The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-01-09
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A WINNING RUN.

q teutHtttf " W.T. my NaFAhtI Na0 q
twodollar note on King Solomon. II wai
March 81, lS93. We had b0th gone broke
and had bet 90 cents lsiI when We won out
on the King.
The ~ bones soon went and then we
had to huatle To keep warm. II seemed
tina, thc only thing left tot Us to do vas
to H. the town.
I'VE decided Go enter une Of our horses
for q hluH. Just to borrow enough money
10 get uut ot t0Ru. We looked them over
aud decided that one 81 them, old Come
to Iaw-ke had been good race horse
- BIZ prime ought 10 he good enough 10
make tar r,izzinngc 10 thr paddock
I'VE had r little Old man Niih rs. a stable
boy We called hirH, and as we could get m
Jockey in sd. ;u,.---;.. -, ,.-..s:.si ~
let the old man lide the horc, or at least
get on his back until We borrowed enough
To- get away from t.luucesict
"fhsfc WAS an old time gambler down
there 81 Gloulester who was tuuting fof
q guy from IaiIsdeiphia. e.
'FUr the pprposr OF borrowing some
money on the strength Of the Information
I was furnishing / did nothing bat talk
well Of tomc.io iaw's CbHners, aud 80
90, the phiadclrbis suy Wild about him.
THE dsy OF tie race when We learned
that the man from Philadelphia meant
to bet fen thousand dollar, OF the horse
we got scared. Thea We went around TO
the owner Of the iavorite to see # he conld
be bought "a
The owner Of ,hc iayurite told me that
he could not change bis plans, a. he hsd
already islcgmphed to biz friends all around
The county advising them 10 bet on his
horse. Tais Information just made me-
and ny PARTNER sick.
II went nut 10 backmzn and made ar
ranRrments to have him drive me away.
f1r dsd not ~ant TO take the chance ~
rrosang the ferry after the race. bscsuss
kncw tAat the gambler and his pbladci
pha friend aud all Of my creditors would
be laying Cor me after She rarr.
welt, when Old Come.to.Taw appeared
On the track be looked fine. We hud him
foil 81 iic. bot We never thought he would
b. Ia the none, lie opeucd Of ~ to and
;sssu So, hDokmakers dropped bis price aud
Offered hut 6 10 en- him.
"Tae guy who had agreed 10 hct on him
was dancing around the betting ring pluuE
Ing on Comc-lo Iaw for further orders
Finally the prise ssnt up 20 81 TO ! and
the guy cauc 30 me and a,kcd what Il
meant
Il told him to keep s.bettinF snd pay
~ attention 10 how his price went So
When Comc.toT aw went M q peg in the
betting the guy kent a-plunging, lie kept
pluuaiug until the horse vent 90 The post.
Then ! skipped TO the end Of the track
where the cahmsn was waiting Tor nv aud
I climbed up On the picket fence and rat
there.
"Ths ground was covered wHh snow.
for IL uns IN November. The hor.~s got
f. good start and the starter, who was my
friend. DID hot give tome.to faw tae worst
of 10. ! saw the olj horse p!Swing along
snd noti-cd the little old muu from the
stah!s ciiuriua - tis back with his rsht
hand rai-ri 40 the air.
In the stretch I .aw old Come TO- Taw
second. / almost had heart disease. I
knew that II he rnuid bold out long enough
he certainly waa'i come ~ COT third money,
aud I knew that the suy from Philadelphia
had bet heavily on him across the board
II ran tsyard the judge stand Tho
crowd waa shouting and yelling like In.
diam The guy iFom Philadelphia rushed
M aud YELLED cVritedly; We've got 'en.
Com, TO Taw Sins"
4 ssw the sigu up With Gene to!THw
frt on II and my blood stopped eiecuiat.
inF. got cold. stood perfectly dared.
4 cloud arose before my eyes Then | got
dizzy feeling and almost fell to the
ground.
People crowded around and talked and
shouted ! heard their voices. and although
had my eyes open ! could not zee them.
My artner finally came strolling along
a!th 4 big cigar in his mouth, Tie MS per.
iectly ras!
"Whrn recovered from "a, shock Of
hearing that Come TO Taw wan the fate
I glanced 81 mg partner ard triet 70 say
something !'c graspcA nay maud aud
-ai4
"wcll. Tom. there .sn'i hnrss in the
s7HHtFF ta#t can beat that one HnG ! told
yau trA. .a.t night
"'WcIl. we knew that we'll enough to get
the money 90 him added the man who mad
bet on Tome tpTsw
Then q crowd of nv friends. owpcrs
bnokr. and stahlrmcn, proceeded 90 abuse
mo fur not letting them into the secret
that Come toTaw had cinch ON the race.
The guy tacu handed over tro hanffuis
u 'rkcts a. . present 20 mr, aud ] went
around To the various hookica and cashed
them,
81 aw my partner with his hands filled
with tickets aud he told me that our Pkila
delphia friend had staked him. too. Wei.
when ! got through cashing in ] counted
up ~, I'D and 81 Vt i. mine.
- stakrd the old man who had ridden
the horse, and he immediately got drunk
and went around declaring that he was
the greatest jockey in the world. They did
some funny things in those days IT Glou-
ccstcr. hat none Of them seemed half 90
funny 10 me a. the winning Of THAI race
bv old Come.to.Taw.
Glow did he win Well. that's what I've
been trying to figure out ever since."-E Y.