The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
THESE WOMEN Bet, BET, BET.
EVERYDAY SCENES AT THE NEW
ORLEANS RACETRACk.



THE more a man knocks about this
country and others the tighter becomes
his conviction that for absolute, hard
shelled sef-possession the New York woman
is without a rival. said a man who is just
back from the alleged Sunny South. IF
there's one thing more than another that's
calculated to make her jump out OF that
shell and prance on all fours-
cally speaking. OF course-it's 10 be at n
horserace when her money is pounding
down the honestretch with a score Of other
hoofs gobbling the track alongside.
MAYBE you've been at Morris Park on
occasions Of that sort. And maybe you
think that the New York woman climied
out OF her shell and stood on it and even
lost il in the shuttle. Maybe you think you
Jaw women get excited.
Don't fool yourself n you want to
zee the real thing you' have to go down in
Dixie, where they lat OF excitement as il il
were steam. all shrieks and toots.
Down in New Orleans. for Instance. the
Jockey Club m having it's winter meeting
and the atmosphere has been torn into
such tatters that they're thinking Of putting
il on the bargain counter and sending
l.
You've heard about soft Southern voices.
| suppose? All want TO say il. put cotton
in your ears when you 20 into the grand
stand at New Orleans ] give you my
word, the women cut at Morris Park are
deaf mutes compared with those dark eyed
Creoles down there.
In the firs, place they're the most arran,
lot OF little gamblers that ever wore rab-
bits foot. BY actual count they outnum-
bered the men in the grand stand when |
was there, and IL was poor ladies weather
al that With bright skies and warm days,
7 believe the men would have to stick To
the rail.
And het' Why, the messengers out at
Morris Park lead lives Of inglorious aa.4.
compared with their ieet-footed cousins at
New Orleans They have 20 he feet-footed.
for it, hustle. hustle, hustle from start Ia
finish
"One-thlrd of the women bet on every
race: another third Of them bet as long
NJ their money lasts; and the other third
would bet IL they had any money 10 hegiu
With. Moreover. they i@t ~ men do.
They Try To pick the winner 10y figuring
ont records aud condition aud all that so.t
Of thing
The woman who bets on Free Pass be-
cause she once rod. on one. or on Allart
lee because she used 10 know n man 10y that
name OF on NAsturt iuin because she had
q lovely lad ~ EN- Last summer that sort
81 wOInan ~ oonsp.cIOusly absent. which
10 somehow qtI.sT. You expect ihp,s.
4 ght -h.ad.d southern women Ia do thiug-
that way, but when II oDinss To- bsting,
th.y'f,. a. prAr,ioa az "A We CHING mArliin.
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