Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-10
SEEN At THE FtTCRITi

tiaN after noon last. Sstit a. W '''''
man who Went over to New YORK '"I
seer the running of the great f'uturi'F
race was - squat. Stccky. Sray-hiiied
and gray muStachcd man with very
broad pair of shoulders. lie was the
father of Il Well-kuoWn pugillSt Wh"
sent to the old country Tor his parents
Il few months ago. and they are iiNliiI
with him in his fine house at Shetr--
head The fighter stayed with the "ld
man on the crandstand for awhile. but
when Ike betting WAS about due for the
first race he went below and disap-
peared in the crush, and he didn't re
turn until the last race was being run
of. 1t was, ] suppose. about as mu'h
rs his life was worth 10 get back. the
crowd was 50 enormous.
The father OF the prize fighter
studied the proceedings on the track
with great apparent interest. and each
time the horses rounded into the
stretch he hopped up from his seat ana
watched them earnestly. although Il"
didn't give vent to any remarks When
the third race had been run off and
the erandstand messengers began to
make their tours with the opening
betting on the big Futurity the old man
looked around searChingly as If for tn"
return of his scrapping son. but the
pug ddn, show up. Then the old man
began to lend ear tn the conversations
between the grandStand messengers
and their clientS-moSt of whom W"r"
betting upon the Whitney horses L"
Win the big event. When one Of tn"
messengers passed by the old man dug
| into his trousers pocket and pulled out
u" Dill
'l II Del TINS on Mauarh' S''o NJ
with rich brogue. hahdinS the COM
| missioner the note.
~ Forty 70 ten Madden. said th''
! commissioner. taking the bill ana max
ing note III MS ilttle book You y lt-
| member that John Madden. the aStuir
~ N"V " 'iie "i'''''i - ~
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danp manfred the ola man of m. busy
| commissioner .N4 son ~ cav that ~
| ,uyht r ,cin IN j v.,lk
...oh Nadd.n's au rjrh, ranli.d the
rrandsrand messenger amusedly and
! ,hen no went ON ahour his bucin.ss
..rr,n, tho n,omant th,t n. mn, hIs
bet down the old man from the Emer-
aid Isle was on the ragged edc. of in
teres, ana nervousness He could
| hardly keep his seat. but stood IN and
| razed m ana down ~. track vim AZ.
yourjne ewes When tho d.Id or
hcautifuI youna horses n,radad to m,
nos, ne seemed to b4 in a ycritabla
fever of anticination .Thera ro.s
| Nast,,rtiIn or .that's KING Hanover
| or there's EIvv baal. tho cro,,,, q, tho
stand wer. All saving AZ the horses
| nassed bv tho stand IL narada and
| when the n.raaa was finished Ana tbe
! taId had started ~ tba iog.iny c,,,ar
| IA the nost the nIa man looked rra,t,y-
| nvst,ti,a
,..,e
| , " ' ~ -.
| hear Thin o-,.,kir' av all IN nth.r
| bas,es but not > wor-rd about mis-
| horse Madden
| ~ '',t S'anu ~ o'e' ''eai :
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'H S'''''nS' ~. '''eS "eie ''o pusS
. "f'.' ms .',., ,e'n al e.i ,''s '""''" W.
pos' ','lous" ,leil siaSseS u say any
| .,,
| ''oi 'iS '''oie 'ne 'ioi 'es i'heu W
az 'ne roa'' = ''uiihS, s"ai'"s' p'h'N
| '''"' "a - man p'ai",S w s'Se",
,iii'i'eo oi'o 'iie 'op ~ ,i,e S,a'u any
| ,e eieu ''' ~ p"" - i'e'" S'a99eH -
ny VS." fo'' 'e
| piu'eo were 'aPeilis peiore 'he paf
| vas '''." -"auue"' Wv
o'''''ieH' anu 'oAiee' 'u' man III
H'iiei i'n' N',oSe i'o' ~ iai'hee S"ep'
i'H' "''"ei ''e VIZ ie" i'o'i'en'a
! ia'ei Oh ie WIS ~ tooi as tupeio
curing az oi me preliminary breaks
ana ms ue'''edhor was IN iuhiv con-
trast 10 ''ia' ol 'he iatner Oh the pfiHe-
ishter' VINO iidSe'eu ABOUT, no" SIT
| tii2 oo"h' ohis 10 mop up nan sec
o''n ia'e'' anu III general i'ia''''y 'ao"'
ing uhder tremendous ah'icipatory eN-
ctefneh'.
| When the great cry They're off,
went up the old man appeared to be
struck into a stone image He
clutched the ton of his chair and
watched the plunging field careering
through the cloud of dust away at the
| upper end of the track with eyes that
seemed TO be starting out of his head
john Madden kept his glasses leveled