Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-09-21
HIS LAST RACE.
A Perfume Lost To Horse Owner by
u ReTG.ll to fas $40

fs,rfman. settling himself back in his /
chair and pusEn-. av ay vigorously AT /
very hl;sek cigar Why. | remember /
one that makes my head spin every |
time | think Of IL Let me see-yes. IL /
was back In 1871. Just about that time |
l had arrived frem the west aud went
in for racing with both feet. \ friend /
of mine owned fast 2-year-oid maid |
en- The horse had a good pedigree and
was well trained. but somehow was
never in tile money. Ny friend had
great deal Of faith In the horse and |
backed the animal every time IL ran.
He lost and when IL became nonoto-
nous he came to me
Jim he said. rather sadly, I'm
nearly broke. II | keep on dropping
my money as have done for the past
two months. don't know what VIII
become Of me. | guess | viii wind up
In the poorhouse,
why. what's the natter | said.
trying to cheer him UP. Don't be down
hearted. old boy. When you are short
you know you can always find me-
That's all right. he said, but |
owe you enough money already. I'm
going 70 make hit. and II the scheme
goes through I'll have all the money
want The scheme isn't strictly hon
st. bet that's the only way | can get
the coin Just now. I've been on the
square long enough Saying this. he
Disappeared. and did not see or hear
from him for long time.
.Cn, day his horse came in second.
was very much pleased, and when
found Jim / extended my hand TO con
hi
waved me aside and hung his head
could not for tie world make out what
was the matter | thought perhaps
his success had turned his head.
".Jin.' | said what is the matter
with you? I'm surprised. You never
acted like this before. There is some
thing certainly the matter. Out with
1t, | say. or else | shall never have any
| thing to do with you in the future.
81 know have not been carrying on
| right, Frank he said. but If you went
/ through what | have during the past
/ ten hours you certainly would not
blame me. Frank, | cannot look an
| honest man straight In the face after
/ today. | stood To win $50 600. but I'm
| penniless now. Its all because | was
| greedy and refused To part with an ex-
| ira $40. As you are no doubt aware.
| my horse ran second today. He might
| have won had l used better judgment
| and discretion
Then he went on and told me the
following story: He had told all the
other jockeys in the race that he de
sired to win and unfolded his scheme.
Seven horses ran. and the jockeys had
their instructions. They We're 10 lei
my friends horse win. All of the
Jockeys with the exception of one re
ceiyed ticket on the prospective win
ner. My friends horse was quoted al
20 to l. and the six jockeys had tickets
, which called for $500 TO SO. Some
how or other the seventh Jockey go
wind of this and approached the train
er of my friends horse about IT. The
| trainer told him to see Jim. which h'
did Jim told him TO go to the devil
He said: Go away, boy. and don
: bother me- You haven't got a chanc
e to beat my horse, and | am not afrai'
of you anyway. | got SO left. but yo1
!. shall not have it The Jockey persist
n ed that he could win If he tried an
. told Jim that he ought to be let In o.
l., the deal. Jim was obdurate and re
D quested the jockey to go about his bus
ness Jim somehow had scraped un
: beknown to me about 5000. Hi
',a.ls.-s, sh. horse all over tn
? fortune.
! well, the race was soon off. and hi
horse was leading in the stretch b.
five lengths. He thought ii was al
over but the explanations. On the ruI
home his horse was still ahead by
good margin. and in the excitement tn,
seventh jockey, the one to whom h,
had refused to give ticket. was for
gotten. But the jockey had predicted
. correctly. and with a burst of specs
i. that took the breath away from thu
, spectators the outsider came to tn,
fore and beat my friends horse out a
the post by a short head. Well. wheI
1t was all over and the numbers haf
gone up and my friends horse hae
been beaten Jim realized what foo
he had been. For the sake of an ex
ira $40. which he certainly could have
spared, he lost the fortune. Jim haC
only played the horse straight, anC
this time he was clean broke. jim
was the sorest man you ever saw and
cannot forget that day to this. And
what's more, he has never played ol
| attended race since."-New York Sun