Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-23

There was a vacant chair when the dis
tiuctively horsey" crowd met at its usual
place last week. Tobe Broderick was alb
sent, but this did not prevent the others
from responding cheerfully to "One-Eyed
Hanks" invitation to have something"
Justice having been done 20 this when il ar
rived more sociable feeling seemed to
pervade the group and when some one
asked what had become Of Tobe One
Eyed Hank" answered:
II seen him down at"
You didn't seen him at all"
II was the voice Of Tobe, who had just
come in, that interrupted Hank. How
often have / told you to say saw, not
'seen,'" he continued. Really, Hank.
sometimes am mortified almost TO death
by the bad breaks in grammar you get off,"
Well maybe, maybe, answered Hank.
gOod-naturedly. lust the same, never
knowed that grammar helped you or any
other man to drive a 7;4o horse in 2:2o."
There's where you get away with false
start again, retorted Tobe. Now, have
driven a 2.4o horse in 22o, and while don't
say exactly that my grammar made it pos
sible for me to do 50, will say that a man
who murders the language like you do
couldn't possibly have done 50"
AT this One Eyed Hank" took vigorous
exception, aud the argument would have
waxed warm had not the others restrained
him and begged TObe to tell them about his
wonderful feat. The latter was nothing
loath and started in with this:
Did any Of you fellows ever hear of
Sink Green, of Fall River Mass2" One
OF two Of the group gruuted an assent and
lobe continued: We'll, this was many
years ago, and was training and driving
horses around the East when one day
got a letter from Stink Green. He wanted
me to come up to Fail River and look at a
horse he had there and give him my opinion
about the animal. AS he sent me the price
of the railway ticket, and as I hadn't any.
thing else important to occupy my time,
went.
When got there found the horse was
stallion, dark brown, and fine locker
Stink had driven him in some races down
East and had an idea that the horse would
make a wonder if he had the proper train
ing. tnought so, too, after / found out
how much money Sink had and how
much he was willing TO pay for the train.
ing, and so / closed a deal with him by
which ] was to take the horse down to
Brooklyn and develop him.
We'll, I got tine horse-Judge Brigham
was his name-down TO Brooklyn, and got
him quarters down at the old Prospect
Park track Then began to train him reg
ularlyi and, say, you'd be surprised to know
how fast that horse developed I made mp
my mind that had a world beater right
there, and when Stink came down, about
six weeks after I had taken the animal, TO
see what progress had made with him, /
told Stink my honest opinion Il was only
a short time before the Buffalo circuit races
were to come off, and there was a sweep
stakes to be trotted there, the entrance fee
being s., 900 each. There were already FIVE
horses entered, which made $40 600 in the
pot, and urged Stink to enter Judge Brig
ham. If you do said, Pm certain we
can take down that money
/ can't doit, Tobe, says Stink The
fact is that am about down to cases. I've
had a run of bad luck lately, and every dol
lar that have got fOots up just $500
Suppose can raise the money, I says
will you enter the horse and give me bit
if we winP
Sure thing, says Sink and that
ended the conversation.
II used to daily with the tiger a little in
those days, in the interval of training
horses, and in that way had become ac-
quainted with a number Of the big gamb-
lers around New York So that very night
goes over to New York and hunts up a
couple Of them that I knew to be game
sports and to have big bank rolls Louis
Barrell and Jim Irving were the men, and
they we're just the king pins in their busi-
ness
What is it nowP asks Barrel. Have
you found out how to make gold dollars out
of leadP
Then ! tells them about this horse,
Judge Brigham, and what a crackerjack he
was. IF you'll only put up the money for
his entrance in the Buffalo Sweepstakes, /
says, you'll make 50 much money that you
won't know how to carry II home Why
Judge Brigham will win that race in a
walk l says, and, as he isn't known, you
can buy him in the pools for a song. Judge
Fullerton is in the race, and he is bound to
be prime favorite Why, you ought to
walk away with at least $50, ooo."
Well, the result Of all my talk was that
the two gamblers agreed to put 40 the
money. First, however, I had to show
them that the horse could go. I arranged
TO do that the following night II was a
bright moonlight evening, and when the
men came over to the track / sent Judge
Brigham around three times. He did the
miles IN 2Ioi z;Io ana 2ISA. That was all
the gamblers wanted to see, as that was
lightning speed for those days.
so we shipped the horse to Buffalo aud
made the entry. As I expected when the
pools were opened the public just rushed to
get the money down on Judge Fullerton.
There were other horses in the race that
had good backing, but Judge Brigham didn't
seem to have friend The two gamblers
were on deck, and they kept buying the
field in every pool for anywhere from $40 to
S2o and when the day of the race came
they stood to win SIS 600 on Judge Brigham.
i was in the sulky, and the first heat
did not try to force the horse, letting him
60 easy and just saving my distance The
second heat, however, let the horse out,
especially as the driver Of Fullerton was
urging that horse with the idea Of firing out
the others. The result was that won the