The sun., 1901-09-15
FOLLOWED GETTYSBURG PHIL"
SIN NICE rOCNG sEN VINO WE'RE
FOOLED AT sHEEPSHFAD.
showing How an E,nterprislng Tout and .
Paie-faced Cenfesierate IrinG In Good
Things TO the hook MAX ers An Men
Who seem 40 Are Not Piungers.

with pair Of field glasses slung over his
shoulder passed into the ring from tho
lawn at She"pshesd Bsy just before the
states with the betting on the fin, race were
put up last Wednesday afternoon N,
wore "A thoughtful and almost rno,irnful eI-
preston
There goes pittshurg Phil. whispered
a nerry-eyrd tout standing az the entrance
to tho ring and he winkd AZ his companion
and slyly kicked him on th" foot group
of half dozen innncIpus looking youths.
clusiered around "A stnnchion. solennly
discussing the merits ~ ~. hor-e- In the
first race, n hurdng contest. heard the
tout's hoGr~e whisper A. b" meant in
hnv" them hear % ard all Of them gazcd
after the r'--'ling shape Of III. pale faced
young man with oI~n mouths
-ls'i's s-e what hr'- plhyingY- said ono
~ lh" Young men, with wise glance a.
his cumpanuu-. and h. started after the
smooth-faced man with the mournml cN-
pres-ion The Others followed right after
him. full Of cagprna~-
When hc got tn the head ~ 'he ring the
polc-fa""d Young man wheeled about and
observed his follnwrrs Ir appeared Ia H.,
greatly aru,y"d hu' after considering for
~ moment. ice shrugged his shoulders and
cll-nw.d h,- way up tu the stool " the first
l"pkmal,cr on the line he held up four
finger. winked slvly st the LAYER and said
'thec~, mite
'Twcut -four hundred 20 four hundred
Chec-omiDe.- said 'he layer to his sh.et.
writer Kicking the latter uu the leg Then
hr addcd after II pat-r for PHI
The ~ncaiWfitcr reached down grabbed
INT of scratch nlafgI II a. lIta -il,.sf
ana bu-ilV -.'' down t'ir iigur--
He's plunging uu Ch'-'.cinite- ejacu.
latet th" leader ot the Young men who
had heard the toui's whisper a. 10 the id"n
tltv of the pale-faced man With the field
glasses -Ch.nr"miip n walk In
lir stripped a ten-dnlla- bill "A his roll.
hurtlei through the crowd around the
layers stool. passed 'vrr the not" and
gasped. 'Ch'~e-ernitc The other tv"
following him did hk.wi-. They almost
knocked each other down IA their efforts
tu get their money down On Ch.c~.initr
h fore the bp,kic. rIhh' out ths $40
hai Wa IN tap about the jumping mare 81
chances. Ihcv then took after th. pale
iac.d Young mau again Hr ~iN them ,um-
iug out ~ ih" TAIL ~ his eve. although they
,iidn'' -...' that h. saw them. and hc charged
along the line. holding up his fingers at
th" bpukt'- and uttsUing the word -C'he,'~..-
mite 80 them With tie ac,uinplnlmeut ~
scar,,'iN lcrrrptiblv wiuks
H. fulluw"r- lookrd hke exceedingly
well rll-Cput"utcd Young men a. they halted
in th" middle - ihe ring iu mop their bruws
The race l. IN they said To- each other
Pitt-Dufg Phil stands To- Nin HtuW s25.6O
ou tlIe,-.Ilit". ana y.u b''i D.. knows wha'
he's doing I'm l." a shame 10 take rhc
upno,
Then they repaired va a hpdV 10 The grand
stand and talked ~ig"ly and very audihy
among lhen-,'iyes, - that everybody
around them with 'ar- C,uld hear abput
the way Phil wg~ hacking Chre-emit.
N the board / l,i Of uCrasional track
,.i-itor- Nhu overheard them hurried into
q %" ring 10 g''' their money down un the'--'-
mite and th"r" was a great cfaning ol ro'ks
fpI the grand-tand commissioner among
the woturu, who were ANXIOUS To gei their
81 and g. bills down. Then the HORSES
plrad.d to IN" post and got away to
: t" drppoi the bunting. thoe-emlte trailed
all the Vay, finishing IA pppr fourth. whil"
a ~ to ! shot i"i from IN" start and Won
IN iorI
TIE Young chaps who had fnllowed m"
wake uI the usl"- faced Young man la N"
fiug loplg,si stunned ~ the numbers went
up The men who had overheard then
lus, lci into th" rug 10 tack thepsamit.' .
iu cuu-.Iupncs. uiter~i many Hubs J
a, they gaycl a. the Crs-, fallen youths. 4
aud the women who had taken th" tip from p
heir conversation mad" cutting remarks
'o each other m very audible tones about .
some fpIk- who kno~ such ~ awful lot, .
and pu
The chagrincd youths Glei duhiouslv
1ut ~ the stand A. N" "nt nance Ia the I
ring th"y halted around the stauchipn for a
~unsultal ION. Thev had lust begun Ia
ii-rI-~ he chances ~ the horse. In the 7
- .pnd race when the ho.r~' whispering
~ IN" m"rrv-"v'Sl tout. caused them to
,ri-k up their o1rS
We'll. II was n hard fall Phil got, all
-ight, fb" tout was SAYING to his ComIsn-
On. -bu' he cant cop ON all, Of course :
hesos"ulIto was meant for n moral. but she
uSt hapi,"u'Si to have the slows, that's
~ He's going 10 unload on this race
There lac goes now broke N tho tout Z
uwerng his ton" and nuddng In the di-
r~tion ~ the pale-fac,Sl Young man with
ha fed glasses. who m-t then strollcd
n from the lawn apparently IN deep thoughi
We'll I'm going to string along with
ilin again. announced th" load"r of the
ariy uf lnnoCtiouS booking youths He
AM los" two IN ~tlcce-ion, can he' sure
hing not They say h" won half million
i Saratoga
He started IN after tho smooth -shaven
nan with 10" thoughtful expression. and
NJ companions again followed III"
nDoth -shaVeu man. made himself awar"
4 heir prn-ancr brhind him hv half-scrrw-
ng hi~ bead ahru' a. 10" r"aChed 'll" h"i-
iug liIr 1h"u he rushed through th"
urging thr"ng ~ h'tior~ and held Gp
~ nugcrs Tor the h.uaft II ~" first lavcr
:, the rank Al I've of th" fingers of hi-
igh hand went up this tim" NJ he sand
~ low tou" and glancing about him with
pparrp' su~piCion. -Frirtchl'
Your" ou. Phil, said lhe lHycr, again
iviug his sh""t writer gentle kick -Four
tp tiv" hundred Barbara fri"'
he
IT, Barbara trictrhio- mu'terrd the
nadcr ~ the party of youths 10 them NJ
hey crowded IN lehind him He's crack
ng her ~ $50 clip l.t'- c-t on
@SurN thing" tlrv aCg'Ii'~s"d IN chorus
She ought ~ win. ANYHOW
rh"v f,s'lrd oN tens from their rolls I
gain. ,.iIlrd tho money away on Barbara
'u-,,ll. ~ q, Rud 'l"h tons otter ihc
ado iaC.,I man u'.,' more. ONLY t0ult-crt"
iIn ipr h' ~tN thcm coming n th"
~ ~ hpldi. * up h. tugrrs for thousands T
~ tl,, fllN " ~, sam titn's a utifuls.r II
'rrWd ..,d h.iI"v- were -lpJing around
r,s Ttug ItarJuE thousands ut -uf's-'nough
lrt.,v ou Nild Pirate tn win Ih. vIIuC
i-u h.ars rN'sr i.rt- is,rg rig lsi"r"d
M r,r,Hl Ii'luglv after tu' Mild r.rai"
ungrt-
-Ius' barring up irrir mnncv. 'hstf
a. th.V ,pmiu"ut"i rt'tslurg phil'-
~ Barbara tftirhir righi ~ hi~ zap ur be-
.ouiini H. gu,uE tho limit uu her Ike hr'-
plug Here - vurr" "" Coi, uul the hig
rach f""d ard the ride tack to town iu
b" NhsT-Ctri
1h.v lp. k..d ycrv confident a. 'h.v
na 'h.l u.'' another part ~ the stand,
nj Whru they --nt'vi themselves they