Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

such crazy actor that during a good part
OF her career she was barred in the betting
There We're about Loo men In the huge
South Chicago room on the day the Tulla
Fouso mare started after long retire
ment. and when the chalk showed her to
be a 80 to l grab they all Hoped for the
price until the book filled to the gun'ls.
and the room refused to handle any more OF
1t. When the shutdown happened. the room
stood to stand AT least $4,000 gouge
should the crazy mare connect first with
the tape.
she connected all right. hut Immediately
after Ike announcement OF the result the
operator gave the sad screech:
e There's kick that St Loo race.
Foul claimed against Tuila Fonso
He Saw His Chance.
THE red-topped fnancier hadn't bet
dollar on the race. lie was a noted hand
book man and chance taker from away
back in the deep-embowered
He saw the Tulla Fonso people shrlvcl-
ing under the announcement of the kick
against her at the track. and he saw some
business.
" They'll hand it to Tulla where she wears
the throat latch the bunch We're saving to
each other. She's bug at the post and
in race. and probably she's knocked eight
or ten horses down, Tulla $ name is glue
1t sure looked that way. too. There was
no reason for anybody familiar with the
character and conduct OF Tulla To suppose
that IL there had been any kind OF Of
Tense in race. Tulla hadn't been the Of
fender. But the red-headed handbook man
was born with cowlicks. and he had TO hS
shown on each and every occasion. He got
up on chair
Z" All of you quit-easy fat heads and gums
that'Ye got Tula FonSO tickets that you're
a-skeart of. listen to me. I'll give you half
of what your pasteboards stand for. on the
face of them-hilf of what you paid for
them. that is tn say-and stand for the
knockout myself IL Tulla is set back. Get
busy
The red head was well known to every
man In the room as a fellow whose word
was as good as his certified John Hancock.
and they trampled on each other i'll rush
ing to where he stood on his chair. They
passed their Tulla Fonso tickets up 10
him in lunches and he was still recording
their names in his book and at that moment
standing to lose quite lot or take down
about S2o.eo. one way or the other when
the operator let out these chest notes:
% Foul against Tulla Fonso not allowed.
She stands the winter.
To Run Third.
Three or four years ago a rule that was
then new on the California turf and that
isn't followed anywhere else in the world
all but cleaned out a number OF the biggest
poolrooms in Hot Springs
"a number of the no-limit plungers down
at the Springs had received individual tips
the old coast sprinter Yellow Tail All
the wires that reached the Hot Springs
high-money players instructed them not to
go to Yellow Tail straight or place. but To
unbucke on the horse for the third money.
yellow Tail was a TO- and skidder
when the betting came along, and tens OF
thousands went down in the Hot Springs
rooms for the horse to show.
yellow Tail wins! sung out all of the
room operators al the finish of the race
and then the big players We're Knocking
their heads against the walls because they
had been advised to play the horse only on
the limb and not TO win.
There's a kick at Ingleside.' called out
the operator d moment later IT'S against
Yellow Tail