The sun., 1901-06-30

luck with this ono. Al the very last moment,
before put my $500 down on the one that
1 gave you as a certainty, l noticed. from
the rail. that the horse was bit lame In going
To the post and | clean kerflummuxed on
playing him. and came near running my legs
of trying to find you to tell you not to get
your money down. Good job, now, that
didn't find you, eh' Devil Of 1t is. plt
the $500 on another one, and lose; Dom
you won ont 30 handsomely I'm AFRAID
I'll have 10 ask you to pass me $500 out oi
your. winnings as temporary loan-just
for the afternoon.
"Tn almost every case. whether the mark
becomes suspicious or not that he Is in the
hands OF a tout. he comes To the front with Ht
least n portion of the amount OF the touch,
whatever the same may be. Another method
of this well-dresSed tout IA 70 assume the
happy -go-ucky manner with his man. and
Now. my boy, don't know what you'll
think of II, but I want to tell you something;
They got me- for 5000 yesterday. and that
I've GOT three good things to-day that hap
pen TO know to a certainty are going through.
and III Just let yon In on n proposition. You
put down, say, $500 on each OF these thing.
and they're all ClnChes, az | tell you.-and
hand over to Newell, how II third OF your
winnings strike you? I'm only throwing
this out TO YOU as "A little suggestion, YOU
know, and you are. of course, at perfect lib
erty to take IL or leave it, No harm done
This scheme wins IN a lot OF cases The
education who have gone Hat broke because
of their persistent following OF the ponies
with their own money In former years and
they take To the touting pame-sOme OF
them with no little conjunction. at first,
am bound to say-so that they can gratlfy
their almost unconquerable passion for the
racing game Most of them make out pretty
well But the money they get out OF their
victims nearly all goes back to the books.
Another type Of racetrack man that
I've been watching for a good many years
Is the old-time owner and trainer OF thor
oughbreds who can't keep away and who
makes dollar bets. Heaven knows where
He's always. n quiet selt-oontained indiyh-
uni with far-awly look In his eyes when
he sees 'em going by to the post and he al
ways carries with him the sole relic OF his
prosperous days on the turf. an old pair Of
feld- glasses. with which he watches the
movements OF the horses at the post with
entered in the race and had backed the brute
to fetch him III "A fortune.
Il know a lot Of these old fellows who have
owned horsefiesh TO the tune OF tens ot
thousands In few cases Of hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars IN their day. and who,
when their tide WAS flowing, would shoot
thousands of dollars into the ring 10 back
their own stables. And yet here they are,
ptkinR away with dollar bets on other mems
horses. and always losing, veritably believe
you'd naturally think their knowledge
OF tho game would enable them. at least
To break even with their poor little bets. but
It seems to be the irony Of fate that they
lust can't win. It's like good many other
cases In life. suppose man has his chance
once and after that, he's dead one and
a gonsr. The old-time owner and trainer,
never. under any circumstances. kicks over
That's training Even n he has private
line Of thinks ancnt the running ot the race
he let's the roaring pikers do The kicking,
NO less dismal figure on the track. and
scarcely less common a one. i the Jockey
of other days Hes a lonesome object
and he ls almost invariably broke down to
them down here to-day Some Of them
only few years ago were making money
up In the tens Of thousands OF dollars year
and spending It "a fast aS they made 1t, as
a rule. | can name You those of ten years
ago. who put away enough money to enable
them to 90 into business, or to give them
a living income. on the fingers OF one hand.
these Jockeys don't visit the track every
day only once in "A while. They bet when
they have the money, with all the feverish
eagarnesa Of novices. instead Of with the
outs OF the game, and the chances they're
taking, and when they haven't the coin TO
bet. they stand apart in sulkv silence. None
OF tho younger Jockeys knows them, except
by reputation, and the bcst they get is an
occasional nod from some old-time follower
Of the game who knew them when they
were getting The leg up on the cream Of The
The downfall Of these men by which
mean the termination OF their period OF use
fulness in the generally proceeded
their utter Inability to keep their flesh down
even by heroic methods. without killing
themselves Here is a fate that nineteen
jockeys out Of twenty have got 10 meet
the shutting down OF their careers owing 70
excessive weight but few of them seemed 20
have sufficient foresight 10 put away some
money against thi. inevitable time
They seemed 10 think that they could go
on riding raCehOrses until they had gray
boards down to their waists. aud they kept
right on spending their thOusands. Not n
fR tho nltppI NXO
who come out 20 the track and stand apart
solitary. moody figures. lost their grip nt
tho hevday of their careers through dissO-
lutte habits There are a iew stars Of that
sort stl In the saddle, but they are going
back at a stifl rate and soon they will get no
mounts. and after while they will join this
track and listen 10 the plaudts given to tho
boys still in the sa ddle