The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-26

Ruby, the committee clerk recalled to
mind, with reawakened enthusiasm.
| that the wife of his brother in Honolulu
was named Ruby. This recollection
famed the bunch into a pretty sizeable
| flame again. The thing. however, that
| blew it into roaring blaze was this:
| The comkiittee clerk found himself
brushing elbows with a wealthy Fill
pino student here who had been play
| ing all kinds of winners for several
months The man with the bunch had
often seen the Filipino, and the Filipino
had always made him think of Ho-
nolulu tailor, a Chinaman named All
ana, who is particularly cherished by
American naval officers for the excel
lent fit he makes of white uniforms.
Ahana had made the committee clerks
multi garments during his stay in Ho
nolulu with the volunteer army; and
here, ducking around the pool room,
was the little Filipino who had always
made him think of Honolulu and Ahana.
"WeH. me for the Honolulu thing
anyhow" he found himself gibberinG
as he made his way up to the counter
I'm not framing up any lifelong re-
grets for myself if I can help it, and
that's how it nd be with me if Homo
lulu went through and me not down.
And if Honolulu should cop and the
bunch at the Capitol heard that the
long price had stampeded me off,
they'd never stop making my life mis-
cradle with their kidding.
"A hundred each way across the
board. Honolulu he said to the grim
ming ticket writer, passing over his
three 800 notes.
The manager of the room happened
to be standing by the counter and aft
er the ticket-$1000 to $780, $500 to 800
and $500 to $100-had been written, he
smiled sardonfcaI1y.
mice grease, shipmate," he said to
the committee clerk Like taking a
rubber ring from a sick baby. Why
don't you drop in on us oftener. Homo
lulu, hey? HIM. You like cheese, then?
And todays Thursday, too Die ever
hear of Honolulu busting into the one
two three money on a Thursday"
The committee clerk, somewhat crest |
fallen under the guying of so erudite |
a horseman as the manager OF the pool |
room. was trying to frame up some sort |
of an answer, when the operator an /
nounced that the horses were off at |
the Springs.
Honolulu was beaten just one tooth
on the wire by the favorite, stand Pat,
and the committee clerk was $500 to
the nice on his hunch
The committee clerk with the vim
1fcated bunch put on his overcoat, and
he was the first in line at the cashing-
IN window. He wanted to take the first
train leaving St. Asaph for Washing
ton. and he only had margin of seven
There was some delay in
confirming the race, and when the
committee clerk got his money he
started to run for the station. He was
1nly half way to the station when the
electric train pulled in. and, after on
Y an instant's stop pulled out again.
The committee clerk returned to the
pool room to get out of the cold and
vet until the next train for Washing
on was due, half an hour later. Again |
le took a seat in the extreme rear Of ,
he pool room, so that the sight of the !
blackboard would not tempt him. But |
le had hardly sat down before the
operator sang out through z
lis megaphone the first line of betting =
gainst the horses at the Oakland, Cal,
rack. a
The Hay-wayne 10 to L. called out >
he opera tor. after announcing the :,
rices against the preferred ones. &
The committee clerk sat stunned in o
is chair He was familiar with that y
of Hawaiian" But un-
Il that instant he had never known
hat there was such a race horse in
ne world as The Hawaiian.
Dazed at the possibilities Of this No. 9
bunch, he almost tottered over to
1e blackboard. There It was. all right. =
he Hawaiian, 10, 4 and 2, across the n