The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

her solemnity was 20 funny - she made
that announcement that all Of the women
In the box broke into q laugh.
Their laughter didn't feasc the dress.
maker. hovsIe r. and she did y hat abe had
to do according To her system she played
both Of the horses that figured 20 run q
dead heat and she played them both to win
They we're both 10 10 I, and she had tbs
her picks only succ-eded in beating her
other pick by a short whlsker at the wire.
Prom my dealings with 10th sexes, l
believe that women are more naturally
inclined to h honest In their hettins trans
actions han men. hut once in a great while
W meet up with q woman who h a born
sharTcr. | had a oAse 81 that sort on the
last day a. the Aqueduct. and Il made me
snre, hut thvr WA absolutely nothing
that ! could 10 about Il. .
The woman was about ~. stout and
handsome. neatly dresed, witha very frank.
pleasant manner and a nice ace h
used goot langtiag ~. and looked and acted
The lady = part in every respect
..She was alone and ] had never seen her
tFfor" She signalled me ~ was CONS
through the stand just hefore the first
race. and asked me q 0 fnvorts's price
The hors' was At $ TO 5. and she handed
me a 'wo-iollar bill OF the fsvoriie. took
her programme and marked - TO ., on
the tnaren against the favoriie's maine.
The favorle won. and when ! was ayng
- ''' 'sh' ~ ~ w U H'NN'N ~.
a h~ve-dollar note. having rememhered
Ter tst particular ly on account 81 her n.c~
appearance and manner and because rhs
Was a now customer.
She looked at the Ave dollar bill dis
a'ntuI and declined to acN~p, 81
Fihy-two dollar please said shc.
hooking me sIuare n tho eve
told her that she was ,n'stakcr that
she hal only lst ~ on the horse NJ ~ 20 g..
thought then that she had made a mis-
lLA a. I-a IA-4e - 49, - -.
only imagined that abe gave me . twenty
dollar hill
'Fifty-,wo dollars. II you please. and
AZ once. she aid Ia a hard tone. and then
knew what | was up against
p,t. said |, You viii a.- Il plainly
NO, much, said she. and she handed
me her programme
And th.r" II was. ~ neat a. ANYTHING
you could imagine. AZ to $50 She had de-
hb"ra'aly added . to The q and a goose
egg 10 the 9 and the figures she had tackled
on looked 80 much like my own for all the
world thai mr." and nting eNIstt would
nnhes!iatingg have pronounced them my
hgures
4 eazcd a, her In arrazemcn,. hut she
returned my gaze, looking mo square In
the I'VE
That's neat work. madam. aid |, hut
aren't You afraid TO take a chance OF such
cTookedncssy
II you don't Immediately pay me the
So that; YOU owe mo. che said IN a loud tone.
with the plain intention 81 having every
body around hear her-and thus holding
me up, fer the crowds sympathy i always
against the bookmaker in such CASES.
! shall call Mr. Robert Pinkerton's atten-
ton 10 YOU
-Evorvthins was on her side he- ap-
pearanCe and manner the excellence OF /
the figures she had forged on the pro-
gramme. and the natural bulge which tho
woman hettor has on the grand-siand 4
LAYER ~ odds | paid her the IS, and she
had the sudaclty Ia smile s~ardonically
at ne as | did o..
Thai woman just needed the money.
and she took a mighty scientific and skilful. !
II mean. way II getting II But she u Just
as good ~ Fulel ur the turf 40 far as ever
getting another bot down on a New York
~ concerned
she was az Morris Park on the opening
dav and on tho second dAy. but ! put all
the grand stand pricemakera on TO her. and
they walked r.ght by when she called them.
with tho idea Of fim-fa mining
them Just a. she had done me. Moreover.
men seated ~ m" stand near her to 20
down to the ring with her money. wa
them that they werc liable 10 come
ou' a. the small end 81 the horn II they un-
dertook any transactioTs for that woman. |
and they dropped her like hot potatoes.
'She saw that the game was up, and abe
hasn't been nj Morris Park since the second
day Of the meetins