The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05

he had collected into a frog and placed
the latter beneath a glass cover.
Inside Of half an hour the frog jumped
himself to death"
The owner OF the Ben Hur four doped
out the winners by the aid of the stars.
He named his horses after them, and in
his tent on the desert used to figure per-
centage and the chances Of being able 70
take advantage OF n Dutch book.
Most persons who are successful dopers
have hard luck It seems as X some mys-
terious twist Of fate wrestles them cut OF
a fortune that they ought TO have won-
not once but many times. One Of the
hardest bits of luck I'm this respect hap
pened to "wul the Smoker" at Hot
Springs last winter.
VIII went down to that zo-called Sara
toga OF the west with q vague idea that
in the vapor city mans enemies got even
with him by crowding money on him so
that he could so out and ruin his life with
the misuse OF wealth. When he got to
Hot Springs he found that he had been
misinformed.
win was a great racehorse man. He
knew a couple of stable hands by their
first names, and his imagination was so
good that he could talk with John Smith
and by simply calling him by his first
name think he was weaving words with
John Drake.
Sam Lung kept a smoke parlor with
chop .suey place in front TO give his joint
responsibility. This place wes responsible
for Wits trouble and this is his story:
=" You see" said WIN. - knew that 4
certain horse was going to win. He was
IN The information had came right out
Of the feed box. This horse was the grand
est looking NUT that ever peeked through
a hesdstaIl. and I saw the opportunity TO
get out even on the season.
Maybe had been smoking too much.
] won't say as 70 that Anyway, knew
this one would win even II / did feel light
headed. But how TO make the bet. If I
had been Rockefeller II wouldn't have
worried me at ell, and I might have been
him. too. If I had seen the money first.
- frisked myself and found that had
81 less than 20 cents. This annoyed me.
and felt so light that went and weighed
myself. l had 10 give away ten pounds
TO the scales before the indicator would
take any notice Of me.
Il decided 70 go out TO the track any
way. because ! thought might meet some
ore who would BET. and knew a certain
party that would get me IN. I was walk
ing out TO the track thinking OF Wall
street when I passed an aeronaut who was
just about TO make a balloon ascension.
lie wanted to take some one up with him,
but every one In the crowd was too heavy.
Just thsu he saw me.
Hey he yelled. I'm give you $50 Il
You viii go Up IL this balloon with ne.
You look light.
Il knew ! was plenty light enough, FOR
sirce 1 had left home 1 had changed from
q brunette into . blond. and could see my
chance 10 get the fifty which, bet It 100
to /. would mean that I woaId be 5000
winner after this certain horse won. So /
accepted the job.
j got into the ballcon ard Up We went.
l felt myself ge;tfag lighter al the time.
ard finally / had TO hold or to the side OF
the basket 10 keep from going up out Of
the balloon.
When We got Gp about mile the bal
loonist said to NE, You've got to make
the drop IT, the parachute,
Il said. Nix. but he said he would not
pay ne the $50 unless / made the jump.
Finally agreed. but / didn't think It was
much use beeause I was feeling so light.
got a hold of the handle of the par
achute and the balloonist cut 1t loose. Up
shot the balloon, but the parachute In
stead OF beginning TO drop with me, turned
upside down and l began "a, go up feet
first dragging the parachute after me. l
was getting lighter all the time.
After 1 got started I caught Up with
the balloon and passed It.
Hey" shouted the balloonlst, " You're
going the wrong way. You don't get that
$50 unless you turn around
Then 1 let go OF the parachute and
went up faster than ever and the balloon
faded out of sight. was in a terrible
predicament. for 1t was only an hour be-
fore the second race, and that was the
one my good thing was In.
% didn't know how I could ever get
down, when finally arifted into a eaow.
storm In the clouds. Then an idea struck
ne. l grabbed heavy flake Of snow aud
began 10 settle down towards the earth
could see ] was coming down right
inside the race track ana would net have