The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

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fully over the idieey OF the native hox
AnduL Tt doesn't make any affgeF.
ehces some one said; "Pegu had no
chance anyway"
IoDyn saw the gray opening up a
wiue stFeten or country between him
self and the other two horses. and 20
ing up to Larraby congratulated him
upon his perspfcacity "By JoveE' he
exclaimed, you're good one at pick
ing them. They'll never catch Pegu
now. suppose you've backed him
Larraby's face was a study; but the
6ane DIDN'T notice this he never ex-
plored faces.
Down on Amir, Blake was swearing
softiy to himself. At last he spoke.
why don't you go on, Scotty? Can't
you see that native slipping away from
US! He's got twenty lengths the best
OF it now,
I'm ridin' 'cording to orders,e an
SELF
Did the old man order you to throw
the race away?" queried Blake. petu-
Iantly, wrenehing at Arnirss mouth.
he told me not to throw 1t away
making the runnin' fer you"
While they wrang1ed. and their
horses jumped sideways. like a lafiy's
paIfrey, because Of their noses being
pulled down on their chests, Abdul was
stealing away into the distance like a
soft, gray shadow. Luckily for him.
he never looked back IN any race so
long as he was ahead, but kept peg
g1ng away, like a true native All the
time he thought the sahibs were at his
heels, ready for Surgfng rush as they
swept into "the straight" And info
the straight" and still no sign OF the
sahtbs. What If his mount should win!
he mad put ten rupees on him with the
bookmakers. The odds, 20 to 1. had
tempted him: besides, was it not the
horse he was going to ride-and had he
not. ten rupees of confidence in him
self?
A serious problem had opened up for
the other two boys to consider. Be
cause of astral communication, Blake
knew that his employer would win ff
Rocket won; and Scotty also knew
that Am1rs winning would benefit his
master. Also We're the jockeys In the
same boat, because of arrangement
Then the third factor in the problem
appeared, or, in point Of fact, was disap-
pearing-the native boy on Pegu
Blake saw this and realized that he
would have to at least save second
money. II Rocket would not 90 on he
would, so he set sail for the leader.
Scotty followed. They made up ground
1ngty. Would they ever catch hinl2
In the stand the excitement was ter
rifle Nobody had backed Pegu-no-
body but the Babe. It was the stand
against the Babe, the fast horses
against the dead one, the Jockeys
against the native boy. 1T was trag-
1cally unique, this race OF the wise
men against the lambs
Jump by jump Amir and Rocket re-
a fI1ca
Abdul could hear something coming
noW-Something laundering along be-
hind him; still far enough away SO
that he need not pull out, as he had
always done. It was not far to the
winning post-would the gray last?
He thought of the zoe rupees he would
win, and swOre by Allah that he would
give half Of 1t in charity, if Allah
would only breathe into the nosfrfls
OF the gray and fill his lungs with
strength. The two jockeys were riding
for second place now; that was about
all they could see in it. The. stand,
mad with excitement, thought they
We're riding to win; thought it was
either rare horsemansi1fp, this waiting
race, or else sheer stupidity. IF the
native won, it would be stupidity: if
either OF the Jockeys won, his back
ers would label 1t splendid horse
manShip"
II was SIugAuAtys AS the gray JUST
tottered under the wire first, the other
two finished like lions, nose and nose.
In dead heat for second money. Then
pandemoniun broke loose in the
stand. All the hackers, money was
burned up. No, not all! Babe Tobyn
had $4,000 to draw out OF the flames.
There he stood, the only winner
among all those clever racing men-the
Babe.
Imagination needs no word-pricl to
picture what the owners of Amir and
Rocket thought and said. Down at the
mess that night there was no hilaFity
when Babe Tobyn walked in; only the
hush of awe. Such luck as that clear
" Indicated the finger of Allah. He
had passed through his novitiate, and
they were ahashed-