The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-21

prior to the race. 1t rained, Galilee
could go in the mud, but was peter IN
the dust when the dust rose ,' unaer h,e nuS
in the wide open eyes OF his pursSers.
still Dr. Street had hopes. The morse
could run in the mud II he had to.
Harry Griffin. than whom a cieverer
lad never enjoyed successful short years
in the saddle was then budding into jock.
eyship. He was on Galilee. The start
was good. As Dr. Street stood az tne
stretch head his good colt swung around.
vying with Domino and Dobbins for
Galilee was close to the ground. fully
in his stride, and. beautifully ridden, was
going perfectly. Griffin, the Jockey sans
peur ct sans reproche. as Ernest Tes-
sfere sweetiy puts II with perfect Paris
ian pronunciation. without fear and with
out reproach. was riding perfect race.
The field was nowhere. The race lay De-
tween the leading trio-between me poor
the most powerful politician of- the age
Down the stretch they cluttered pro.
putty" 'proputty," .'proputty," the mud
plates sloshing and soughing In the soft
and clinging going the colors OF the rear
field obscured by the mud the spurning
heels of the leaders flung.
Then DR.. Street calmly and surely, with
much inward citation, pride OF horse ana
feel who deems his best work well done
and entirely successful, FASTENED down
the quarter stretch to kindly pat the gal
liant colt who had done his efforts such
honor in the struggle OF poor man against
millionaire.
AS he neared the Jockey board he could
see the numbers hung out-Galilees hrst,
Domino's second and Dobbins's third. In
| moment he was among the crowd, nnd-
| ing his back oppressed with vigorously
| happy handclaps his wrist wrung BY
strong and gladstone fingers. Everyone
| said: Doctor, l am glad. indeed. you
have landed a good stake at last II
was the happiest day OF a long and not
As he passed the 1udges's stand to sue
| cor his painting horse DIR. Street heard 9
warm discussion between the judges and
| the stewards Listening moment ne
| heard some of the party declare tha'
Domino had won and demand that Gall
| lees humber be taken down.
The silent man with a fortune at stake
was among the disputants In moment.
work lay trembling in the balance; The
weight OF interest at risk could not break
the habit Of lifetime. The man stood
still. so still that he was unnoticed, and
" their opinions. The weight of opinion
and pride Of power was against the poor
man. You will mostly find tfht 1t al
ways is.
The judges ordered Galilee's number
taken down Domino's put up in its place
and $150,000 taken from pocket that
was now thinly tenanted indeed, and
transferred to the huge bank account OF
the millionaire. Mr.. August Belmont had
taken a leading part In the discussion.
and his determined stand went a long
way to put Dominos number where Gal
lees had been. The silent man. recently
rich, indeed. now pauper. said not
word.
Galilee got second money, goodly sum
to be- sure, but not more than 5000.
Domino and Mr.. Keene got 1t all. Dr.
Street thirty years trying for that prize
walked on the track worth, he thought,
$3.50, OC0 He walked off it a man broken
in pocket spirit and health.
He did not give up. but raced one horse
he had for living. That autumn some
of his horses ran bad races He was
t During the time Of his Punishment he
raced horses here and there In the
names of other people. He dare not go
near the stables, for he was deprived
refrain from using his own great knowl-
edge of horses and to restrain his natu-
raj and developed ability. he put ms
horse in charge Of inferior trainers.
was blackmailed by people who knew
that he was running horses while ruied
Off Luck broke 500 ways against him.
BY the end of the season he was PEN
niless
to do him wrong in the Galilee-Dom
race grew sorry for the ills they had
caused him. Conscience made hasty
reparation. One rich man staked him to
stable and had him restored to good
standing. The natural ability of the
man asserted itself. He took the gift
horses, looked not In their mouths, but
went ahead and won enough money In
one season to put him even on the great
misfortune of his life.
successful season in the East gave
him new courage. He again had life
on the hip and meant to wax fat as
shylock ever did on his celebrated
East was over and he sought new
offered inducements. st. Louis and San
Francisco beckoned him with urgent
his own. Doublet, the noble; though
thick winded son of Domino. the horse
that caused him all his trouble Sweet
Caporal, Dangerous Maid, Hungarian.
first class. He wired to Kinloch Park
for stable room. The track was then
new and stables were only in course OF
erection.
thorities wired DR.. Street to ship on.
promising stable room in plenty He
shipped 1000 worth of horses there in
October. 1900 When they arrived no
fall nights they had stable outdoors.
This may be all right for Texas ponies
or army mules. but it was bad for race
horses.
The stable sickened, caught cold,
rheumatism and all the other ills to
which well bred horses like well bred
men, are subject. The 900 stable was a
dead weight and an expense on its own
er's hands. 1t did not win oats at Kin
Ioch. On to San Francisco went the latter
day Argonaut, strong in hope. but weak
in material. The harm done at st. Louis
worked it's full misery in California.
The horses that were champions in New
York were invalds at San Francisco.
They could not win. One by one they
sickened, some died. others were never
any good, expenses piled up and the
ones for which he could get a price-a
price not half of their true value-Dr.
Street sold. He left New York a rich
man. He left San Francisco poor one.
Last season he raced couple of good
2-year-olds, Sambo and Portheen, and
part of the recovering cripples of his
once grand stable around st. Louis. He
eked out nice living. He is wintering
twelve horses here. They are doing well.
Next summer the tide will turn and an
other fortune will be made. May the
third time be the charm and may the
fortune stick.
But how would you like, poor young
man to see your number hung out for
S15O,OOO and then have 1t changed to make
YOU less than the proverbial trinity of
dimes? For a real nice shock. for cruel
dumping" how many things that You
can imagine or think of has II beaten?