The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-24
Chicago Inter ocean.l J,

lie was taIl and thin and ungsinly-
II He was sitting in the waiting room
of the Polk street station. He
held in his hand a ticket which guaran-
teed him passage back to Boone, Ia,
and he wore a new straw hat that rest
ed uneasily on a head OF hair that had
not known the click-click Of the bar
ber's shears for several weeks TO come
Also he was anxious 10 talk with some
one The gentleman sitting at his left.
comparing the horse race selections
in the pink sheet with those written
on a small card ne held in the hollow
OF his hand, attracted his attention. He
turned toward him.
Horse racin' amt what il ust [
be-" he ventured.
The other looked UP from his paper,
glanced at the gOod-natured face OF
the speaker. merely smiled and looked
back at his paper.
They don't seem to go in fer il with
tn same spirut," again observed the
lonesome one with the new hat
Again the paper reader glanced up.
THAT SOP he inquired, apparently half
amused.
You bet it's so" asserted the posi-
tive informant 1T amt nothin' like
what il ust L bean tn bigger tn race
tn worse tn fizzle"
Mos a lost a few on the Darby
suggested the reader
Wen. il amt that that I'm kickin'
on allus lose a few on tn Dirby; I
come L town on puTpus L loose g. few.
uBt its because Their amt the same
feelin' about horse racin' that makes
me kick. It's got [ be a cut an dried
affair fashiE. Their is allus a lot O.
talk about this horse an that horse be-
in a crackerjack frum tn east an
tn other one as a represen'tiv frum
tn west, ar there IS reference to a
huh bunch o long shooters, an then
when it happens, what it is?'
a Darby, suppose.
"A false alarm I say. About half OF
them long shooters don't show up. and
about half o them crackeTjacks IS got
something tn matter with 'em. and
six or eight nags go out an one on
'em starts out away from tn rest, as
though il wuz mad and goin' Eome.
and gallOps around till IA cheerin'
time comes. an then everyone gets up
and goes home. Wher's tn pleasure
o excitement Whers tn test o
strength an endurance? Wher's the
int'rest o the crowd?
In the race. naturally"
In themselves. naturally. Them big
crowds in interested in tn human race,
but not in til horse race. It's got so
they carry a score card SOS they can
tell the cOlOns and the fixin' o. tn ladies
in the boxes by their numbers Guess
they'd hev another score card L tell the
names o the owners. ef-"
well, what are you groWlln' sbout2
Horse racing has always been a So
ciety event. II is never Just a horse
race and nothing else. And the Darby
is the greatest thing OF the summer
If you don't ike Il, why do YOU g0?"
well. 60 jes' because it's a habit.
I guess Amt much use Iryin' L
change yer habits at my age 0 life.
Every year I say I amt goin', an then
] begin a-readin' about this horses go
in 10 tie knots in hissen and roll IN
afOre tn others get started; an tn
other horse is comm frum Moo York
to show tn champion what rUnnin' IS
like, an tn racin' blood that I GIT
frum my fathers side jus boils up an
I can't stan it at home"
An 50 you come up every year,.
Every year. Allus bet on tn hrst
100 TO long one 1 find. Sometimes 1
come near winnin' an then other times
/ don't come so near This year 1 seed
there wasn't goin' 10 be no bettin' al
lowed, so 1 jes' bet with nav afore ]
left home. She bets me that I don't
win nothin' on my bet, an eff I do win.
then she gifts half"
We'll. I don't see how You can lose
under those conditions"
Neither do anyway. it's al In tn
family But, say, you don't know what
real horse racin' is eff you never seen
nothin' but then Dirbies Down n nv
locality. TIERS wher' tn real ones hap
pin. Ever hear Of Hiram HoIdan'g
6lly. Corn TasseI2"
Don't believe I ever id"
She WIZ on Ia circuit