Arizona republican., 1901-07-19
THE YOUNG PERSON SEES THE
 DARBY

''Whars," said the Young Person with the white shirt waist and serious ! eyes, lis the paddock?'
 They were doing the races yesterday | in Minneapolis for the first time the | Young Person and the Other Girl, ana | they found 1t exciting and just a httle ! like doing Eairope. Especially did It resemble Europe in that they eouId pick out and recognize old landmarks spoken of familiarly in frivolous nov els. The paddock. however, was not 50 easy to place
 I'm sure, l don't know where it IS. said the other Girl, puzzled. II can't find it on the score card. Perhaps. doubtfully. it doesn't belong in a horse race
 I'm quite sure it doesn't" said the Young Person with decision. Don you remember in-well can't think of the name of the book and it doesn't matter. any way. No doubt we'll dis cover it later on. But aren't you glad, |, ,gtattally that we came on Darby day?"
 Yes" rejoined the other Girl, but | MllnOut entnuSlds4la' what N' "''i what is Darby day."
 Don't you know what Darby cay is? Why. how bunny that seems' Certainly if the Young Person hadn't had serious eyes she would have gig
 g ed just then Why. 'Dalby' day IS well. you know, it's whan everybody
 comes and all the horses racs and all that" vaguely. There ara the jock
 eys." suddenly changing thu subject
 aren't they dear and aren't iheir caps
 cunning? l suppos, that litle mouse out there on the fed is where the judges and those people stay, ana l suppose that wire stretched from the grand stand to the house is what the , horses stand under before they start. > Doubtless it was the Young Persons surprising familiarity with all the rac- ing jargon that caused the lady with the aggressive bonnet. who was evl- dently attending the races under pro
 test, to sniff audiby. The lady was
 very warm and even her spectacles . looked unamiabie. She put three inch
 es between her and the Young Person p and fixed her eyes determ ntdly on
 distant church spire. Then a man be-
 hind a megaphona in the little hous' |. across the way began to talk What in the world is le saying? - ldemandzyr the Other Girl after she hat ltistened for minute or two to wha |, seemed like roll call in a oistric !. school. a mixture of Annas. Mauds
 Mstas. Roses etc.
 , Why. it means said the Souni
 Person, excitedly. that the race Is go l. ing to begin Look, there all crowd
 ing together down there near the wire
 Pretty soon theyll be off. An, they'r
 going little way up the tracb
 That's to get @ good start, l suppose.
 Up in one cornsi' of the grand stan m red-coated band began to pay
 Lively tune People, aroused to su-ds
 interest. began to climb upon the top
 of their chairs to see the start. Tn If man behind the msgaphone was shout a ing husky orders at the men s.ttin " on what looll5 q like little shelves be 1t h.nd the horses.
 ,e They're off. they're off," shoute m the Young Person, dancing about rect h 1 sly on the small and unsubstantil m chair Bnt just US the last horse an T. its rider passed under the rider q gon ,h was sounded in the late house aero: s. across the way and the horses slowe xe up
 Why don't they go?" said the Youn CT Person impatiently. What in u as world is the matterY'
 CT 'It's the poll horse. Others got pa a him" explained n fat man irascibly. m "Oh," said the Young Person, eyi'