Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
STORY OF A "HUNCH'
THAT WENT THROUGH

or nothing, said my pal. I'm only asking
twenty-five for the hooter.'
He took ten, and was glad to get it, and
then we skated out and got a paper to take
a peek at the entries.
my pal was the first to open the paper
at the sheet where the St. Louis entries
were printed. He'd no sooner got his eye
on the list of horses than his eyes began
to roll. and he gave me the look and handed
the paper to me-
Begin at the top of the St. Loo en-
tries. he said to me. and see If you notice
anything
well, the top horse in the first race at
ST. Louis that day was Owlet.
I guess that's perfectly miserable, said
my pal, seeing that was on. l guess that
Owlet, on the bunch, won't just roll home
or nothin'.'
I'VE both had the dope in our pockets
and we scurried over the charts to see what
Owlet had been doing. He hadn't been do
ing enough to taxpayer chicken coop on
a fast track, but he always seemed to be
up among the leaders when there was
midland the paper said that the track was
knee-deep in mire at ST. Loo.
I'VE were inside a Covington pool room
two hours before the first race at st. Louis
was due to be off, and, with the house dope,
we carried Owlet back to the first race he'd
ever run as two-year-old. He wasn't any
world-beater. and he didn't look like any
good thing even on that day, with the
muddy track and all, but we weren't going
to let the dope switch us from the hunch
They put 10 to l against Owlet In the
house betting, but he came In from the
track bum outsider at 60 to ], and we
went to 1t, straight with the sawbuck.
Then we went away back and sat down,
waiting for the operator to do his part.
There was a flash On. Owlet at post time
that made our $500 to SO ticket look SO
good that we took turns holding IT. The
flash reduced the plugs price to 10 to /.
and, even If you don't get whistle for
your coin it's cheerful thing to beat the
price that way.
1.-The operator got them away. and the
favorite, a useful st. Louis trick OF that
day named Maygalop. led all the way.
with nix the wall for Owlet till the finishl
Then 1t was:
.Maygallop wins by face. Owlet sec
ond, q length in front of The Planet
X X
well said my pal, getting up from his
'way-in-t he-rear chair, we got shouted out
on the tape, and all we've got to do now is
to hike out and find another owl There 8
a Joint in Covington called the Owl House,
too. and If we can only nail another square
headed bird, why, therell be nothing to II
but another ten spot and then"
There's kick on that st. Loo race,
sung out the operator, and then my pal
made two jumps for the 5000 to $40 Owlet
ticket that he had tossed under his chair
in getting up.
we skunk up until we stood right be-
meath the operators platform, so that we
could be sure to catch the drift of his re-
marks when he announced the result OF the
kick on the ST. Louis race, and. after about
five minutes, the operator pushed out this
drone:
'Maygallop's disqualified at st. Loo for
fouling the field at the start. Owlet gets
first The Ulanet second and Oxnard third.
I'VE skilled the 5000 into 81 400 before
rundown, cut 1t In two and we were down
at New Orleans on the opening day.
''Out of the six million and some few
bunch things that I've fallen for before
and since that time, that the only one
that ever brought me anything. There may
be something softer than making book ex-
clusively for bunch players, but II there is
/ can't think of 1t just now