The sun., 1902-07-20

InuktuE gilsfnU-t fu.tk up a %. < .-'' sus'
ra".d ',r ~ Oh" -aI,s'n. tatp' -" ''
hi- fh"~
HAT d..., iad ,s-n.v ,u l,rs.r'r.
va tt. gui'.i ,suurui arHi.ui il" .t.7'n
g. fn" hf'l' man luge'~l ou' 'u ,u'.',' 'f"'n
fus handbook MA"
n. ~, ob,in,i-l, ~" uuIy slru"r. o."
.tlrr- Irui.,d u.i. ir ,sa H.. ..i.i. Ibs -sbs T
Il' hartlsu-rk man '' u.tA' n'.r .''f "1
tH. ..svuud rl.r.
Whom tb,, r.u-r.i fl-.. zoo" . g'.u',
many ed. t,'i. tlruE N.'l f'. Hh' Nal r'i
h.-'H a. ia" 't,.rr i"r 'h' 07..,i' "t th" hr-'
rI.-'
" a." al"ruu.u Nor" "u 'h" crowd
,u, r.a-..l rtpIIl, Ilrs .lfIN 'HHv -
drupi-si our fnr -" iu"rnruu. t"r ~"
no~t tart after th" ih,rt rg~' IA
tho" hai dr"pisd or' ~. a rf.''N idi,
iudicatiun that the haudiuuk uau hai
th" ruuu"y TIE, had 'hIt'0'i ''r ma
dav'~ ra't PLAYING
B,t~,,u the ;Iitd and rur,N race, q
punpuf,--lrpkiug Young follow walked
~ and. going over q" thu tap" and. 80 s''i-
tanning ~" N.uuvr u' 'N" iht'i event,
turraf and announced ~ ratu"r ui
i,no 'o anyh,iy vito car,Si ~ nSt'u
wiu thousand ou that hahN
m" regulars. lounging about gas"d
upon hun with disgust
Don't be- a yikrr,' ~aId ore ~ them,
sardnni-alv Make II a million
The Young nan, out "f hts element,
walked ou'. sulAy aud di~yumiitcd
Fcw of the players told each other ~
advance the nam" ~ the horses they had
ulaNrl The Wisi IN Of This b'saiu" "Ni-
dent after IN" fourth rae"
one ~ them. rather prosper "tIs-t""k.
ing chap and ~" only man IN the crowd
" no talked Ia his natural tone, ann"unc,d
before tho race the name ui III" hor'.s ""
had played naming he anoun, d" had iEt,
and experimenting the announcement WIN
hi- opinion that the hur~" would walk IN
Tn" horse did walk m, and instantly
~" Young man who had UNIV i-"lN nan''u
hi- t-'t lS'tprr th" result Caln' IA ~ar sur
rounded hV a hpr,i. of would-b" borrowers,
ALI nf whom appc1r,-l to II. uu pr"ity cordial
terms with him when they knew that u"
was "a good winner
Along toward I o'clock a plain clothes
man, Instantly r,-cogniy'd hv tn" head
harkc.p"r. ~rrull"d ~ with cl"N"rly a.
sumcd air uf Indifference. and, getting
drink At 'l" har and not 81 much a.
glancing AZ the loungerS, went over '"
the taps and l~gan To run u through hi>
fingers Car"l"~-y
The wink which the bark~cper passed
oul ~ -,,un A. the back Of b" plain clothes
man was turned was flashed around IN"
room hv all hands In something les Than
two seconds and most of IN" tHk"f
watchers grinned.
While pretending to glance over IN" zap"
th. plain clothes man was fiirtiVely casting
his ev. over the various men IN the pla,r,
doubtless with the idea Of spuiting IN"
handbOok man. n possible. " wash
possible. uf course.
All hands got b,isy ~ ConVprsati ION With
one another, carried on ~ the sam" mo
notonous low tone. a. ~pnn a. ia" nv cop
made hi- appearance, and ~" WINK ui W"
head hafk,pIar made them awar" ot II
The cop m mufti. in-tinc'iv"iy aNar" "i
the situation. walked over 10 ~" hdf
There's a haidiook l@'lug mad" IA here.
I.ltH I.- IN A
tu 'h. hp-- ,arkcrp"r
| -G'wav. l. that 81" exclaimed the latter,
iu ton" - Na-t -urpri-" Wei. Who
! "v"r~ maxim II, Id i"t,"r not k"tch him
/ a. II that all
The plain clothes man piCktd hl- t'+th
and -mi,-i -ne"ringy.
There's no danger a. that, pal, b" said
You won't hut I'm guin' 1 nail hun. an
then vou paople want = haN" an "y" "n
" hc"r,s'. that : all ana then u" "aiA'd
out
H.. had no Sooner reached tn. door than
| the grinning fac. of IN. handbook man
himself Appeared at the back door oi th.
saiUpn.
| -toNv Jimml., air. he he uttered In
stage whisper 10 hi- gfinning patrons
Foxy Jimmie and then h" disar pear"d
suddenly Tn" game ~S'nt n - Galore.
~ TINS Tim, ,n.. r,".l e.! ~" -iN races ~
Brighton Was unwo oInd. AMI III" piav"r-
uf thu-, rac"- grad.IHi'T faded. Their
Il
cla-- uf men most of them obviously W"~t.
,rnrrs by their looks who had dropI"d
around from the hotels 10 play th" ra'e-
already b"giuning to com" IN from ia"
- LOUIS and Chicago track-
Ih,.-.' N'~irrner- form "a transient chen
Tag for the handbook man They are chaps
WHO come on to New Nufk On business
from th" Western cities and hav" no hk-
ing Tor m" New YORK. rac''-, for the r"ts' "a
that th"V ar" not familiar ~ a rue, WIN the
form of the Eastern horse, although Well
up nu the condition ~ the Western runners.
They az. ,..nt around - Is u to the
handbook man bV the hotel detectives.
The hotel drteCtlN'-. a - n'-ril'-S I" -aN,
are not uut uf p,Ckct through the'r efforts
to do such faNor- To Western guests
Gratitude II entirely matter ~ VAIN"
reserved with the handbook men. Th"
detectives prefer to send guests To th"
handbook men than to ihirodh'' ii''in
m the rpolTuum~ that ar" running on th'
qul.t. for tho reason that iC.ttincatl"h
when dealing with an individual II 49, much
easier than when dealing With 40 shiiiIng
an institution a. a New YORK poolrooin.
The Mc-tcrnorr' manner in IN" saloon
and around the ticker Wa "ntir"ly din"rent
from that of their vanished pred"Ce~-pfr
who had played the Eastern rac"s They
talked loudly, -apV.d their thighs over
results that Wer- favorable 20 them, s~or"
ynluminuu-lv over l-ats that went wrong.
and ~ general REDUCED the head harke.Irf
So state ~ great n'rNou-i'"-~ "Nri 'h'U
conduct The handbook man himself
occa-iunallv p.cr,~i through ,h" hack door
with a somewhat alarmed expression on
hi Ta,,. and whispered hnar-"lv
say. fellows. chs-a-e ", wont ynu' Ia"
crafty " llil"- ar. all over to-day Ch"es'
H.
Tnr-o men could no ~ suppressed hN
the ii-,iuiirarv measures "tnploved upon
the earlier crowd playing M" Eastern ra'''s.
for ~. reason that 'h"v w"i" all hig t+'tt"fs,
a. h.'ting m hsuibn"ks gu'- men that pW
down a hundred or =" ." n rae" They
couldnt H. mat" to understand that th"
conditions regulating city t"ttiug on hnr-.-
racing arr "utiul " different ~ New York
from thu-s prevailing m their western
cities. and - they went right un roofing
and talking hpr,.a with all of IN" thunder
of th"ir lungs until th" last Western rae"
VA ~.
When the ticker lad Ceas"d IT, racing
announcements and all ui 10" TO- A"r
watchers had departed late "a the a.i"r-
noon the, handb,sok man -trullTd into ihe
saloon from the rear door
-JOa said hs. quietly. 10 th" head tar
k.-.Irr, that fiy cop u IT, ruhi"ring afpund
her, for the next few days, and - Tor
awhile IN move along up th" street.
Mentioning a saloon ON ih" corner al"N".
.Jus' tip the boys N when they drop around