of the young woine whose photographs
IN costume are To he found in most Of the Broad
way art windows, They have a tip on Vesu-
Wan"
The little man with the reddish mnstache
took the straw out of his mouth and pushed
hi hat 10 the back of his head,
That I'M III he In the money all right ~ Snii
he, again making u funnel 81 his right hand,
but guess the top weight'u get the man
con.
Then he vrnned and ,trolled over toward
the pa1dJcA gaze.
fhe tnree young women IN the box lsled
into their cnain iur,cs aid aug out their rolls.
tayh stripped on "a 80 nou,, and Just then one
OI the DoOkinaHer : comm Noner> who wa
ma KING tne tour ol the srtnt stand Tor feni-
ninc bets got around, and ne took away from
tnat OOA $50 OF rieiIoUa, money AT 2 Ia | again
IT We WIN, whispered one NJ the young
women |. the commissioner, don't bring us
the money wIIlr the boys are IN the box"
V,cplering EN-: inquired The runner
"Neil. We re- uird Of the boy bad lu,k, that's
all. sald the young woman. ana We We DECIDED
not 20 take any stock ~ a tmng they like, 70
there, now! Me'r. gong 10 pay what Jimmy
Ike.
then they did a lot Of whispering and smiling
among them 'clye, aud talked apuut what a
nee little man jimmy wa. and what big sue
ce1. he va having with hN string. until the
three husband loOSing very warm, and mop
ping their forehead, turned up in the box.
You girls want TO get your usuaI 81 bets
DOWN one OF the husband, inquired, looking
around for a runner.
y no" they all said together. looking lar
across the ne!d. We've decided To let you
boys do all the playing to-day 80 that Il you
all lose a. usual, wen be able 10 10 To the
beach for dinner
The three smooth-faced husband. with the
ornate Scarf~ around their hats smiled and
looked ~ one another with mutual CompunC-
ton for their wonc folks IN their eyes:
This t. the day we don't lose, AID one, of
sleeve. "Eh, icllow,;' .
This is the day" said the other two, and
then tho horse, Went by. The horses were
when they did get the Tag Ne,uy an had Il good
deal the be Of the start. The three husbands
paiied one another on the back.
All the way, they sald, replacing their
field glasses 10 their eyes. Then lieiobat
lea ped past Ve>uvian a. though the latter had
bean hitched to AN express wagon. The three
young women IN the box had a hard time Of it
in their determination To refrain from, roofing
and not 70 give themselves, away. The most
they could do wa to sneak !t,lc %slances Of
triumph AT one another. When Hellcbas
ronped in they turned to their husbands with
Cre-ttallen faces.
Did you play ve,nvian tor the place." they
asked their hu 'band-.
No. We thought he'd buck-jump in" replied
one Of them And We could Ia got rs good
"a. 8 TO l against III" mutt for he place, durn
it all" and all three o, the husbands looked
at Ne4uyian's number hung UP a. second to
HeliobaS with gloomy eyes,
Must hH' broke down or something. that
We avian horse; We had IT right that he wa,
going To win" wa the conclusion the tire.
reached, and they hurried down 10 the betting
ring To get the tlgIre> on the good thing marked
on their lips Of paner for the next race.
4, soon a. they had denarted the runner
with whom the three young women in the box
had deposited their HeliObas bets edged M
and handed each of them q twenty-dollar and
"A tpn-dolI r bin They told him 10 come back for
hair haI 1 IN Ih.. zaplnH HaEs in "a tAus nin