The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-09
away. at IL 20 /, won By 1--WE lengths, with
the bOy on him vowptnx

away. at ID 20 !, won b. 1--WE lengths, with
the boy on him yawning,
or course, i didn't blame 1t on the
dream. but on my way of interpreting
dreams. j resolved that IL in future -.ny
Of my dreams pointed to two of EN-, my
system would be to play the one at the
longest price.
"The next dream thing that drifted my
way was one over the sticks. i dreamed
that n certain ateepiccilase horse that was
known to have all kinds OF speed over tho
Jumps, but that had always fallen down
before getting TO the tape, had stood up
and won in n stroll. | didn't get any I'M
mediate action on that trance. But a
week later, while the Sheepshead Bay
meeting was going. the jumper that I'd
reamed about was entered for a short
course steeplechase.
When 1 got to the track on that mellow,
balsamic afternoon | was $43 strong, and,
not to be tempted, l slowed myself away
up on a top tier seat of the stand until the
jumping race should happen, regarding not
the three previous races. Then I got the
$42 down on the timber topper I'D had the
dream lunch on. They gave me 80 to L
against him and smiled slow, sardonic
smiles when they accepted my kale.
"Uh-huh. The dream jumper went over.
the sticks like a snow bird, stood up the
entlre distance, and was just two-stepping;
ten lengths In front, at the finish.
When I chased into the ring for tho
purpose of having various bookmaking
persons contribute large moneys to my
shrunken roll. the ring announcer, looking
all flushed and het up with happiness, sped
into the circle and yelled out that my horse
had been disqualified for going inside two
OF the steeplechase course flags, and there
fore not covering the full course-a little
matter which had quite eSr1nG1 my OhSpr.
walton.
Yep, the dream had been all right, only
1t hadn't said anything about flags.
There was a great horse Involved in the
last dream l went to before developing
chllblains as to the frances.
~ dreamed that / saw q bunch of sol-
dlers drilling on a big vacant lot. When L
awoke with a start and got up to NAH a
dyspepsia tablet. the word of the leading
soldier of the outfit, Forward was hum
ming in my ears like the buzz OF a blizzard
wind through a clog of trolley wires. The
dream couldn't mean anything else than
that Advance Guard was going to just
breeze in his long distance race on the next
day. l took Advance Guard for the wad at
the faNorites price, and, for the first and
only time in his life, Advance Guard
backed up in the stretch and allowed q
hrkin OF cottage curd named Warrented TO
slide along in front of him to the Wire.
~ - S1NNNa NiA~ii taAAt NiitiS, \ "
on the dream dope. The great light broke
on me. and l perceived that the dream gag
was getting me into the habit of accepting
the fringed tassels at the bottoms of my
with sodden equanimity.
II was in New Orleans a few months ,
later. During the long winter mud meet
ing there l dreamed that l saw q pure
white horse winning a race all by himself
at the New Orleans track. l woke up
for l knew that a pure white
race horse, a plugovitch by the name OF
Elmer s.. was going to race at the track
OH the very next day. In addition to the
dream, for which I'd nave fallen with a
thud only a few brief months before.
saw about twenty-three redheaded women
around town that morning and on my way
to the track.
When the bunch with the white Elmer
IN 1t paraded to the post ] was all
a-Eurglo with self-congratulation to think
Of how l had broke away from that dream
Junk. Only a little while ago. 1 gloated to
to myself. II anything bearing on or ap-
pertaining to a white plug like that Elmer
3. had flashed through me while 1 was IN
the hay I'd have had a temperature of
lo9 until 1 got a chance to jogglc in all of
my change on 1t. and here I am now, just
a~-laughing. and with a ticket on the sure
winner in my pocket
Just then the field got away and Elmer
~ "1itte one. taxing q dislike to the
company he found himself in, when the
FAR turn was reached came home all alone.
With all OF the $50 to / against him that
you could have shot q biscuit at out Of n
gun.
And this sums w in q few reasons
Why. when l hear the dream boys valyinp
out escaping steam about the droskeys OF
they've hauled away through som.
1ambulisttc selections, l feed k
EN- to a smoke the fumes OF which don't
90 to the head"