The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

wan. t. disoblige tn 'hcials roun' here till
we git tn good one over four or i've days
from now.
.When Green Star came out for his pro-
limnary before the first race on the follow.
ing afternoon there was a laugh. he was
as big as smoke house and as clumsy
gated as Newfoundland pup. He didn't
look like a racehorse at all.
For heavens sake. are you dead sure
Of this, Jimy said the racing offclal with
whom Jim had had his little talk couple
Of days before. Why. he looks like plough
.'well. don't mind tellin' you who be
u.s. said jim, and he whispered a name In
Git out said the latter. with an eex-
preston Of surprise. and went back 10 the
Judges stand.
THE bookies agent watched the huge
Green Star amble around the course, anu
told the stoolmen that they could 60 as iaI
as they liked with that one. They chaikeo
up an average OF 200 TO !.
Presently q lot OF rube-looking cnaps
began TO make the rounds OF the books T Ttn
five-dollar bills for Green Star Inc
bookies took lot OF this money. regarding
it as cigarette coin, but not enough OF II
was put in circulation TO attract any paruo-
ular attention.
-The horses price closed at $50 to /.
They'll be some blinds up. on q nun
{ tn Ohio R'er t'morrow mornin sald
Jim, with broad grin, TO the racing omGial,
who again left the stand to ask jim y "
could be possible that such lumpy locker
as Green Star was going TO do the trlck.
There was to shot IN ihat neid 81
eight starters-you know how they use 70
fash 'em down on the old outlaws from
20 to to I to 20, or almost as bad as that;
but the race was just foolish.
Green Star got on in front, walked over
the favorite in four jumps. won oy twenty
lengths. and did the six furlongs In about
nothing. He was one Of those huge hunter
like horses that never shake them
selves until they get down to actual racing,
and then sail along almost by momentum
alone.
to the fact that they had been dumped
when they saw the giant. Green Star hop IN
front Of the field and take command after
the first few jumps. They ga.ed at each
other dismaly-not because OF the lew
bets they had taken In at the On S,, nguf r.,
the ringer had already gone through and
that they had been left outside tho aoat-
toir walls.
their arrangement with Jim, OF course.
But they could attempt TO stir up hot stick
for jim. and they let out the yell together;
.Rineer OF what horse' You people are
crazyv replied the racing officials.
The bookiee didn't know then-of course
thew suspected later-that the judges and
other officials were in good on the slaught-
ering-that their money had been sent a
away to the poolrooms two days before.
A couple Of the old time bookmakers
slapped their thighs suddenly and exclaimed
'Why, know who that big Green star
hor~e IL. Hes, and blamed " they
didn name Green Star correctly.
You people are crazy. That one u
half a hand shorter than this horse, Green
Star. Objections not sustained. Race
stands as run And that's all there was
about 1t.
sSome Of the bookies threatened to re;
fuse payment on the Green Star bets until
after an investigation, but they were quickly
brought TO time when warned that the
would be kept OF the grounds u they didn't
make good all bets instantly.
And that's how this Jim man worked
the slickest ringer dodge ever pulled Oh
In America. He had 70 double-cross the
bookies to gain their confidence and got the
price against the ringer which he pulled on
a. a sooner on them, and then he let In the
racing officials to make certain that the
ringer howls would be disregarded.
sConscientious?' and the turfman
laughed. sConscientiousness on the old
Maryland outlaws, where the gang would
break little children's arms or throw their
bosom friends into hmekilns for 70 oentsf
Stop fooling.'