The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
Good Stories from the Racetrack
BY HUGH {. KEoUeH.

Colonel Nose Goldblatt. whom Gin
cinnati delights to honor on its sport
ing pages. handed back josh 10 Louis
Celia of st. Louis with exactly 66 per
cent interest and he still is telling
about it with glee. He probably is the
only man alive that ever got the bet
er Of the st. Louis magnate in q deal
involving in the slightest detan any
thing pertaining 10 finance.
Colonel Nose is not the most grace
full loser of a race upon which ne has
placed particular designs. When his
plans in that direction are frustrated
by natural or unnatural means he can
let out roar that can he heard IN
the adjoining county on a still day
Goldolatt was not any more confident
of winning the Bush cup with Monk
Wayman, of unhappy memory, than
ne was of winning the Mound City der
BY with Rainland. But .Bugler arose
and snOte Rainland hip and thigh.
Ii would have been the wonder Of
the world had the proud owner OF
Rainland been satisfied. He declared
up to the judges that his boy gave
him a pull for it. and offered TO make
match with Bugler under the same
conditions at any time. He was called
TO Chicago that night, but left $500
with a local newspaper man to bind
the match. The negotiations, how
ever, were declared of almost as soon
as they We're declared on. The news
paper man turned over the $500 10
Celia. with instructions to send Nose
a check for II, That was where Celia
started his Joke. He wired Nose. who
had use for the money, that he Ind
loaned il out at per cent interest,
and would return the principal 10 him
in six months. After allowing the Gin
cinnati man to stew FOR forty-elght
hours the check was sent on.
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Some time afterwards GOidblatt re-
turned IN st. Louis and again become
interested in the game at the fair
In the course of his opera
tons he had occasion to bet marker
representing couple of hundred or so
in one Of the Celia books. He was in
no hurry to take It out after the horse
lost, and finally was approached by the
cashier Of the book, who delivered this
message
MIR. Celia requests ne 10 inform
you that he cannot lay up much on the
money of his that you have in your
pocket. md advises me to request you
TO kick IN"
Tell him not % worry" said Gold
blatt, Il have q pawnshop In Cincin-
natl and have put out that small frag-
went at s per cent month. When
the fellow redeems the watch, which
Ee may DO in the course of q year. I
win come over with the price Of the
losing duCat. Present my compliments
TO your boss and thank him for me for
the kind of extension of the obligation.
On your way"
Jake Marklein "the popular ex-mar-
/ ltet master" also Of Cincinnati. had
! a mare called Merritt running in New
Orleans several years ago, and cutting
q zigzag course through the dope book
After running several races in which
the wisdom trust regarded her as p
/ certainty. and being soundly thrdshed
I by Indifferent cattle, she came out one
day al a price that was extensive ana
was heavily backed by a coterie Of
; heavy spectators. presumably on the
/ information OF the owner
ii was a grand awakening ON the
part of Merritt. and the ring was stung
10 the extent of several thousand dot
lars. A caustic reporter who possible
! had q bet on one that blew in the
! same race, unlOaded the Walls of his
wrath en- the head of the popular eV-
market master - The judges called
for an explanation OF the reversal OF
FORM" and evidently Marklein gave a
satisfactory ore. for he went about
TIE track next day making much Of the
| consciousness of thorough vindication,
and threatening dire things TO the re-
porter that give him the rolling. The
pair did not find each other. probably
because they were not looking hard.
They met two months later on the
lawn at Memphis. Jake was in a
rood that was strangely mixed with
hilarity and vengeance. He grabbed
the trembling horse scribe and Missed
at him through his clinched teeth:
Young man, there are two things
that you will have TO do. and l will
give you lust one second 70 make up
your mind.
What Is that, AIr. Aarklein %
asked the reporter, with his heart
pounding against the roqft sof ,his
mouth. efs -
Ciutching the shaking youth fieftar
by the collar Marklen cried Ia 4 voice
SO loud that al who cared could hear