The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28

ment to any mans integrity TO be picked
out as an official having 30 do directly
with the running Of races, but IL Is
hardly this which Il responsible FOR the
self-cansciou. preening OF these who stop
behind the little judicial Enclosure at the
Fair Grounds. ard chat a moment or two
with one OF the officials.
When Mr.. Hachmeister comes over and
SHAKES hands. with that catchy smile Of
his. II always looks IS though the recip-
tent is thrice blessed. lie has an uncon-
In the arraholeS Of his vest and parade up
and down a couple OF types. and there are
those who gaze upon him with more or
less envy.
"A GOOD LOSER"
Another racing type which Is always
amusing il that which arts Itself up as "a
good loser." This means thai he pride.
himself with the stoiclsm with which no
can watch a horse on which hc Is betting
getting beat. II YOU stand real close 70
him when the race is being run. you can
hardly help noticing the gradual increase
Ia tho distance between his lips as the
HORSE he IL backing falls back.
IT. perchance. the horse makes a slcdcn
squirt and assumes a better POSITION. the
good loser" cannot keep the excited
CLEAN out OF his eyes or the tSitch OUT OF
the muscles OF his face. Then. when II Is
over and he begins 10 tell how. "Of
course. 7 don't mind losing my money.
but"
There are dozen. Of butts" snd .he
good loser = never At r loss 20 cite one.
The strange part about this Ia that when
h. wins a bet he never sees the but
which made the hackers o., this. that o.
the other horse lose. and he. no patience
when the other good loser tries to re-
cite Il to Elm.
The old timers. OF course, become moro
or less blase. but the sensation Of ex-
citement never really dies out. But when
g newcomer wins a bet he feels a stirnuia-
- lit ~
or drug ever manufactured or grown.
His head swells and his chest expands.
and he gazes over the crowd with a feel:
Ing OF contempt which Is so sood natured
argument In the world could convince him
that the persons who did not bet as ne did
ought not TO be put in charge OF a
guardian.
A certain newspaper correspondent for
outside papers a few years ago found II
necessary IN the course Of his work TO at
in a small way. s. here and s. there. and.
Ike all newcomers. was euccessful. He
adopted the beginners usual system OF
PLAYING long shots to SHOW: an h., almost 10. Two w,
weeks his luck held out he was a JOY 10
He loved the world and everyone IN 4:
but he would almost have tears in rs
voice In urging his friends to do as he die.
He didn't stop TO think they were trying
as desperately rs they knew how 70 win
q bet, ana the majority Oh tici',
heen closely associated with the turf for
many years. while he had merely touchso
its perimeter hours. naturally tnouSne
they had a better chance going their OWE
way.
After two weeks, the wrong long shots
began TO drop into the money; or. worse
still, the three shortest-priced horses N
purse. TIC gond-natured correspondents
was first puzzled. then shocked. and final
ly scan6alized.
He had a better head than the majority
Of the ~novices. for he stayed away. and
hired a man to do his work. but n man
with the logic OF Grover Cleveland and
the eloquence OF William Jennings Bryan
could not now convince him that there
was a shred of honesty In the game or in
connected with Il.