The evening world., 1905-07-17

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and at once. he will have a hospital
= bill rendered him that will make a
deep hole in his salary. Already he has
two-thirds of the fans in New York on
the verge of nervous pr6stra ton. and If
he serves up many more of hts ninth
inning finishes he will have the whole
crowd going.
or course 1t is glorious to see the
home team win. but--well. 1t would be
better for the health OF the community
II the winning lead were obtained
earlier in the game.
r + ERMIS may not be the horse OF
f-n the year-there are Artful and
= ~ Sysonby TO dispu.e that title with
him--still that he is some racehorse and
still has his foot with him no one can
deny. IL takes a pretty fair sort OF a
hcrse 20 pick up 132 hounds and gallop
a mile and furlong in 1.52 That Is
what Hermis did Saturday and, II he
goes on and his legs do not go back on
him Syaonby and Artful will know they
have been to the races when thew hook
up with him. Hermis is a six-year- old.
but he runs like a two-year-old. and 1t
Ia barely possible that when turf his
torians come to write of the struggles
of 1905 the name OF the Little Red
Horse will be found ar the top OF the
hist.
p SN'T is funny that .so-called wise
men, men who are good money
d makers. can never learn by expert
ence? Take the Nets" for instance.
la
lately-that is. II they ever had any;
still they Insist upon giving bettors the
worst of every disputed wager.
All this Is apropos OF that wager that
. man recently made with Orlando
Jones, of Washington. ID. c., and an
art critic. sab, OF $1,000 to 5000 against a
horse to show. The bettor, who is rep
utable in every sense OF the word. de-
clared he made such wager. Jones ad-
rnitted a wager had been made. but said
the money was bet straight, and that as
the horse finished second 1t was los
ing bet.
Here was q question of yeracity that a
committee OF the NETS" called the Ar
bitration Committee, believe, was
called upon to decide. And this commit
tees decision had the wisdom of Solo
mon backed off the boards. It was to
the effect that the sum total OF the
wager. $1,000. should be divided. and half
given 10 the bettor and half to the book
maker. Just what line OF reasoning was
employed to arrive at such conclusion
will never be known.
To the ordinary person the decision
would appear farcica!. The bettor was
either entitled 10 $1,000 or TO not a
penny. No compromise was possible
and the fact that he was awarded $500
waD almost convincing proof that he
convinced tho men WAC heard evidence
IN the case that he had bet 81, 900 asa.ns.
SEQ that a certain horse would finish
as good as third, but that they did NOT
wan. TO give . decision against n fellow
member.
The whole thing is in line with what
the pu5ilc can expect from the Nets.
lts something like the small boy who
vixen accused by his teacher OF un-
tru,hiulDess replied Ask my bro lher
4 Il I'm liar
1T IS reported that 'fIey Barney" is
going to Get out an injunct tion
: asainsi those nath-Inning finishes.
vyr7 HATS the difference in value
M between o $50 American gold
pieee and one coined in Mexico p.
"slilor n.,i' Jnckman. of the Nets
!, can pls@ar the question. ana II he
woshd he Probably would tell YOU It
: was $40 Ia his own favor,
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