The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

DE favorite.' sa!d the maker Of frank
furtsrs; H.. o,,,-. :, -, .,.n.. ,
said to o'i him from my Us stool. This is where
you become a charter member of the Lose
out society. The tavor!te's been disquali-
IVA. IS dot vord? he asked me with a
Disqualified. repeated. Sc. back.
last instead OF first. in brief
But how could dot be-? the sausage
to pop out Of his forehead. Eggs b!anation
me. How could he be last when he we're In
de front ven de rope vas reached: heinz
from the book about the first being last and
, the last being first. but I felt that that
might be too deep for him - ~ ,,.
I said to him. but the race has been taken
away from him because the Jockey on him
did lot OF rough riding and fouled three
or four other horses in the race
"Vat difference does that maig to me-?
the sausagemaker inquired. beginning to get
h flor maig no roush.ridings airettyNvot
for do 1 get disqualifgationed out of my
tree huntert toller ven ain'd no rough
rider INT t my horse ta6 6sa me foot and
let my cashier do the rest of the explana-
tioning to him: The sausage manufacturer
hung around the pay-off line for the re-
rnainder Of the afternoon. weeping large
globules OF liquid salt on the pay-of mans
satchel.s
FELLOWS WHO ASK FOR MARKERS.
zone OF the nervy bunch prodded his
way up to my seat while they were racing
at Gravesend.
Say. Billy said he to me-so many OF
them call me Billy that never clapped an
eye on in my life betore-'give me a marker
for a hundred on the favorite. will your
I've seem never to have met before
'1ack 7 said him SaA1fOp g
tic over the cheek OF his request. What
makes you think that 1 think that you're
good for a hundred?'
You needn't be so burned grabbed
about it, was the way he sauelched me-
pulling a little bank book out OF his pocket
good for a! all saeT bsok shew yon
Vernon Savings Bank
hen S G0OPs the big wh,sssrsd ring In
motioned the man with the swell account
in the Mount Vernon Savings Bank to
SO !.1 fy1w si,Tpr,spr how many me, who ,,.
utterly unknown 10 bookmakers coolly
a.tsn,Isa to them but '@ I'D e oae. "a az
"A good-lookins., middle.aged gray
haired man. who had been making 500 bets
with me for several days. walked up to my
had lost out on five straight 500 bets
You don't know me- he said in a
quiet sort CT way, and 80 there would be
no use In my offering you a check. But
would be Obliged if you would let me have
a thousand-dollar marker on the favorite
in this last race-that is. X such q thing
isn't entirely contrary to your custom
II took look at the man square
countenance.
You are wrong. SIR said to him.
1T was. as the man had put 1t. a whole
lot contrary to my custom to do anything
of the sort. but had one of those In
Simultaneous lunches that the quiet
spoken man was all right
The favorite lost by a nose The gray
haired man approached my stool after the
race and asked me at what hotel I was
registered. / told him. and he walked away.
1 saw him getting into an automobile as
made for the return train.
When l got to my hotel about three
quarters of an hour later 1 found a $1,000
bill and the card Of a United States Sena-
tor from the West, with the words: Thanks
for the courtesy. written in pencil at the
chances like that often