The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25

around this way-t looked good to me,
with the copper on.
But there wasn't any chance to flag it,
and l met him at the Glass House on the
minute. felt like going to the canvas for
the count when asked him If he'd had any
lunch, and when he told me that he had
had to get the airbrake down to prevent
myself from shaking hands with him.
Well trek down to the track in buzz
buggy If you say 3d. old man. said to him,
some jaunty outside, but hollering for help
inside, but that's dusty going on these big
days, and the machines are always sagging
and falling apart on the big days, too,
somehow or another. Quickest gag, after
all. Is the old steam cars with the rest OF
the bunch.
he thought so too, and when he said II
l felt once more like wrnging bis mitt.
They get from $50 up for the round trip
spin for two people to the tracks in the gas
gigs on the big days, and you can figure it
out yourself why l was taking those in
breaths until my Philadelphia friend said
that he'd prefer to join the caravan on the
public vanished cars.
When got him into the grounds--oiling
the turnsti!e at 81 the each, and paying the
carand railroad fares, although he protested
and flashed his summer squash roll every
timc-I was just sa.2 20 to the nice.
oh. we'll wen gargle some O. this dust
out Of our tonsils,' said 10 him.-I must
have been close to the bug line right then,
at that--and l ordered pint and We split
it,
1.-TWO bones from s. 20 leaves the ace and
two dimes doesn it7 Ch-huh. Well,
that was me, with one Of the real kind from
Phiilie In my wake. and him with right to
expect me to deliver the hospitality.
II beefed when he insisted upon buying
another pint before the racing began. tell
ing him that wanted him to distinctly
understand that his mazoom was a.! to the
phony while he was with me. but didn't
say that till the McGrather behind the bar
he'd ipinched his note
"On the way down l had ynreeed it to
him that never bet at all on the big days.
It's cleanup weather for the suckers
on these handicap days. said |, and 1 take
mine out in just peeking and letting 'em
run for the marks on the big days
lie had it figured out about the same
way. he said, except that he had the Bel
dame bug, and was going to slide couple
hundred after that one Just to give himself
roofing interest when The blZZer announced
that they were away for the big run. So
we went into the stand to lock the dolls
over and wait for the main sprint.
While we sat there the horses that were
TO traipse in the first flashed by for their
warm-ups. and tho way thing called
kurzmann pushed the pebbles away frcm
him looked like dollars worth to me, the
buck being no good in my kick had it
fixed up. anyhow to spring it on my Phila-
delphia pal on the way in that I'd been
frisked for my wad by some ring dip which
was the only way l could think OK to let
me out,
80. taking another sidewise fash at
Kurtzmann as he hoped around the turn, !
excused myself to the Phillie boy, telling
him was going to trudge to the ring for a
minute to see how the Nets were making
out in their fight. They're not taking the
case notes in the main ring any more, but
l skunk away down to the far edge Of the
line, where there was non-Met on that
knew to be goodnatured.
Il staked him to the husky whisper that
I was only the ace strong and asked him to
whipit in TO the box for me on Kurt imam the
place. He was an all right chalkman and he
let mo by with 1t, giving me to for my
place buck on Kurtzmann. l hotfooted
back to the stand and told my Phille pal
what hot time they were having in the
ring and added that man that d try to got
a bet down until the smoke OF the battle
between the Nets and Cavanagh had
cleared away ought to have his head e1-
amined.
"A couple Of minutes later the - in Kurtz-
mann kale was mine, the shoat trudgng
along good second to the even money
thing fast Angora called Ivan the
Terrible.
Il again did sipaway from my friend,
telling him that I'd promised to confer for
a minute with George Wheelook after tho
first race, and I tagged into the line and